Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-04
IA TERRIFIC CYCLONE
Strikes Philadelphia Causing Great
- Loss Of Life and Property.
TWO STEAMBOATS, ARE DEMOLISHED
And Hundreds Of Houses Unroofed or
Completely Laid Low, Rem
dering
HUNDREDS or FAMILIES HOMELESS.

P.ulApELPHA, August 3.-A terrific
cvc.oIe, il passing up the Delaware river
this afternoon, struck this city near Green
W;ch Point demolished a portion Of the
works Of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufactur.
iDg Company and injured several employees.
Il then took course across theriver, wreck
ing the river steamer Maj. Reybold aud the
terry5oat Peerless. The storm blew the
pilot Emery Townsend and Capt. Eu-
gene Reybold, of the steamer Reybold,
overheard, drowning the former and pain
fully iDjuring the Captain. The Peerless
was swept elesp almost to the waters edge.
When the Msi. RsybOld left Salem, n. ].
she had on board about Fifty passengers, al
though as no tickets had been sold il is i'm
POSSIBLE 70 ascertain the exact number.
There we're also about fourteen officers
and deck hands. OF this number OF people
uron the wrecked boat it does not appear
sry lives were lost except that of the pilot,
although it is not impossible that some pas
sengers we're washed OF and lost without
suy one Lnowing Of the fatal circumstance.
A steam tug coming up the river after the
disaster reports the body Of q woman seen
for tew minutes floating in
The river near where the cyclone struck
the steam boat but she sank out of sight
and could not be found when the tug made
the search.
B.L Warner, one Of the passengers, de-
ri0es
The Scene.
Fe vas standing on the upper deck and saw
:, l'sca storm approaching, but as it moved
r..I,r slowly, he supposed it was rain
..c,m. Whsnit struck the boat he discovered
+: it's immense force came from its rotary
II ton. He and several others were thrown
,Lrough the hole to the lower deck, and al
the upper works were swept away ike chat.
The confusion among the passengers was
indiscribable, and several of the jumped
into the river, but Mr.. Warner believes all
Of them were rescued. While the cyclone
w4s upon the vessel everything was
Black as the Blacklist Night.
Sofas were broken to sphnters and carpets
torn TO shrsds in the cabin as if they had
ben paper. The cyclone, he thinks, lasted
about one minute, and after it pas sed the
vessel rolled and pitched trightfully in
great waves and came near sWsmping. The
storm then passed over to the Jersey
side. striking John Dialogues ship yard
below haighn's Point and destroying the
buildings OF the establishment Ii then
took course along the New Jersey river
point, demolishiug oil buildings IN its path
I'd to Bridge avenue, Camden. At this
point the @ clone took an easterly course to
Filth street, Camden em bracing all that sec
ion Of the city between Second and Fifth
streets to the Delaware River, which washes
the northern section Of the city. Passing
over the river and skirting Pettys lslsnd,
the storm passed over that part OF the
Twenty-Gith ward, Philadelphin, known as
Richmond. In it's ranges in Camden scores
of dwellings were unrOoted and some OF
them thrown down. Damage OF business
property along the river is enormous.
Hundreds of Families Rendered Homeless,
and one poor victim, Charles Dazey, was
killed outright at the American Dredging
Company wharf Another, Harry Stevens,
had bis leg cut Of by flying piece OF TIM
Der and will probably die. The path OF the
storm through Richmond was marked with
destruction. It's track was almost due north
trom the Port Richmond coal wharyes.
.Atout l5O dwelling houses are wrecked or
hsulg Camaged aud will be rendered unit
i,r use and TWO hundred families driven
;ln ,heir homes 10 be cared for by neigh
-us.
Arumber of people were seriously and
scpc fa,slly injured. A girl of ten years
llzzie NeVey, was killed at her home, No.
.l72l Nslysle street, in sight of her mother,
.S 10 vas herself pinned TO the toor oy fallen
.rai,ers a few feet from her dying chlld.
The cyclone, as described BY those
.sto witnessed its progress upon
the riYer as an immense black cone SHAPED
cloud with its apex resting upon the water
and its base lingering with the clouds which
hung in dense masses from the sky. iE ls
impossible as get to estimate the damage.
Following are the names OF the
Killed and Injured
as tar as can be ascertained:
Desd-Emery Townsend, Salem, n. j.,
pilot of Reybold; Charles Daily, aged 4s
.sbip carpenter killed instantly by flying
.6mbers at wharf Of American Dredging
Company, Camden; Lizzie Mickey aged lO,
crushed 10 death between hm0ers at her
home IT2l Mcleod street, Philadelphia.
Ipiured-On steamboat Rsybold; Morrls
Doyle, engineer, slightly; Captain Reyooid
severely cut; Welch, deck-hsnd, severely
cut; NJ Gesner, passenger, temple artery
evered; injuries serious.
Injured al Camden: Harry Stevens, aged
p, probably fatally injured, right leg sever
ed below Ihe knee 5y flying timbers; Stew
art johnson, colored, Of dredging tug
Pacific, seriously injured about iace ana
body; John Mrlsner, injured serious
ly about the head; benjamin +;
Smith, right ann broken, injured
internally; AlOnzO MsxSsll aged 10, IT.
iured BY falling trees; Chas. Thompson,
manager OF the Camden Coal Works, tacs
injured oy falling walls; jacob Miller, leg
broken; freedom Pssks head cut; John
SMELL head badly cut; Elmer Locke
bruised about the body, Mrs. Josephine Nc
kiulev cut ahont the face and body; JOhn