Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-04

ing this morning. Before leaving, Weihe
stated that he would positively refuse to be
q candidate for reelection. Among those
prominently mentioned for the position are
ex-President John Jarrett, Joseph Bishop.
James W. Mutt, of Youngstown, Ohio;
Andrew Lee, of Philadelphia Samuel Car
penter, OF Springfield, HIS and John Nor
gan, of this city.
Terrible Cyclone.
SMYRNA lDel.), August 3d.-A terrible
cyclone visited this section this afternoon,
totally destroying property for miles in a
swath 300 feet wide. Stock was killed, and
orchards. corn fields, etc, DESTROYED. No
lives are known to be lost
PHILADELPHIA, August 3d.-The terrific
cyclone, sweeping up the Delaware river
this afternoon, struck this city near Green
wich Point. demolishing 4 portion OF the
works of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufact-
uring Company, and iniuring several en-
ployes. 1t then took course across the
river, wrecking the river steamer Major
Reybold, and the ferrybOat Peerless.
The storm blew pilot Emory Town
send and Captain Eugene Reybold, of
steamer Reybold into the river, drowning
the former and painfully iniuring the Cap
tain. The Peerless was swept clean almost
TO the waters edge. When the Major Rev
bold left the dock for Salem, y. J., She had
on board about fifty passengers, although,
as no tickets were sold, it is impossible 10
ascertain the exact number. There was
also about fourteen officers and deck hands.
OF this number of people upon the
wrecked boat. IL does not appear that any
lives were lost, except that of the pilot, al
though it is possible that some of the pas
4 a
tug, coming up the river after the disaster,
reports that the body OF woman was seen
tor a few minutes floating near the
spot where the cyclone struck the
steamboat, but sank out Of SIGHT.
and could not be found when the tug
made search for her. Il. l. Warner
one of the passengers, describes the scene
He was standing on the upper deck, and
saw the black storm approaching. but rs il
moved rather slowly he supposed it was
rain-storm. When it struck the boat he
discovered that its immense force came
from its rotary motion. He and several
others were thrown through q hole to the
lower deck, and ali the upper works We're
swept away like chatf. The confusion
among the passengers was indescrihable
Several jumped into the river, but Warner
believes all were rescued. While the cy-
clone was upon the vessel everything was
black as the blacllest night. Sofas were
broken tosplinters and carpets torn to shrcds
in the cabin as if they had been paper
The cyclone, he thinks lasted about min
ute, and after it passed the vessel rolled and
pitched fearfully in great waves, and came
near swamping. The storm then passed
over to the Jersey side, striking John Dia-
lOgue's ship yards, below Kaighn's Point,
and destroying the buildings of the estab-
hshment. ltthen
TOOK 4 COURSE ALONG THE
New Jersey river, demolishing all the
buildings in its path up to Bridge avenue.
Camden. AT this point the cyclone took
an easterly course to Fifth street, Camden,
embracing in its path all that section of the
city between Second and Third streets to
the Delaware river which washes the
northern section of the city. Passing over
the river, striking Petty's Island, the storm
passed over to that part Of the Twenty-ffth
Ward of Philadelphia known as Richmond.
In its ravages in Camden scores
of dwelling-houses were unroofed. and
some of them thrown down, and the dam
age to business property along the river
front is enormous, Hundreds of families
are rendered homeless, and one victim.
Charles Daley, was killed outright. At
the American Dredging Company's wharf,
another Harry Stephens, had leg cut off
by flying piece of timber, ana will proba-
bly, die. The track of the storm through
Richmond is marked with death and de-
structiOn. 1t was almost due north from
the Fort Richmond coal wharyes. About
$50 dwelling houses were wrecked, or
so badly damaged as TO be rendered
unfit for habitauon, and 200 families
were driven from their homes to be
cared for by their neighbors \ number Of
persons were seriously, and some fatally.
injured. A girl of 10 wears, Lizzie Ne
Neygh, was killed at-her home. ,72l Mel
vale street, in sight of her mother, who was
herself piniOhed to the floor by falling raft
tiers, few feet from her diving child. The
cyclone is described by those who wit
messed its progress up the river as an i'm
mense black, cone eshaped cloud. with the
apex resting upon the water and the base
mingling with the rain clouds, which hung
III dense masses from the sky. 1t is i'm
possible yet to estimate the amount of dam
age done.
THE HAVOC IL PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA. August 81. - Short t,-
Harbe's three-story mill on Salmon street
Richmond, this city, was completely
wrecked and scattered in all directions.
There were about eighty people employed
at the mill, most Of them young girls, aud
the effect was to throw them into IL panic
A large number jumped from the second
story window. and were only slightly in
jured, while others were hurled to the
ground with the falling walls and struck
by flying timbers and bricks Before the
storm the air was filled with flying debris,
and the people, seeing the awful sight,
fled in terror by hundreds to their
cellars. The cyclone lasted between four
nn fiyn Al
terrific pUifs and rOars. II is singular fact
that hat-roofed houses suffered the most, the
wind with the greatest ease, catching them
under the Cornice and lifting them rs
though they were sheets of paper There
Is hardly an instance where a mansard-
roof building was wrecked. SO great was
the violence of the wind that the fronts
and sides of houses and bay windows were
mashed as though mere egg-shells. Roofs
were carried hundreds of yards away.
Shade trees were moved down like
platoons of soldiery on battlefield Great
monster trees that had stood the storms of
years, were uprooted, or broken off like
pIpe-stems, The eccentricities of the wind
could be seen on every side. Buildings
which it would seem that an ordinary
storm would demolish, and which were III
the direct path of the storm, were spared,
while Their nelShbors, modern structures of
brick, would be gutted or wrecked outright
STATEMENT OF AN EYEWITNESS.
PHILADELPHIA, August 3d.-John Dia-
logue, of Camden, whose works were de-
stroyed, says: Looking out of the door
upon the river, | saw the tornado's ap-
proach. | could see the buildings of tie
Philadelphia salt works on the Philadel-
phia side, going off like chat. Then the
storm struck the Major Reybold, which
was partially abreast of my place. Por-
tons of her upper works were hurled fully
400 feet into the air. A tremendous roar
preceded it. The moving fury resembled a
dense mass of rolling black smoke, and it
Travelled within ten feet of the surface of
the river. \ singular phenomenon was
noticed, not only by myself, but by all my
men i'll the yards. This was a huge bail
of fire, fully ten feet in diameter. which
swiftly accompanied the storm c!0Ed. After
playing havoc with my establishment,
saw this ball OF ire explode al3aJ 25O yards
north of me, with report so terrific as to
shake the very foundations of the buildings
in my yard. Following this came nun
ber of explosions, but with less force. All
the sky to the eastward was unusually
bright, and had sort Of rainbow appear
ance. In fact, this was one of the most re-
sights of the kind that had ever
seen. The ball of fire which exploded,
am satisfied, played the mischief at the
American Dredging C0mpany's place