New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-05
RUIN WROUGHT BY STORM.
THE DEsoLATIoN IN PHILADELPHIA
PEOPLE ENcAMPgD ON THE SITE OF THEIR HOMES
THE FINANCIAL Loss-LIsr or DEAD.
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PEOPLE ENcAMPED ON THE SITE OF THEIR HOMES
THE FINANCIAL Loss-LIsr or DEAD.
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PHILADELPHIA. Aug 4-The storm that
ragged all yesterday afternoon aud late into the night
the that has visited the city In many
years The deuge of rain alone did thousands OF dollars
worth OF damage, and the accompanying cyclone laid
hundreds OF buildings This morning In the dis
trct where the wind was the most destructive 1t was
found that many families who had suddenly been lett
without home camping on the ground on Which,
twentyfou hours before, their houses stood. Men,
and children were hudded together while strong
hands diligently at work clearing away the ruins
and saving any articles OF the household that had been
spared the storm For hours after the cyclone passed
away the clouds seemed the EARTH and the
rain which down in Sheets flooded the sewers and
nets ng the streets to several feet In depth In
many thoroughfares where the the water was
up almost to the cushioned seats This the case at
Thirteenth and Morris ss and In front OF Grard Col
lege In the night the schuykill to height never
attained before. IN some places along Rdge'ave the
water was from five feet deep Over four nun
dred inundated and Dobsons large mills
we're almost destroyed.
The Ilties announced to-day greatly exceed all
the estimates made last night This is especially the
with the shipping Two sloops were sunk near
Kaghns Point and the ferry boats Agnes and Peerless
badly damaged. Tho steamer Major Reybold was
towed to Wilmington this morning for repairs. The
body Of Emery Townsend pilot Of the steamer has not
yet been recovered There four persons killed and
eighty wounded many OF the latter having broken
bones Five persons cannot accounted for and are
SUI opposed be buried beneath OF the ruins. The
loss is estimated az 81 $50, 900.
The Pennsylvania Railroad sustained $4,000 worth
ofdamage. The most serious damage on the Pennsyt
vana lines is the partial destruction OF Homans bridge
on the Belvdere and Delaware Railroad above Phillips
burg The bridge consists Of two iron spans OF fifty feet
each One OF the abutnents is washed away. and the
end OF the bridge fell into the toward the canal.
The damage on the main ue very slight Several
trains from the scashOre hours behind time. tele-
graphic communication having been interrupted
In addition the list OF the dead known last night
the following names were learned to-day: Henry u
stephens age %. who lived at No BAT Chestnut-st,
Camden, also employed at the Stops Of the dredging
otner fractured by tho falling OF the building He died
about o'clock last night
Thomas Wilson, said 10 be a clearinghouse runner
from Front aud SOnthsts, was reported TO have been
blown overheard from vessel at Chestnust. wharf,
Camden, aud drowned
Charles smith, age hffy. switch tender at Bridge
Avenue Crossing, Pennsylvania Railroad. Camden,
struck by living q nbsr died thls morning.
The mis- -ng persons those WHO were on the
steamer Major keybod and are believed to have been
,pt into river OF them could be found
They Mary Atkinson and Thomas Atkinson oil Gam
den. 49,,
The in the Twenty-dfth Warl or philadelphia
this morning IL of desolaton. Many houses are
RACED ~ the ground.