The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.


1ured-Hundreds of Families Homeless.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. A terrific cy-
clone sweeping up the Delaware River yes.
terday afternoon struck this city near
Greenwich Point, demolishing portion of
the works of the Pennsylvania Salt Manu-
featuring Company and injuring several
employees. 1t then took a course across
the river, wrecking the river steamer
Major Reyboid and the ferrvboat
Peerless. The storm blew the pilot. Emery
Townsend, and Captain Eugene Reybold.
of the steamer Reybold, into the
river, drowning the former and painfully
injuring the Captain. The Peerless was
swept clean almost to the waters edge.
When the Major Reybold left her dock for
Salem, N. j., she had ON board about fifty
passengers, although, as no tickets had been
sold, it is impossible to ascertain the exact
number. There were also about fourteen
officers and deck hands. OF this number il
does not appear that any were lost except
the pilot, although it is not impossible that
some OF the passengers were washed off and
loSl without any one knowing of the circum-
stances. A steam-tug coming up the river
after the disaster reports that the body of a
woman was seen for few minutes float
ing IN the river near the spot where the
cyclone struck the steamboat. but that it
sank out of sight and could not be found
when the tug made search.
b. j. Warner, one of the passengers. was
standing on the upper deck, and saw the
black storm approaching, but as it moved
rather slowly, he supposed it was a 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 hole to the lower deck. All
the upper works were swept away like
chatf. The confusion among the paSsen-
gers was indescribable, and several of
them jumped into the river, but Mr..
Warner believes all were rescued.
While the cyclone was upon the vessel
everything was black as the blacklist
night Sofas were broken to splin-
tiers and carpets torn to Shreds in the cabin.
as if they had been paper. The cyclone, he
thinks, lasted about a minute, and after it
passed the vessel rolled and pitched fright
fully in the great waves, and came near
swapping.
The storm then passed over to the Jersey
side, striking John Dialogues ship-yards,
below Kaighn's Point and destroying the
buildings of the establishment. 1t then
took a course along the New jersey
River, demoliShing all the buildings in its
path up to Bridge avenue, Camden.
At this point tie cyclone took an easterly
course to Fifth street, Camden, en-
bracing in its path all that section of the
city between Second and Fifth streets to
the Delaware River, which washes the
northern section of the city. Passing over
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passed over to that part of the Twenty-fifth
Ward of Philadelphia known as Richmond.
In its ravageS i'll Camden scores of dwelling
houses were unroofed and some OF them
thrown down.
The damage to the business property
along the river front is enormous. Hun
dreds of families are rendered homeless.
Charles Daley was killed outright at the
American Dredging Company's wharf.
Harry Stevens had his leg cut off by fly
ing piece of timber, and will probably die.
The path of the storm through Richmond
was marked with great destruction. Its
track was almost due north from the Port
Richmond coal wharveS. About one hun
dred and fifty dwelling houses were wrecked
OF so badly damaged as to be rendered unfit
for habitation, and two hundred families
for by their neighborS.
number of people were seriously, and
some fatally, injured. A girl of ten years.
Lizzie McVey, was killed at her home, 172i
Melvale street, in sight of her mother who
was herself pinned to the floor by fallen
rafters few feet from her dying child.
The cyclone is described by those who wit
messed its progress upon the river as an i'm
menSe black, cone shaped cloud with its
apex resting upon the water and its base
mingling with the rain-cloudS which hung
in dense masses from the sky.
As far as can be aScertained at this time
the dead number three and the wounded
twenty-one.
Short & Harb's three-story mill. on Sal
mon street, Richmond, in this city, was
completely wrecked and scattered in all di-
rections. There were about eighty
people employed in the mill, most
of them young girls. A large
number jumped from the second
story windows, and were only slightly in
jured, while others were hurled to the
ground with the falling walls and struck by
flying timber and bricks. It is a singular
fact that fat-rOofed houses suffered the
most. The wind catching them under the
c0rnice, lifted them as though they
were sheets of paper. There is hard
ly an instance where 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 they were egg-shells.
Roofs were carried hundreds of yards away.
Monster trees that had stood the storms of
years were uprooted or broken off like pipe
stems.
READING, Pa, Aug. A heavy wind
and rain-storm passed over this place yes
terday, doing much damage Near Second
and Washington streets a culvert burst and
a dozen houses standing low were sub
merged from twelve to fifteen feet House
hold furniture was floating all ever the Vi
cinity near Ninth and Muhenberg streets.
Several persons vacated their houses, which
were in imminent danger of falling down.
SMYRNA, Del, Aug. A terrible cy-
clone visited this section yesterday after
noon, totally destroying property for miles,
in a swath three hundred feet wide. Stock
was killed. and orchards, corn fields, ETC.,
were destroyed. No lives are known to be
lost
BALTIMORE, Nd, Aug. 4.-Advices from
various points throughout the State show
the storm to have been the most disastrous
that has ever visited this section. A cycloue
swept path 200 yards in width through
Cecil County. Houses, mills and bridges
were swept away. Trees were blown half
a mile, and loaded freight train with all
brakes down was carried mile along the
tracks. Two men were badly injured by
being struck with flying debris. Through
the MiddletOwn Valley very heavy damage
is reported. The loss throughout the State
is roughly estimated at $50, 900, and may
be considerably in excess of that amount
Removed After an Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The President
yesterday commissioned Baker p. Lee to