The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1885-08-13
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO.
Philadelphia and Vicinity Suffer
Heavily.
A Number Of People Killed end wounded
Hundreds Of Houses WRECKED.

PHILADELPHIA AU8U1b 0s-4uAo SAv1
noon the eastern shore Of tho Delaware
River, in the neighborhood Of Gloucester,
N. j., was struck by tornado. Tho wind. |
storm struck up the Camden shore 10 .
short distance this side Of Burlington, and
then crossing the river proceeded on it,
marrow course through the farm lands Of
Pennsylvania. The sight, witnessed from
the business houses on Delaware avenue,
was pronounced ono Of the most te-rorising
ever seen in this part Of the country. A
dense, leadon.hued cloud, like twisting
column Of smoke, rose into the
sky as though discharged from the
water, and flying along In . northwesteriy
course, carried everything down before 1t.
The excursion steamer Major Reybold, ON
her way down the river with about one
tornado just OF Greenwich Point and
wrecked in . terrible manner The lorna
do coming from the southeast struck her
on the port side. She careened heavily,
and almost went on her beam ends. The
passengers were thrown to the deck, and
. terrible scene Of confusion enSued.
The port side cabin was torn to
pieces, and the flying timbers struck men
and women down, and many were severely
injured. Captain Eugene Reybold and
Pilot Emory Townsend were In the pilot.
house, and when the full force Of the wind
struck the boat the pilot. house was blown
bold was picked up by the tug James, but
Pilot Townsend was drowned. Two
others received fatal injuries. The vessel
u total wreck. The tornado struck three
buildings Of the Pennsylvania Salt.
works, at Greenwich Point, unroo6ng and
otherwise badly damaging. them, and
three men were badly injured. The
steamer Peerless, Of the Gloucester ferry.
was struck, and part Of her upper decks
carried away, but no one was injured. In
Camden. on the Jersey side, and at Ken.
city on this side of the river, the damage
by the cyclone ID very great. It Is esti-
mated that one thousand houses in Camden
and six hundred in Remington were dc.
molished or badly damaged. The damage
to property can not b estimated, but wnl
probably reach S. 900, 900. Five persons
have been reported killed, and about one
hundred injured, . number Of whom
cannot recover. Hundreds Of families ct
Camden were rendered homeless, and one
victim, Chas. Daisy, was killed outright ct
the AMERICAN Dredging Company's wharf:
Another, Harry Stevens, had his leg cut on
ably die. The path Of the storm through
Richmond was marked with death and de-
struction. Its track was almost due north
from the Port Richmond coal wharves.
About one hundred and fifty dwelling.
houses were wrecked or 20 badly damaged
~ 70 be rendered unfit for habitation, and
two hundred families were driven from
their homes, to be cared for by their
nsighbors. A number Of people were seri.
ously and some fatally injured. A girl Of
TN years, Lizzie Mcvegh, was killed al
her home, 172a Melvin street, in sight Of
her mother, who was herself pinned to the
floor by fallen rafters few feet from hel
dying child. The tornado lasted between
f0nr and five minutes, and was marked
with terrific pufs and roars. II II . singu'
lar fact that dat-roofed houses suffered
the most The wind, with tn,
greatest ease catching them un
dor the cornice, lifted them % though
they were sheets Of paper. There wa
hardly an instance where . mansard
rooted building was wrecked. 30 grea
was the violence Of the wind that tn
fronts and sides Of houses and bay win
dows were mashed a. though egg-shella
Roofs were carried hundreds Of yard
away. Shade trees were moved dow
like platoons Of soldiery on . battle field
Great, monster trees that had stood tn
storms OF years were uprooted or broke,
of like pipe stems.