Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-04
the vessel rolled and pitched frightfully


ing. The storm then passed over to the
jersey side, striking John Dialogues
ship-yards, below Kaighn's Point, and
destroying the buildings of the establish
ment 1t then took course along the
New Jersey river front, demolishiug all
the buildings in its path up to Bridge
avenue, Camden. At this point the cy-
clone took an eas;erly course to Fifth
street, Camden, embracing In its path
all that section OF the city be-
tween Second aud Fifth streets, to
the Delaware river, which washes
the northern section of the city. Pass
ing over the river skirting Petty's Islaud
the storm passed over to that part of the
Twenty fifth Ward Of Philadelphia
known as Richmond. In its ravages in
Camden scores of dwelling g-houses
were unroofed aud some of them
thrown down, and the damage to the
business property along the river
front'is enormous. Hundreds of Jam
lies were rendered homeless and one
at the American Dredging Compauys
wharf Another, Harry Stevens, had his
leg cut off by flying piece Of timber and
will probably die. The path of the storm
through Richmond was marked with
death and destruction. Its track was
almost due north from the Port Rich
mond coal wharves. About $50 dwelling
houses were wrecked or 50 badly dam
aged rs to be rendered unfit for habita-
ton, and 200 families were driven from
their homes to be cared for by their
neighbors. A number OF peo-
pie were seriously and some ia
tally injured. A girl of ten
years, Lizzie McVeagh, was killed at
her home, 1872 MIlven street, in sight of
her mother, who was pinned to the floor
by fallen timber a few feet from her.
The cyclone is described by those who
witnessed its progress upon the river
as an immense black cone-shaped
cloud, with the apex resting upon the
water and its base mingliDg with the
rain clouds which hung ln dense masses
from the sky. 1t is impossible as yet to
estimate the amount of damage doae.
The following are the names of the
killed and injured as far as can be a>cer-
tained
Emory Townsend of Saline, N. Y,
pilot OF the steamboat Maj. Reybold.
Charles Daisy, aged folty-pine, ship
carpenter, killed instantly by flying tim
bers, at the wharf of the American
Dredging Company, Camden.
Lizzie McVeagh, aged ten, crushed to
death between timbers at her residence,
No. 1879 Milyer street, Philadelphia.
INJURED.
On steamboat, Maj. Reybold, Morris
Doyle. engineer, slightly; Capt. Reybold,
severely cut; Welch, deckhand, severe
| ly cut; w. Gessner, a passenger, injuries
serious. Injured at Camden Harry
| Stevens, aged twenty-one years; proba-
bly, fatally injured, his right leg sew
cred below the knee by flying
timbers; Stewart johnson, colored,
dredging tug Pacific, seriously injured
about the face and body; John Wetcher,
Injured seriously about the head; Benja-
min Smith, right arm broken and in.
jured internally; Alonzo Maxwell, aged
| sixteen, injured by falling walls; Charles
Thompson, manager of the Camden Tool
Works, injured in the face and neck by
falling walls; Jacob Miller, leg broken;
f. Peak, head cut; john Silk, head badly
cut; Elmer Locke, bruised about body;
Mrs. Josephine Mckinley, cut about
face and body; John Brown, injured in
| fifty mother Of the dead child Lizzie
McV Veagh, badly cut about body; Annie
McV eight, aged fifteen, cut about face
and limbs; Michael Kent, aged fifty
five, back broken; William n. Harb of
Short 4 Harb, hosieFy manufacturers,
struck by falling bricks, causing depres-
| sion of the brain-it is thought he will
| die. The following emp'o oYes at Short Il
| Harb's mill were also injured: Annie
| Balts, aged sixteen, arm broken; Annie
| Karen, aged sixteen; Emma Power, aged
nineteeD; Emma Thomas, aged eighteen;
Emma Michiner, aged nineteen; John
Thornton, aged fifteen.
AN EYE WITNESS STORY.
Mr.. John Dialogue of Camden, whose
works were destroyed, said: Looking
out the door upon the river, [ saw the
| tornado approach. | could see the build
ings of the Pennsylvania Salt Works on
the Philadelphia side going off ike ch9ff:
then the storm struck the Major Reybo,d,
which was partially abreast Of my place.
| Portions of her upper works were
whirled fully 400 feet into the air. A
tremendous roar preceded. The moving
fury resembled dense mass of rolling
black smoke, aud 1t travelled within ten
feet of the surface of the water in the
river. A singular phenomenon was no
ticed not only by myself but by others
This was huge ball of fire fully ten
feet in diameter, which swiftly accom-
panied the storm cloud. Alter playing
sad havoc with my establishment, | saw
north of me with a rebort so
terrific as to shake the very foundations
of the buildings in my yards. Following
this came a number of explosions, but OF
less force, All the sky to the eastward
was unusually bright and had . sort Of
rainbow appearance. In fact this was
one of the most remarkable sights of the
kind that had ever seen. The ball
OF fire, which was exploded, | am
satisfied played the mischief at
the American Dredging Company s
place. Short & Horb's three story
hosiery mill, 3039 and 3041 Salmon
street, Richmond, this city, was com
pletely wrecked aud scattered in all di-
| Fections. There were about eighty peo-
pie employed in the mill, most of them
young girls, aud the effect was to throw
them into panic. A large number
jumped from the second story window
and were only slightly injured, while
the falling walls and struck by pieces of
storm, the air was filed With flying de-
bris, aud the people seeing the awful
sight, fed 10 terror by the hundreds to
their cellars. The cyclone lasted between
four and five minutes, and was marked
with terrific putfs apd roars. 1t is a
singular fact that fat-roofed houses
suffered the most, the wind with
the greatest ease, catching them
under the cornice aud lifting them as
though they were sheets of paper. There
was hardly an instance where a man
sard roof building was not wrecked. Sc
great was the violence of the wind
that the frsnts and sides OF houses and
bay windows were smashed as though thes
were egg shells Roofs were carried
!, hundreds of yards away. Shade trees
were moved down like platoons of sol.
diery on a battlefield Great mon.
ster trees that had stood storms q
years we're uprooted or broken off like
pipestems. The eccentricities of tn,
|, wind could be seen on every side
Buildings which it would seem that ar
, ordinary storm would demolish, anC
which were in the direct path of til,
storm, were spared, while their ge;gh
bors, modern structures of brick, woulC
T be gutted or wrecked outright.
5 Severe Ratn-sform at New York.
! New YORK, August "A sever,
} wind, rain and thunderstorm prevailed
here most of the day and night NJ
G damage to property is reported in thi
= vicinity, but telegraph wires in nearly al
e directions have been practically useless
I most of the day. The storm at Philadel
I phis cut off communication with tina
e city, Baltimore, Washington and point