Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-04
wonx OF rHE CYCLONE.


Five Lives Lest, Foup Persons Mfssinx
and sixty injured.
PHILADELPHIA, August 4.-The uppernnost
topic to-day is yesterdays cyclone and the de-
vastataon 1t wrought In it, rapid and relentless
the number Of Its victims and the complete de-
cured. The best Information at hand is that
missing. and sixty were injured. some 20 se-
Sereiy that recovery 10 impossible. Reports
gin as to the time when the tornado struck
orally agreed that its appearance at Green wfch
was about 500, and in less than ten minutes IL
Ing wide trail q devassa s0 and 'e ter.
less to describe the scenes immediately
the horror and CONSERVATION OF those on the III
lated boats on the river; Of those whose homes
a e IN Of tbos n w mass Of ruins upon them
themselves whirled In space with . mass Of
As far as ascertatnable the following il q cor.
rect list Of the killed and missing: The dead
Charles Daisy, aged so years, living at Glouces-
Ter City, and employed at the American Dredg-
den, was found dead in the yard. with one leo
broken and hip crushed.
Emory Townsend, pilot, aged 2s years, living
while manning the wheel and drowned.
=, Lizzie McVey, years, killed by the falling of
the house where sh. lived with her parents, at
Henry c. Stephens, % years, living at SAT
Cnestn1t street, Camden, also employed at the
has one leg torn or and the other fractured by
the falling of the building. He died about 3
Thomas Wilson, said to be Q boarding
house runner from Front and South streets,
pnlladelphia, was reported to have been blown
wharf, Camden, and drowned.
The missing embrace people who were on the
swept Into the river, as no trace Of them could
be found. They are: Mary Atkins, Camden:
Thomas Atkinson, Camden; Agnes Wilbur
New Castle, Del; Ella Wilburn, New Castle,
SCENE OF Oscillation.
The scene In the 25th ward Of Philadelphia
are razed to the ground. others are Completely i
Quilted, while many more are roofess The APP
Rearance of the localities on both sides OF the
resembles once thickly populated region that
has been visited by an extensive fire. The total
loss will amonnt TO about 100000, including
which followed the tornado also did a great
zeal OF damage, the water in the Schuylkill
river fdv this morning is higher than It has been
Paramount dam being s feet IL inches.
In Manaynnk some of the streets were washed
curb to curb. The trestie work of the
bridge there was carried away, and
the cellars CT 300 houses were filled with water.
Ridge avenue, in such an inextricable mass as
to completely block travel on that thorough
fare Many factories suffered damage by
water.
AMONG THE MISSING
NEW CASTLE, August Agnes and Ella
Wtlbar, reported among the missing by yester-
terday's disaster to the steamer Major ReybOld
of Philadelphia, are Mrs. Jas. Wilmot and
daughter. who were on the boat on the uptrip,
but returned to New Castle by train.
THE COURSE OF THE TORNADO.
WILMINGToN, DEL. August 4.-The cyclone
OF yesterday afternoon seemed to commence
near BrenlOrd, and, taking an east-northeast
course passed into and over the Delaware bay
at point near Ship John light. Peach and
other trees were torn up by the roots, poultry
was carried off bodily in the whirlwind, and
the farms in the narrow track of the storm
were damaged to the extent OF $4,000.