Daily Republican., 1885-08-04
Fatal Cyclone
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OF DEsOLATiON.
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Press oi Tuesday.
as NJ storms that began In
ma and vicinity on Saturday
" continued On Sunday and
AFTERNOON, eliminated yes.
fs,poou between three and
ock in o destructive tornado
nnosed TO have started In the
fRed Bank. IL swep. up the
crossed the delaware river,
|o.tawardly through Camden,
,hs Delaware, entered the
m ward of this city, and dis
in the neighborhood of Ken.
venue and Harrowgate lane
6y. lives were lost, a large
X ipsrsous-probably not much
IA buudred-were injured, and
bount Of property was destroy.
course Of the tornado was
Il miles long, and its velocity
ned 10 have been between
d OF forty miles an hour.
THE STORM toMMENcRD.
b O'Clock In the morning there
Syy rains, accompanied by
and thunder. About 3 o'clock
|srly heavy shower fell in the
Srt Of the city and lasted about
lee, being followed after an
bfa few seconds by a still
kbower, i'll which umbrellas
(tle o., no service. The heavi-
h aud hishes. wind of the day,
btral part Of the city, came
|clo,k AM laste,: about fifteen
inc.pa INDICATIONS Of the
bfthe wind along Chestnut,
hnd Heighboring streets were
be- ni number OF umbrellas
b. the tearing down of some
i and there, including q few
m independence Hall, and the
BIT Of hats.
bservera saic that the tornado
elialn points, ? zigzag course, ,
teater part of the evidence goes
tlat the course was almost a
ine, ruuning about half way
northeast an . north from Red
William street, Port Richmond
afterwards being detected to
nOrtherly direction, in which il
10 the end.
uortheastwardly through
the pindstorm overturned q
II cars on Pennsy vania Rail
ks. Some of the cars were
itt CGal and were blown into
along the elnhankment. A
n large u nloaded box cars fol
lere blown several yards from
leaving their trucks beh ind
The rOofs o. nearly all the
0. the Pennsylvania Sail
b Wo.h5, nea. o.UU- ,.l-
ere blown off, and two large
lis and o tall brick smoke stack
bwn down.
lids and other grounds sur
the works we're thickly strewl
prls, and, though dozens of the
es were struck by flying o
blsots, NO QUE was killed. Tel
were injured, however, thre
u thela seriously.
rnado had the appearance of
ID the base OIL the earth. Th
med 70 be about two hundre
Eide, and the height betwee
inbred and i've hundred fee
pe looked ike an inky clout
|rled rapidly around its perpeI
carrying boards, branches
pteis Of tin and other objects u
apex, 1t made a noise like tn
? escaping from many big boi
ompanled by a great clatter
pcts carried up from the groun
TIE REYBOlD kECKED.
losing the Delaware the fl
as unfortunate enough to
10 the track Of the cyclol
Major Reybold. She started fro
fert wharf OIL her trip down q
10 the afternoon, command
tam Eugene i;eybold, of De
~ Emory Townsend, a you
sa.eln, was at the wheel. ]
esl1eT made the passenger
and there were not more th
cope on board including
lie exact number cannot
lhed, because Captain Reyb
collected q single fare when
came,
Ooat had .Ius' passed the CLIQUE
sooat Peerless and was approa
ttenw!eh Point, when the c
~ plot, who were together
lo' h9use, noticed through
ran a peculiar appearance
u,lErlteTn sky, Then the p
tae elp'a ms attention to
s' two blasts Of wind coming f
.e sides of the river had met
VI lhe ReybOld. Turning {
70 u she tight the captain poll
s9utnwestern sky again.
" b1aek column that SCENE
l ilom the earth TO the hei
Clouds in the sky was traye
terrific speed over the land
eybold. s uiioo'''
Sspsan ss TO teel very anxious
nV1Slve,' l said Captain Reyl
: cb,s : saw that, bnt there wa
llaalice la to think about what
.S,. =, aone, Almost before Ic
''9Olng The big black column
in =, suddenly it grew blac
ss.. sne pilot. The ter
'e9liea Ii to come from all side
aw : ,1oked S' over toward Town
%.l, l.s deathly white face shl
IL iSassness. ] was afraid he v
(onII ue'Ve and called to him as
b o. tbs, bs0a.s q, sake, Townsend,
and ",na ms ! roared 80 1 don't bt
bso.an S me at all. Just then the
Ha sau 70 crack and in anotbt
-house. I" 'Sofooard will
u ,yrSa'e,y on ,ty the passengers
(nsS a. l1e maln deck. The
cra.b s bunieE I =! the heavy strain.
h%aae S,a after crash. The cons
mn
le.,eSy,la erey aldliel tog- ther arour
cmlI poln with blanchei fa:es
t,l,H gini oe beard above the ho
secori 1i F.a y. the rattle of the
CAM u two a last treme
ps wsp, md the whole OF the
later Il y ~ me board. A sec