The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-08-08

orchard, Toulouse and stable were levelled by
a tornado.
Saturday and Sundays storm in Lancaster
county, Pa, was the most destructive for
years. Hundreds of acres of growing tobacco
were ruined. All traffic on the Columbia and
Port Deposit Railroad was stopped by a wash
out at Cresswell.
Great damage was done on Monday by a
tornado in the country near Smyrna, Del;
Orchards and cornfields were destroyed ana
stock killed in track about 800 feet wide and
several miles in length.
IN AND AROUND PHILADELPHIA.
A destructive tornado swept up the Neck
Monday afternoon between and O'Clock,
crossed the Delaware river, passed through
Camden, and, re- crossing the river, entered
the Twenty-fifth Ward and disappeared IN the
vicinity of Kensington avenue and Harrow
gate lane. At least six lives were lost,
number of persons were injured, especially IN
Camden, and a vast amount of property was
DESTROYED. The course of the tornado from
Red Bank was about nine miles long. and its
velocity is supposed 10 have been between 30
and 40 miles an hour. The greatest destruc-
ton of property was in Camden, New Jersey,
where about four hundred buildings were I'M
rooted and otherwise in ured. Nearly all the
buildings of the Pennsylvania Salt Works, at
Greenwich Point, were unrooted, and parts
of their brick walls were blown down. Loaded
coal cars were blown from tracks IN the Neck.
In Port Richmond and elsewhere many buld-
ings were demolished and trees uprooted.
The steamboat Major Reybold and the ferry
boat Peerless were caught by the tornado:
The pilot of the Reybold was drowned, and
several persons on each boat were injured.
The rain caused a serious flood at the Falls
of Schuylkill Monday night. Water TO the
depth of seven feet covered Ridge Avenue,
carrying away outhouses and fences, and
floating them down the street
LATER.
The tornado that swept from Red Bank at
Port Richmond on Monday caused greater
destruction in some parts Of its course than
was at first supposed An additional death
was announced on Tuesday, making six in all.
Nearly one hundred persons were injured,
more than half of whom reside in Camden.
Many of those at first reported as seriously
injured were in much improved condition
Wednesday, and it was thought that with one
or two exceptions none of the cases were III
danger of resulting fatally. The pecuniary
loss in Camden is roughly estimated at mil
lion dollars As large number of the build
ings demolished or damaged in Port Rich
mond were small, cheap houses, it is believed
that the loss on real estate in that section
will not exceed $4,000. There were many
distressing scenes In Camden among the
people left homeless. There is great demand
for houses in that city, and large numbers OF
mechanics and laborers are needed to repair
the damages. Sergeant Dey, of the Signal
Service Office, says he expects to be required
to make detailed report of the tornado to
the authorities in Washington; but, though
he made number of interesting observations
in Camden and Port Richmond Tuesday, he
is not yet prepared to give an account OF the
cause, course and velocity of the tornado.
A tornado passed over Churchville and its
vicinity, in the lower end of Bucks county,
Pa, about four O. clock on Monday afternoon.
The storm moved from south to north, cover
ING track so to 100 feet wide, and extending
distance of 3 miles. 1t tore up tombstones
in the burying ground and carried them about
one hundred yards, demolished about sixteen
houses and barns apd levelled number of
outbuildings. At Pinevile and Lahaska
houses were uuroofed and outbuildings de-
stroyed At Gainesville, two mill dams
burst, sweeping away stables and outbuildings,
submerging the lower floors of buildings and
blockading the road The corn fields in the
valley were entirely submerged
Between eleven and twelve O'Clock on
Monday morning tornado struck Upper and
Lower Sal ord townships, IN Montgomery
county, Pa, uprooting trees, unroofng houses
and blowing down barns.
Heavy washouts have occurred on the Lee
high Valley, Lehigh and Susquehanna, and
Belvidere, Delaware RAILROADS in the vicinity
of Easton. Bridges have also been damaged
and culverts broken. The total loss by the
storms of Saturday and Monday is estimated
at 500, 900.
The tornado of Monday afternoon in Della
ware, according to a Wilmington despatch,
seemed to begin near Brentford, 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 about $4,000.
A furious rain and hail storm in Sargent
county. Dakota, last Sunday evening, damag-
ed =, 600 acres of wheat.