Daily Republican., 1885-08-04
"After the pilot-house went over, u

"After the pilot-house went over"
he said, we must have been blown
some distance. The next thing 1 re- |
member after being struck was of being
under water. My first idea was to-
catch hold of something. | struggled
to the surface and caught board, but
something hit me and knocked me un-
| der again. When / came up / was
again knocked under by flying timbers
and still again the third time. Then I
thought was done for, but Just then
my band struck q tiller rope and /
clung to 1t with all my strength.
When got my head above water I
clutched the pilot " heel and managed
to get rid Of my gum coat and I'M.
der. coat, and then felt lighter. Some
distance off saw Townsend just as a
tugboat passed. hailed her and she
might have saved us both, bat she took
no notice. was picked up by the
steamer jersey Blue, bnt by that time
Townsend had disappeared. He was
undoubtedly drowned. Ii he Lad not
been would have heard of him by this
You see that wheel there on the wharf.
It's the wheel Of the Major that I chung
to and left floating away down the riv-
or when 1 was picked up. A little while
ago it drifted into the slip here where
the Major is tied"
The Rey bold was towed back by the
tugs Gladisfen and Orms Gould, who
went to her assistance after she was
wrecked. An immense crowd assem-.
bled at the Arch street wharf in the
rain to look at her.
The damage is estimated at SIC, 900.
Morris Doy le, Of Salem, the engineer,
was placed in very critical position.
When the shock came he stopped his
engine and raked out his fires, and then
discovered that he was penned in the
eng me room by the fallen timbers. 1t
was. with much difficulty that he was
liberated.
Emory Townsend, the drow ned pilot,
was 25 years old. He lived in Salem
with his wife and two children, and
was considered one of the best pilots on
the river. SO far as Is known, but three
persons on the boat were injured. These
were passenger, William Gessner,
Iof Carpenter street, Salem, who was
cut in the face severely ; Morris Doy 10,
the engineer, scalded on the arm, and
Theodore Yelch, OF PennsRrove, q deck
hand, cut in the face.
1t was rumored lats last night that
1.-TWO children of John Atkinson, of Cam
Idep, Thomas and Mary, and his two
lnieces, Ellen and Agnes Wilbur, of New
Castle, who are supposed to have been
on the Reybold, are missing. Captain
'ISkellinger, of Camden, says that bt
lpicked up three of the steamers pas
Isengers and took them TO Camden on
his tug.
ON TO CAMDEN.
The tornado also struck the ferry boa
Peerless, doing considerable damage te
the former, drowning It's pilot and in
juIing several persons on each boat.
The tornado struck the Jersey shore al
X aighn's Point. The passage of the
tornado across the river was accompa-
MED by loud, ,rumbliDg noise, but there
was no rain until Camden was reached
The tide was not high at the time, but
the tornado caused heavy swell uI
, and down the river.
1t was twenty minutes past O'Clock
ma In in.ortssSsisrls .Siail s' 'cO6fss fhfodsh Gam
den. nearly as far as Fifth street, ant
thence north to Linden street, 1t caused
the death of at least three persons, IN
iured probably fifty, and unrooieo o
: lother4ise damaged about 40O puiid
r ings. ,os
! trated along the track OF the storm, ant
number Of boys and men were hftet
from the ground and blown, in som
q aalinstances, a distance of about mt
a feet.
nj 1T STRIKES PORT RICHMOND.
t. The tornado left Camden at Deli
], ware avenue and LiHden streets, ait'
d. covering the thoroughfares In !
Of courseI with debris, and ,re-cross ing u
lpl delaware, struck Port Richmond
at the foot of William street. 1t proceeot
IL thence almost due north, varying
of wid tn from one hundred 70 two hui
4. ldred wards, aud causing heavy damai
all along Its course
,atl One person was, killed and a NUMB
he injured, Some buildings were entire
ma demolished, trees were uprooted, reno
,m blown away, and the streets al ma
4 3 points covered with the remnants
led roofs and other material
la. The course OF the cyclone ran stral0
ng through the western portion OF Fran
rhe ford, passing over GREENWOOD zen
list terry. Houses were uuroofed, len'
IAN lleveled and trees uprooted. The voiu
the of water was 30 great that the oumni ~
be on Kensington avenue hao grese VI y,
old Guilty in running, for tne waeoi re~',
out the fires. Telegraph wires W
,es. prostrated, and the poles in many ca
ch- broken on SNORT 49,,
an. The heavy rain of last night eau
. In the water in the Schuylkill River
the rise and overflow the banks. AT
, ofl early hour this morning there wa
ilot disastrous food at the Falls OF Schu
thefkill, Ridge avenue was overhowe'
rom a depth of about seven feet. Fen
ina, and outhouses were washed down
sud- layenue and the cellars of great m
nted houses flooded. The loss, it is un
A stood, win be great.
d to LIST OF THE KILLED.
avy' Lizzie McVey, aged 9 years, ri
ing by the falling of the house where
to- lived with her parents, at the corne
y at Melyale and Toronto streets, Port
and Emery Townsend, aged 2S years,
bold, ing in Salem, N. j., drowned !
not steamer Major Rey bold. -.
had Charles Daisy. aged 30 years, n
'ould at Gloucester City and employed a.
was American Dredging Companys sn
* az at the foot of Spruce street, Cam
'rible was found dead in the yard Win
ss at leg broken and hip crushed.
send Henry G. Stephens, aged % y
ming I,,ving at 347 Chestnut street, Cam
Vould a,so emoloyed at the shops of
loud DTsd g;ng Company as q machinist
one leg torn off and the other trac'
hold by the falling building. He died
elievel Thomas Wilson, said TO be a boar
J tim-I bonae rnnner from Front and
sr In. straets PHILADELPHIA, was reportt
/ the have haen blown overheard from q
sci at Chestnut street wharf, Oan