Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-04

ososh mile along the trace. Too
men we're badly injured b, being strusk
VITO lying cenris. ThrouQh ths Md
nlston valley very heavy danaace q ~
ported The loss throughout the STATE
roughly estimated a. $4,000. snd
may considerably exceed tnat.
The AmalEnmaied Aa.o<fsfssa.
PTrTzBuEea. Aaz. The annual SON.
'lentinn Of the Amalesnaat4d A%aocia
iton OF Iron 4 Steel NorkSrs viii me-.
~ wheeling, West Virginia, touorrov,
hnd VIII probably ooltinue In ssssioa
isll saturday. President W.ihe aud toe
PtttsouERh delegates left for WneeIin0
inis evsRinR. Before leaving Weihe
stated that be wo0la positively refuse
70 De Q candidate for RECESSION,
Among those prominently mentioned
Tor fhe position are ex President john
: arrstt, Joseph Bishop, James II Mutt
"a f0nnestOvn, Onio. Andres Lee OF
Pniisdeipats, Samuel Carpsnter of
Springfield, Illinois. and John Morgan
Of this city.
sarah Aithea Lsses her Ten,per,
sAS FRAscIsoo, August 3.-The esle.
Grated divorce case Of Hill va Sharon.
when - nov going en- under the re-
serssd fo:n Of Sharon ". Hill 10 the
United states Circuit Csurt. 10 have the
alleged marriage contract declared void
was az ain this afternoos productive Of
an exciting Incident which for a mo-
nieut looked a. though il would result in
tragedy. Testimony in tue ease
aas being taken before the Master in
Chancery whsn q Rnmber Of photographs
Of various documents in the possession
Of Miss Hill we're exhibited. Judge
Evans and ex-senator Stewart, of conn
sol for Sharon, took exception to certain
defects In the photographs and sharso.
ttirizsd them as unreliabae. Miss Hill
became greatly excited at their con-
ments, and thrustlnR her hand into a
satchel drew out q revolver, which she
pOinted az ex-senator SseE art, remark.
ma that II be c1ntinusd 10 his structures
site would make hin pay dearly for
Master in Chaneery Hsughson advanced
toward the lady and urgently requested
her to remain calm. he finally succeed
81 IN obtaining possession of the revolt
YER and adjourned the hearing until to
morrow. Before be did 50, Miss Hill lis
stated % have remarked. 81 am
bS,und 20 kill Stewart before this trial IL
over, aud don't know bnt what | had
better DO &c now Application vas i'm.
Iaediateiy made to Judge Sawyer for q
varrant for her arrest.
The Cyeiese 81 Philadelphia.
PRILADkLPHIA, Aug. ga terrific cy-
clone. sweeping aP TIE Delaware river,
this afternoon, struck this city scar
6reeuwich Point, devastating portion
Of she works Of the Pennsylvania Salt
Misunderstanding Company and injurins
several employees. It then toek q
coarse acrtss the river wreckinQ the
river steamer Major RsyboId aud the
ferry boat Peerless. The storm htsv
Pilot Emory Townsend and Captain
Eagane ReybOld OF the steamer Rey sold
mite the river, Drowning the former and
iuiurine the Captain. The
Peerless vas swept clean almost 90 the
waters edge. When the mate of the
Rsybold isft the deck he discovered
thRt the immense force Of the cyclone
came from It's rotary motion. He
and several others we're thrswn
q hole TO the lover deck
aHd all the apper works were
swept away like chat. The
confusion among the passengers was
iutiesertoabls and several iamped into
tho river, bat u 10 believed that all were
rescued. While ,hs cyclone vas upon
thu vessel everything vas ~ black IS
thu blacklist night. Sofas we're broken
TO spliniers and carpets torn 10 shrsds
~ the cabin as n thsy had been paper.
rhs cyclone lasted about minute, and
after 10 passed the vessel rolled and
pitched fearfully In she great waves, and
came near swsmpina.
The storm then passed over b. the
Jersey City side, striking John Dis
loeue's safeguards below Ksigh's Point,
and destroyed the bnildinRs Of the es-
tablishment. Ii then took q coarse
along tha New Jersey side 81
the river, demoiishina all the
In its path up TO the bridge
10 oaDden- At this point the Cyclone
look an easterly course TO Fifth street,
Camden. embracing in liz path all that
sscEion Of the city between Second and
Fifth streets to the Delaware River,
which was the northern section Of the
sity. Passing over the rives and skirt
ing Petty's Island the storm passed over
10 that part Of she Tweaty- fifth Ward
known 80 Riohmond. In It's ravages 10
Camden scores Of dwelling houses we're
arr0ofed and some of them we're thrown
ioWn, and the damage 10 business prop
srty along the river 'front.' was enor-
mons.
A hundred families we're rendered
aouieless, and one victim, Charles
DaiEe, was killed oatriRht at tho Ameri-
IAN Dredging Company's wharf. An
,shgs, H Stevens, had q leg eat OF BY q
Lying piece of timber, and will probably
ale.
The track OF che storm through Rlch-
nond Is marked with death and de-
truction. Il was almost due north
About 100 dwelling houses we're wrecked
Dr % badly damaged ~ 70 be rendered
nnht FOR habitation, and 200 families
we're driven from their homes 10 be
Dared for by neiehbors. A number OF
iperuons we're seriously and some fatally
injured. A Rirl Of 10 years. Lizzie No
Yeygh, vas killed et her home % l52l
Melville street, In sight Of her mother,
VIC, Wa hssself pinned 10 the door by
falling rafters few feet from she dy
Ing child. The scene 10 described BY
those VINO Witnessed lie progress up the
rfvsr, as that Of an immense blaak cone
ahsl2 a cloud With the apex resting upon
The water and the base mineline With
the rain cieads which hang In dense
lnassss frooi the sky. IL % impossible
yet 10 estimate the amount Of damage
done.
John Dislogue. Of Camden, whose
works were destfsyed. says On look
ine oat Of the deer on the rivsr sac
the tornado's approach. osuld Gee the
bui,dings Of she Philadelphia Salt
Works. on the philadelphia side, GOING
0f like chat. Then the storm struck
The Major Rybola, which Gas p2rsisllv
abr,ast Of my place. Portions Of her
upper works weFe hurled fally 30 feet
In the air. A Exemendens roar preceded
10. The moving fury feeemhled .
sienss mass OF rolling black smoke.
and 10 travelled within ten fees Of
ths river. A singular phenomenon was
iaotieed. not cniy By myself bus b. all
ray men in tie yards this was huge
hall Of Are, fully ten feet In diameter,
whi0h accompanied the Storm cloud.
Aztec playing havoc With my establish
snsnt I saw this ball Of fre expleds
about 80 yards north Of me. which 70
Eort vas % terrible ss 10 shake every
foardation Of the buildings in my yard.
rheite were other explo> ions. bat Of Ices
Force. The shy 70 the eastward vas %