Daily Republican., 1885-08-04
promenade deck and placed upon the
hurricane deck,


hurricane deck,
AS CAPTAIN BLooMsBURG SAW 1T.
Captain Bloomsbury, acting as chief
engineer ofthe Brandywine, said 81
was standing upon the east side of the
steamer when noticed black cloud
about the size of one Of our squares in
the city, which was shaped like fun
mel, in the distance.
" 1t was slowly advancing, and upon
reaching about where the Pennsylvania
Salt Company's works used to be, a
small frame structure was taken up
into this funnel apparently a distance
Of two hundred feet and torn In pieces,
the fragments flying in every direction.
Then roofs of houses In its path were
taken into the cir. could see the air
whirling, and now and then the water
In the river would be caught up and
taken In body several hundred feet in
the air and fall in torrents. Tho cloud
moved along on the Camden side to the
around the bend in the river toward
Richmond, taking everything in its
path.
We had passed the Reybold about
two minutes when the hurricane deck,
promenade deck, pilot house, smoke"
stack and jointer work were swept
away. leaving the machinery bare. The
! ferry boat Peerless was also struck and
/ the rear pilot house, smOkestack and
jointer work taken away. The captain
and pilot of the Reybold were thrown
into the river. The former was picked
up by the steamer Jersey Blue, but the
latter could not be found .And 10 suppos
ed to have perished. The deck hands
and engineers we're hurt by being struck
by fly ing debris. think there were
but few passengers on the fated steamer
at the time of the accident. l am posi-.
tive 1t was a cyclone, having seen them
before. The air was full of a 1ylng tim.
bers, and they could be seen whirline
hundreds of feet In the air. There waf
consid erable excitement on board the
steamer at the time of the accident -
Within fifteen minutes from the time
the two steamers passed the Brandy
wine was moored to her wharf at Chest
nut street, and her passengers discharg
ed.
THE CYCLONE AT SMYRNA.
Advices from Smyrna state that 6
terrible cyclone visited that community
about noon yesterday. Its track was
about three hundred yards wide, totally
destroying property and crops for miles
Live stock was killed and orchards an(
corn fields we're razed. There is no re
lport of human lives lost. The cyclone
struck the track of the one which pass
ed through there about two weeks
Iago.
STORMS ALL AROUND.
A tremendous rainstorm visited Chi
lcaRo ON Sunday, the fall, during tn,
twelve hours ending at midnight, being
5 58 inches. The sewers were unable
to carry off the water, and great damag
was done, especially in the business
streets, by the flooding Of basement
and cellars. Many poor families ant
also number of Cinnamon were driver
from their homes.
The severest storm ever known q
Shenandoah, Penna., prevailed ther
Ion Monday. Much damage was don
lby the flooding OF cellars, several Of th
work, and there was a e--.-- - a
on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, about
mile from the town.
A heavy rain in Reading on Monda
: morning flooded many streets aud II
Hover floors of q number of house
At Temple, in the same county. II
Temple Iron Company's orcoard, too
house and stable we're levelled by
tornado.
Q Saturday and Sundays storm
? ylLsncaster county, Penna., was the mo
destructive for years. Hundreds
acres of growing tobacco we're rulne
Ian traffic on the Columbia and 20
= Deposit Railroad was stopped by
). washout at Presswell.
.'ssl Heavy rain fell In Maryland durll
!, Sunday night and yesterday. i
~ storm was especially severe IN I
~ western section OF the State, and gre
- damage was done by submergence
"a the crops and washouts IN the railroad
~ Near Boonsboro man WAS killed
81 lightning.