St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-04
WILD WINDS.
Philadelphia and Suburbs Visited
by a Most Disastrous
Cyclone.
Everything in its Path Laid Low
or Wrecked as If by
Magic.
Vessels Upon the River Swept to the
Waters Edge or Instantly
Made to Founder
Many People Believed to be Killed or
Injured by the RemOrselesS
Storm King.
Hundreds of Families Made Homeless
and Dependent Upon
Charity.
incidents of the Storm--List of Killed
and injured SO far
Reported.
Death in n. Storm

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3.-A terrific
cyclone, sweeping up the Delaware river
this afternoon, struck this city near Green
witch Point, demolishing a portion of the
works of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufac-
turing company, and injuring several en-
ployeS 1t then took course across the
river, wrecking the river steamer Major
Reybold and the ferry boat Peerless. The
storm blew the pilot, Emory Townsend,
and Capt. Eugene Reybold. of the steamer
Reybold, into the river, drown
ing the former and painfully injuring
the captain. The Peerless was swept clean
almost to the waters edge. When
Major Reybold left her dock for Salem,
n. j., she had on board abont fifty pas
sengers, although, as no tickets had been
sold, it is impossible to ascertain the exact
number. There were also about fourteen
officers and deck hands. Of this number OF
people upon the wrecked boat, it does not
appear that any lives were lost, except that
of the pilot, although it is not impossible
that some of the passengers were washed
off and lost without any one knowing OF
the fact A steam tug, coming up the river
after the disaster, reports the body of a
woman was seen for a few minutes float
ing in the river near the spot where the
cyclone
STRUCK THE STEAMER.
but she sank out of sight and could not be
found when the tug made search for her.
One of the passengers describes the scene:
HewaS standing on the upper deck and
saw the black storm approaching, but as it
moved rather slowly, he supposed it was a
rain storm. When it struck the boat. he
discovered that its immense force came of
its rotary motion. He and several others
were thrown through a hole to the lower
deck and all the upper works were swept
away like chaff The confusion among the
passengers was indiscribable and several of
them jumped into tie river, but
he believes that all of them
were rescued. While the cyclone was upon
the vessel everything was as black as the
blacklist night. Sofas were broken to
splinterS and carpets torn to shreds in the
cabin as if they had been paper The cy-
clone, he thinks, lasted about minute and
after it had passed the vessel pitched fright
fully in the great waves and came near
swamping. The storm then passed over to
the Jersey side, striking John Dialogues
ship yards, below Kaighn's Point, and de-
stroying the buildings of the establishment.
1t then took course along the New Jersey
river, demolishing all the buildings in its
path up to Bridge avenue, Camden.
AT this point the cyclone took an easterly
course to Fifth street, Camden, embracing
IN ITS PATH
all that section of the city between Second
and Fifth streets to the Delaware river.
which was the northern section of the CITY.
TacSuo fho nj Ta:4I
island The storm passed over that nor
ton of the Twenty-ffth ward of Philadel-
pha known as Richmond. In its ravages
in Camden, scores of dwelling houses were
unroofed and some of them thrown
down, and the damage to the bus
lsness property along the river
front is enormous. Hundreds of families
are rendered homeless, and one victim.
Charles Daily, was sllilled outright at the
American Dredging company's wharf. An
other, Harry Stevens, had his leg cut off by
lying piece of timber and will probably
ole. The path Of the storm through Rich
mond was marked with death and destruc-
ton. Its track was almost due north from
the Port Richmond coal wharves. About
one hundred and fifty dwelling houses were
wrecked, or so badly damaged as to be
rendered unfit for habitation, and
200 families were driven from their
homes to be cared for by their
neighbors. A number of people were seri-
ously and some fatally injured. A girl of
10 years, Lizzie McVeygh, was killed at
her home. 1921 Melvale street. in sight of
her mother, who was herself pinned to the
floor by fallen rafters, few feet from her
dying child. The cyclone is described by
those who witnessed its progress upon the
river as an immense black, cone-shaped
cloud, with its apex revolving upon the
water and its base mingling with rain
clouds, which hung in dense masses from
the sky. 1t is impossible as yet to estimate
the amount of damage done. Following
are the names of the killed and injured. as
far as can be ascertained:
DEAD.
EMERY TOWNSEND of Salem, N. J.. pilot
of the steamboat Major Reybold
CHARLES DAILY, aged 49, q ship carpep-
ter, killed instantly by flying timbers at the
wharf of the American Dredging company.
Camden.
LIZZIE MCvEYGH, aged TO- crushed to
death between umbers at her home, Philadel-
phia.
INJURED ON STEAMBOAT.
MAI. REYBOLD,
NORRIS DOYLE, engineer, slightly.
CAPT. REYBOLD, severely cut.
WEIGH. a deck hand, severely cut.
W. GESNER, a passenger, temple artery
severed injuries serious.
INJURED AT CAMDEN.
HARRY STEVENS. aged 21, probably
fatally injured, his right leg severed below
the knee by flying timber.
JOHNSON (colored), dredging tug Pacific;
seriously injured about face and body.
JOHN MELCHER, injured seriously about
the head.
BENJAMIN SMITH, right arm broken and
injured internally.
ALONzo MAXWELL, aged I6. injured by
falling wall
CHARLES THOMPSON, manager Camden
ing walls -
JACOB MILLER, leg broken.
tREEDOM PEAK, head cut.
JOHN SILK, head badly cut.
fLMER LOCKE, bruised about body.
face and body 0'-' 'O0U'
JOHN BROWN.
IN ChED IN PHILADELPHIA
ANNE MCNEYGH, aged so, mother of dead
child, Lizzie McVeygh, badly cut about bodv
ANNIE McNEY, aged 15 cut about the face
and limbs. 'li0 A'0e
FRANCIS GOLDEN. aged "a, badly injured |
by falling timber.
MICHAEL KENT, aged 55, back broken.
WILLIAM A. HART of Short S Har+ bo
siery manufacturers, struck by falling bricI-S
causing depression of the brain. 1t is Thought
he will die.
The following employees at the Short &,
Hart mill were also injured:
ANNIE BOLTZ, aged 16, arm broken.
ANNIE RAERNA, aged 16.
EMMA POWER, aged 10.