 Gale @-@ force winds lashed the tidewater region of Virginia in what was considered the worst storm on the lower Chesapeake Bay since the 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane . A ship called the Osceola lost its wheelhouse to the winds , while onshore , the storm razed crops and a few small structures such as barns and outhouses . Affecting many of the same areas as the July hurricane , the cyclone downed trees in and around Baltimore and caused street flooding in Washington , D.C. , where a railroad bridge was swept away . The storm began to influence the weather at Philadelphia on the night of August 24 . Strong winds out of the north and northeast at Philadelphia and Newark , New Jersey , suggest the center moved off the New Jersey coast and reemerged into the Atlantic . In addition to the gales , more than 3 in ( 75 mm ) of rain fell on Newark on August 25 . 
