Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-24

disrcbed. Trees being without foliage escaped
ihere was very little rain Tsylor's grocery
lost lie roof hatch
The storm blew down one Of the stsblss Of
horace crozief At suitisnd. Nd. sna one cf
teose eelonesng 70 Arthur B. Suit
cHu.D's MARROW ESCAPE
Ruth Mahon. The eight-yosr-old daughter q
Detective Mahon came near being kill.d An tbs
storm yesterday. The little girl attended, school
at the Brent building yesterday. and the
scholars were dismissed only a few Minutes
before the storm ragged 90 furiously. she had
an umbrella. which she raised whsn ON "a
street not far from Providence Hospital. hut
q pun OF Wind took tie entire covering aud
frame from the stick and presently the child
was caught and blown into the street The
pouring rain covered the street and the water
was deep in the gutter Into this deep water
the child fell and she being wsshei 20 the
mouth of large open sewer when she v.s dir-
covered by Miss Susie Nayior.
Thit young lady wAs almost helpless, but her
screams attracted the attention Of n man. who
captured aud rescued she child from hsr peril
Gus position when she ~ss only about zen feet
from the sewer. The school child wss taken
back Go her teacher aud wrapped In elsukets
and otherwise cared FOR until the storm vss
over, when she was sent home.
Tnr serAlL ON TIRE RIVER
The squAli on the river was one Of the
hercest ever known. The hull OF the burned
steamer W. W. Corcoran blown OF ths
flats, where IL had been living. into midstresm
and careened. small shed on the halk, oc-
cupied by some workmen, caught Gre
from stove and was soon ablsze. The wreck
driited 50 near the Long bridge that if was
feared the bridge would catch fire and al alarm
was turned In. The fremen extins uished
the flames on the boat, which grounded few
rods from the bridge.
The steamer Excelsior was swept from her
moorings at Alexandria and blawn ur.fre.u.
10 the neighborhood OF Shepberd's whsre she
grounded. Qnite a number OF schoonets and
small vessels suffered damage 20 their SAILS and
rigging.
Frank J. Gregory had very narrow escape
yesterday during the storm while savine tbs
runaway horse OF Swormstedt A Bradley
A small frame house in the neighborhsod OF
the jail Was toppled over and blown sioI.e like
a ball FOR 200 yards, completely upsetting every
thing IN it, Fortunately no one was NJ hsrne
The damage at Robinson, Parker A Co .. I2sh
and streets. Was very slight strip ~ an
WINS lifted from the roof. which was quickly re-
paired.
An elderly man who lives ON the Beaning
road and keeps dairy went out 10 the cow
shed TO look after his cattle and his wife called
after him 60 return TO the house for fear he
would be injured, but he continued on hrs
errand and presently the stable was blown
down. A piece OF timber struck him and frso-
tured both has legs His cattle also suffered
injury.
TIE DAMAGE ELSEWHERE.
The tornado that struck Washington ysster-
day cut wide swath Of destruction from
Raleigh, NC, to New York city, causing dam
age in many places In Virginia, Maryland, Penn
sylyanIa and New York In New York state
enough rain fell at the Croton works TO svert
the threatened water famine in New York.