The morning times., 1896-09-30
In GEORGETOWN.
Thousands of Dollars Damage Done
in the West End.


Georgetown felt the blow most severely.
Hundreds of roofs are in the streets, fronts
OF houses, briekwork, cbimneys, shutters,
trees aud an indefinable mass OF wreck
age, block the streets on every ride.
The upper section OF the town is unap-
proacbabic on account OF the amount OF
wrecked property and trees lying IN the
streets. Thousands OF dollars In property
have been destroyed, but as far us eould be
learned, no casualties had been reported
up TO Il late hour.
The first building to go was the Dunlop
building at the southwest corner of Thirty
second and NJ streets. The cornices fell
Ia the pavement at the first tlast OF tie
tempest. The dining rcoms on the first
floor were filled with customers, but all
escaped without injury. Ten minutes after
the fall Of the cornices the entire roof and
brick work of the fourth floor fell into
Thirty-secund street, and the tin Of the
roof hung from the side wall OF the store
Of Monoguc & Jones, across the street.
This building was the next to go, the
roof. intact, being dashed into NJ street.
O'Donnelfs drug store is a wreck, the
MASSIVE plate glass windows OF the store
and the smaller panes of the upper stories
were showered on the street.
Roofs are laying all over the streets,
blown So far that their starting point is
unknown.
Among the most severe of the calamities
Were the demolition of the upper stories
of the Thorn Bicycle Manufacturing Com
paoy; the unroofing OF Thomas kensinger's
hlacksniith shop, Thirty second and NJ
streets the destruction of the front Of
the Enrich Beef Company's store, on NJ
street; the unroofing of William II. Lees
feed store, 2902 and 2SO4 NJ street; tile
total destruction OF Pearce & Lawton's
carriage factory, the roof Of which was
blown into Rock Creek; the Inroofing Of
the office Of the old Borden Mining Com
paDy, under the aqueduct on the bank Of
the canal
The W. H. Tenncy Mills were unroofetf
and the Smith Bros Transparent Ice Com
pany on Water street suffered in like
ma nner. y
j. H. veers' grocery store, 32ls NJ street,
was unroofed. The rear of the residence
OF Major Hill. NJ street, near Thirt " second,
was blown out and the roof Is gone.
The roof OF j. +. Dyer & CO., $3.50 N
street, is gone.
The roof OF L. T. Simpson, -four and feed
dealers. 3346 nj street, is lying intact
in the street. The rear Of the carriage
factory OF James X. PROXY, corner Thirty
second and Prospect avenue, was de-
molished, and carriages blown into the
street from the upper stories.
Most damage was done tn small ard large
CARTS along the river front.
The only ship OF any size on the liver was
the schooner John ". Linnell, a four. master.
The schooner was doubly anchored IN mid
stream when the wind struck Ter. The
anchors dragged. and she was driven with
terrible force against the Wafer street
wharves with the stern high and Try. No
damage was done to the rigging, sud the
crew escaped.
No news could re gotten from Tenley-
town OF Falls Church. The wind blew the
floor crates out OF car on the Falls
Church line as it made its way through
the storm to the city.
The entire force OF the Seventh precinct
went ON duty Immediately. Hundreds OF
citizens patrolled the streets, with Ian
terms, to aid, il necessary, any injured No
estimate could be made last night Ut the
amount OF damage done, but it IS certain
that the amount will reach many thousands
Many tin roofs are swinging from roofs, en-
dangenng life The entire wood work and
tin OF the roof Of No. 5 engine house
threatens to fan a t any minute. Telephone
communication was destro yed a nd Il II street
lamps were out.
The Potomac power house closed down
soon after the storm started to prevent
danger along its lines from live wires.
An examination in the morning, aided
h,- N nroyp this storm In he