The morning times., 1896-05-29

returned to the city and taking the Chevy
Chase line, madc the best connections they
could.
Mr. H. A Lunchrord. No. 1918 NJ street.
was blown down and for time caused
great xctemeHt among the inmates
Across the street more chimneyS were
hlown down Lower down the street was
hlockaded with fallen trees and limbs, max
ing travel impracttcahle from Thirty
second to Thirty fifth street
CHURCH UNROOFED.
III Franklin park four large trees are
down. one at the corner OF K and Four
teenth streets. two at the corner OF Thir-
tecnth ana streets, and one on the west
side. near Fourteenth street.
The severe wind b.ew the tin roof from
the Luther Place Memorial Church. a
Fourteenth street ana Verment avenue.
carrying with ii one of The stCne pin
uaCle5 on the east side The falling roof
made such a crash that Eeople i'll the
vicinity could not tor long urne deter
mine what IT. was. a story was soon
circulated that the Luther Statue had
been blown over.
Quite q number OF people haStened to
the church 10 learn the extent Of the
damage. The interior furnishings OF
the church We're more or less damaged by
the rain which fell through the exposed
roof boards, and a heavy rain would
probably cause hundreds Of dollars damage
to the furnishings. The roof, twisted
avenue side OF the building.
THREE HOUSES UNROOFED.
The force OF the storm about Washington
seeemS TO have been much more severe in
the northwest section. A greater amount
or damage was done there Than else where
the roofs of several houses being blown off
completely nd more OF less ruin effected
i'll the interior by the rain which followed
Immediately.
1t was at the beginning OF the severe blow
Ia. trlaagN
tween and Z, streets heard a tipping,
rafting sound. and in another second heard
Il crash The roofs had bee blown OFF the
houses Nos. 14l2 to 1920 eu the west side,
aud lay in tangled mass on the side walk
aud in the street. 4 section OF the Roof
from the houses NCS. 14IS and 1920, in
Guiding the wooden rafters, had been blown
across the streetaud againstthe houses NGs.
1421 To 1427 on the opposite side. Every
window and door was completely wre Cked.s
aud the brick wall OF No. 1923 was
era Cked from the foundation to the edge of
the roof.
For d short time there were signs Of a
panic, but The excitement was quickly al
Ia wed, aud efforts were then made to find
out, II possible, If any Cne was injured.
The tin rGof of the house No. 14lO Elev-
entlI street north west, occupied by DR.. u.
H. Riggs. was rolled uD by the wind and
hung just over the front Of the building.
The house No. 1412 was uuCccupied. The
top OF this house was blown or entirely.
AT No. 141 ali that wasnot blownofffen
interior. Mr.. II Guillaume lived here.
r S. Smith. jr., lived at No. 1416. The tin
top OF this roof was blown off into the
street and the rafters and other wooden
third story, where Miss Maggie Smith
escaped serious injury, if not death, by
getting through door Just before the
heavy timbers fell.
1t was the roofs off the buildings Nos
141S. occupied by Mr.. W. l.. Pferffer, and
1920. occupied by Dr.. BevierandJ. Mattock
IfNNN flslt,
the street.
DAMAGED BY RAIN.
Considerable damage was done to the
property of the occupants by rain which
found its way into the upper stories OF the
damaged houses. The extent of the in
jury done to the buildings by the wind
and rain is estimated at from $4,000 to
81 1000. DR.. Riggs personal loss Is
$50. that of Mr.. Pferffer $4,000: Mr.
Guiilaume $3.50. and Mr.. Smiths S125.
So badly are the buildings DANA ged that the
occupants moved their effects to a more
secure place.
A lamppost on Thirteenth street, near
| street was broken by limb OF a tree
| falling on it.
Police box No Fl. a the corner OF Seventh
| and NJ streets southwest. was blown over.
One of the comic freaks Of the wind was
the landing of an umbrella in the telegraph
wires on the north side of street about
midway between Ninth and Tenth streets.
| The rain shade was entirely uninjured and
was hanging with the cover Spre ad when
seen by a Times reporter. The owner had
probably not even noticed where it landed
in his mad haste for haven.
In front OF No. 933 III street we'll
grown tree was broken off about ten feet
| from the ground and the top had fallen
| into the street. At the northeas st corner of
Tenth and III streets q small tree had been
| twisted until it hung over the pavement
| and rested its branches on an iron fence
while the trunk arChed over the sidewalk
! back TO the stump, some six or eight feet
| iu height.
| A tree fully fifteen inches in diameter was
| broken a few feet from the ground on
| street, near the middle OF the block between
| Ninth and Tenth streets, and it's heavy top
| was preciptated entirely over the pave
ment.
| On the corresponding block on New
| York avenue, a tree still larger, one that
| measured nearly two feet across the
| trunk, was cut off on q level with the
ground almost as neatly as though the