The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-01


Indian tornado which struck Washing
ton between IL p. m. and midnight last
night, respected neither official nor Dip
1omatic properties
1t ripped off some Oh the coping of
the White house and laid low most Of
the historic trees in the White house
grounds, including the elm tree which
Lincoln planted, and this gave the
relic fanatics a fruitful field for their
operations.
It carried away part of the roof of the
state department, where the official
documents were stored, but, fortunate
", left them uninjured.
The costly roof of the patent office,
constructed after the fire there some
years ago, was
ROLLED UP AND DISTRIBUTED
all around the neighborhood, and sky
lights half an inch through were beaten
in
The naval observatory and, in fact
\ pretty near every other public building,
was more or less damaged.
Diplomatic residences were not spar
ed. That Of the French minister was
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built embassy of Great Britain suffer
ed the loss of the portico.
Churches and theatres suffered alike.
THE state roof of the Church OF the
Covenant, where President Harrison
used to worship was blown down ana
each square by a curious freak plant
ed itself upright in the grass parking
which surrounds the edifics.
Still more disastrous was the fate of
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which Mr. Bryan recently attended
The whole tower of that edifice was re-
Cuced to match wood, and persons in
search Of souvenirs had no difficulty il
obtaining them.
NEARLY EVERY OTHER CHURCH
in the city suffered more or less, and
their antipodes, the theatres, were
equally visited. The tower Of the
Grand opera house, formerly AIbaugh :,
was blown down, fortunately without
hurting anybody. The debris still OBJ
structs the whole width OF one OF the
broadest streets in Washington.
Several other theatres lost their roofs
in whole or in part.
The new Albaugh opera house, built
on the site of Blaine's old residence,
where the Seward assassination was at
tempted, escaped injury, but the watch
several wintry weeks newspaper men
awaited the progress of the last illness
CT the great secretary, was caught up
by the storm and crushed into spin
tiers.
The devastation wrought among the
beautiful srees of the capitol was heart
rending For years, the park commits
sion which controls the national CAPT
toll decorations endeavored to have
these trees trimmed, but it was never
done.
There was no loss of life, as far as
known in Washington, though a list of
twenty-four persons seriously injured
by falling branches and crumbling
walls is given out by the hospitals.
The total destruction of property in
washington City by the storm is esti-
mated at nearly half a million dollars.
In Alexandria, the Firginian suburb
OF Washington. just across the Poto-
mac river. the damage done by the
storr- is estimated at not less than
SlGO, 600, and at least two lives are
known to have been lost. The killed
are: Mrs. Louisa Holt and William ID.
Stewart, crushed TO death by falling
walls.
Nearly 200 houses were badly dam
aged by the tornado in its course.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND'S SUBUR-
BAN HOME
at Woodley. near the city, which has
been left in the charge Of servants since
The president and his family wen ava. .
20 Massachusetts. caught the full fury
of last nights gale. Roof and rafters
were carried away. and landed 500 yards
distant where they were entangled with
the ruins of a windmill which had
supplied water TO the country seat OF
John H Mclean. Portions of Mr.. Nc
Leans stables. which stood on q slight
bluff adjoining the presidents grounds.
aud which from their exposed position
were quite feature in the landscape,
internlingled in the general nix-up.
This evening workmen engaged in
repairing the ruin.