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NORTHEAST SECTION.
Not SO Severe, but Much Minor DAM
nEe Done.

Not SO Severe, but Mucn MlhOr Du"-
nEe Done.
1t would seem that the northeast section
of the city and the suburban districts to
the north Of 1t suffered somewhat less IN
the storm than perhaps any other section
of the city and District. True. many of the
streets in the section are thickly strewn
with fallen trees and branches. and nu-
merous houses are today minus their roofs.
but 1t seems. nevertheless. that the force
of the wind was OF great here as else
where. However, about every District tel
egraph and telephone wire in the section
was rendered useless. making another
strong and unanswerable argument in
favor of underground wires a project SO
long and earnestly advocated by The Star.
The lack of such underground system OF
wires. as was pointed out by policeman Of
the ninth precinct today, placed this sec
ton, If not the entire city and District. in
a practically helpless condition. No loss Of
life Is reported as having occurred in the
northeast section. the greater part of the
damage resulting from the storm being I'M
rooted houses. demolished trees and prac-
tically complete paralyZation Of the District
telegrs ph and telephone systems.
A telegraph pole in front Of 30S E street
northeast was broken. and hangs in a very
dangerous condition.
The roof Of the store Of Sadie Houck.
the old-time base ball player. 81 II street.
| across the street. and the front and bay
window were wrecked.
Three houses on C street between War
rem and 14th streets northeast were un-
rooted.
The patrol box ct I'd street and Massa-
chusetts avenue northeast was badly
brC ken, the wires being rendered useless.
Several houses ut 11th and ID streets
northeast wera unfoefed, as was house on
| the south side, Of b street between 18th AMI
14th.
The entrance to the alley on Sd street be-
tween d and e was blocked by q large
| tin roof. ,a-l H.
The roof and gable end of livery stable
in alley between 81 and 4th and d and E
streets northeast were blown off.
A house in course of construction on Ben
nirg road near Goth street northeast was
demolished
Several houses near Tennessee avenue
and F street northeast were unroofed
Poles Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company on Florida avenue between 9th
and 7th streets northeast were blown down
| In great numbers. completely blocking the
| roa dway.
The roofs OF houses 627 and Go Florida
avenue northeast were taken off.
1t was reported at the ninth precinct TO-
day that collision between Columbia
railroad cable car and Baltimore and
Chic train was narrowly avoided at the
H street crossing last evening. The cable
car was caught between the gates. 1t was
reported when the motorman plunged
through the opposite gate to avoid the
approaching train. There was consider
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able excitement among the passengers on
the cable car. many jumping from 1t. Nc
one was injured. however, and the damage
to the street car was said to be trif1ing.
Bladensburg road between the grounds Of
Straus & Co.. florists, and the city was
completely blockaded by fallen telegraph
poles, and Straus & Co. were reported to
have suffered considerably.
House 1118 K street northeast was un-
rCofed, and the bricks crushed down into
the bed room Fortunately no one was
hurt.
Markward's store, 1916 H street north.
east, suffered coz sfderably, being unroofed
and not q little wrecked.
Three stores on H street between 11th
and 18th streets northeast lost their roofs
and were otherwise damaged.
The District telegraph and telephone
wires In the ninth police precinct were
damaged t. such An extent that the sta
ton is today cut off completely, even COM
munication with police headquarters being
impossible. ''Such a thing as that" said
one of the officers in the precinct to a Star
reporter. ''could, not have happened. had
the wires been placed underground. We
cannot even telephone or telegraph word of
a fire." .
The roof antl cornice of E. G. H. Austin's
store. S11 HIcstreet northeast were blown
away, as were the rcof of Prices store, S05
H street. and they roof of E. Wold's bak-
cry, same street between 1st and North
Capitol streets. A. house on the opposite
side of the street was similarly damaged.
Five houses at 18th and D streets north
cast belonging to Mr.. Bradshaw of 9O1
c. street northeast, lost their roofs, as did
houses 232 and 234 9th street northeast.
While passing the corner of 18th and c
streets northeast the windows of an Eek
ington car on one side were blown out.
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roof on the Office OF Acker's stone yard was
carried away. Capitol Park was badly
treated The wind tore down the fences
and deposited the grand stand in the street.
The planning mil Of T. S. Smith was also
damaged T. A.\Rover's storehouse on H
street was unroofed and badly damaged.
Houses 27 and 2a n street lost their roofs.
The building next .to the Police Court was
unroofed. as was the Central Union Mission
building. part of the roof of the Metro
poiitan Hotel was damaged.
The wind playcdhavoc- with the roof Of
st. Aloysius Church. 1t ripped 1t off IS
though it had been paper and sent 1t sour
rying and crashing into the street.
The Assembly Chtsrch, at the corner Of 9Th
and 1 streets. was damaged. the roof and
tower being injured.
With the exception of the breaking of a
number of panes of glass, Trinity Church
escaped the rayages Of the storm.
A peculiar feature of the storms work
was seen on the south side Of H street be-
tween 4th and 5th streets northwest. Here
a whole row Of fine shade trees was stricken
down. while on the opposite side of the
street there was little damage done
The roofs of an entire row of brick houses
from sc to "a 1 street northeast were car
ried away.
The roof on the papal legation was also
numbered among the missing this morning.
AS the roof of the Seaton school building
went scurrying away, several heavy beams
dropped on the house occupied by w. o..
Wetzel. Immediately next door to the west.
Already the roof of this house had been car
ried away, and when the big beams came
down upon the little house, they met with
little obstruction and kept going. A gentle
man who occupies front room was awak-
ened by beam Jamming itself through the
ceiling and just missing the bed. Down
stairs there was great confusion. The oc-
cupants Of the house were terrified. and
would not venture into the street. although
the debris from the surrounding buildings
was falling everywhere on the house. FIN
ally the police came and forced them to
leave the house.
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| by the roots. and which extend entirely
across the highway. This is notably the
case on North Carolina avenue between 1st
and I'd streets, D street between I'd and Sd
and A street between 9th and 7th streets.
buildings Injured.
The ship house at the navy yard had a
| Fart OF the south end blown out, and it
| also lost portion Of its roof: block Of
| twelve brick houses on F street between
1st and I'd. another on Hector street in the
| rear OF the above, and third. also Of
| twelve. on G street between 1st and I'd,
Ell OF which are being erected by Messrs.
Eeck and Weller were unroofed and were
Otherwise damaged. Other buildings in
JGred were house on the south side Of
N street between 1st and I'd streets; two
on NJ street between Sd and 4th; one on
"a between NJ and N street: one
houses on c street. from Nos 12l to 127.
inclusive: also the houses 1Ol to 115 on the
same street. On d street between 9th and
.ah hardly single house escaped damage
10 It's roof The residence Of Judge Kim
ball. on North Carolina avenue between
9th and 7th streets, suffered in like man
ner.
Telegraph wires are down or the poles
micn damaged on B street between 18th
ana 18th; at the corner of 1st and G streets:
-FOUR on e street between South Capitol
and lst Most of the poles are regarded
as being in a dangerous condition being
LOT the most part held in place by the wires
attacned to them. In many other places
the poles are reported to be in an extreme
ly dangerous position.
Other damage sustained was by Mr. NJ
Kaufman, 9Th and L streets, and Mr. S.
Bieber, adjoining. whose awnings were
carried away; the roof OF Messrs. Talbot
q Boteler's undertaking establishment
which was carried by the wind across the
cahle car tracks; roof of Ebenezer Church.
corner Of 4th and d streets; the Central
house at the marine barracks, also roofs
OF 4S B street, Ill street. Bakers cigar
store. I'd and r streets; Frank Nolte's
restaurant Sth and streets, and others
While the storm was at its height most Of
the gas and electric lamps went out, and
that portion Of Washington was In dark
ness during the remainder of the night,
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comparatively light, though strong enough
to make people hasten to reach sheltered
places. At 10:15 o'clock 1t began to in
crease in velocity. and IL short time il.
had gone UP to sixty-siX miles an hour.
which was first recorded at 11:1J o'clock
and was maintained with little variation
until IL 80. when the storm passed beyond
this vicinity. and the currents changed to
the southwest and gradually lost their
fierce velocity. Thus. the very heaviest
blow of all came between II Is and II 80. a
period of forty minutes, during which it Is
probable that at no time was the wind
blowing at a less rate than sixty-hTe miles
an hour.
On account of the storm having ap-
preached from the south, the general
source of the wind early in the day was
the northeast and the east. for the rule is
that the airs flow in to the center of the
storm. and until it has reached certain
point the wind directions at that point are
generally contrary to the path of the dis
turbance- AT IL pm. the wind had shifted
to the southeast. Indicating that the storm
center had nearly reached this city, and it
blew steadily from that direction, with
scarce break. until II 80, when it began
TO shift to the southwest
From these facts Il is plain that the real
storm center passed Washington at about
IL or 111J o'clock last night The baro-
metric record is Interesting IN this connec-
tion. At noon yesterday it stood at 299,
and then It gradually fell 10 292 at IL Pm,
which was the lowest point From 292 it
rose rapidly to 90 at midnight, and then
gradually sought the normal level, Which it
had reached by morning
Fortunately the temperature was high
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west corners of Pennsylvania avenue and
ed street were unroofed.
A row of houses on H street near 18th
street were deprived of their roofs.
A POI ton of the roof of the Western
market was blown off. Damage was done
to the roofs of the War Records Office
building, at 18th and G streets.
A portion of the roof of the old Van Ness
house, in what is now the athletic grounds
of the Columbia Club. was torn off.
While passing along the street near the
corner of 20th and X streets, Police Officer
Joyce was struck by flying roof, but
escaped with a few bruises.
In addition to the roof being torn off from
the house Of Police officer Edwards. 22O7
L street. the bricks from the chimney
crashed through the roof into the room
where the baby was sleeping, but the i'll
FAINT suffered no injury.
Secretary Carlisle's residence on X street
was partially unroofed, and a number OF
bricks from the top Of the south wall sent
flying around the back alley.
DR.. Jan es Dudley Morsan's residence On
18th street suffered in the same way.
The Fifteenth Street Colored Presbyterian
Church had some of the front windows
blown in and iron ratings and ornaments
on the towers were unfastened and are
now hanging in a dangerous condition.
Senator Chambers house or street had
front window smashed in.
The Normandie Hotel suffered small dam
age except by torn awnings. broken-doWn
piping al d spouting.
The roof of the ball room in the residence
of Senator Stewart on Dupont circle was
blown eff.
The most serious damage on 7th street
was to the building at the northwest cor
ner of 7th and streets. owned and occu-
pied by William Mcclure. who runs sa-
loon on the first floor The building is four
stories high. The wind toyed with the top
story. first taking the roof and then TAX
ing the entire story off. The roof, bricks
and other articles We're blown on the build
ing next door, 1902 and 1904 7th street. The
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THE SOUTHEAST SECTION.
Storm Inspired Terror and Wrought
r. Much Havoc.

Storm Inspired Terror and Wrought
n Much Havoc.
The entiren southeastern section of the
city abounds with scenes Of destruction.
which were swrought by the furious storm
of last night
Many of the residents were terror
stricken, and in numerous instances whole
families did not venture to go to bed all
night In some cases persons moved their
furniture from the upper portions of the
house to the lower. being evidently under
the impression that the first story of the
building was the safest while the cyclone
was raging. AS If to add to the fright of
the people the wind. during this period.
tore off the roof Of the herdic stables. at
10th, 11th and c streets southeast. AS the
roof fell to the ground it made a noise that
could be distinctly heard nearly mile
away.
There is hardly street in the south
eastern part Of the city that is not strewn
with limbs Of trees, and in many cases
travel. except by pedestrians, is entirely
blocked by trees, which have been torn up
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ON THE OUTSKIRTS.
Trees and Roofs Suffered Up on the
Heights.

In the northern part Of the city, all that
section embraced in the eighth precinct.
the storm ragged with tremendous force.
Trees are blown down. many houses were
unroofed. windows by the hundreds were
blown in. and in some places the streets
were almost impossible today
The Chinese legation. on 18th street, pre-
sents badly damaged appearance today.
The top OF the tower at the southwest cor
ner or the building. which was quite a fea-
ture OF the architecture, was blown COM
pletely Off. and the roof was broken in sev-
era places by the falling stones
over the crest of the hills on the north
ern edge OF the city, Columbia Heights and
washington Heights, the wind blew with
Evening star., 1896-09-30

during the Storm else the suffering caused
by it would have been much greater. At
noon yesterday it was - degrees, and
nained practically stationary until 4 o'clock
in the afternoon. when it gradually rose to
1fts degrees, which was recorded at IL p. M.
The thermometer then showed a sudden
fall and in few minutes it had gone down
to "a degrees. and rose TO 7SIa at IL pm.
The mercury dropped after the storm CEN
ter had passed and the wind shifted. and
at midnight ii stood at SO degrees. rising to
- at 1 am, and then falling normally to
80 at 6 am. Usually in these sudden hurri-
cane-like storms there are severe drops of
the temperature well as of the barome-
trio pressure
Little Rainfall.
Notwithstanding the general impression
to the contrary, there was comparatively
little rainfall during the storm. The fierce
wind caused the rain to beat heavily
against walls and windows, and thus the
impression of a great down pour was given.
But the records show that the greatest fail
occurred at $50 o'clock in the afternoon.
when the storm was south of the city. At
ter that hour only about fifteen-hundreths
of an inch fell. and, altogether. during the
entire progress of the storm. the fall
The wind velocity attained was greater
than Was ever known here before 1t easily
broke the record for all seasons of the
year AS far as the statistics Of the wealth
er bureau go the highest velocitieS expert
eneed at Washington during the different
months OF the year have been as follows:
January. 4G miles: February. 60 miles;
March, As miles; April. 43 miles; May, 80
miles; June. 4S miles; July, 90 miles; Au-
gust, 53 miles: September. SO miles; Oc-
tober. 81 miles; November. "a miles. and
December, 40 miles. Thus 1t will be seen
that up to last night the highest recorded
velocity in this city was sixty miles an
hour. and the record Is therefore beaten
by six miles. The wind during the st. Louis
cyclone in June reached the enormous
locity of eighty miles an hour which is
probably the worst pace ever attained by
the air in an inland city. Higher rates
are experienced on the coast and on noun
tain tops.
The officials of the bureau will not ac-
knowledge that the storm of last night is
entitled to be called "the equinoctial" for
1t is not a scientific admission that there Is
any one distinct storm of that nature They
say that the eqUinoctial period Is liable to
be marked by heavy disturbances, and that
there may be half dozen storms prevail
In that time or only one, or perhaps none
They do say. however. that last nights
hi rricane may fairly be called eauinoctial
In It's nature. and it is their hope that
there will be none other this year, so that
the public. unlearned in the lore of scien-
title meteoroiogy, can call this 1.-The ecui-
noctiai OF % 20 their hearts content
Evening star., 1896-09-30
IN THE NORTHWEST.
Trees Blown Down and Many Houses
lnrOOfed

NhrOOIeU.
A tangled mass of branches and broken
trunks of trees this morning occupied
considerable part of the place of the
front of the White House. One great elm
had fallen directly through the western
gateway. while another had crashed down
On the tall iron fence and broken out near
ly one entire panel. Several trees Law M
rooted. while In the case of the Others
great branches had been torn off For
tunately, several of the trees DESTROYED
were comparatively young, and a number
OF the venerable eims that contribute so
much to the beauty of the grounds escaped
uninjured. Men were busily engaged TODAY
In removing the debris
On the opposite side of PENNSYLVANIA ave-
nue. from the White House somewhat
similar scene might have been witnessed in
Lafayette Park, where the trees had suf-
fered from the fury of the wind num-
branches lay across the walks and during
the early hours of the morning the pedes-
trians were obliged to wind in and out
among the trees in order to get through
Later IN the day the paths We're cleared
Considerable havoc was made among the
fine old trees that adorn this park. but the
destruction was not as extensive as might
be feared.
severely. and in the smaller parks.
Throughout the northwest section there
was more or less damage done.
i street between 18th and 10Th was COM
pletely blocked by tin roofs and pieces OF
boards and limbs of trees. Several houses
on that block were unroofed.
A singular freak of the wind resulted In
removing the roof from the residence OF
Mr.. John A Kasson on / street between
17th and 18th streets and depositing it on
II street between 11th and 18th streets
Several of the chimneys on the Rich
mond. nth and H streets, were blown
down. and this morning the pavement or
the H street front was roped off while
men were employed in removing the
loosened bricks. that were in danger OF
tumbling down.
The glass in a portion of the skylight In
the roof of the gymnasium Of the Colum-
bia Athletic Club was blown out and the
rain beat in.
small section Of glass in the roof OF
the new Corcoran Art Gallery building was
blown in. and the rain did some slight
damage. This glass is unusually thick
and the accident shows the tremendous
force of the wind
Along Pennsylvania avenue, north OF
17th street. the path Of the storm was
clearly indicated by the wrecks of tin roofs
and the fallen trees.
The roof of Green's Hall. on the avenue
near 18th street, was partially removed.
The stores at the southeast and south
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WEST OF SEVENTH STREET.
Some Of the Damage Caused by the
Wind.

The following is a list Of some of the
houses unroofed. On street northwest
houses 13, II. IL and 10 had their roofs car
ried away. while house No. IL was slightly
damaged. VIM. H. H. Cisselrs MILL at the
corner Of and North Capitol streets, had
its roof damaged. Across the street the
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streets. was considerably damaged by the
storm. A portion of the roof was carried
jured. 80
Gen. ID W. Flagler's fine house on Cali
iornia avenue was one of the houses on
ashington Heights that caught the brunt
oI me storm A heavy brick chimney
toppled over, carrying with il a portion az
the roof and the upper walls
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Continued on tenth page }
Evening star., 1896-09-30

IT would be hard to say where the most
damage was done. for the storm swept
with equal severity over all parts OF the
city, and buildings are unroofed on all
sides. Business is completely paralyzed.
and there is no telephone or telegraph
connection with the outside world. The
Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon
Railway Company were unable to start q
(Continued on tenth paRal
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Marriages In October.

Permits to marry were issued TO the
following parties by Mr.. &. b. Buster
Clerk of Greenbrier County Court, dur.
ing the month of October:
Oscar Dickson and Aida Miller, Nor.
ris Finkelstein and Mary Vance, Il. A,
McMillion and Allie Cutlip, ]. w. Nc
Chung and Mary G. Wallace, Albert
White and Huldah White, d. G. T.
Davis and Mary M. Mathews, Alpheus
Carr and Willie A. Allen, NJ. NJ. Miller
and Della b. Terrell, E. S. Shue and +
Il. Heaster, r. w. Rasson and Ida M
Pollock, J. A. Withrow and EIDE Ram
sey, VIM. J. Baker and Victoria Stacey
Ferdinand b. Weaver and Bulah b
Brown, VIM. .. Trainer and Elizabeth
Z. Sivey, Perry Pryor and Annie Early
James Burner and Rella &. CutlIp.
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Rchers' AssocIatIon.

We submit the following program TO
Dist riot Institute to be held at Fall
ing Spring, Saturday, Nov. 2Sth, 1896
The teachers mentioned should prepare
their subjects, and we hope the patrons
will assist in making the day enjoya
BILE:
1Oa. m. Opening exercises.
1919. Essay-Miss Annie b. Dear.
ing.
1890. Declamation-H. G.. Jackson,
1o:45. School Government j. l..
Loudermilk.
Ills. Recitation - Miss Blanche
Clark.
1l.30. Arithmetic-G. S. McKeever.
IL m. Intermission.
p. m. Address,. Il. Sharp.
1.2O. Language-W. e. Walton.
Las. Essay-Miss Emma Knapp.
2. Glass Exercise-B. A. Rapp.
2:3O. Civil Government - Joseph
Snedegar.
3. General History-N. f. Walton
800. Address,. T. Rucker.
3.45. State HIstory-W. +. Richard
son.
4. Essay-Miss Emma Wetzel.
Ais. Essay-Mrs. Alice Haynes.
4.3O. Education-Alex. Thompson.
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The Election in tho County.

The returns from the election Tues
day are so meager that it is useless to
give them in tabulated form. We pre-.
sent below the returns from all the pre-.
cincts heard from for the heads of the
tickets-the balance running in most
cases pretty much with the head:
Lewisburg-Bryan, PAS; Mckinley,
Frankford-Bryan, 226; Mckinley,
"a.
Williamsburg-Bryan, 125; McKin,
ley, 40.
Trout Valley-Bryan, At; McKin.
ley, 20.
Blue Sulphur-Bryan, 1O3 McKin.
ley, 50.
North Alderson--Bryan, 90; McKin.
ley, 70.
White Sulphur-Bryan, 1856; McKln.
ley, SIS.
Organ Cave-Bryan, 142 McKin.
ley, 112.
Mann's-Bryan, SO Mckinley, Sc.
Livesay School-house--Bryan, So
Mckinley, %.