Evening star., 1896-10-01

caught on the joists above and prevented
it from falling on the bed they were lying
on. Many other trees on MIR. McIntosh's
grounds were blown down.
A number of small unoccupied frame
houses in the neighborhood were entirely
demolished.
At Mr.. Ffnlcy's.
Mr.. Frank NJ. Finley and his wife, who
lived at No. 1915 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, went down in the wreck of their
house. and how they escaped being killed
is a mystery. When the crash came they
were standing at a front window, looking,
as Mr.. Finley said today to a Star reporter,
at the devastation taking place in the
vicinity, when suddenly the upper part of
the side wall of the adjoining building fell
upon the house. and the whole mass went
down into chaos below. Mr. and Mrs Fin
ley also fell into the debris, but: by almost
superhuman effort, he succeeded in getting
out of the wreck and then he eXtricated
his wife. An examination by Mrs. Finley's
physician disclosed that she was quite bad
ly hurt about the body and limbs. Mr..
Finley had his left leg badly skinned, but
otherwise he escaped uninjured. Mr.. Fin
ley had $1,000 worth of furniture, all of
which was utterly ruined.
Pension Office.
The pension office was thought to have
tearing away of greater part of the new
copper roof, and the smashing OF about
fifty panes of glass, there was no damage.
When a reporter of The Star visited the
office he found everything working smooth
ly as though nothing had happened. Work
will Immediately commence to replace the
roof and restore the damaged windows.
Kelso Spire.
The great kelso spire on the metropolitan
Church stood the storms fury right gallant
ly. 1t suffered somewhat, and may have to
be taken down, but from a cursory exam
nation this morning it was found that it
had escaped very serious injury. On the
east side part OF the structure mas been
carried away, and the Gaping has been in
jured.
Force of the Wind.
An incident of the storm that showed the
force of the wind occurred at the home of
Alvan C. Hooper. 1850 p street northwest.
At the height of the storm piece of slate
was blown through one of the front Win
dows of the house. burying itself in the
wall. Two other pieces of slate were found
deeply imbtdded in the window frame. 1t
was not known where the slate came from.
but 1t must have been blown from roof
several hundred feet away.
House of Mercy.
The building occupied by the House of
Mercy, 24US K street, seriously dam
aged, and as the sisters only by strict econ
omy can meet their ordinary expenses. they
make an appeal TO the public for sufficient
money to enable them to put the building
in safe and habitable condition.
Lakeland Club.
The Lakeland, Nd, Democratic CLUB,
whose headquarters in this city are on
PERI sylvania avenue between 9th and 10Th
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The roof of the music store of Mr.. E. F.
DroCp, adjoining. was torn from the place
where it belonged and deposited on the
roof of the clubs building as were also
appare1tly several other roofs brought by
the wind from other structures. The great
ly added weight caused a large portion Of
the Lakeland Club house to give way and
the whole mass fell through to the base
ment, running the chairs, decorations and
other prorer of the club, to a large
amount. The loss to the building will
also be very considerable.
Damage at St. Eliznbeth's.
The loss sustained from the storm at st.
Elizabeths Asylum was very severe. and it
WILL it is thought, require about 800 or
5000 to repair the damage
The roofs of the large barn and stable
We're blown off, and every revolving Ven
tilator, of which there were about twenty
on tES various Dulld1nSS, was destroyed.
great many of the largest and best trees
in the grounds were uprOoted, and DR.. A.
H. Wilmer, the assistant medical superin-
tendent. said this afternoon that it will
require thirty years at least to grow other
trees to take their places.
At Tnkomn Park.
Takoma Park itself probably suffered less
from last nights storm than any of the
suburban settlements along the Metropoli-
a hra mol nf Dol
railroad The wires of the electric road
were blown down to a considerable extent
The portion of the country laying north
east of Takoma received its share of the
storm. great deal of damage being done
The storm had full sway at Woodside
and Linder. The house of Major G. n
Lawrence at Linden was partially un-
rooted.
Damage at Highland.
The principal damage done by the storm
at Highland station, on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. was to the Highland Sani-
tarfum, which is under the management of
DR.. Westlake. The large barns were COM
pletely demolished, brrying three horses
and three carriages in the wreck. Two of
these horses were owned by Mr. Julius
Lansburgh and Mr.. B. II. Kopf of this city.
while the third was the property Of DR..
Nestlake. The animals were rescued with
a few slight scratches. The roof of the
Sanitarium was badly damaged and the tall
windmill. the Flagstaff and number of the
largest and finest trees were blown COM
pletely down. The place is owned by Mr.
John +. Waegaman.
SOldiers' Home.
The grove part of Soldiers Home was
seriously damaged by the storm Tuesday
night. The roofs of four Of the buildings
were largely carried away On the Scott
building a large amount of the slate has
been dislodged; the great oak largest per-
haps In the country, was blown down, with
probably 300 other trees, among them
many of the most beautiful ornamental
trees. some Of which were planted by Mr..
Corcoran and Mr.. Riggs fully half q cen-
tUry ago. 1t Is thought that it will require
years to repair the damage.
Out Mt Benning.
The storm treated Benning and the sur
rounding country rather better than the
rest of the land in It's track. One house.
that of George Barnes, was unroofed and
fences ard trees were blown down; but on
the whole the town Jared pretty we'll
Along the road to Benning the telegraph
poles on the left-hand side were all blown
halfway down, while most of those On the
right hand side were untouched The house
Of Mrs. G. n. Walker a 1859 H street was
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