The morning times., 1896-05-29

witnessed Oh TnIrteeitth street :, 5usu above
X street. The west sidewalk Is under
going preparation for Il new pavement.
A number OF wheelbaErGws lay on the
piles Of stones in the street where the
workman mad lert them. The su1f and
powerful wind got under two or the inverted
barrows and sent them sliding across
the street until they landed Iii upright
position near the fence nearly fifty feet
away.
PRINTING OFFICE SHOOK.
The storm swept with great force and
fury along MaSsa chuSettS avenue and east
ward down II street. here IL intersec6S
with the former thorUughfare. and thence
eastward to the boundary.
IL street. from Third street west, TO
Sixteenth street east is Strewn with tree
limbs. leaves ana bushes that were up
rooted by tie gale.
When the storm struck the rlcketY Gov
ernment Printing Office Building its force
was partially broken by the high addition
ON its northern end The hundreds or en-
ployeS had been reading The Times extras
about the st. Louis cyclone and " hen the
great wind storm howled about the aged
structure and caused 1t 10 treInble there
came near being panic IN some OF the
divisions.
The track OF the storm in the county.
north OF the city, is marked with destruG-
ton. A number OF stables and outhOuses
were blown down between Washington
and Bladensburg and Hyattsville.
The rainfall i'll that portion OF the count y
was particularly heavy, and was sue
ceeded by q fall OF large hailstones which
descended with almost the force OF bull
lets. doing great damage to growing
crops, bushes. and trees. In some instances
foT Is were killed by the pelting chunks
of ice from the angry clouds.
dairy wagon, driven by Ellis War
field, was overturned in the road near
Biadensburg. Mr.. Warfield was tumbled
to the roadway and had his face badly
cut. The cover Of the wagon was blown
away.
Numerous minor casualties are reported
|, from the country north OF this city.
Many panes of glass We're broken by
haistones and valuable plants blown away
at Strauss nurseries, on the Badensburg
road
In South Washington the storm played
havoc along the nver front. \ number
of small boats were overturned at the an
chorage. below the wharves. Forty feet
OF the roof at the George Leary = " bari
was torn off and hurled cut into the
street.
The roof of Edward Euniss' barroom, at
No. 612 Eleventh street southwest. was
lifted up and deposited ON the opposite
| sidewalk. The patrol box. at the corner of
NJ and Water streets, was sweptaway and
part of the roof has not Been found
yet
The house of Mrs Ella Norbeck. No. 429
| Eighth street southwest, was unrOOfeC1 and
| a store, belonging to Joseph B. SCHNEIDER,
| No 2S6 Third street south west, Is also
minus it's covering this morning.
The property belonging To Richard Ryan,
at the corner OF Second and VI streets south
west, was unroofed, and many large trees
| were blown down, blocking tie streets
| aud side walks.
SWEPT DOWN THE RIVER.
In Georgetown property owners along
| the conduit road in the vicinity of the
| canal suffered severely. The roof OF
| Tenny's cornneal mill was blown away
| and great deal Of damage was done
| to exposed buildings on the heights.
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| in erecting large building. The staging
| which surrounded the unfinished structure
! was demolished and serious damage was
| done the building.
| On Thirty-fifth street, in Georgetown, q
| house belonging to colored woman named
4 Mrs. Wayne. was unrOofed and badly
| strained Many telegraph and telephone
| wires are down and the patrol box sys
| tenn OF the Seventh precinct was burned
| out
| While Police Driver Richard Anderson
| was returning with the open police court
| van from the Reform School, the vehicle
| was caught by the storm on the Bladens
| burg road, midway betwee that lnstltu
| ton and the city boundary line.
| The van and horse rolled over and over
| down the steep hillside and landed at the
| bottom in a heap. Dick Anderson was be
| With a great effort he eXtricated him
| self. but was badly cut and bruised. a:
| was the horse.
| A large section on the southeast corner
| of Convention Hall was unroofed and con-
| sidera bly, damaged. although no one was
| injured. The roof was bent and twisted.
| plainly disclosing the rafters at one side.