Evening star., 1896-09-30


Mr.. w. Henderson Moses handsome resi-
dence on Wyoming avenue, facing south,
had nothing in front Of 1T to break the force
of the gale, and suffered severely. An
was cut Off II with a great ak. and a
portion of the piazza was carried away
with 1t. Several chimneys toppled over.
but, fortunately, no one was hurt The
damage will probably amount to a couple
Of thousand dollars more.
Genuine regret will be felt by every one
at the havoc that was done among the
beautiful trees in Oak Lawn, the fine prop
erty at the head of Connecticut avenue
Fully half Of them are down or badly
broken. and the magnificent oak beside
Mrs. Deane's residence. which has always
been considered as fine tree as there is in
the District, lost some its branches.
A brick house on Brightwood avenue
owned by A. Loeffier was blown down, but
no one was injured.
House No. 92O Whitney avenue was blown
over. There were six people in it at the
time. but all escaped unhurt with the ex-
ception Of Herbert Ford, who had his head
severely cut.
A windmill in the rear of 230s 9th street
now lies stretched out on the ground. Ry-
ans blacksmith shop, 221s 7th street, is
down.
The big windows in the front of Grace
NJ. E. Church were blown out and covered
the whole OF the street for half a square
with shattered glass. Policeman McDon-
aid was standing near the corner when the
windows fell. One went on one side of him
and one on the other. Mcdonald made a
break for big tree on the opposite side of
the street. but no sooner had he reached
1t than the tree fell Then he sought ref
uge by nearby treebox. and a minute
later tin roof was carried off a neighbor-
ing house and wrapped about the treebox
Mcdonald, thinking that discretion was in
order. ran for the middle of 7th street. pre-
ferring to dodge cable cars to getting out
OF the way of trees and houses.
Three frame hOuSes Uora haipp rnayad
yesterday and were left standing in the
middle Of Sherman avenue. They were
raised from the ground on rollers and the
wind didn't do a thing to them but turn
them over on their sides.
Mr.. s. w. Woodward'S house on Wyoming
avenue had a bay window blown off. A
large section Of the fence was also carried
away
Mrs. Annie Jennoss Miller's handsome
house on Phelps place. which is rapidly
nearing completion, also suffered. lot of
fine plate-glass was put in only yesterday,
and now it will take several hundred dol
lars to replace the glass that was blown
out last night.
Commissioner Truesdell's house escaped
without any serious damage, but a number
OF the fine trees which surround it were
broken of or uprooted
A heavy tin roof from LIE Roy place was
blown clear over into CaliforEa avenue
near Columbia road. The policeman on the
beat, Officer Geaghan. notified the owner
of the house that If he was looking for his
roof he might find it block and half
farther up the hill.
Night Stationkeeper Cook of the eighth
precinct made the following entry in the
incidental book
Prom 10 to IL o'clock, inclusive, fierce
hurricane of wind and rain ragged in the
city. doing great damage to life and prop
erty. The Oldest Inhabitants say they
never witnessed the like"
The policemen at the station this morning
were worrying him considerably by COM
menting on his bravery in venturing out
during the storm to interview the Oldest in
habitants.
Local base ball enthusiasts would hardly
recognize the scene of the recent great
struggle for ninth place. The gates to the
base ball park are all down, and the fence
on the east side, which was covered all over
with big painted signs, was completely de-
foul line was snapped off like match about
ten feet from the ground.
The grand stand weathered the gale NICE
ly and the bleachers did not get very much
the worst OF 1t.
A little frame church on Champlain ave-
nue. was blown down. and a number Of
small houses in 1.-The camp were badly
battered.
During the height of the storm man
came running into the station house with
the request that a force Of policemen be
sent to tie down the roof Of his house, as he
feared it might be blown off. This request
was not complied with. To print a list of
the houses that were unroofed would be
like printing pages from the city directory
or tax records. Up to 10 O'Clock this morn
ing upward of 200 had been reported at the
station house. and this represents only a
small fraction of the number in that Sec
ton Of the city. In many cases whole rows
were unroofed at one time the tin being
literally rolled right up and of like SO
much paper.
T. street between Sth and 9th was i'm