The times., 1899-08-03

northeast, was also blocked, as were many
streets on Capitol Hill.
An impregnable barrier was formed in
Florida Avenue from Mt. Oliyet Gene
terry west TO the lumber mills OF 5. s
Daish g. Son. by the falling of about sixty
telegraph poles and numberless trees. All
The streets crossing II Street from Seventh
Street northeast to Florida Avenue were
more or less ohstructed by falling trees
The building al e3 II Street, occupied as
sa'oon and residence. was unrooted ana
the chimneys and coping on the east side
of ii carried away. The saloon OF joan
Keefe. at the corner OF Thirteenth and
c Streets. was unroofed, as were the resi-
dences of ID. J. kaufman at ll10 Z Street
southeast, John T Morgan at lll2 Z Street
southeast, Alexander Schneider at lib
Pennsylvania avenue southeast and sew
eral others.
SchooIhousc UnroOfcd.
The roof of the Maury sehoolhouse, at
Thirteenth and b Streets northeast, was
blown eli. and after being carried across a
vacan; lot was dumped in an unrecogniz-
able mass in Tennessee Avenue. The stable
at the coal yard OF Samuel J. Vaughn, at
135 Twelfth Street northeast was blown
of and carried considerable distance and
the roofs Of two stores at the corner OF
Thirteenth and II Streets northeast sur
fered a like fate. In Z Street. between
Eleventh and Twelfth Streets southeast,
roof was lodged in the telegraph wires
and when taken down tore the wires with
it The large plate glass Windows in the
depart.uent store of Haines & Co. at the
corner Of Eighth and d Streets southeast
were totally demolished. as were several
smaller windows throughout that neigh
borhood.
The large hailstones which accompanied
the fall of rain were responsible Tor
goodly portion Of the damage done 10 store
and residence windows In many portions
of the northeastern section OF the city
scarcely window escaped. The solid ock
of houses in the square bounded by Tnir-
teenth, Fourteenth, +, and Emerson Streets
suffered greatly. Not only were the win
dows broken, but scarcely 4 roof was left
intact Flowers in the front yards disap-
peared as If by magic, garden seats were
carried into adjoining yards, and there was
a general lively exchange Of lawn furniture
after the storm passed. The roof OF tfe
store of Vance G. Carroll, at the corner
of Thirteenth and Streets northeast, was
entirely torn off. A large portion OF 1t
was carried across vacant lot and depos-
tied against the front of two dwellings,
the ragged edges catching on the fence
palings in front, while another portion OF
the roof went farther up the street and was
wound about a telegraph pole. Still an
other piece of the roof was carried to G
Street. block away.
Columbia Rnilroad Disturbed.
While the storm was at its height the
current on the Columbia Railway gave out
and the cars, all crowded with Government
employees. who were homeward bound. were
tied up for a considerable time After the
storm abated il was impossible TO get a
current through the wires, because of a
short circuit, and il was found necessary
10 use the plows TO clear the conduits of
the leaves which had been whipped TO
pieces by tie wind Passengers on the
cars. already d-enched with rain, who had
preferred 10 remain under the poor shelter
afforded, were compelled in many instances
10 continue their journey home on foot
After short delay the slots of the railway
were cleared and the road resumed oper-
atoms.
Though the damage done to West Wash
ington. as was stated, did not compare
with that done in ether sections of the
city, it was, to an extent, severe Several
roofs in Georgetown were blown of, and
trees were uprooted and broken. The
verely, as t.d the parking in the neigh
borhocd of the Monument. Smithsonian In
stitution. Agricultural Department, Ma
IionaI and Medical Museums. At the
Agricultural Department the fierceness OF
the storm was felt Not only did trees
suffer. but many valuable and rare plants
were totally destroyed. The parking along
Fourteenth Street leading from the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing to Penn
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having been trampled upon, and the small
parking in front of the National Theatre
bore much the same aspect
In the Northeast.
At the extreme eastern end of the city
the damage would have been greater had il
not been for the scarcity of buildings East
OF Lincoln Park the place is thinly popu-
lated, and to this 1t is probably due that
there was no one injured or killed. Had
the vast expanse OF vacant ground been
covered with houses, as in the western
portions of the city. where the force of the
storm was not so severely felt, the deyas-
tation must surely have been enormous
As 1t was, the few buildings in that vicin-
ity suffered greatly.
The District jail, the workhorse. the
almshouse and its hospital, the smallpox
hospital. and the detention camp all suf-
fered. The roof Of the detention camp
was blown of and three slaa.4 --i...
out Of the seven were unroofed, as was
the old smallpox hospital Several win
dows in the new smallpox hospital were
broken. as were many of those at the jail
and the workhouse.
& The open country surrounding the cit,
suffered severely. Several reports received
from farmers and others were to the ef.
feet that crops were destroyed, building
blown down, and in some instances farm
houses badly wrecked. The poolrooms 4
ST. Asaph's were wrecked, as were tht
stables there and at the old tracks a
Alexandria Island. d. F. Farmer. who's.
place is on the Bladensburg road shor
distance from the city, lost thirty acre
OF corn, blown down by the wind Othe
crops and vegetables on his farm also suf
fered. Nearly hundred fruit and shelte
trees, on his farm were either blown dow
or uprooted.
remarkable incident which oecurret
on the place of Farmer is worthy of note
A fox terrier dog. which was tied to
kennel. was blown a distance of $50 fee
with its small house and uniniured. Afte
the storm abated a search was made 70
the canine, and IL was found safely en-
sconsed in the kennel, where 1t had take