The evening times., 1899-09-26
fHE WORK OF THE STORM
Washington Deluged and Several
Trees Blown Down.
A Large Maple Falls, Just Missing n
Residence ON Tventy-fOurth
Street-A Family Almost Panic-
Stricken for Fear Their Home
Might Be Demolished by the Wind.

DR.. Frankenfield. the forecaster of the
Weather Bureau, declines to dignity last
nights disturbance of the elements by call
ing it a storm. He says 1t was a very
heavy rainfall with only moderate wind.
The rainfall for eighteen hours was ITS
inches. while the wind only obtained We
locity Of twenty-s miles an hour.
The rainfall was the heaviest Washing
ton has had for some time said DR..
F'rankenfield," though that of just week
ago amounted to &c OF an ich. The storm
started Saturday night out in Iowa and
swept east, covering nearly the entire
| country east OF the Mississippi River. 1t
rained a little in New York last night
The worst is over now. and while New
they will have clear weather for the Dew
ey celebration.
There were frosts out West last night
and l look for frosts tonight In the coun-
try surrounding Washington. though the
Capital may escape it. We will have fair
weather here for several days to come"
In spite of DR.. Frankenfield's opinion
storm heavy one The rainfall made
brooks in the streets all night. while the
wind tore branches from the trees.
Along Twenty-fourth Street, from h to
| M, the street is badly torn up by repairers
| and the trees being undermined. threaten
| ed the lives and property of the residents
when the wind was blowing violently. A
large maple in front of the residence of
William d. Holtzclaw. l0l5 Twenty fourth
| Street fell with a crash at $50 o'clock last
/ night. Fortunately it just missed the resi-
| dence, crashing into the side yard and
| breaking down the iron fence. The
branches were hurled against the side OF
the house, frightening the family almost
| into a panic. The family of Olof Pollesea,
| ll21 Twenty-fourth Street. had an even
more terrifying experience than that OF the
Hoftzclaws. About s o'clock they noticed
| that large maple tree in front of the
residence was swaying in the wind, every
| heavy gust bringing il closer to the house
frame building, which they feared might
collapse If the tree fell ON it, For fouI
hours the family anxiously watched the
tree sway nearer and nearer TO their home
but at midnight the wind died down. and
it was seen that the tree rested on three
heavy wires which were strung in from
of the house. Then the family retired
This morning the front entrance to the
house could only be reached by climbing
through the branches of trees.
Superintendent Kimball Of the Life Saw
ing Service, said this morning that last
nights storm seemed TO have done no dam
age along the coast. wind like thai
which passed over Washington, however
would have destroyed telephone communi-
cation on the coast and caused delay In
getting news therefrom. No advices had
| this morning which led &c
the impression that the storm was either
local to this section or. If there had beer
any damage in the locality of the life-sav
ing stations. that it had destroyed commu-
nication and that this accounted for the
| delay Of reports from the coast stations.