Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-14

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rected that the Anacostia engine company
be sent to the scene 1t happened how
ever. that the storm had dsarranged the
telephone system of the station, and be-
fore communication was possible with the
engine company Sergeant Anderson was
forced to drive in the patrol wagon to the
companys quarters, at Washington and
Pierce streets, distance of half a dozen
blocks, and deliver the message. When the
company arrived citizens had extinguished
the fire under the guidance Of Officers King
and Stewart. The fire was caused by an
explosion of a coal oil stove. Mrs. Selbys
furniture was damaged to the extent of
500. stated to have been covered by In
surance.
Many Wires Down.
The police report this morning from the
Anacostia district shows that scores of
| wires were blown down by the storm, that
| the telephone system of the station was
| thrown out Of operation. but that there
was no serious damage done. The Ana
costa street cars were forced to drop their
trailers, and 1t was necessary to send out
the great sweeper over the tracks.
From Boyds reports that there are
ten inches Of snow on the ground, and
there was no communication between there
and Baltimore. Wires of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad are down at many points and
the system is badly crippled. The Western
Union wires are also down. and 1t will be
some time before the damage can be COM
pletely repaired.
The division superintendent of the B. &
O., Mr.. G. w. Galloway. with Train Master
O. H. Hobbs, opened dispatcher's office
at Gaithersburg, east of Boyds, where
men were sent to facilitate the movements
temporary wires and handle their trains
over single tracks to Washington Junction.
At 10 o'clock this morning linemen were
at Bodys repairing many of the broken
wires for the Western Union that suffered
In the storm, and from Washington juno
ton down the main line to Relay. All the
wires are down. Many of the poles are
reported down.
Poles falling in some parts of the city
were the cause of some fright. although
no particular damage was done to property.
save that caused the owners Of the poles
and wires. One pole fell against the vesti-
bule of a residence on. 18th street near
Whitney avenue, imprisoning the inmates,
but injuring no one.
About 3:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon
part of the chimney of house TIT 9th street
fell, causing more excitement than dam
age. Some Of the bricks fell on the adj
Joining house. and from there to the porch.
Nobody was hurt
Such instances were not uncommon. but
the city was fortunate that. considering
the unusual violence Of the storm, there
were no casualties to mark its violent
course.
Damage Done in City.
It was stated at the District building to-
day that 1t will take a week to place all
the Districts wires in proper condition.
Electrical Engineer Allen reported to Com
missioner mcfarland this morning that
eleven fire alarm circuits, connected with
175 alarm boxes were out of service, as the
result of the storm. This constitutes about
~ rar Hyt n 10 70 q Ia
The alarms were out of service at Nos.
and 10 engine company stations, the chemi-
cal engine company at Tenleytown. the
chemical engine station at Brightwood,
truck G station in the southeast and the
police substations In Anacostia and Ten
leytown large number of the police pa
troll circuits were out of order and the tele-
phones In thirteen school buildings were out
of service. The District telephones at the
following places were also out of service:
Reno reservoir, Anacostia and sewer de-
partment pumping stations. Anacostia
bridge, Washington Asylum, quarantine sta
ton, parking commission Offices the prop
erty yard and other offices of the District
Connections were made between fire alarm
headquarters and No. 10 police station by o
o'clock, and an hour so later the fifth
precinct police station was connected.
Worked All Night.
The force of the electrical engineers de-
partment was at work all night making re-
pairs and as many extra men were put on
as could be secured. the telegraph and tele-
phone companies needing them also The
energies of the department are being de-
voted to connecting up the police stations
and the fire houses. After those are at
tended to. the condition of the fire alarm
boxes will be remedied fast as possible
After those the patrol boxes will be con-
nected and the schools. Then the miscel-
laneous telephone connections will be made
good
Commissioner mcfarland highly COM
mended the work of Chief Engineer Belt of
the fire department and Electrical Engineer
Allen. the former for his watchfulness for
| fires during the night and the latter for his
prompt efforts to repair the damage done to
the District wires
Out at Laurel.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
LAUREL. Md, November IA, 1904.
Electric wires are dangling from a large
number of the poles throughout this town
as the result OF the heavy rain and snow
storm which visited this section yesterday
During the early hours of the morning the
rain set in and shortly before noon the
heavy snowfall began. Before night wires
were down in different sections of the
town. while number OF poles were leaning
under the heavy weight of wet snow.
The town authorities deemed it best that
no attempt be made to have the lights
turned on, and it is probable it will take
several days to repair the damage done to
the plant sspiV
The local electric wire poles and tele"
graph poles along the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad were blown down.
The local trains were stopped at nearly
every block In order to avoid accident, MAX
ing the trains due to stop at Laurel much
later than they were scheduled.
Eighty-three peasants Of all ages and
sexes have been tried In Russia for be-
longing to the Skoptsitsect. the main tenet
of which is the extinction of the human
race. The result of the trial. which took
place behind closed doors, was that the
jury acquitted eighteen miners and the re-
mainder of the accused were sentenced to