Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-27


| some instances blown down. The shrub
| berry in the parks was damaged and the
cutters and roadways overfiowed with
| water.
Wind Up of Rainy Spell.
Prof. Edward b. Garriott one of the
weather bureau forecasters, said this after
| noon that the storm the wind up OF
the recent rainy spell, and that cooler and
| fair weather would follow tomorrow and
| Wednesday,"
| The disturbance" he added was one
of bunch Of local storms that prevailed
today over the eastern states. The wind
| will go to the northwest and il will be
| cooler tonight. For a couple of minutes
this afternoon when the deluge of rain came
| the wind blew at the rate of forty miles an
hour for couple of minutes. during which
| time all of the damage was done
The duration of the storm was about iif-
| teen minutes. and while it was at its height
| the wind which blew with terrific force
| around the tall pest office building. past the
| high Star structure. seemed To center its
| strength against the big double plate glass
| show windows in front If the establishment
| of J. r. Jarvis on 18th street. opposite The
| Star building Finally the thick glass gave
| way under the fury of the storm and went
| with loud crash. being Splintered into
small fragments. The window was filled
! with souvenirs of Washington and other
| fancy articles. and such were sent scurry-
ing u!ly-burly along nth street.
| Another incident of the storm which
| suited without damage to the vehicle or its
| driver WIS the overturnng of one of the
| two wheeled mail collecting carts on Penn
| SSlvania avenue near 18th street. The mail
| was scattered over the wet roadway, but
! was finally collected and the cart turned
| upright.
! Pedestrians Lose Hats.
/ Many pedestrians who were running to
| shelter when the deIuge began had their
| hats carried away by the wind, and flags
| were snapped into ribbons by the force of
| the gale. The damage to shrubbery is re-
! ported to be large. A number of trees are
| reported to have been blown down in the
Geological Park and at other suburban
places.
Superintendent Trueman Lanham Of the
District parking commission stated this
afternoon that il is estimat ed by his depart
| ment that several hundred trees had been
| blown down by the storm. He said that
shortly after the storm had passed over the
city reports had begun to come in by
phone and that by 80 o clock the record
of reports had reached fifty or sixty
The superintendent got busy as soon as
/ the storm cleared away and sent out all of
his available men to clear away the debris.
Uprooting of Trees.
A few minutes after the storm had passed
! over the city the police became busy send
ing messages to headquarters telling of the
damage. Most Of the reports, however,
were of the uprooting of trees or of the
breaking of branches. Four big trees on
B street between 10Th and 18th streets
were blown down. Similar reports ar
rived from other sections of the city, trees
| In some of the parks having Jared badly.
A little damage was caused in Judiciary
square A tree on the curb line at the
southwest corner of the square was blown
down and several trees in the park were
| injured.
| The blowing down of a big tree on How
ard avenue, Hillsdale. caused the residents
| some uneasiness, as the tree fell across the
| overhead electric wires and broke them
when was realized that live wires dang
ling In the street might cause loss of life
| the police were notified, and an officer was
| sent to guard the place until repairmen
appeared Although the street was rem
dered exceedingly dangerous, it was with
difficulty that the policeman detailed there
was able to keep drivers and pedestrians
away.
Damage South of This City.
Reports from the truck gardens about
Giesboro and points east and south of the
city indicate that the storm did damage to
growing crops. One grower reported that
the hail was rather large. and that peas,
beans and lettuce were badly cut and dam
aged by it. The water also washed some of
the young plants out of the ground 1t is
said that the hail did as much damage
about this section did the storm a week
ago.
The storm passed over Alexandria about
1890 o'clock this afternoon, and some of
the largest hailstones ever seen in that
vicinity fell for about fifteen minutes, ac-
companled by a cOpiouS downpour of rain.
Persons were driven from the sidewalks
and business and traffic were practically
suspended, and in few minutes the streets
were converted into waterways
Scare at District Building.
There was considerable excitement at the
District building during the storm. espe-
cially among the women clerks as there
was a noticeable rocking of the structure
when the wind was at its height, and
number of the more timid clerks left their
desks and congregated at the doorway
the first floor, fearing a collapse. AS the
sheets of rain beat against the west wall
of the building there was 4 temporary
flooding of the elevator shaft through the
open window, which made 1t necessary to
shut down the elevator service for the
time being. The electric lights were also
affected.
In the Capitol grounds about fifty trees
were damaged, several of them, from
twenty-five to forty feet high, being up
rooted: Electric car lines in the vicinity
of the city suffered severely. and tele-
graphic communication with points south
was interrupted.
Struck by Lightning.
The tower on the North Capitol Methodist
Church, at North Capitol and X streets,
was struck by lightning during the storm
and was damaged to the extent of SIS. The
fire did not spread to the church.
Lightning about 1870 o'clock also struck
the tower the house of DR.. L. l.. Fred
erick. 800 East Capitol street southeast. The
damage will not exceed SO, it is estimated.
Four horses belonging to the Odorless
Excavating Company were frightened by
the storm while at the intersection of
Nichols and Howard avenues, Anacostia
this afternoon and ran away. Little dam
age was done.
BALTIMORE STUDENT HELD.
Arrested in Germany for Injuring