Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-04
sands Of messages concerning DIS

thousands Of messages concerning DIS
trict business.
Reports sf wire trouble began to pour
in at daylight and even earlier. Supt
Simpson. in charge of the fire alarm sta
tion and switchboard. got his ifnemen out
of bed as soon as IL was Hight -e0eoSh 70
see. With their storm coats puftoned up
tight. heavy boots and climbers on. they
broken loops and picking up wires wher,
ever they found trouble.
Fire Alarm Boxes Silenced.
Ninety-six fire alarm boxes were put
out of business by the storm. the
circuits affected are in Langdon, Takoma.
Anacostia, Brookland and I'm the south
east section. The linemen went out after
the fire alarm boxes first; then took up
the police station wires and last Of all
started In to mend the broken loops that
ran into school buildings. etc. The Cen
trail High School and Armstrong High
nearly all day, and q score Of smaller
schools In the suburbs were cut OF.
The quarantine station. the Washing
ton Asylum Hospital. the crematorium.
the Industrial Home School are District
institutions that were hurt by the storm,
either by having telephone connection
denied them by the damage to wires or
having electric wires broken down.
Trouble in the Suburbs.
Walter c. Allen, District electrical en-
gineer. received vague reports Of trouble
on the poles and wires In Langdon, Ana
costa, near the Jail and in other outlying
Districts. He sent squads Of men out
in a hurry this morning, but no detailed
reports will be received until this after
noon.
Nearly 100 trees were injured. The
District tree men had started yesterday
to plant several hundred small trees.
The storm will postpone the work for
several days. Some of the finest trees
on Pennsylvania avenuH Ietween 7th
street northwest and the feace mollu-
ment were injured.
Telephone Lines Down.
Hundreds of broken wires and fallen
poles crippled the system of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Company.
and this morning 1t was impossible to get
a long distance message out of Washing
ton even as far as Baltimore.
Reports received at the Offices of the
company here are to the effect that most
damage has BEEN done in Pennsylvania
and West Virginia. Comparatively little
trouble was experienced In this city.
Officials this afternoon said 1t would be
impossible to say just when service to
Philad lphia. and points north would be
resumed. Hundreds of linemen were at
work all day. but 1t is dificult to learn
just what progress is being made In the
work of repair.
Reports from the vicinity OF Marshall
Hall and Indian Head are to the effect
that the shore line is about sixty feet
from the usual line, the heavy wind hav-
ing barred the shallow spots almost to the
edge Of the channtl. No damage reports
from that section have been received.
A two-masted schooner was blown
ashore near Marshall Hall during the
storm. 1t is believed the schooner was
on it's way to this city with q cargo OF
oysters. The boat, 1t Is believed, will
he fioated at high tide without much diff
ficulty.
The wind and snow storm did consider
able damage to telephone, telegraph and
electric wires at Alexandria.
Wires in every section of the city were
FRUSTRATED. A number Of poles also went
down.
The damage on the river front was not
SO great. Many boats were torn from
their fastenings and sent adrift, however.
a force of linemen was kept busy today
replacing wires.
The Washington Stock Exchange was
seriously affected by the incomplete wire
service, and stock quotations we're not
generally at hand. There was 90. COM
munication with the New York exchange
and operations we're very inactive