Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-28
Lightning Plays Franks.

The thunderstorm which broke over
Washington yesterday afternoon about
o'clock, smashed the heat wave locally
for a time. and caused drop In the tenn
perature of % degrees In the four hours
from o'clock, when the thermometer al
| the downtown kiosk registered 1O2. until
6 O'Clock, when the same instrument
showed only "a degrees.
The wind and rain came with q rush
| and the electrical display was brilliant
During the storm lightning struck sew
| eral structures, number Of trees were
| blown down and branches were torn from
| many others. The wireless apparatus al
the New Willard Hotel was struck by
lightning and considerable damage
caused.
Union station was another structure
that suffered from the lightning. The in.
tense heat caused by the lightning melted
some of the metallic casing about a sky.
| light and caused the falling of a pane OF
glass. The breaking of the glass attrac
ed the attention of persons who were IL
that particular part of the building. but
nobody was injured.
| At the house of John A. Capp. 634 9th
! street northeast. the roof was struck by
lightning, and n blaze started. Members
| OF No 10 engine company responded &c
| the call for assistance, and extinguished
the flames after about SIS damage hac
been caused. Mr.. Capp and other mem
bers of his family were at home at the
time the fire started. but none OF then
suffered from the shock.
Lightning also struck the house of John
| c. Daley, captain of the ninth police pre-
cinct, 20 T street northwest The root
was damaged to the amount of S15, oc.
| cupants of the house not receiving the
shock. Capt. Daley was at the police
| station at the time. He hurried home a.
soon as he was informed of what had
happened.
| When the lightning struck the house al
the northwest corner of 9th and streets
northeast persons residing In that vicinity
| were alarmed. The fash was an un.
usually bright one, and The falling oi
| slate from the roof was heard by severa
OF the more badly frightened residents
| Nobody was injured and only SINAI
amount of damage resulted
Tie-Up in Virginia.
Returning Office holders and other subur-
banites were held on their attempting to
regain the Virginia side of the Potomac
| by a prolonged tie-up on the Falls
| Church electric railway. The 4:15 car
| had been sent from 18th street crowded
and reached Arlington junction on the
| south side of the river. when lightning
| blew out the dynamo i'm the booster
station at Lacy just beyond Ballston and
| paralyzed the whole service
Cars were held stationary from 400 till
7:20 o'clock, when the damage was re-
| paired and a fresh start made. Mean
| time a crowd of aspiring and perspirin4
| travellers had assembled at the 18th street
starting point, and at 1880 four cars were
| loaded with about 3C0 people. This con-
signment got as far as Arlington juno
ton, when there was another stop of
thirty minutes to allow an empty car 60
come into the city. The result was that
residents of Falls Church who had started
for home at 4:1j did not reach there till
after pm.
Dies of Heat Exhaustion.
Graham Lent a plate printer employed
at the bureau of engraving and printing
died at the Emergency Hospital this
morning of heat exhaustion.
Lent WHO WAS fifty-siX years OF age.
was on the night shift at the bureau. He
went to work at 4 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon. About $50 O'Clock last evening
he complained to his foreman that he was
feeling Ill. The foreman gave him pass
card to allow him to go to his home. He
went to the dressing room and changed
his clothes. AS he was about to pass out
of the building he collapsed. A watch
man summoned aid, and he was carried
Everything was done for the patient un-
til the ambulance Of the Emergency Hos
pital arrived. When taken to that insti-
tuition 1t was found he was in serious
condition and the doctors worked over
him all night. This morning his condl-
ton became worse and he died at
O'Clock.
Mr., Lent who resides at PIT 18th street
southwest, had been employed at the bu-
reau of engraving and printing for the
past four years.
Edwin G. MCGEE, thirty-three years old.
of 615 Maryland avenue northeast, was
overcome by the heat while in Stanton
Park yesterday afternoon and was taken
to the Casualty Hospital Robert Lee. a
negro, twenty-six years old, of 1Ol
Lewis street northeast, was made i'll by
the heat and removed to the Casualty
Hospital The condition OF these men was
not serious, however.
Hot weather is thought to have had
something to do with the fatal illness of
Flossie Vaughn. colored. two months old.
who died yesterday afternoon at the home
Of her parents. 3O5 F street southwest. A
certificate of death from natural causes
was given.