Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-31
SIXTH PRECINCT.


TERRITORY from list street northeast to
18th street northwest, and from the center
of the Capitol grounds to 4 street north
west.
Sixth precinct policemen were told OF
much storm damage within the boun-
daries Of the precinct, but there was SO
much of a demand for the services OIL
the officers that they have not spent
much time reporting damages and incl
dents.
In the vicinity of the government print
ing Office and farther out North Capltoi
almost a matter of impossibility for
vehicles to make any Roadway. Street
cars We're caught in. the deepest or the
water, and. it is stated, passengers had
to be taken from them in boat
Policeman Lauten, on his way to the
police station to report for duty. found
it impossible to ride his bicycle through
the driving rain and high wind. When
the storm had subsidized and the water
was still too deep for him to ride through
he sought the assistance of the driver or
a team of mules, putting his wheel In the
wagon and climbing in behind it.
All went well until the deepest of the
water was reached, and then the animals
positively refused to bulge. 1t became
necessary for another team to come to
station in time to report at roll call after
a number of small boys had made fun
of him while he was in the wagon to
which the mules We're attached.
Theodore Berger, 64S G street northeast.
employed in the government printing Of
flee, was in barber shop opposite the
big print shop during the storm. and when
he was ready to get out he found 1t
necessary to make a long jump in order
to cross the water at the door. and in so
I-,~. - lit 1t 1Afx
He was taken to Emergency Hospital.
Two buildings within the confines of
the sixth precinct that formerly were
occupied by the District government.
one at Dds list street northwest and the
other on Louisiana avenue, opposite the
courthouse. were damaged by the storm.
Lightning struck the former building and
started a fire which was quickly ex-
tinguished after about 500 damage had
been done. while part of the roof was
blown from the latter building.
At the pension Office the wind and hail
did considerable damage. About thirty
five feet of the copper roofing was blown
from the west end of the building, while
hundreds of windows along the street
side were shattered by the hail. On f
street. square west of the pension office.
roof was blown from a house and
taken across the street, where it was de-
posted against an Office building.
One of the remarkable accidents in the
sixth police precinct was the smashing
of plate glass window at Eiseman's
clothing store at 9TH and E streets. the
damage having been done by portion
of the roof of the old Masonic Temple, at
9th and + streets, being blown a distance
of three blocks and landing against it.
In the vicinity of Louisiana avenue and
9th street the streets were flooded and
the hail damaged many windows, the
wind not neglecting to contribute to the
damage The glass covering of the big
palm garden in the National Hotel was
demolished by the wind and hail, and
water poured into the garden, doing
SO much damage that last night the
garden was closed.
In front of the hotel and on 9th street
the water was several inches deep. and
several runaway teams contributed to the
excitement. One runaway horse fell in
the water and was unable to get up.
After 1t had remained in the water some
little time ii was rescued by several mes
senger boys, who put on their rubber coats
and waded through the water. A coun-
tryman with load of hay had an un-
comfortable experience in the vicinity OF
Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street.
Unable to stop his horses, the country
man remained at his post until the wind
carried him as far as Missouri avenue
and Az street. Big punches of hay were
blown from the wagon as the team
moved through the storm. and many of
them landed in stores and hotels, others
contributing to the choking of sewers.
Cellars of many floors in this section
were flooded.
The hail proved particularly destructive
along the south side of Pennsylvania
avenue between Sd and 9Th streets. Very
few buildings in the two blocks escaped,
scores of windows in some of them hav-
ing been demolished. Hardly a pane of
glass was left in the Norris Peters litho-
graphic establishment. Young's carriage
repository. Chinese merchandise houses
and Lehman Bros. wholesale grocers.
474 Pennsylvania avenue. Part of the
roof of the grocery store was blown off
and the stock on the upper floor dam
aged.
Another building to suffer damage from
the hail was the Howard House, at the
southwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and 9Th street. Many windows were de-
molished, but the rain did not do much
damage At the grocery store of Brown
ing & Middleton similar damage was
done. One Of the large plate glass win
dows at the liquor establishment of the
John Wedderburn Company. 8lS F street
northwest, was smashed. and similar dam
age was reported to have been done to rear
windows of the warehouse of F. p. May
In C street Part Of the roof Of the Co
lumbia law building was damaged. Five
houses i'm | street almost directly op-
posite ST. Aloysius' Church were I'M
rooted.
SEVENTH PRECINCT.
(Territory from west side of Rock
Creek to the District line and from
the Potomac river front to the District
linep