Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-02
ALEXANDRIA
Occupants of Unroofed Houses
Suffer From RainSt0rm.
Special Correspondence of The Star

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. August :. 1913.
Occupants Of unroofed houses. which
had been damaged by Wednesdays storm
| suffered greatly from the effects of the
rainstorm last night. as well as did bust
ness houses where damage had been
done.
Plastering fell at many places which
had been unroofed. adding several thou
sands Of dollars to the damage already
inflicted. In some instances where
houses were partially unroofed buckets.
tubs, and every available receptacle to
catch the rain was used. Furniture was
also badly damaged At number Of
stores stock was badly damaged.
The lightning struck a brick chimney
in the house Of John r. Miller. north
west corner Of Wolfe and Alfred streets,
damaging it slightly. and lightning also
damaged several other places. but not
seriously. No one was injured.
Several trees in the vicinity of Mount
Vernon were blown down. The storm i'll
that section was very severe. Owing to
the flooding of the conduits In Wash
ington traffic over the electric line was
considerably delayed.
The $50 O'Clock train out OF Alexan-
dria was the first to be tied up after
reaching the north end of the highway
bridge. and there was among the pas
sengers in the seeking car q colored man.
With the lightning flashing vividly and
the thunder roaring and rain falling in
torrents and the car In utter darkness.
the man realized his danger and was In
He called upon the Lord to spare him,
promising to amend his ways in the
future. The man prayed fervently, and
while the storm was at it's height. and
in his prayer said: "oh. Lord. If the poor
colored man amt going to Heaven where
is he going?''
This caused a litter even among those
in the car who had up to this time kept
quiet during the progress of the storm,
whereupon the man earnestly remarked
that they might laugh, but they would
be sorry"
After the storm had subsidized he de-
clared he had been praying for the white
folks as well as himself, and that had
it not been for his prayers the car would
have been wrecked and all killed.
Prizes for Swatting Flies.
Prizes amounting to $25 were today
awarded the seven leading contestants in
the fly-swatting contest for the month of
July, conducted under the auspices Of the
city health department. The flies swat
ted during the month exceeded the num-
Der killed last month by 9O.O5O.
The prizes awarded and the number of
flies killed follow: Miss Isabel Cockrell
3O7. $50. $40: Naomi Massey. 24O.3OO IS:
Frances Summers, 121 100. s.; Alton Dodd,
Jack Sullivan. $1,000. $3.50; Ethel Jett,
$4,000! 81.
William H. Gaines. an attorney of Alex
andria county, today assumed his duties
as deputy clerk of the United States
court for the eastern district Of Virginia,
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terday. Mr.. Gaines succeeds r. p. W.
Garnett. recently resigned. Mr.. Garnett
will. however. continue to serve as United
States commissioner.
The sale Of the Otterback tract of land
in Fairfax county has been confirmed by
Judge J. 3. T. Thornton in the circuit
court in vacation at Manassas. This
tract of land consists of about 1000
acres. and was recently sold at public
auction In this city and purchased by
Messrs. West, Thompson and Gibbs for
$4,000.
The residence OF John Martin at Fran
coma. Fairfax county. was completely
destroyed by fire late yesterday after
been responsible for the blaze. The con-
tents Of the house. with the exception Of
that in two rooms. were saved.
Mrs. Cation Buried.
Funeral services for Mrs. E. A. Cation
were held this morning at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Davis, at Ida,
Fairfax county. They were conducted
by Rev. G. w. Duffey, pastor Of the Meth
Odist Episcopal Church South OF this
city. Burial was made in Bethel ceme-
terry.
The body of Mrs. Rosie De Vaughan,
wife Of Frederick De Vaughan, who died
In Washington yesterday, will be
brought here at O'Clock tomorrow after
noon and buried in Bethel cemetery.
The second of a series of five games
between the Cardinals and White Sox
will be played beginning at $50 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon on the grounds at
the cove. in the southeastern section of
the city.