Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-30
TWO ARE KILLED;
BUILDING FALLS
At 9TH AND | SITS.
Walter E. Hilton, Vice Presi-
dent of Saul Real Estate
Co., One of Victims.
EUCLID STREET HOUSE
is ALMOST DEMOLISHED
Mrs. Louis Basis, Her Sister and
Three Children Were in
the Building.
VELOCITY OF WIND 20 MILES
Lightning Strikes Tower on South
ern Railway Building-Car
Lines Tied Up-Senate
Forced to Recess.
VELOCITY OF WIND 70 MILES

A terrific wind, rain and hail
storm swept the capital shortly
after 3 o'clock this afternoon,
paralyzing telephone and street
car service and doing property
damage. Scores of vehicles were
overturned in the streets.
Two men are known to be dead
and many injured as a result of
the storm, according to the meager
reports that are being sent to the
police, following the storm. It is
feared others may be in ruins of
demolished buildings. Telephone
connections are so demoralized
that it is impossible to get quick
information as to the casualties.
No estimate of the property
damage has been attempted, but
it will amount to thousands of
dollars.
The wind attained a velocity
OF more than seventy miles an
hour, according to officials of the
weather bureau. The rainfall
amounted to one and one-half
inches in the eighteen minutes
the storm was in progress. The
wind blew from the northwest
during the entire storm. All
previous records for wind velocity
were surpassed.
Walter E. Hilton Killed.
Walter E. Hilton, vice president of
the Saul Real Estate Company, was
killed when the entire building at the
northeast corner of 7th and L streets
collapsed during the storm. and one
other unidentified man also was killed.
1t is feared several other employees
Of the company have been killed. as 1t
is known a number were in the build
ing when 1T collapsed.
FiremSn and policemen were at work
in the ruins of the building within a
known to be buried in the heap OF
brick and mortar are:
Hilda A. Schutrumpf. her sister Emma
Katherine Mcmahon. Katherine Breese
Nellie E Desmond and T. A. Allen
- HUMPHREYS. Albert Drury and j
w. Jacobs.
The unidentified man was the driver
curb in front Of Saurs Office when the
storm struck. A huge section of the
front wall completely buried horses
wagon and driver, who was taken out
dead.
Senate Takes Recess.
The storm completely demoralized
business at the Capitol When the
Humorous hailstorm struck, the din In
the Senate chamber was so great tina,
a recess was ordered. 1t was in the
midst of roll call for a quorum Sc
loud was the noise that Senator Kern
with his hands to his mouth. ran &c
the rostrum and had to shout in order
tc make heard his motion for a recess
The senators rushed to the readin,
rooms to view the downpoAr of hail
which was accompanied by a wind o
almost cyclonic velocity.
The galleries were crOWQe0 Will
women right under the glass roof. an,
many rushed into the halls panick.
with fear.
Painters Caught High in Air.
Four painters working on a swing
ing scaffold atop the dome of the Cap
itol were caught there in the gale
more than $50 feet above ground. A
the storm abated rescue parties wen
to their aid.
The men caught on the dome of tn
Capitol weathered the gale safely, an
were taken from their perilous position
exhausted.
An immense crowd gathered at tn
American League Park for the Wash
ington-Detroit game was caught in tn
gale
Cool heads kept the crowd at the bas
ball park from starting a panic. N
one was hurt there. The water was tw
feet deep in the field.
Euclid Street House Wrecked.
One Of the narrowest escapes durtn