Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-03
broken One of the windows at Kann'
also was broken.
Severe in Northwest Section.

Severe in Northwest Section.
| The storm appeared to be more severe
| in the northwest section Of the city,
according to the police reports In the
third precinct many trees were uprooted.
while the roof of a house on P street
between 18th and 18th streets north
west was raised.
The reports of trees blown down or
limbs broken were: Tree down in front of
1924 Q street northwest: limb broken from
tree on 18th street between f and u
streets northwest; tree down on parking
at Connecticut avenue and De Sales street
northwest; tree down on parking at Con-
necticut avenue and l. street northwest
limb broken from tree in front of 1929
Massachusetts, avenue northeast: tree
down on p street near I'D street north
west: trees down in front of 1868 18th
street northwest: in front of 1914 I street
northwest on Virginia avenue between
Sth and 9th streets southeast; in an alley
in the rear of 50 18th street northwest.
and at the corner of 21st and P streets
northwest.
Signs and Chimneys Damaged.
A large sign on a house on DIST street
between / street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest is reported in a dangerous con-
dition.
The roof and bricks from a chimney on
a barn in the rear of s14 18th street were
blown into an alley, obstructing the pas
sageway.
a large sign was blown loose on a house
at the southeast corner of 18th and q
streets northwest. 1t is said by the police
! to be in a dangerous condition.
A chimney at 2113 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest was blown down.
DANGEROUS holes in the sic nr
streets were reported at the southea st
corner of Sth and l. streets southeast,
21l 9th street northeast, SOL Il street
| northeast. and in front of the United
States quartermaster's office on Eckiny-
ton place above Florida avenue northeas
Church Windows Broken.
Two plain glass windows in the chapel
of the Concordia Lutheran Church. Goth
and G streets northwest. We're blown in
and two brick chimneys We're demolished
The roof remained intact. as did the
steeple. but two of the cupolas were de-
stroyed.
According to information received by
the local telegraph companies. the storm
is general Throughout the south Atlantic
states. Many telegraph and telephone
wires have been blown down and COM
munication between Richmond. Va. and
Atlanta, Ga. is practically cut Off
Although there were "a few telegraph
wires down III the vicinity of " ashinSton,
the city was not cut off from comunica-
ton with any place. and what damage
was done was quickly repaired.
Academy of Visitation Suffers.
About fifteen feet of the high brick wall
on the Connecticut avenue side of the
Academy of Visitation, Connecticut ave-
nue. between l. and De Sales streets, was
blown down. Lumps of brick and NOR
tar weighing hundreds of pounds were
thrown ten and fifteen feet in the air
Many of the windows on the Connecticut
avenue side of the academy We're smash
ed Much of the slate in the roof of the
chapel was blown away and until the roof
can be repaired it will be covered with
canvas.
Boats and Wharves Unframed.
Masters of vessels lying in the local
harbor state that just before the be-
ginning of the gale this morning their
barometers registered only few tenths
above ~, and had they been anywhere
but lying snugly in a dock they would
have been making preparations Tor the
coming of winds of almost tornado force.
Estimates made by the mariners as to
the velocity of the wind range anywhere
between sixty and eighty miles.
Though some OF the flaws sweeping
across the harbor picked up the water
i'm sheets and sent it flying ashore, no
damage to vessels or buildings along the
river front is reported This Is due to
the fact that with but few exceptions all
the small pleasure craft have been laid
up for the winter where gales do them
no harm.
OF the local fleet of steamboats,. all are
in port with the exception of the steamer
Wakefield. She is on her way up the
river from Colonial Beach. and while her
owners here have heard nothing from
her they are satisfied she will reach here
this evening unframed