Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-03
PASSING OF
FR|G|D BLAST
High Wind, Losing Power
Hereabouts, is Passing
Into Atlantic.
NORMAL CONDITIONS.
Alexandria Escapes With But Little
Serious Damage-Streets Uttered
With Evidences of Storm.

The storm which gripped the entire
East during the last "a hours, para
Lying traffic, demolishing telegraph
an telephone lines and causing ire
mendous losses to property and bust
ness generally, is reportei to be off
Boston, Mass, and rapidly passing
out to sea. Moderate temperatures
with abated winds have prevailed to-
day.
While Alexandria had thrilling
experience Sunday night and part ol
yesterday, the damage hereabo&ts
from the high WINS was triflins whe:::
compared with the destruction of
property am: suffering caused else
wher from the elements Twenty five
persons lost their lives in diff
ferent places, some froze to death and
many were injured in various ways.
There is no doubt that MURDER have
perished in vessels on the coast, al
though it is impossible at present to
ascertain facts in connection with dis
asters.
The effects of the blizzard have
been widespread. The high wind Of
yesterday added to the damage caused
by Sunday nights tornado IL
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York,
and cities on the Atlantic seaboar
as far as Maine.
The blizzard of March, 1914, ike
thrt Of 13s8.is now q thing .of the pass.
and we are but hearing the echoes
of the rushing mighty wind which
wrought damage anS brought ter
ror Sunday night and YESTERDAY.
Hence the community is breathing
easily. Moderate winds and slow"
rising temperature are bringing more
normal conditions.
The Gazette yesterday in its descrip-
tion of the damage wrought by the
elements covered the field. In all
cases where serious damage had re-
suited the fact had been recor,ed, but
apart from these fences were pros
trated, signs blown down, gates uD-
hinged, shutters twisted from their
fastenings, window sash broken, shin
giles blown from roofs, main spouting
hurled from houses, etc.
The terrible force of the wind was
realized by many yesterday who "is-
tied Armory hall and gazed upon the
huge sheet of tin which had been lift
eli from the roof of that structure
and thrown upon roofs of the houses
south of the building, where it flap
pc. defantly for hours.
Buildings which had Jared worse
by having ch!mneys and parts Of
walls blown in were boarded up tenn
porarily, or until repairs can be made.
The streets still bear evidence of
the destructive work of the elements
Pieces of tin, shingles, tar paper
spouting, limbs and twigs from trees
are to be seen everywhere, while there
is enough paper floating about tnc
streets to horr:fy the Civic Improve
ment League. All debris will be
gathere: up as soon as possible.
In Washington eight persons were
injured some of them seriously aP-
proximateiy forty tin roofs blown OFT,
fifty trees uprooted or broken off
q thousand or more win Sows broken
three houses almost destroyed, and IN
numeuable shutters, awnings, fences
skylights and chimneys carried away
At least twenty-five persons are
dead in New York, and tremendous
damage has been done, which may
run into millions" telegraph ari tele'
phone service are disrupted grea
railroaa systems are paralyzed. ant
cities and towns alike are buried ant
isolated under twelve inches of snow
and ice, according to reports from
throughout the East today.
Railroads were able to resume thei
schedules today with a semblance o
regularity. but traffic still was hamp
cred.
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