Evening star., 1914-07-30
BIG STORM HIT CITY
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Two Persons Were Killed, Several
Injured and Property Damage
Exceeded $3.50, 900.

One year ago today the most severe
storm in the history Of the National
Capital broke over the city and resulted
in the death Of two men. injuries to a
number OF other persons and caused
about $50, 165 damage
The storm came shortly after 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon, following an extremely
hot day. During the height Of the storm
the wind reached velocity of seventy
miles an hour. Walter z. Hilton, vice
president Of the Saul Real Estate Com
pany. at 7th and L streets northwest,
and Thomas Fealy. who was employed
In the building. were killed as result of
the collapse of the building. Thomas A.
Allen. secretary of the real estate com
pany: Hilda A. Schutrumpf, her sister
Emma, Katherine Mcmahon, Katherine
Breese Nellie E. Desmond. Harry
Hum phrey. Albert Drury and J. W. ia
GODS, other employees. were all injured in
the buildings collapse. Mr. Allen was
the most seriously injured He is stirl
forced to walk with the aid of crutches.
one OF his legs was broken and the in
jury has never healed.
Telephone, telegraph and street car
service was paralyzed by the storm. while
signs were blown down and vehicles were
overturned IN the streets. Two painters
WORKING on the dome Of the Capitol mar
rowly escaped death. being caught on a
scanold on the DOME $50 feet above the
ground. when the storm broke Mrs.
LOUIS Bassis. her sister and three chill
dhen narrowly escaped death in bnijd-
ing near 10Th and Euclid streets. when the
STRUCTURE was almost entirely demolished
When the storm was at it's height they
sought refuge in large ice box in a
store on the first floor and escaped the
falling bricks and rafters.
Scores Of Roofs Torn Off.
The tip Of the steeple of Calvary Bap-
tist Church was blown of. while scores
OF tin roofs about the city were torn
on and blown to the street Sewers about
the city burst and water flowed into the
cellars of private residences to a depth
OF several feet. panic-stricken crowd
was caught at the American League
Base Ball Park while witnessing a game
between the Nationals and the Detroit
team. The water rose to depth of two
feet on the field. Timbers from the roofs
of houses 1885 and 1887 Wisconsin avenue
northwest were blown across the street
and through the front wall of a house al,
1874 Wisconsin avenue
About O.OOO trees in the parks and on
the streets We're blown down or damaged
by the storm. Fourteen persons were in
jured at the bureau of engraving and
printing when thirty windows were blown
in. Considerable damage was done 70
craft on the river and five persons had
narrow escapes from drowning.
The day of the storm the temperature
at 8 o'clock. when the first rain came
was 96 degrees. 1t dropped in one hour
to 66 degrees. The rainfall lasted from
to $50 o'clock, and in that period
2O2 inches of rainfall was recorded at
the weather bureau. Between 3 and 4
OF clock the rainfall was 167 inches. In
twenty minutes, during the height of the
storm. rainfall of 1. 10 inches was re-
corded. At 3:13 o'clock the velocity of
the wind was recorded at sixty-eight
miles an hour, while for period of one
minute It reached velocity of seventy
miles an hour