Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-06-29

eral persons. allege they saw me @poat @
j few minutes before the wind began
to blow and that it suddenly vanished.
If any fatal accident occurred it
could not have been to an Alexandrlan,
as no one from this city is missing,
The storm was. especially severe In
Washington, where several houses
were struck by lightning. In Balt'-
more hail as large as marbles feil dur
ing the storm.
At Burke, Fairfax county, Va, a
terrific wind hit settlement OF about
100 homes, created considerable dam
age to wheat and to fruit trees, and
cut off communication with the out
side world.
"a lumber yard belonging to Fleet
Dyer, one. of the more prominent lum-
Der dealers in that section, was wiped
out with damages estimated at about
$4,000. The home of c. E. White, ag-
ent for the Southern Railway there,
had it's roof torn off; barn belong
ing to B. M. Merchant, farmer,
was completely destroyed, and three
box cars on siding were blown off
the tracks"
Daniel Loughran, Jr., and a party
of friends were aboard his launch,
Augusta, when the engine broke down
about 4 miles south of Alexandria,
The launch Mary, of Alexandria, went
to the assistance of Mr.. Loughran
and towed the Augusta to that city.
Loughran and his friends returned to
Washington by trolley. He reported
that cabin cruiser went down off
Fort t'oote when the storm was at its
height. Soldiers rescued the four
men who were aboard. Many small
boats ran in to shoal water and an
chored, but were blown across the
stream, dragging their anchors.
River View, Nd, a snort distance be-
low this city, practically was wiped
off the map. The once famous resort
now patronized by colored people, now
is but pile of debris, the big chute
the-chute collapsing at the height of
the storm. while several other build
ings were destroyed. The pavilion
and ice cream stand alone escaped.
The resort hotel was unroofed.
Several hundred negroes at the
place during the storm were terror
stricken, and in returning last night
on the steamer Angler told thrilling
stories of escapes.
a half dozen~or-s,4ore-N valuable mo-
ror. rauncnes=wer sunk off the wharf
at Marshall Hall, but no damage to
the resort was done other than the
breaking and uprooting Of numerous
trees.
From further down the river come
reports of heavy damage to summer
cottages and farmhouses. Numerous
small boats are said to have beer
swept away, many sinking.
A motorboat from Washington was
capsizeds off Fort Hunt. but the oc'
cupants were rescued, by person;
from the Maryland shore who went tt
their.rescue.
The Columbia Sand Dredging Com
pany of Washington gives their EN-
ployees a Sunday excursion during
the summer. The party left yester
day on barge in tow of tugboat
The deck of the, barge was covered
with canvas. The party were on theil
| return trip when the storm broke
| The canvas was ruthlessly torn from
it's fastenings and while it was being
lashed by the high wind the eXcur
sionists were pelted by rain and hail
The barge passed this city about
o'clock in bedraggled condition.
Although the property loss cause'
by yesterdays storm in this vicinit.
was small, untold damage was done t.
the trees which were uprooted an'
mutilated in this vicinity by the fur.
of the gale. At Mount Vernon NOR
than thirty of the historic trees
many of them centuries old, wer
blown down.
At Collingwood Club five mile
south of Alexandria, the magnificer
grove of oaks which surround tt,
old Snowden residence, was badl
damaged, and the falling of the heav
limbs of the trees against the clul
house caused the greatest constern;
tion among the members Of the clu
1 A portion of the stable mad the 81
, at the dairy farm of Edgar Thoml
son, four mile below Alexandri
/ were blown down.
DEATH NOTICE.