The Washington times., 1915-10-01
GULF STORM HERE;
CAPITAL IS DELUCED
One and a Half Inches Of Rain
Registered at 10 O'clock and
No Let Up Is Seen.

Sweeping northeast at great speed
and leaving floods in It's wake in many
points throughout the South, the trop-
ical storm which wrought such havoc
in the Gulf region struck Washington
at midnight and brought the heaviest
rainfall that has visited the city since
the storm of early August.
Tho rain continued throughout the
night. increasing in intensity. and be-
tween the hours OF and o'clock this
morning. when thousands were on the
streets. fairly turned the sidewalks
into rivers.
At 10 o'clock the instruments at the
Weather Bureau had recorded a pre-
cipitat!on Of one and one-half inches.
While this is the heaviest rainfall since
the August storm, indications at present
are that there will be no let up during
TIN ss d,y f s~S TO
girnia. Kentucky and other points over
which the storm passed. and as much
as seven inches was reg1steed on the
Gulf Coast. The stom Is cen Gentered & TO-
ing southeast 70 Virginia and includ-
ing the District.
Storm warnings have been sent by the
Weather Bureau to all stations along
to Maine and also to Lake Erie and
Lake Ontario. 'rhe center Of the storm
will have passed over Washington by
tomorrow morning. It is believed, when
Plays Havoc With Flags.
The driving rain played havoc with
the thousands Of yards Of bunting and
the ten thousand flags which have flung
a welcome to the G. A. r. veterans
this week.
BY 10 o'clock this morning. however.
most Of the fiaunt had been removed
from the decorations. and the strips of
red. white. and blue cloth hung dripping
and disconsolate. although but few OF
the aged veterans ventured abroad to
witness the shame Of the decorations. .
Many Of the banners were dislodged
from their holdings by the gusts of
wind which whipped across the city all
the morning.
Because Of the storm. very few visi-
tors presented themselves for admission
to the warships anchored off the Lin
coin Memorial this morning. and the
feet OF small launches which have been
so busy during the last few days fer
rying them out to the sea fighters was
practically idle.
Hundreds Are Late.
Hundreds of Government employees
anu "OTheTS uOWHlO"h OlACSSs " "Ao
we're due at their respective places of
employment at 8 o'clock this morning.
we're from fifteen to twenty minutes
late as a result OF a ue-up in trNfric
on the Fourteenth street line of the
Capital Traction Company.
At Fourteenth and U streets eight
carloads of the office-going crowds
were halted at $50 o'clock. the first
car Of the lot not reaching Fifteenth
street and New York avenue northwest
which Is an alighting place for the
ma ioritv of Government employees who
use the line. until 9:12 a. m.
Officials OF the line ascribed the diff
Guilty in moving the cars on their reg
p ular schedule to the heavy rain.
No Damage To Shipping.
No damage was done to local ship
ping by the wind or rain. as 1t was an
Off-shore blow at the harbor and ample
earning had enabled the boatmen to
make everything snug.
The steamer Southland. OF the Nor
folk and Washington line, arrived on
time from Norfolk this morning. The
officers reported O little rough weather
in Chesapeake Bay last night. but not
enough to cause any serious inconveni-
ence. nor did the Southland sight any
craft in trouble.
Seven boats OF tho oyster fleet ar
rived at the local wharf early In the
day. none OF them having been serious
ly hampered by the gale.