The Washington times., 1916-06-11
Ugh HAVOCDONE
/ BY HAIL AND RAIN
|oal Washed In Sewer Cellars
Inundated, and Other Mis-
haps Caused by Storm.

a ton Of coal washed into a sewer; a
sewer covering completely forced from
Its moorings; two buildings struck by
lightning; score OF cellars-among
them that OF the Fifth precinct police
station-fooded, and hailstones as big as
birds eses. were some of the freaks OF
last nights storm.
The storm was the heaviest which has
visited Washington since that of July,
1913. and resulted In considerable dam
age. In addition, many sections of the
city were left in darkness. and street
car traffic was seriously interfered with
for q time.
According to the Weather Bureau the
storm was caused by a combination of
lew barometric pressure and heavy
RACED all along the Atlantic Coast. ala
inches Of rain fell, accompanied by hall
stones. some of which measured three
quarters of an inch In length.
happened between and o'clock last
night. when the disturbance was at Its
81 Fire Engines in Hail.
Tire engines dashed through the down
town section, the horses pelted and
stung by the heavy hailstones. about
TAO O'Clock, answering an alarm turned
In from Seventh and Z streets. Arriv-
ing. the hrehghters found that light
ming had struck the flag pole on Hecht
q Co.'S warehouse, 6l3 Z street. and had
set fire to 1t. The blaze, however,
caused no damage and was soon extin-
guished.
Just before the Hecht building was
the MccorS So Five p ssS Ten Cent? sope at
Seventh and l. streets. but did not set
IRE to the place. Considerable damage
to the stock from importing water. re-
; The ton Of coal which was washed
away belonged to a Chinese laundry
man, whose shop Is on Fourteenth
street, Just below Florida avenue. The
and formed a dam, behind which the
water coming from surrounding grades
backed up until piece by piece 1t forced
the coal into a nearby sewer.
Pennsylvania avenue became so con-
gested with water. that the iron trap
was forced of. Confused by the storm,
9 young woman. who refused her name.
Policeman Maddox saw her danger and
stopped her Just In time.
Street Is Inundated.
During the storm. Kramer street
northeast was practically inundated.
Cellars overlooked when the sewer pipes
proved inadequate to carry of the great
amount Of water.
Police Of the Eleventh precinct report
Cd considerable havoc among decora-
tons In that part Of the city where the
Anaoostia automobile parade and cele-
bration was held Friday.
There wore several accidents put down
to the credit OF the storm last night
Antonio Terraova was kicked by q
horse when the animal became frighten- i
ed mt clap OF thunder while in a stable
In the rear of 636 N street northwest.
The man was treated at Emergency
Hospital. - 80,
!, Daniel Robinson. colored. sixty-five
years old, was caught on the marsh
near Nicholas avenue southeast, when
the storm broke and wandered about
until exhaustion overlook him. He was
treated at Casualty Hospital.
L. H. Winson today took a photo
graph Of big pile of hail which ac-
cumulated in a back room of his home
during the storm. the door having been
blown open. The pile. consisting of
hailstones' ranging from the size OF a
pea to filbert. measured thirty-two
inches in length and sixteen inches high.
being eight inches In width. He says
he intends keeping the photograph las
d souvenir of the summer OF 1885,