Evening star., 1920-06-18
HIGH WIND SWEEPS
CITY, KILLING CHILD
AS TREE IS FELLED
Mary A. Pugh's Neck Broken
in Path at Her Home in
Chevy Chase, Md.

| One death, several minor accidents,
more than score of trees blown
| down and a general hour of public
| discomfort was the toll exacted by
J the high wind and rainsterm which
swept Washington shortly after 4:3o
| o'clock yesterday afternoon.
| Marie Anais Pugh, eleven-year-old
| daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Edward l..
Pugh of North Chevy Chase. Md, was
the lone victim of the storm. The
| Wlnd rose suddenly when she was
but q few hundred yards from home.
She had reached her gate and turned
into the path, which Is fanked by
row OF large poplar trees. when
! the wind crashed one to the ground
across the body of the child.
| Her brother James ran to her. and.
with the aid of a-passerby, carried her
| INTO the house. In an automobile,
telephone wires being down. he then
| hurried to kensington for DR., Eugene
Jones. who arrived fifteen minutes
| later, DIR. Jones pronounced the child
dead. She having sustained broken
neck.
Funeral services will be conducted
..9lnorrow TO. morning at II O'Clock at
| the Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
Chevy Chase Circle, by Rev. Thomas
| Smyth.
Both the father and mother of the
child are confined to their home suf-
1erlng from the shock. Mr.. Pugh is
employed in the Interstate Commerce
(, Commission
Members OF the force under Clifford
l-anham. superintendent of parks and
| trees of the District, were at work
today removing the uprooted trees
| and broken branches from roadways
and sidewalks. First attentions is
being paid those which cause great in
convenience to vehicular traffic
The storm had little effect upon
local telephone wires, only minor in
i 1errnntinn IN tn
stated by officials today The street
car lines were tied ,-un. at various
points throughout the city for more
than fifteen minutes, but resumed
service In time to avoid serious de-
lays reports from superintendents
| declared today.
Outside communication by WIRE
however. was subjected to consider
| able delay on account of felled wires
between this city and Baltimore and
Philadelphia. Damages are being re-
paired by "hurry-uP" crews. officials
declared, and normal service is ex-
| pected to be restored today.
Suburbs Feel Brunt Of Wind.
| The suburbs felt the brunt of the
storm. In Rockville oldest inhabitants
volunteered the information that "the
worst storm in twenty-five years hit
| the place yesterday" Many trees were
| blown down. Scores of windows were
smashed. Roofs were lifted from
| buildings. Wheat crops in certain To-
calities suffered from the high wind,
which laid the fields low.
The electric light and telephone
service were put out of commission
in Rockville. and the Rockville |
Georgetown electric car line was tied |
up for several hours. Although the |
streets were carpeted with leaves |
and 1.-The town looked as If a cycline |
struck it," no fatalities were reported.
Police of the several precincts were |
instructed to make prompt reports of
storm damage, especially in in |
stances where danger might result |
and in many cases 1t was necessary to |
place danger signals on distractions
caused by trees that had been blown |
down.
Reports told of twenty-trees being
blown down by the high wind. while
in forty instances large branches
were broken from trees SO as to cause
Instructions. In only a few instances
was there any mention made or water
damage to roads.
Trees were blown down in front of
1922 22d street, 10th and streets. |
l7171s Sth street, New Jersey avenue
and Warner street, New Jersey ave-
nue. and o street. near 10th and M
streets, 21st street between E and F
streets, 915 NJ street, 713 21st street. |
Connecticut avenue entrance to the |
Zoo, Belt road and Morrison street,
1886 18th street. 913 L street, III |
street, 18TH ana ii streets, l4lH anu
streets 18th and streets. Shepherd |
street and New Hampshire avenue, !
Georgia avenue between Shepherd |
and Taylor streets, and Sheriff road
and Minnesota avenue southeast.
Heavy DOwnpour of Rain.
The downpour of rain had the eff
feet of muddying the river and nu- |
merous small streams about the Dis |
trict 1t was reported that hail fell |
to the north of the city, but it is |
said little, if any. damage resulted. |
Little damage was done by water in |
the agricultural sections. it is stated. |
farmers coming to the city today say
ing the fields were not washed to any |
considerable extent.
A tree that was blown down at 18th |
and H streets fell against the build |
ing of the Columbia Auto Supply I
Company, TAI 18th street, and demol- |
ished a large plate-glass window.