The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-06
STORM PAST,
R|VERNORMAL
Upper Potomac Is Swollen, But
No Gorge Is Feared
Here.

With the upper Potomac swollen
and rising beyond normal bounds
flooding adjacent towns and villages.
Lieut.. Russell Dean. of the Harbor
police, this morning stated he feared
no ice gorge ordamage to the bridges
or river front property around the
Capitals river front. as the river In
this Aection Is below normal tide.
The blizzard still Is raging along
the Potomac In the vicinity of WASH
ington county. many creeks swollen
way out OF their banks and travel
across some OF them by horse and
carriage and automobile Is impossi-
BILE, reports state, while In this vicin-
ity the storm Is past.
Much damage also 10 reported TO
manufacturing plants and private
property along the upper Potomac.
Little lee FsrneA.
While reports are that the river Is
swollen beyond normal in the vicinity
OF Chain Bridge. Lieutenant Dean
stated this morning he did not look
for any serious trouble in that
vicinity because of the absence OF
ice. The only ice there. no said, was
formed during the storm last night
Breaking over the Capital q little
before 8 o'clock, the blizzard. which
reached hurricane proportions an hour
later when thousands of employees OF
the Government and District bureaus
were leaving for their homes. Grip
pied many of the street car lines and
caused many hardships to workers
a - 10 ~ Tty1
points OF the city.
The blizzard followed spring-likS
weather In the morning and a cold
rain which fell later. In q little
while there was a drop of more than
rs degrees in temperature, coupled
with the 4S-mile gale. making the go
ing extremely unpleasant for pedes-
TRANS.
Memories of the 'hare- back at the
time of President Taft's Inaugural alton.
eleven years old, were recalled to
many Washingtonians.
The gale. which played havoc with
small detachable objects, tress and
shrubbery. and which proved deGtruc-
tive to light globes and window and
tested the strength of suburban roofs,
did but little serious damage, accord
ing to public reports.
All Streams Swollen.
All the rivers and little streams in
Maryland and Virginia counties ad-
jacent to the Capital were swelled
by the rain. hail and snow and ran
rampant among the fields and build
ings.
The railroad companies running out
OF the Capital used extreme caution
through flooded areas for fear that
hidden washouts might result in de-
railment OF the cars. All incoming
trains to Washington were delayed
from one to three hours this morning.
but officials of the companies said
they expected to get back to normal
schedules by tonight.
Wire Service Crippled.
At both the Postal and Western
Union telegraph companies II was
stated this morning that while their
service in the Capital was running
smoothly, it was crippled north of
Baltimore and in the South.
Some sections OF Hyattsville, Prince
Georges county, were impossible by
automobile or horse-drawn vehicles
because Of the roads being inundated
from the heavy rain. This was found
particularly in Bladensburg.
OF the many trees blown down was
one that stood for probably half a
century in front Of Belasso's Theaycr
on Sixteenth street, near the Cosmos
Club. The tress had so dotted that
when It was LASH ID in the grip OF The
gale, II split and crashed to the street