The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-06
DAMAGE BY
CYCLONE
CROWS
Loss Is Now Fixed at About
SIS, ooo-AH Persons In
jured Are Recovering.

Silver Spring, Md, residents to-
day set out to rebuild and repair
the damage done yesterday after
noon when a cyclone, moving at
rs miles an hour, swept over the
little community, injuring eight
persons, blowing down five houses,
and damaging a dozen or more
other buildings.
Darkness fell last night before
occupants of houses RACED by the
fast wind could recover their fur
niture and other personal belong
in9s. The work of removing these
things was begun at an early hour
this morning.
Traffic Is Resumed.
Crews from the Potomac Electric
Power Company. Washington Rail.
way and Electric Company and
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company have practically completed
the work Of rewriting the community
and street car, electric light and
teaephone service is now going on as
uNuHl.
Those injured esterday include:
B. Paul HensIey Of 1886 Irving
erect northwest, internal injuries.
w. R Health, also Of this city.
FhFokea eOllarbOEle and possible ms
fernaI INJURIES.
Harry Wachter. Of BrOokviIle.
Nd. possible fracture of skull and
bruised leg.
Lena Warren, of Silver Spring.
scratches and shock.
Misses Florence Davis and
YheIma StFanley, slight injuries as
. result of having been blown
twenty feet against q fence.
Mrs. Joseph Speckline, and two
year-0Id daughter. Mary. knocked
Down when roof OF their home,
was blown away.
No official estimate OF the dam.
age could be obtained this morning
but it is believed certain that the
damage will run more than $4,000
and possible 100000.
= Militia Guards Ruins.
Militia men. hastily gathered yes
terday afternoon, and guarded the
ruins all night.
The cyclone struck Silver Sprins
about three o'clock. 1t came In
the midst of violent rain storm
It took but ninety seconds Tor the
fast wind to sweep over the little
community and confine itself to q
small area. It travelled about one
half mile and disappeared just aS
suddenly as it appeared.
The wind first struck a mouse
an the top of a hill near the steam
railroad tracks. 1t tore part OF the
roof Off 1t then sped through q
small area of farm land, tearing uI
trees. Next it went over the lunl
her ward of Herbert Cissell. Lum
Der was thrown about in every dl
rection and the roof of one of the
buildings was blown off.
The storm then hit two unoccu
Died dwellings near the road OF
which the car lines run. 1t tor
the roofs off the houses. Thes'
dwellings were a part Of a build
ing project of Brooke Lee, Severa
thousand dollars damage was dom
to the houses.
The home of Mrs. Walter Har
don was struck a few seconds later
The wind lifted the roof from tn
house and tossed it onto the rail
way tracks many feet away. Mrs
Harden was not at home at tn
time.
Real Estate Office Hit.
A small real estate office buildin
was the last building struck Th
wind lifted the frame structur
and carried it more than fifty fee
away.
Several hundred trees wcr
knocked down, the tops of aut
mobiles were torn off and fence
Wer blown away.
In the Dudley home, a colore
nurse maid and an infant son wei
on the second floor when the bull
ing collapsed. They suffered on
slight injuries.
renters. They took refuge in II
little real estate office. The wir
blew the office away. and the mt
were hurt when the building struC
to the ground again.
Two young girls, Misses F1oren
Davis and Theln1a Stranley, we
blown some twenty feet. The vii
lifted them up in the air and tn
struck a wooden fence when tn
bit the ground again.
A haystack was carried from
meadow TO a tree $50 feet ava
A tenn Of horses was blown fro
O stable.
A small dog was entombed in I
cellar of the home of DIR. Dude
His yelping attracted attention a
be was rescued shortly after t
storm.
The home of Joseph Speckli
was the second house struck. 7
wind tore off the roof Of the hol
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