The Washington times., 1923-04-30
FUND To REPAIR
FLOOD RUIN
SOUGHT
Three Deaths Reported From
Saturday cIoudhurst
sNortheast subur

The first move to raise money to
repair the. damage done by Satur.
day nights rainstorm win be taken
tonnprruw, when Mayor George F.
Finger of Capitol Heights, Nd.
will 90 before the county commits
sioners in Upper Marlboro, Prince
Georgerounty, Nd, and ask for aid.
Practically every bridge in the
little community was washed away.
Many roads are impossible. Hun
ireds OF persons, then homes filled
with several feet Of water, are now
living with neighbors. Crops on
many, farms are ruined.
The. town councu of Capitol
Heights met yesterday and made
plans for securing a loan of S20,-
900 To- rebuild bridges and repair
More than 400 residents of
from the rest of the county because
Of the cloudburst Saturday night.
The. bridge over Beaver Dam
Branch has been washed away and
the roads. which were built during
the past few years by Tuxedo
citizens, have been entirely OBJ
repair. the present roads. New
ones must be laid
The William P. Magruder meadow,
a fiftyacre tract under cultivation,
lying between the eastern and
western sections of Tuxedo, is
inundated. The eastern section OF
the tewE, being lower, is isolated.
Automobiles and horse-drawn
vehicles cannot negotiate the heavy
mud and water. A few of the
marooned Tuxedans today Waded
out in hip boots on urgent bust
ness.
Two Bodies Found.
In Washington the storm re-
suited In three deaths. The bodies
Of two of the persons were found
yesterday. Police are still searching
tor third person, thought to have
been drowned.
1t il. almost impossible today to
estimate the storm damage. The
rain swept over Washington and
throughout Maryland. Damage
will easily run more than 100000.
: The. body of Mrs. w. H. Carter.
colored, Of 442S Douglas street north
east, who was swept away while
imprisoned in a sedan automobile
near the District line, was found
yesterday on Kenilworth avenue
buried in several feet of mud. The
body of a negro, identified as Daniel
Gibbons, forty, an employee Of the
Center Market, was found in the
Potomac river at the foot of Thirty
fourth street by haroor police.
Search for Tibbs.
Police today continued the search
for the body of Vivian Herber,
Tibbs, thirty-four, colored, of 326 e
street southeast, who was swept
from the top Of his automobile wher
fifteen feet of water from the Sticks
lord branch of the Potomac flooded
Sheridan road southeast: 1t is be
lieved Tibbs was knocked uncon
scioua and his body was sweep
through the Shipley sewer into thu
&otorrlac river.
Water flooded many homes OF
Sheridan road, Livingston road, anc
in the vicinity of Kenilworth ant
Benning In some homes the floot
covered the first floors and threat
ened for a time to cover entir'
houses Tracks of the Washington
Baltimore and Annapolis railwa,
were washed away In man,
places. A car carrying fifty pas
eengeFs, which jumped the tract
near Seat Pleasant. Md, was brough
to Washington yesterday.
Summer gardens of hundreds Q
persons were washed out. chicke
coops, barns, garages. and porche
were also carried away.
WEshouts in the northeast sectioi
Of Washington occurred at Sixty
first and East Capitol streets, Fifty
seventh and Dix streets, Fifty
third street south. Or the. railrog
track, Division avenue and Gran
street. Fiftieth and Grant fetreAti
FOrGy-eighth street south Of tn
railroad tracks. EertvfoUyth stree