Evening star., 1924-06-09

the capsized canoe. Motley, however.
said the marine had a severe cut on
his head and, apparently losing con-
sciousness, slipped into the water
again and never reappeared Motley
succeeded in swimming ashore.
Overtaken I'm Rowboat.
Lewis were in an ordinary fiat bot
tom rowboat. So terrific was the
force of the wind that it turned the
boat over as though it had been
straw. Spectators on the shore never
saw them come to the surface, al
though part of their clothing was
washed up on the beach later. Divers
are working to recover the bodies.
Hurried roll calls after the storm
showed almost twenty persons miss
ing. and terrified searching parties
set out to locate them. All otherS ;
were found, however, ana relaleu
narrowing details of how their own
boats were capsized and tney were
forced to swim to shore.
Mayhower in storm.
President and Mrs. Coolidge rode
out the storm in safety aboard the
the tragic deaths of the marines, all
on board the presidential yacht be-
ing unaware of conditions near them
The storm struck the Mayfiower about
twenty miles below Indian Head. and
officers estimated that the "lhu
howled through the ships rigging at
from seventy to eighty miles an hour.
The stanch little yacht, however
held her head well into the gale and
weathered it out safely.
Reports from Chesapeake beach'
Upper Marlboro. Mount harmony
Nokcsville. Alexandria. T. t.. Gay
ton, and other places more or less
suburban to Washington, related SIM :
liar conditions, except that no lives
we're reported lost. The lightning;
however. struck several houses, ana
more than a dozen persons WerS
shocked by the bolts. None requlI eu
hospital attention, and were rep9r rteu {.
to have recovered from the shock oy
night.
Could Not Close Doors.
Picnickers and fishermen returning
from Chapel Point said the Wlno oie"
so strong there that doors blown open
could not be closed, and much of the
furniture in the rooms was wrecked.
Mason's Beach suffered similar eS-
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with Leonardtown, Great Mills, La
Plata. Mechanicsville and other Mary
land points still was halted at noon
but repair crews hoped to have the
lines open later in the day.
Melvin c. Hazen, the District sur
veyor, returning to Washington from
his farm at Nokesville, Va, said rooI s
ings on his place and that among the
trees felled were two of great age.
one being more than 100 years olo
and the other IT'S years old.
He said he drove past acres or
wheat lying fiat upon the ground,
undoubtedly completely ruined. Some
motorists said hailstones struck the
tops of their cars with such force
that they broke through.
Passengers in Panic.
The steamer Charles Manchester
was caught by the storm while en-
route to Marshall Hall. Two hun
dred and fifty passengers became
panic stricken when the blow, catch
ing the vessel on the starboard side,
caused it to careen sharply 20 port.
Ballast was hurriedly transferred to
the starboard side, however and
after her head had been brought
around into the wind she righted
herself and rode out the gale at reduced
speed without further difficulty.
The weather bureau announced to-
day that there was nothing extraordi- :
nary in Yesterdays storm, consider
ing the season, nor the cool weather
that followed it today. Every spring.
Forecaster Mitchell said, ordinarily
has several such spells of weather,
and this season, in fact, has been re-
markably free of them. He expects
the cool. rainy weather to return
again in the next thirtysix hours, but
says it will be only seasonal showers.