Evening star., 1924-09-30
DISMAL WEATHER
PERIOD NEAR END

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by the torrential rain. Local street
Car service was generally delayed,
with here and there biockadeS, such
as occurred at Connecticut avenue
and Garrison street, where at a
building operation d lot of loose
clay was easily washed across the
street car tracks. In consequence. al
most every one WAS late for work.
Suburban Conditions.
AS an illustration of how subur-
ban Washington Jared, traffic on the
Washington Boulevard between Hy-
attSville and the Capital was block
ed this morning, the rain having
covered the road at BladenSburg to
ii depth of four feet.
More than 100 autos were held up
by the wall of water, it being nee
esSary for traffic to detour by the
way of Rams Horn road.
Since the rain began until about
noon today there has been approx
mately az inches of rain in Wash
ington, which is almost September
record. with the prospect that the
record may be broken. The highest
previous mark was for 24-hour
period on September 15 and 16, 1874.
when there was rainfall of 5.66
inches.
Tnen two years ago, on September
2, 1922, in period of sig hours, there
Was "a rainfall OF 5.l6 inches which is
the September record for that length
81 tinr. On September IA and Is, 1904,
d o4-huur record was exactly inches
But notwithstanding the almost
record rainfall there was little dam
age by Washouts. The Potomac River,
cinct, was just two feet above normal,
but rapidly going down.
The storm center this morning was
over Eastern North Carolina, quite
close to Wilmington, and moving to-
ward the north and northeast.
This will cause strong winds and
gales along the Middle Atlantic and
North Atlantic coasts this afternoon
and tonight. Storm warnings are
displayed today from Cape Hatteras,
n. G., to Eastport, Me.
Heavy and killing frosts have
been reported from the Upper Missis-
sippi Valley, the Missouri Valley and
the upper lake regions. Light frosts
are expected tonight in the lower
Ohio Valley.
The rain last night caused con-
sidera BILE disappointment even in the
homes of many who did not have to
brave the storm. A vexatious half
hour was spent by those who were
listening in by radio on Secretary
Hoovers speech in reply to Senator
La Toilette. on which 20 stations
were hooked up. There were a cou-
pie of breaks in the circuit that
caused the delivery of the speech
tb be interrupted and delayed.
III Storm Sewers Meet Emergency.
II The storm sewers carried Off the
Heavy rainfall of the past two days
without serious difficulty. j. B. Gordon,
sanitary engineer of the District. stated
tbday. Early this morning he received
Word that the tracks of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Co. at Georgia
avenue ana Decatur streets had been
covered with mud by the flow of sur
face water from side streets. He COM
Tiiunicated with L. r Grabili, superin-
tRndent of county roads who sent a
gang of workmen to the scehc.
II A short time later a message was
received at the District Building that
there had been a cave-in of the street
at Second and Webster streets north
west. and a crew of sewer employees
WAS rushed to the scene.
Mr.. Gordon explained that the pumps
at the sewage pumping station are moro
than ample to carry of Q steady fall Of
rain almost indefinitely. provided the
mouths Of the catch basins do not be-
como cIoGged with debris
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