The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-20
HIT
HARD BY HAIL
AND STORM
Roofs OF Barns Blown Off.
Woman Hurt by Flying
Timbers

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, April 70.
This section of Maryland is
taking inventory today Of damage
done by q cyclone which swept out
Of the West late yesterday after
noon, leaving a path OF ruin IN
its wake.
Barns were wrecked, houses I'M
rooted, orchards laid waste, and
other damage by wind, hail, and
rain.
Scores Of trees and telephone
poles were blown down and teie-
phone service badly crippled. The
loss is estimated at hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars.
While there were no fatalities,
several persons were injured and
scores had narrow escapes.
Many rural sections, where dam
age is believed to have been done,
cannot be reached owing to Grip
pied wire conditions.
Orchard Wrecked.
When the cyclone struck the
farmhouse OF Ross Downs, near
WiIliamsport, partly wrecking It
and demolishing the barn. bricks
from a shattered chimney fell
through into the first floor around
Miss Naomi Downs, missing her by
few inches. The orchard was
wrecked.
The roof Of the barn of Emory
Flock at townsville was carried
away, and at CheWsville the barn
Of James Warrenfeltz was blown
down.
Several new houses were wrecked
at Funkstown, and in this city the
greenhouses Of William and Henry
Bester were badly damaged by hail,
the Blue Ridge League baseball
park partially wrecked, and hun.
dreds OF window lights broken.
Damage was done at Leitersburg,
Chewsville, Keedysville, Clear
Spring and other places.
SilO Wrecks Auto.
At Clear Spring Miss Mary
Cushwa was seriously injured by
living timbers. Four youths were
injured at Keedysville when silo
was blown upon their automobile,
crushing it,
Damage amounting to thousands
of dollars was done in the Potomac
River valley and around Berkeley
Springs. w. Va, and Hancock.
Hail as large as marbles fell every
where, covering the ground IN
many spots.
Thousands of fruit trees were
stripped of their bloom by the hall
and scores of automobiles were
damaged.
General damage was done to the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele'
phone Company's system through
out the entire storm belt and serV'
ice is crippled.
PITTSBURGH Pa, April 20
With property damage approxipat
ing $1,000, 900, scores injured and
many narrow escapes from death
reported, the Pittsburgh district to-
QaY COuuCSu ldTSo IOSSCS AAOAA SN~
near-tornado which swept over
Western Pennsylvania Sunday ait
ernoon.
Wind tore roofs. from houses
blew out windows and caused gen
eral havoc in transportation and
communication facilities.
Work crews battled through yes
terday afternoon and until this
morning restoring torn down wires
and new crews went on the jot
| this morning.
More than 200 visitors at the
Phipps Conservatory, Schenly Park
here were showered with falling
glass when wind wrecked part OF
| the building.
Telephone company offices here
I reported the storm seemed to have
been worse in southwestern Pennsyl
| vanta. Lines from here to Harris
burg were also crippled today.
Through lines to Columbus, st
Louis and West Virginia were be
ing repaired as fast as possible to
| day.
Part Of the Fayette county court
house roof was blown off at Union
| town, roofs were torn off and one
house. moved from it's foundation