Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
BIG STORM LEAVES
TRAIL OF DAMAGE
! THROUGHOUT CITY
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Ninth street ana Pennsyivania ave-
nue.. He was taken to Casualty Hos.
[pitaI In a adeiirio,is condition. Papers
contained on his person led ply sicians
To the belief that he was Gilbert
|icornell. about 6s years old, of Bath,
n, q. He Nas later removed 10
EGallinger Hospital. without the
identification being definitely authen.
ticated.
Mrs. Mary Eyares, rs years old. Of
sos sixth street had been stricken
by the heat while in front OF st.
Patrick's Church earlier IN the day
At Emergency Hospital last night
she was expected to recover. These
two heat prostrations yesterday
were In addition TO three recorded
The property damage caused by the
storm and the number Of trees blown
down throughout the city was being
checked up by the police throughout
last night.
on II street, between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets, numerous
windows had been blown out OF bust
ness houses by the wind and others
had been broken By falling trees and
tree limbs.
Huge Damage to Windows.
Al house at $50 Q street, according
to the police, had almost every win
dow blown out Of IL.
Another report was that the plate
glass window Of the Darby Printing
CO., COS e street. had been blown out.
Among the streets blocked to trafdc
BY trees blown across the roadway
were Maryland avenue northeast on
the north side between Thirteenth
and Fifteenth streets; Oregon avenue
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets: M street between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, and street, be
tween Fifteenth and sixteenth
streets, north of the Monument
grounds. Traff1c was partially block.
ed at the entrances TO the Euipse Just
south OF the state Department Buiid-
ing, where 3 tree was blown across
the pathway.
an the fifth floor was blown out, with
terrific crash, and Waterman ".
Petrolia, on duty at the Fourteenth
street door. was struck by q pane OF
Mate glass in Il door which was blown
out. He was not seriously hurt. sus-
tanning merely q painful bump on the
head, and no.cuts.
F,rees were reported down at Nine
tenth and California streets, and q
large silver maple tree In Lafayette
park was split In two during the nigh
wind.
200 Trouble Reports"
l. KS :
from the wire chief Of the Chesa.
naake IL Potomac Telephone Co., II
was learned that 200 trouble re,
norts. had followed In the wake 81
| the storm. Service was restored t.
| normal within an hour after thu
storm had passed. It was said. and
none IL the trouble reported was oi
1 ! serious nature. One telephone poll
was blown down and falling trees
had carried the wires down In som'
sections. 4.
"spotty' troubles In minor degrees
i In numerous points. No serious IN,
Interruption In telegraphic communi.
one feature OF the storm Was thu
absence OF damage to trees, AZ re
i ported by the Park Police Force, II
Potomac Park along the Speedwas
4 and Hi Kock Greek Park,
4 The Harbor Precinct also repOrtet
Il that the river felt little eject Of thu
Il hfgh wind which IL I. marked con
Il frast to the ordinary local storm thai
II generally follows the Potomac Valley
4 The outlying districts In Virginia. ais
scarcely knew there was anything
4 happening beyond 8 bit of rainfall.
.Delightful Neathels Coning
.ioelightfnI weather. viii Be on tai
i for the Capital today and tomorrow
Forecaster Mitchell announced Las
u night.
Tlie upward march Ok the mercur,
was halted at 98.9. just before tn,
storm struck, and there was then
sudden drop til where the fher
mometer hung
il modefate temperature. 3s
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