The Washington times., 1927-11-18
ID. C. SUBURBS BEAR UP
BRAVELY IN TRAGEDY
N A n Y FAMILIES
THANKFUL To
Be ALIVE

Twenty-Five families in Colmar
Manor and Lennox, two little adjoin-
ing communities over the District
line on the Washington.Baltim
Pike today were digging themselves
out of the ruins left in the wake
Of yesterdays tornado.
The fury of the twister struck the
home of Elmer O'Hara, 1O1 Wilson
Avenue. His home was lifted from
its foundation, moved Is feet away
and dropped in a crumpled mass.
The front porch was torn away,
hurled through the air and dropped
by the side of the pike four city
blocks away.
Mrs. H. Sisler, who had an ap-
pointment to meet with Mrs. O'Hara
yesterday and do some sewing
played a bunch" and stayed at
her home. No. 3 Marshall Ave. Her
home escaped the wind. Today she
was giving a home to the O'Haras.
Mrs. OHara and her two small
children were in the kitchen when,
in the distance. Mrs. O'Hara saw
what looked like a low .ha nging
black cloud.
1T seemed TO be coming directly
toward me-" Mrs. O'Hara said. II
ran 10 the front door and called TO
the Pullmans across the street TO
come over 10 my house, for it
looked life a storm was coming.
Mrs. Pullman begged me to come
over there.
Went Into Basement
u don't know what made me do
It, but | grabbed my babies and
Went over TO the Pullmans. We
went into the basement, lust as
The roar and crash came.
When we next saw our home mr.
what had been our home. felt
like | had been dreaming. The
front porch was gone. the four big
columns were out in the street tho
whole house had been moved down
the street and the building had lost
its shape"
Mr.. O'Hara, for the Sast - years
employed at the Seventh Street Saw.
inSs Bank and recently AS assistant
cashier. resigned yesterday and
Planned to so into business for him.
self. His health has been bad.
When ] got to HyattsviIe last
night and friends told me nv home
had been damaged. / thought they
were joking" O'Hara said TODAY.
When ! got home, this is what
found. And now | have no home.
no health and no job hut I'm thank.
ful ! have my wife and babies"
William ". Pickard. who owns a
big twa-story home on the pike. in
the Lenox community. he'd lust com.
pleted twO-story addit on. All of
the windows were broken and m,lcb
OF the woodwork Of the addition was
swept away His big double garage
was torn 10 bits. and he was finding
boards and bits or tbs roof 100 TO
zoo yards away.
used 10 live in Kansas. So I'm
used 10 tornados." Packard said.
Loses Her Porch
Mrs. Joseph f. Routtpn. If No
- LennoX Ave. was doing some
! ainting when the wind carried
the front porch Of her home away
ard tore off part of the roof.
MY first thought was Of all my
chickens In the back yard" Mrs.
Routten said. When I looked out
Of the back door. my chicken house
was in my neighbours yard in an
other block and badly damaged.
The chickens had run under the
house"
Mrs. Howard Doves garage was
Flown away. The doors with their
frames were left standing and in
tact
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hefner's
home at the corner NJ Marshall
and Wilson avenues, right in the
path of the tornado. had corner
sliced off the Wilson Avenue side.
large bite was taken out Of the
roof and the porch on two sides
OF the place was taken away. The
bannjsters and railing were left
standing. The Hefners were in
Washington at the time.
Albert Pullman had a huge garage
in the rear of his home turned
upside down and a pile of lumber
distributed among his neighbOrs.