Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18

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to effaCe traces of the recent tornado.
for one month after the dark. whrl.
ing cloud came out Of the southern
/ segment Of sky tn cat a sWath OF de
, StruCtjon across the eastern section Cf
4 tho city, practically All exterior signs
Of the catastrophe have been wiped
out. Red Cross officials. who have NOW
closed their books dealing with this
zone, consider il remarkable that their
records fail 10 disclose tho case of
single individual who cndeaVored to
put through "A claim that was without
merit They emphasize that Washing
, tonlans. aided by the District Of Co
lUmhia Chapter of the Red Cross art
ing as the agent for the people of he
Capital gave evidence of marked APP
probation for assistance rendered.
New roofs are glistening in the
Southeast and Northeast sections ~
the city, Gotting the spots where the
storm in its fury tore off the tin and
Whiskod it through the sky. Windows
smashed by the tornado have new
glass in them, many rejecting the
good things for Christmas reposlng in
The show cases of stores.
one memento Of the storm will re
main with Washington for some tima,
however, for the trees that were
cracked and snapped by the Brohdin-
na-ian wind. making spots in tho cry
LOOK like q sector Of shell-torn France.
will take ume to replace.
Wind Blows Some Good.
This III wind blew some good 80
Washington, however, Clifford Ian
nam, superintendent of trees and park
ing for the District, points out, b.
cause it destroyed silver maple trees.
which he considers unsatisfactory for
Washington. Mr., Lanham said that
about 50 trees were destroyed. and
that he plans to replace all Of these
with hardwoods. Norway maple, red
oak and American elm trees. Trees
were destroyed in the Southeast area
on {, ID. f.. G, X. Eleventh. Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets. while in the
Northeast section trees were de-
stroycd on +, Fourteenth and FIT
tenth streets.
The Naval Air station at Anacosta,
which felt The first brunt of the on
slau2ht Of the tornado, on this side of
he Potomac. is now back on its feet.
The contract has been let to put the
remaining hangar, not yet back in
commission. into shape. All four
hangers were affected by the storm.
but the contractors got on the JOB
and had them back in commission in
short order -Four planes were lost,
hut the rest of the ships have been
fixed M and put back into service,
with the exception of the biz Ford
monuplane. which was a casualty in
the disaster. This craft will he sent
back to Detroit at an early date to
have the factory engineers recomnls-
sion ii. The naval barracks at tho
station. which were struck, have been
repaired.
Navy Yard Being Repaired.
In its mad rush to the northeast
the tornado. jumping the Anacostla
River, struck heavily at the navy
yard. causing damage that will cos
The Navy upward of $4,000. Tempo
rary emergency repairs were made
Immediately. 50 that there was no in
terruption of work. Permanent repair
work is now in full swing. The roof
was blown eff one building, and this
remains to be replaced; thousands Of
panes of glass were broken. the wind
in some cases taking the sasheS ana
frames with it and ripping the doors
off shops A l5-ton travelling over
head crane was lifted off its rum
way and went crashing into one end
of the foundry shop, wreckins the
crane. his EduSHu ibuCu VI tBe tlpfI4-
age that is now being taken care of.
One vivid reminder of the tornado
exists in the house a 1925 { street
southeast which remains much as the
storm left it, With a gaping hole in
the rear. windows smashed and roof
dented in. A house at $50 l. street
southeast, which had side damaged
as if chopped off with a giant cleaver
has been repaired
The rectorY of st. Cyprian Catholic
Church at Thirteenth and G streets
southeast was badly damaged by the
storm Right Rev. ]. f. Matthews,
the pastor. anticipates that the rec
tory viii he Teoccupied this week, in
time for Christmas. Workmen have
been toiling late into the night TO
rush repairs, which are estimated 10
cost SIP 900 The roof of the rectory
was taken off, a bay window demolish-
ed and slate was whipped off the
parish hall and church One side Of
the rectory had to he rebuilt and re-
pairs We're required on the other. The
temporary rectory is at 1871 East
Capitol street. but the parish priests
expect that repairs on the regular
roctory will he completed SO they can
move in Thursday or Friday.
Blow School Repaired.
Tho Henry T. Blow school a Nine
toenth street and Benning road north
east. which was enormously reported
demolished. has settled back into the
even tenor of it's way. Miss g. +.
KELSEY, the principal. complimented
the Board Of Education for it's prompt
attention to the schools needs Tor
now the visible effects of the tornado,
which did not damage the building,
have long since been repaired. The
damage consisted mainly OF broken
olass and smashed chimney, with
most of the fright arising from large
mass of red tin that came sailing
through the sky to he deposited by
the wind on the school ROOF, WIN
loud report.
a row of frame houses between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets on
the south side Of Benning road, which
had the fronts torn out by the tornado,
leaving the contents exposed TO view
as in a stage setting. has been razed
The office Of the building inspector
i'm the District Building has records
showing that the value of permits
taken out to fepair damage on private
houses in the tornado area was
80 600. but it is conceded that this
does not represent all as repairs AT
the Navy Yard and Naval Air station
are not included. Further. the est
mated damage to St Cyprians rec
'orv WAS not stated in the permit.
Two things strongly impressed Fed
Cross workers who toured the tornado
he