Evening star., 1927-11-18
6()OPUP|LS UNHURT
AT BRYAN SCHOOL
36 March Through Downpom
After Portable Building
Is Unroofed.


tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets southeast. was directly in the
path of the tornado yesterday. Six
hundred pupils were In their class
rooms. in tho main building. which is
q substantial brick structure, and two
frame portableS in the school yards
on the east and west sides of the main
building.
I'VE saw the storm coming" said
Miss NJ. T.. Sheads, the principal.
'and Ii looked as If we were going
to have a high wind. The shape of
the clouds. however, was not like a
tornado. Suddenly the wind struck
us and almost instantly the roof was
ripped off the west portable.
'There were SO children of the 3-A
grade in the portable, in charge of
their teacher. Miss Margaret u. Mur,
ray, who quickly marshaled them and
led them across the school yard
through the rain into the main Dulld-
ing"
Miss Sheads said there was no panic,
although some of the children were
excited for few moments. The teach
ers quickly quieted them. In little
while the rain began to let up. ana
Miss SheadS gave instructions To DIS
miss all of the classes for the day.
Mothers Rush to Building.
A report was spread through the
neighborhood that the school had been
badly damaged and many Of the chill
dren had been injured. This caused
several mothers. one or two of whom
were very much excited. to rush to
the building to learn what had hap
pened and inquire about the safety
of their children. As soon as they
found that no one had been hurt
they were overjoyed.
Miss Sheads sent one of the poys
to the roof of the main building. lie
found that a portion Of the tin had
been torn away. Within half an hour
after the storm had passed Miss
Sheads had telephoned to the repair
department of the District schools
so that no time would be lost in re-
Iairing the two structures. 1t is not
likely however. that the portable VIII
be ready for use for several days.
On the north side of B street south
east in the same block with the
BRYAN School, an Atlantic & Pacific
grocery store was partly demolished
The roof was ripped off and portion
of the second story badly wrecked
Bricks showere1 down to the sidewalk
and into an alley next to the -bulla-
ing. The alley was filed with DEBRIS
tn depth of several feet. Several
persons in the store escaped injury
as IL by a miracle.
East Canitol street escaped damage
except between Thirteenth ana Four-
teenth streets, where the wind played
havoc with houses on the south slde.
Ore roof was lifted almost intact from
a house on the south side and carried
across the street, falling with a ter
rible crash on the sidewalk and IN the
front yards of the houses on the op'
posite side.
Entire Row UnrOOfed.
The wind seemed to descend with
particular violence on, A street north
east between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets. An entire row OF
houses on the south side of street
was unroofed The street was com
pletelv blocked by crumpled tin, splin-
tered boards. bricks and tangled wires
Houses on Fourteenth street between
A street and North Carolina avenue
were wrecked.
O'DonneH,sa drug store at the corner
of Fourteenth street and North Caro-
lima avenue northeast was partly
wrecked the front being blown IN.
James c. Malone. manager or the
store. said that the wind seemed to
have descended at this point with
great force. but to have confined It's
damage to a path scarcely more than
one block wide.
From that point the center of the
storm Travelled in northeasterly di-
rection. A Sanitary Grocery store al
the corner of Fifteenth street and
North Carolina avenue northeast was
rartly demolished. Rows of houses on
both sides of Fifteenth street north
east northward to f street were un-
rooted and many of the top stories
were partly wrecked. Continuing still
IN northeasterly direction. the center
Of the storm passed over RoSedale
street and Rosedale public playground.
Houses in that vicinity were badly
damaged and residents were thrown
into panic.
Automobiles Are Damaged.
Automobiles in this whole section
suffered much damage. Several cars
were turned over and innumerabie
parked cars had their tops ripped off
or blown completely away.
The storm played many queer tricks.
Many of the tall sycamore trees on
Fourteenth end Fifteenth streets and
on A and B streets northeast inter
cepted large sections of flying tin,
which were left draped in fantastic
shapes in the branches.
Several rows OF new houses IN the
vicinity of Fifteenth and f streets
northeast were badly wrecked. Roof
after roof was ripped off, upper sto-
rias were blown in and in one instance
row of back porches two stories high
was torn off.
A big crowd gathered at the corner
of Fourteenth and A streets northeast,
where houses on all sides were