Evening star., 1927-11-18

through this brick wall: 1t ripped the
iinoleum from the floor and scattered
bolts OF cloth and my stock of dry
goods in every direction. / feared
every moment that the house would
| fall in on me-"
Across the street, a touring car, be-
| longing to Henry Turner. &c Four
| teenth street northeast, was blown IL
| block away into a front yard. where 1t
! stopped on the lawn unda ma Eed.
| Other cars in the same block were
| turned over or blown upon the side
| walk and wrecked.
| At 1890 c street southeast, a large
settee was blown through the front
/ brick wall and other pieces of furni-
| ture were scattered in the yard; on d
| street, between Twelfth and Thir-
| teenth southeast, the entire front of
| two houses was blown off. The storm
! left the furniture of the latter homes
| undisturbed. and many other tricks
! of the wind were in evidence where.
ever it had struck with cyclonic fury.
Girl Blown For Block.
| Nine-year- old Laura Erinkley was
/ standing on the sidewalk near her
! home, at 1921 Fifteenth street south
east. when the roaring c!oud struck
| her When the confusion of flying
| debris. rain and din of crashing tim
! bers and glass was over Laura found
| herself about n block and n half away
I from where she had been standing,
| She escaped miracuously with minor
| cuts and bruises.
The Blow School at first was report
| ed demolished. but a hurried run to
| the scene by school and police officials,
| to say nothing of newspaper men, dis
closed that the only damage was to
the chimney, numerous windows and
| the electric lighting system. None of
the children was hurt.
Quick thinking by the principal.
| Mrs. G. F.. Kelsey. and other teachers
ayerted a panic among the youngsters,
! \ fire drill was ordered and the long
! training the boys and girls had re
| ceiVed stood them in good stead. They
! marshaled themselves into orderly
lines and filed from til. building as he
| worst Of the blow subsidized. Later they
! returned to their ciassroOms. but were
| i'm such a nervous state that they were
allowed to go home in company with
| their anxious parents, who had rushed
in droves to the building.
"Two Clouds" Strike.
Miss Kelsey said that two clouds
were seen to strike the earth to the
southwest of the school. and the re-
suits were plainly apparent on the
| row of frame houses along BenninE
road between Eighteenth and Nine
| Ieenth streets. Here the roofs were
| lifted and carried a block away, while
| the front walls of some of the dwell
! ings were torn off, exposing first and
second story rooms full of drenched
furniture,
| The Cranch School at Twelfth and
| q streets southeast, with it's student
body, had a narrow escape from being
crushed by giant smokestack Of
! Rices bakery. The terrific force OF
tho wind pushed the tall stack off It's
foundation and laid it down with Il
| thud in the small play area between
the school and the bakery.
AS darkness began to descend, fam
! lilies whose homes had been unroofed
in the vicinity of Twelfth street and
! South Carolina avenue southeast and
also near Fourteenth and A streets
northeast were working feverishly to
protect their household belongings
| from the destructive effect of the rain
that continued.
Furnishings Saved.
Some had procured closed moving
vans. but others were carrying fur
! niture and personal effects into the
| homes of more fortunate neighhcrs
! who had escaped the frea<ish course
of the storm. Inspectors IIeadley end
| Stoll, supervising police activity in
| the neighhorhood of Fourteenth and
| East Capitol streets, sent for flood
lights TO aid several families in mbv-