Evening star., 1927-11-18
QUICK ASSISTANCE
| RENDERED VICTIMS
Tornado Sufferers Succored
by Red Cross, Army
and Police.

The tornado had scarcely passed
when relief measures were started by
the American Red Cross, Army. Dis
trict Government, Metropolitan Police
Department. Coast Guard, Salvation
Army and American Legion.
The ambulance of the District Chap
ter of the Red Cross was rushing TO
Fourteenth and A streets northeast, a
center Of great damage, within 10
minutes after the first news of the
disaster was received. 1t carried three
Red Cross nurses, Miss Mary Haw-
thorne. Miss Annabelle Petersen and
Miss Mertie Taylor. Emergency head
quarters were established near that
point by a group of workers, which in
cluded Gen. John A. Johnson, roll call
chairman of the chapter, who took
charge of the work Of relief for the
local organization: DR.. c. r. White OF
Emergency Hospital, II. ". Robbins,
II. ]. Davis and Harold Atkinson.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Jewett. captain Of the
chapters volunteer motor corps. sent
out a call for members of the corps to
report to local headquarters at S21
Sixteenth street. The Red Cross
nurses found that the injured had al
ready been taken to the hospitals by
the police and in private automobiles
and there was no immediate Eeed for
Red Cross nursing assistance.
Hastened to East Washington.
Robert E. Bondy, manager of the
Eastern area of the Red Cross. has
tenened to East Washington and made
quick survey. John Cremer of the
national headquarters staff went to
the District Chapter headquarters TO
help there. Capt. Evans of the Coast
Guard Cutter Apache called at Red
Cross headquarters and offered the
services of 90 men, If they were need
ed, and the local headquarters of the
War Department offered troops to as
sist in the work of relief and patrol.
| After completing his first survey of
every section in the southeast and
| northeast, seriously affected by the
| tornado, Mr.. Bondy reported to ma
! tional headquarters at Q o'clock last
| night that the emergency needs of
every family whose home had been
damaged by the wild sweep of the
wind and rain had been met for the
| night.
| Mr.. Bondy and William r. Taylor.
of the national headquarters staff,
| toured the stricken section last night
| for four hours, visiting all of those
whose homes were wrecked Most of
those whose homes had been made
uninhabitable were housed for the
night by neighbors. The local chap.
ter provided additional cots and blan.
kets.
Ambulances Kept on Duty.
The ambulance of the District chap
ter was kept on duty in the affected
| area all evening for emergency needs
/ '.1 yllr iVta
ent of schools, placed three school
buildings at the disposal of the local
chapter to shelter refugees. They
are the Lovejoy School, at Twelfth
and ID streets northeast: Birney
School. in Anacostia. and the Henry
! L. Blow School. at Nineteenth street
and Benning road northeast. 1t was
| found that the homeless could be
cared for in the homes of ne:ghbors.
with a few additional cots and blan-
kets to provide sleeping accommo-
12tions.
| II. A. Davis. Red Cross field di.
rector, remained on duty at Four
teenth and A streets northeast until
after midnight to receive any calls for
aid.
Alexandria Chapter Aids.
Chairman Robert Jones of the Alex
andria, Va, chapter of the Red Cross.
reported to national headquarters that
there were approximately 25 persons
| seriously injured in hospitals in that
| city and that some rs persons had
been treated for injuries in their
| homes. He said the Red Cross chap
ter was carin% for 40 persons whose
nomeS had been more or less wrecked
in the storm. Most of the refugees
| are in the armory. the rest in school
/ buildings. He asked for a supply of
cots and blankets
| National headquarters called upon
| the Army for the needed supplies and
Lieut.. p. NJ. McCrea of the Headauar.
ters Company in this city, with a de-
| tail of men, transported As cots and 90
blankets from Fort Myer and delivered
them to the Red Cross in Alexandria.
National headquarters received calls
| from various residents asking for tar.
paulins to protect interiors of unroofed
homes. They were referred to the Fire
Department, which made available a
supply of its tarpaulins and other
coverings.
c. P. Close. chairman of the Prince
Georges County Chapter (Marland).
reported that telephone wires were
down in Hyattsville and it was diff
cult to obtain accurate information
as to the extent of the disaster hut
that the chapter was surveying the
town and was providing whatever re-
lief was needed.
Salvation Army Visits Homes.
Every home damaged by yester-
days storm was visited by the Saliva
, tion Army today. With squad Of
10 workers, Capt. Martin Rickard
started out this morning to make q
personal investigation of all the needs
of the sufferers. and by noon he had
been to about 165 homes in the North
east and Southeast sections of Wash
| ington and nearby Maryland.
| Most of the homeless had been given
shelter by neighbors. Capt. Rickard
! reported. but many needed food and
| coffee. These were served literally
| Others whose homes had been de-
| stroyed wanted to move quickly. and
this afternoon the army with 10
trucks will convey as many as pos
sible to their new homes free of
| charge.
| Headquarters for the sufferers
| have been established at 749 Eighth
street southeast, and any who have
| been overlooked may get assistance
| from the army there.
| Last night a staff of % workers
was on duty in the storm-swept sec
| ton serving coffee, sandwiches and