The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-13
300 Marooned Auforists Rescued as Storm
Floods Highways Around District
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harder. Cedar Poirt, ~ miles b.
low Washington, was dashed by
storm Of hurricane intensity, accord
ing to Ralph Scaglione and e. e
Stewart OF Mount Rainier.
Launch DemoI. he'd
The two youths had spent tn
weekend in i bungalow at the point
From / >. m. Saturday to p. m. yes
terday, they declare, they wer.
housebound with a raging storm.
Al gust OF wind at one time, the,
said, took all of the bed clothes
Off their bed, so furious was tn,
storm. Al 40-foDt launch belonging
Z to George Dawson, of washington
was completely demolished as wal
about 800 smaller craft tied along
the river front.
Rivermen told them that Cedar
Point was used to Its north
casters in September, when they
were prepared for them, but this
one caught them unawares and
caused huge damage among river
craft.
Telephone Lines Down
Below Leonardtown ali telephone
lines were reported down. Tele
phone service from Waldorf and
La Plata was so great with
narooned people calling their homes
and offices in washington that
such calls were several hours be.
hind at all times
Piscataway Creek was nearly up
to the level Of the road. Henson
Branch overflowed and deposited
large quantities of gravel on the
state highway.
At Camp Springs one of the Po-
fonaac Electric Power Company's
high tension line poles was up
rooted and draped across the te1e.
the road.
Much Damage to Crops
From Townshend south the storm
appeared to have done great dam.
age to crops. Corn fields were
flattened out like a scythe had
been cutting. the stalks down.
Potato patches were flooded nm
I'll parts Of them looked Like huge
ice ponds.
One OF the features Of the "re-
construction work" was, the efforts
of Postoffice employees to get the
United States mails through on
time. Abe Cordova and Otto ia.
coli, drivers from washington,
brought their pouches to the south
side Of Mattawoman Creek, walk.
ing a half mile and fordtng two
streams, and turned them over to
John L. Bernhard and William II.
Bailey, who took over the matter
and relayed it to Leonardtown,
Waldorf. Bryantown and intermedi-
POINTS.
Colonial Beach, the last stop
that the skipper was able to make,
$50 persons were taken aboard and
perhaps twice that many left, due
TO the fact that the steamers quota
OF 400 passengers had been filled.
The pleasure resort, that usually
stands out as a bright spot on the
Virginia shore. was jlupged IN dark
ness. the electric power house having
failed. Residents and those who had
gone to the beach for the weekend
were demoralized, Captain Bohannon
declared, and were in a near-panies in
4s
Many Autos Abandoned
AZ many automobile as could be
placed OF the cargo deck We're taken
on board the ship, but many weer
left, on the dock at Colonial Beach.
At Morgantown so persons were
rescued. by the Dorchester and a
similar number OF motorists were
taken from Bushwood, Md. At
Rock Point, Nd, rs picnickers, COM
PEELED to leave their machines, paid
their passage to this city.
Ship Docks Late.
In speaking OF Saturday night
and Sunday, when his vessel crossed
the bay on its way here from Bal.
timore, Captain Bohannon declared
that in his 43 years as navigator
he has never seen a worse time.
The Dorchester was due here at
8 a. M today but did not dock
until about $3.50 a. m.
Despite the heavy blow and high
seas in the bay, the ship would
haYe reached her dock at the nsral
hour but was delayed In making
long stops to. take on those who
were stranded in the southern Mary.
land ana Virginia ports, the cap.
tain said.
Communication Crippled
communication has been crippled
crops Ieve1ed and large areas of the
city and nearby Maryland and Vir.
ginia flooded. in some places te
depths Of six and seven feet
When the downpour ended. about
. o'clock last night, the Weather
Bureau announced that s.27 inches
IS rein had fallen since the storm