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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13
CARoLINAs EMERGE FROM STORM.
Damage Placed at 1000, O00, Prin-
cipally at Spartanburg.

CHARLOTTE, N c. August Is up.
Bright sunshine throughout the por-
tionS Of the CarolinaS stricken by floods
and windstorms today had restored
weather conditions to normal with Ell
forts being made TO estimate the dam
age and make repairs. The death list
still stood at five
Unofficial estimates placed the dam
age at approximately $l,000,000 with
about half OF this In the immediate
vicinity Of Spartanburg. Three cotton
mill villages on the outskirts OF Spar
tanburg were flooded and damage to
machinery and supplies IN two cotton
mills which the water entered was flg-
ured at 5000, 900 Besides this. several
buildings were undermined in the city
and many Easements flooded, dozen
or more highway bridges were destroy
ed, one Of them a big concrete struc~
ture over the Pacolet River, being dam
aged approximately $4,000, cotton
mill at Whitney suffered thousands OF
dollars damage from floods,
Besides the heavy damage done at
Spartanburg, several homes and other
buildings were destroyed at Batesburg
Is. G. NeWberry Is, C.. near Union, and
near dreenViile, In Pitt County, NJ c.
AT Hickory ~ c. the city sim was
without the use OF It's waterwofks
pumping station The station was
flooded when l0-inch rain caused
the CataWha River Ia rise SO rapidly
that workmen could not prevent the
water entering the pump room. IL will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13
NEARBY MARYLAND
CHECKSUP ONLOSS
Two Bridges, Damaged Crops
and Disabled Autos Toll
of Storm.

Southern Maryland today set about
the work of reconstruction following
the terrific rainstorm which swept away
two bridges between Washington and
LeonardtoYn. Md, msrooned some so
motorists in Mattawoman Swamp. near
Waldorf, and washed out some 200
yards of railroad track on the Popes
Greek line Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
Garages in the tidewater section of
Maryland did land Office business to-
day, hauling machines that had be-
come disabled in the downpour and en-
deavoring to put them In running order
again Cinders were being filled in the
area where the railroad track was
washed out and reconstruction gangs
were at work on the State roads in an
effort to put them back in traversible
shape.
Buses Of the Tidewater Lines, Inc.
with headquarters at Twelfth street and
NeI York avenue. it was announced.
continued their schedule with the aid of
temporary bridges across the washout
areas at Mattawcman Swamp and about
a mile this side Of Morganza, Md, on
the road to Waldorf and Leonardtown.
w A. Robey, a mechanic Of the Tide
water Lines, Inc, who was pressed into
service as a driver III the emergency,
said he crossed the bridge at Malta
woman Swamp about z O'Clock Saturday
night, shortly before 1t went in" near
midnight. He said he saw the bridge
cavinG in on the return trip. 1t viii
be necessary to build an entirely new
structure, ne said. as both sides col
lap5ed under the weight of the waters
and the supports have been washed
away.
Bus service Is being maintained into
southern Maryland by a bus from
Washington to Mattawoman Swamp,
across which temporary bridge has
been thrown. Women, too nervous to
walk the planks bridging the swamp,
are being carried bodily. AT the other
side Of the temporary bridge, which Is
about three miles from Waldorf another
bus of the concern transports passen-
gers between Mattawoman Swamp and
the vicinity Of MorganZa. where the
other bridge has been demolished
There. too, a temporary bridge serves,
and passengers walk across this to
where the shuttle service is again taken
up by bus which transports travellers
between that point and Leonardtown.
The company Is thus using four
buses where 1t ordinarily uses two
Mr.. Robey explained. Yesterday 80
persons, many of whom we're marooned
autoists in the Mattawoman Swamp
area, we're brought To Washington In a
first load and about IS were transport
ed to the Capital in second load
Corn and tobacco crops Of the Wal
dorf region have been beaten TO the
ground by the rain. Today the roads
were drying out rapidly but at the
height Of the storm there was about a
foot Of water in the streets of Waldorf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13
TEN PUMPS USED
At BUILDING SITE
Draining Water From Internal
Revenue ExCaVation-PooI
20 Feet Deep.

A huge electric pump from the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co, was called into
operation at the water filled excava-
ton for the Bureau of Interna! Revenue
today to supplement the nine other
smaller water pumps which had been
struggling to reduce the level of the
flood waters In the hole. SO construction
work could be resumed.
with the help OF the big purnp. IL was
expected that work, which had been
interrupted since Friday night by the
rains. could be resumed III some Of it's
phases today
Several of the smaller pumps worked
steadily at the excavation day and nisht
since Saturday but had been unable To
keen ahead of the downpour
The deepest pool of water In the ex
cavauon was more than 20 feet deep
In an elevator shaft hole
ON the site for the Department of
commerce a lake two blocks long and a
block wide was formed, causing con-
Germ ON the part Of the District Health
Department, as work has been tenn
porarily suspended there until the letting
Oh foundation contracts, the next sten
III tne building program. Ofiicials of the
heaitn department who called at the
once OF The supervising architect NJ the
treasury today were assured that an
electric pump already was working. and
gradually would lower and pump out
all the water III the excavation 10 Dre-
vent II becoming menace to health
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13

l;I0 a Engine Co No, 81 answer
ed call OF marooncd persons at Fifty
fourth and Fades street northeast. but
found they were relieved wncn it ar
rived.
l:47 am Engine Company No, 81
responded to call at 1919 Minnesota
avenue northeast, and finding no danger
from reported collection of water on the
roof. departed.
100 pm-~Truck Company No, re-
sponded to call that tree was endan-
gcring property and lives after 1t had
swayed over during the wind. The fire.
men found no danger and returned to
their headquarters.
2:2l p.m.-Truck Company No. ID
answered call to take down swayin4
Signboard which threatened to fall at
1904 Fl street northeast.
4:49 p.m-Engine Company No 10
responded to call that live" wire was
down st 1910 Capitol avenue northeast.
9.45 pm.-Engine Company No. IL
distinguished blaze caused by short
circuited electric wire in the watch
house on the Eleventh street brldge
over the Anacostia River.
Today.
ISL a.m.-Boat reported sinking at
the foot CT Potomac avenue near WIS
ccnsin avenue. The land companies
which responded could render no AID
2:4l a.m.-The fireboat responded 10
pump out the buges Of the tWo-maStea
schooner Elizabeth Carter which
threatened TO founder under her cargo
of rain water The Elizabeth Garter
is owned by l.. A Clark e. Son, lumber
dealers. Fifth and Water streets south
west
6.i6 am.-Rescue squad responded
to a report that a horse was stuck IN
the mud at Minnesota and Pennsyl-
vania avenues southeast, The animal
was eXtricated before their arrival.
however.
These calls were handled by Howard
E. Marin up to midnight Saturday;
Daniel HARRISON and Leo Lietz. who
we're on duty together from midnight
Saturday until O'Clock yesterday
morning; William Jordan and Arthur
James. from O'Clock yesterday morn
ing until O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
at which time Marin. who handled the
calls alone Saturday. returned for an
other eight hours The final period at
the board was spent by HARRISON and
A. r. johnson early today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13
BAND CONCERTS.

By the United States Navy Band, al
the Capitol 730 o'clock tonight.
Grand march. The Crown Of India"
Elgar
Overture. Danish Festival"
Tschaikowsky
Two songs for cornet--
"serenade Rimpianto' ...... 1oselli
Were Ny Song With Wings
Provided, ,.... ........,. Ham
Grand scenes from the opera Ia
JUlTc" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .HaleNy
Vocal solos selected
Three oarces from The Battered
E Z, ,iT from The Singing Girl.
Suite. St Agnes Eve
The 8lar spangled Banner"
- the United states Marine Band
a Tie Marine Barracks, Si5 o'clock
tonight
Overture. Iiebesmshl der Apostel,"
Wagner
Characteristic a Southern Wedding,
Lotter
Trombone solo. "Iseona" Zimmerman
Gems from BellinlG operas.
Arranged godfrey
Suite de- ballet "6yly.a" u. Delibes
"ValSe Lute
"P.zzlcaC Polka"
Picco.o SOLO. The Coidhnch" Wilcocke
Memories y Days Gone By Morris
Finale third act. "EienI" Wagner
Marines hymn, The Halls Of Monte
yuma"
'"TJ.@ Star Gpangied Banner"
BY the United States Army Band. al
Forty~fourEE street near FoEall aac
CONDUIT roads. at T.30 o'clock tonight
March National Spirit" united
Etatesl .-....-....... ........ Humme
Overture "YelYa" Germany Reissigei
Vase lenlo. "Recuero0" Chile 5orC
IateTnezz0 "MOralba" fMexlcO)s
Resale
Fantasia. 4 Spanish Festival
SPAIN ..-.,....t,--- DefnebheTa'
Selections from Lady Of the Slipper
limited 6tsteEy -...-...... HeTber
March French National Defile"
France ......- ........ ..-. Iu!ie
IAe Sal spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13
ENER GIES OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
TAXED BY STORM CALLS FOR AID
Carry Marooned Persons to Safety, Pump
Out Flooded Cellars and Tow
Autos Out of Water

Flooded cellars. short circuit fires
and boats distress, to say nothing
CT uprootcd trees and marooned auto
mobiles, combined to take the energies
Of the District Fire Department during
the two-day storm. Scores Of telephone
calls damned the fire switchboard at
the District Building Saturday night
and early Sunday morning.
The first Of the storm calls came over
the Fire Departments lines few mo-
mentS before 9 o'clock Saturday night,
and the last was received at 6:l6 o'clock
this morning, when horse got stuck
III the mud at Minnesota and PennSyl-
wanna avenues southeast.
The storm-call list at fire headquar
terS follows:
Saturday.
S.5S pm.-Richard Gardner and his
six children, 523 Fifty-second street
northeast, and DySie Kennedy and his
two children. SIC Fifty-second street
northeast were carried to safety by En-
CINE Co. No. 81 and Truck Co. No.
after rising waters had flooded the first
floor Of their homes. driving them to
safety on the upper floor.
9:53 pm-Engine Co No: 90 eXtin-
guished a blaze i'll the 800 block Tun-
law road. caused by the Shert circuit
ing Of wires on the light poles
HOS pm-Residents of an apart
ment house at l70l L street northeast
called frantically for the departments
apparatus TO pump out the cellar of
their building. and when they were told
TIE Fire Department could not render
that sort Of aid unless life was endang-
cred. some one III she neighborhood
turned in an alarm from the corner box
The responding company rendered no
aid however.
l1.I9 pm Truck Co. No. s and the
rescue squad towed three marooned au-
tomobileS carrying passengers from a
flooded street at Livingston road and
the District line southeast.
1923 pm.-Engine Co, No. 81 effect
ed two reScueS on this trip. carrying
Mrs Dorothy Cavanaugh from her
flooded home at els Division avenue
and rendering similar assist
ance to Mfr and Mrs. Frank jenkins
and Nellie Ferguson. 504 Fifty-fourth
street northeast.
Sunday
1890 ANA live wire down at
Thirty-sixth and Davis streets was re-
ported and investigated for subsequent
repair by the electrical company.
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FIND 81 WASHOUTS
IN WAKE Of STORM
Police Check Damage in D. C..
Trees and Limbs Blown
to Street.

A police check today Of the storm
devastation in the District revealed 81
waShoutS within the District, Of
which were considered dangerous In
addition there were ~ trees blown down
and many limbs scattered about the
streets.
DANGEROUS WaShoutS were reported
al PENNSYLVANIA and Minnesota ave
nueS southeast and Seventh and Quack-
enboS streets.
Other waSllouts were reported at For
tv-ninth and Dix streets northeast
FIftieth and Hayes streets northeast.
Conduit road near the school, 50S6 Con-
6uit road. $3.50 Conduit road, 1904 Con-
CuI read Sill Sherrier place. 5l3l
Sherrier place. 244T Nichols avenue
southeast. Flrty-eighth street and Dean
avenue northeast Fifty-Second street
and Dean avenue northeast. Forty-nlnth
street and Sheriff road northeast, Thlr-
ty-firSt street and Alabama avenue
southeast. Park place near TWenty-thlrd
street southeast, Sheridan road and
powaroy streets southeast 264I Sneri-
oar, road southeast. 9e4l Sheridan road
southeast. alley in the rear of 44l0
y7aveS street southeast. S+03 wheeler
ros5 southeast. Wheeler road near the
Oxen Run Bridge
Farty-S.Xth street near Hunt place
northeast. Forty eighth street between
HAYES street and Dean avenue north
east. FIFTH and Qu9ckenhoS streets.
sixteenth street Just north OF Military
road. Longfellow street and Concord
avenue. Twenty ninth and Legation
streets and small bridge at Forty
third and Gait streets northeast.
Four trees were destroyed III the lZoo
b'ock Of H street northeast A large
SECTION Of sidewalk was washed out on
Connecticut avenue near Aloemarie
street,
one section hit particularly hard was
r.fty-first street northeast. between
Grant street and the Chesapeake Beach
Railway where the establishing OF
nsv grade by filing in the block result
ed in the water backing up and fiooding
garages. chicken houses and gardens.
There are II houses fronting Fifty
frs street in this block and all sur
fered. according 10 John H. Paynter,
TOT Fifty-frst. who filed complaint al
til District building this morning:
The street has been flooded TO oeptn
o. 5 teet. according to Paynter. DIS
tr.ct officials, however. commended the
I'll was necessary he said.
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GIRLS IN NARROWED.
BUS ARE: RESCUED.
D. C. FTemen Enter Mary
land to Save 19 Surrounded
by Water.

Rescued after having been marooned
all night in a Washington Railway &
Electric bus at Townshend Md, 10
young women. members Of the Sodality
Union of Washington. were today gen.
erous in their praise for the firemen
of No. Truck Company, who carried
them to safety, and for Calvin E. Mil
len. driver of the bus. whose calmness
and clear thinking they believe, saved
their lives
Tho bus left Washington Saturday
afternoon and carried the party to a
picnic at ST Mary's Catholic Church,
Bryantown. Md Because of bad wealth
err, they started back as soon as the
picnic ended and reached Townshend
about 8 o'clock AS they started over
a bridge beyond the town Millen no.
ticed the roadway was blocked by
water He backed from the bridge and
up hill TO a garage. Scarcely had he
left the bridge when it was swept away
From the garage Millen saw that an
other bridge which he crossed back of
Townshend also had been carried away
Millen appealed to the Washington
Fire Department for help He also ar
ranged to have the families Of the Wom-
en- In the bus notified Miss Grace
irene Kelly. corresponding secretary of
the Union. said today that Millen was
just splendid" and did everything pos
sble TO make his guests" comfortable
during the long vigil
More than 30 other automobiles we're
merooned with the bus and the occu-
pants of one of these called the Ana
costa air station in the hope of being
rescued by plane. They were informed,
however, than an airplane could not
land where they were marooned.
But the most thrilling moment Of the
trip. according to Miss Kelly, came
when they heard the siren of the fire
truck. The firemen used two 50foot
extension ladders to bridge the waters
and carry the girls to safety. Lieut.
c. l.. Satterheld directed the rescue
work.
In addition to Miss Kelly, the party
consisted of her sister. Miss Florence
Kelly, both of 81 street. Miss Minnie
Mailer. Montgomery Apartments Mrs
j, A. Hardie. 6l2 B street southeast;
Mrs. Mary. Lipscomb. 200 A street
southeast; Misses Cecilia and Annie
Ryan, 621 A street northeast; Miss
Alma Happ. 429 Kenyon street Miss
Addie Wathen and Miss Ethel Baugh-
man Of Anacostia. Miss Ethel Ammon.
1907 East Capitol street; Miss Margaret
Sheehan and Miss Anna Clark, both
of the Government Hotels. Miss Ger
trude Gauges 1901 Otis street; Mrs.
T. F, Finn 1882 Twelfth street: Miss
Theresa Harrigan. 1901 r street, Miss
Jessie Lang of Brookland and Miss
elizabeth Milovich the Atlantic.
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ALEXANDRIA LOSS
IN STORM IS LIGHT.
Electric Wires Replaced and
Flood Water Pumped
From Houses.

Specia! Dispatch to The star,
ALEXANDRIA. Va. August 10
Alexandria today has freed itself from
the grip of the most severe rain and
wind storm of many years. Work of
restoring electric light and power serv-
ice to the areas left without electricity
when wires were blown down Saturday
night had been completed, while the
task Of replacing telephone wires which
we're destroyed Is nearly completed.
With the exception of approximately
So. 500 damage to the new gravel streets
which are being constructed in Rose
mont Park No. 6 and Temple Park,
the city escaped with comparatively
little damage Flooded cellars ard
dampened walls constituted the only
harm 10 buildings in The mercantile
and residential sections.
Light Damage Reported.
City Manager Paul Morton stated
today that the damage TO the Hooffs
Run sewer project, the new three-roon
annex to the Parker-Gray School for
cclored and the new public school
buildings IN Rosemont, all of which
have Just been started. is negligible.
The foundation of the Parker-G Gray
School annex was flooded. as was the
sewer and new school in Rosemont. but
city gangs were hustled out this morn
ing and were busy pumping or water
SO that construction work on ! three
Jobs might be continued. City en-
ployes were busily engaged IN remov-
ing the branches of many trees which
we're blown OFF by the heavy storm.
Traffic into southern Virginia by way
of the Richmond Washington highway
was forced TO detour yesterday morn
ing when the southern end Of the
Hunting Greek Bridge became covered
with 2 feet of water. but tn swollen
creek receded this morning and the
ROAD Is again open. While the bridge
was closed the Telegraph road detour
was employed.
Electric Wires Replaced.
The last of the electric light lines
blown from their poles by the storm
was replaced this morning at 3 o'clock
by the maintenance gang of the Viz
GINA Public Service Co which had
been working continuously since early
Saturday night when the first complaint
Was received
Trains of the Richmond. Fredericks-
burg e. Potomac Railroad are still being
rerouted by way of Orange as a result
of the 600 feet Of tracks near Milford
between Fredericksburg and Richmond
being washed out by the storm. The
trains are branching off at D0zwell and
using the Chesapeake e. Ohio tracks 10
Orange and then continuing to this
city on the tracks of the Southern Rail-
way Co.
Several smaller Washouts on the r.,
F. IL p. between Alexandria and Fred
ericksburg have also been reported
Bus service from Washington 10 Rich
mond by the Richmond-W Washington
motor coaches was discontinued yes
terday morning when the South Anna
River below Fredericksburg overlooked
It's banks nearly feet and flooded
the bridge used by the busses
The buses are also unable 70 make
their run from Fredericksburg 10 Co
| loniai Beach as result OF the flooded
| roads
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ONE MISSING. 100 SAVED,
IN GALE WHICH SWEEPS
ALONG ATLANTIC COAST

Continued from First Page
mer mayor Of Atlantic City. and his
wife. 1t was feared the yacht. valued at
$4,000. would be a total loss.
Seaside resorts along Long Island and
the New Jersey coast were subjected
to heavy pounding from the noun
famous waves, portion of the board
walk being washed away at Beach Ha-
ven. N. j.. and the south end of the
beach front at Bradley Beach swept
away. Coast Guardsmen said the storm
was the worst in 10 years.
A dead whale, IS feet long. was wash
ed up on the beach at Manufacturing. ".
j., and viewed. from a distance, by sew
eral hundred persons
A woman was operated on for ap-
pendicitis by ilaShlight in the South
Baltimore General Hospital when the
electric lights failed just as the incision
was being made. The storm had blown
down a tree Severing wires feeding cur
rent to the hospital The operation
which required 80 minutes. was per-
formed successfully.
The storm sent temperatures dropping
all over the East, the thermometer 60
ing to SO degrees in Philadelphia max
ing 1t the coolest August IL in 80 years.
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FLooDGATEs LESSEN DANGER.
Closed To Check Waters Sweeping
Through Florida Marshiand.

NbcA
INGLIS. Fla. August - tA'i,-Threats
of serious damage from floods in this
vicinity had passed today with the
tloodgates OF the Florida Power Cor
poration's huge hydro-electric dam on
the Withlacochee River closed and
waters that spread over 10 square miles
OF marshland rapidly passing out to sea.
The tioodgates through which torrents
courSed, causing feeling of uneasinesS
for the safety of this town and Yankee
town, we're closed late Saturday night
when the lake level behind the big
concrete structure had dropped more
than a foot TO normal
The small amount of water that
swept into the streets here as the water
gushed through the emergency opening
in the dam to relieve the strain on 1t
had drained OFF yesterday and citizens
went about their normal Sunday
unhampered
The tioodgates were opened when
water Behind the dam reached record
high mark, due TO torrential rains that
accompanied and followed last week S
West Indian hurricane In central
Florida, and power company officials
became apprehensive for the safety of
the big concrete structure and the
So 000,0 power plant at its base
Only untenanted marshland was seri-
ously affected by the flood sent coursing
over the valley when the gates we're
opened, w H. Howaiton assistant
superintendent. said
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navigation guides were obliterated.
Capt Bohannon said Despite these
handicapS the Dorchester held 70 its
schedule and entered the Potomac dur
ing the height OF the storm
Putting III at one of the Virginia
WharveS opposite Piney Point. Capt.
Bohannon picked up the Shipwrecked
nShing party OF Potomac Electric Power
Co. officials. They had been fishing
when the storm caught them and made
IT impossible for them 10 return 10
their camp on the Maryland shore.
Their boat was driven ashore on the
Virginia side and they found them
selves stranded without money or sup
plies
They were picked up by the Dor
chester and carried 20 Pinev PAlNt.
from which they returned 10 their
camp at Tall TimberS. Md. several
miles from Pincy Point In the party
according to Capt Bohannon. we're A
q, Neal, vice president OF the power
company. and J, G. Gray, chief clerk
'ogether with several others whose
names ne did not recall At the poWer
company Offices here 1t was stated to-
uay that Mr. Neal and Mir GRAY. with
van DYKE Brooke. assistant treasurer
and their families have been SPENDING
Their vacation az Tall TimherS NJ
report had been received from them
today al the local offices.
Az Piney Point, Capt. Bohannon said,
the whaFveS We're wrecked ana MANY
small boats had been washed ashore
Az Colonial Beach the water front also
showed heavy storm damage
The steamer at one time was about
TWO hours behind schedule. bat later
made up some OF this time a. tAe
storm ahated, Capt. Bohannon said
traces OF storm damage were seen IL
many points along the river shores IL
washington, hut the final STAGES ii the
trip were made by the steamer With
out incident