Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12

/ come impossible, the rain falling too
rapidly for the storm sewers to carry it
OF
! Connecticut avenue in the "Albemarle
| bottom" just beyond the Bureau of
/ Standards, and Rhode Island avenue at
/ the District line and under the railroad
/ underpaSs east of Fourth street north
| east were deeply flooded and several
/ minor streets in the city also were I'M
/ der water
I Many street car lines were tied up
temporarily by flooding OF the under
ground Conduits. and two of the plow-
pits on the Washington Railway &
Electric Co. lines were flooded and put
out of commission,
Alexandria Havd Hit,
Alexandria. Va. was harder hit by
the storm than was this city. More
than 200 telephone lines in the Vir-
ginia city and its suburbs were carried
away, the Chesapeake a. Potomac Tele-
phone Co reported, Nc estimate could
be made last night of the number of
telephones put out of service. but the
number probably will run we'll into the
| hundreds il was indicated.
Several lines Of the Virginia Public
Service Co. in the Alexandria section
were broken and many houses were
dark Repair gangs were out in all parts
OF the area seeking to restore service.
Mount Vernon avenue, through Po-
/ tomac, Va, was impossible and police
men were stationed 10 keep all traffic
on, The road was deeply flooded and
nigh tension wires were broken and
strewn across the roadway, constituting
= serious menace to traffic.
BladenShurg road was submerged be-
meath more than four feet of water in
the vicinity of Eastern Branch and all
trafie ON the Washington Baltimore
boulevard was detoured by way Of
Queens Chapel and Bunker Hill roads,
Marlboro Road Closed
The Washington Marlboro road was
closed TO traffic early in the storm and
It was reported last night that two
bridges had gone out under the flood.
The lower road between Washington
and Alexandria was reported flooded in
number OF places and scores OF au-
tomobileS were stalled between the two
cities, several buses among the number.
Many houses In this city were flooded
and the Fire Department was called
upon repeatedly to pump out flooded
Easements or open Stopped-up drains
Officers at the Washington Barracks
sent In an urgent appeal for aid when
the parade grounds and hali-score of
buildings were inundated, Only one en-
CINE company could be spared 90 aid In
humping out The buildings and work
9aS proceeding slowly. Among the build
ingS flooded az the Army post were the
plumbing shop. gymnasium. library,
bowling alley basement of the mess
ball basement Of the post exchange.
battery room Of the telephone exchange
n tt$a Are fass
plant
Car Lines Tied Up
Several lines OF the Washington Rail-
way q Electric Co. were tied up because
of flooded underground eonduits The
entire kenilworth division was tied up
from 7 To . o'clock when the pits az
Fifteenth and III streets northeast we're
filled with water Service in AnacoStia
was tied up half an hour and the
Southwest Washington division was tied
up because OF flooded conduits along
Water street The pits at North Cap~ |
ttol and w streets also were flooded !
tying up service beyond that point
number OF huSSes OF the Wash |
ington Rapid Transit Co. the WASH |
ington Railway & Electric Co. and sew
erai suburban bus lines, among them /
the Washington Virginia Maryland !
Coach Co were stalled by wet ignition !
systems.
Suburban service ON the Washington /
Virginia Railway Co. was blocked when |
the tracks through Potomac Park were |
buried beneath d inches og water /
which covered the entire roadway and /
large areas OF The lower sections of the /.
park,
The American Automobile Assoeiaa /
lion was swamned throughout the STERN |
period ny calls for assistance from |
members IWhoae automobiles also were
stalled because Of wet ignition Systenas