Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
TORNADOES STRIKE
NEAR WASHINGTON
II Killed, 10 Hurt in Mary
land and Virginia Towns
Around Capital.
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Mrs. Martin L. Wachter, bruised and
shock
Miss Dorothy Doll, II, near Fred
erick, cut about face and limbs.
Hiss Helen mellow, ID, near Fred
GAck, shock.
The home of Shank a two-story
frame building, was demolished and the
timbers scattered several hundred yards.
Mrs. Shank'S body was found about $50
feet from the foundation of the build
ing. Shank, unconscious, was found by
his Wife'S side He died at the Fred
erick City Hospital early this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fout occupied Rich
field, the birthplace of the late Admiral
Winfield Scott Schley, naval hero OF the
Spanish-American War, near Harmony
Grove, which was badly damaged by the
storm. Mr.. and Mrs. Fout were in
second-story bedroom when the tornado
hit. They were injured about the face
and body. They were taken to the
hospital, but their condition is not con-
sidered serious.
Windows Are Blown In.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wachter received LAGER
atoms about the face and hands, when
windows of their home on the farm of
Thomas Hayward near Harmony Grove,
blew in. They were taken to the hos
pital and released.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Doll, near fT6QeTICk, was WIeChSu dIlu
their daughter, Miss Dorothy Doll, and
a friend Miss Helen mellow, were in
jured. Mr.. and Mrs. Doll and members
of the household were asleep when the
storm struck The two girls were re-
moved from their beds after the room
had fallen about them. Neither was
injured seriously.
The residence of Evan c. Biser, near
Frederick. was damaged. The barn
near the house was wrecked.
At Mount Pleasant the tornado cut
3 narrow path through the town and
demolished the barn, garage and out
buildings Of Willard Crum. The wind
swept through the property of William
Burr1er and uprooted two rows OF
mature apple trees in the orchard of
Wilbur Smith, q neighbor.
Rail Tracks Washed Out.
The Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad track
at Carrots Mill, on the Washington
Hagerstown branch, was washed out at
6 o'clock last night and a passenger
train bound from Washington to
Hagerstown was held up pending re-
pairs. Automobiles were sent to the
scene and removed passengers and
crew from the train.
Frederick city homes and theaters
were in darkness last night for nearly
four hours when high-tension lines of
the Potomac Edison Co. were destroyed
near this city.
Heavy damage was reported to prop
erty in Brunswick. Until late hour
this morning but one telephone line
connected this city with that town.
Virginia Counties Hit.
The devastating tentacles of two
twisters dipped into Fauquier and Rap
pahannock Counties, in Virginia. within
a period Of five hours late yesterday,
killed five persons. left nine others
critically injured and laid waste the
countryside and the towns Of Catlett
and Woodville
The known dead are: Charles I. Al
len. so, Of Cstlett; his twin daughters,
about 16 years old; Fl. B. Laws, IS,
farmer of Catlett, and Marshall Haw-
kir1s, IA. of Woodville
The injured are: Miss Mary Eliza
beth Browning, IS. of WoodVille, who
has both arms broken and a sprained
shoulder; George w. Pulliam, IL, of
Woodville, cut on the head and in
ternal injuries; Mrs. Charles I. Allen,
cut about the head and injured in
ternally; Mrs. Emma Allen, Sc, of Cat
lett, cut about the hips her husband,
Luther Allen, So, who has a broken
leg and a mashed finger which doctors
think will have to be amputa led; Harry
Allen, their son. suffering from severe
cuts about the forehead and a broken
left arm; Mrs. H. B. Laws, wife OF
one of the dead, badly cut about the
scalp; Arabella Laws, 10, her daugh-
ter, who has a broken ankle, and Tom
Freen, colored, who is suffering from
abrasionS and exposure.
Miss G. c. Beasley, night supervisor
Of the Fauquier County Hospital, where
the injured were taken, said that the
condition of all the patients, with the
exception of the Laws girl, was serious.
zao,,,, Iodv Eound IN nehriQ
The first of the two twisters struck
about 3 o'clock in the afternoon in
Woodville, Rappahannock~ County, and
swept the Woodville School, a frame
building, a full half mile from its
foundation Marshall Hawkins, IA
year-old schoolboy, was found dead in
the debris.
S. L. Pulliam, merchant, said the
twister swept out of the southwest and
blew for about three minutes. 1t tore
down his two-Story brick home, leaving
him homeless.
Pulliam was standing in the hall
way of his home when he heard the
terrific roar Of the twister, and he
rushed into the yard with his family.
Seeing the SchoolhouSe across the road
torn away, Pulliam rushed to the wreck
age and found his son George and one
of the teachers, Mrs. L. r. Browning,
the latter unconscious. Another pupil,
Elizabeth Browning, who is not re-
lated TO the teacher, was found hurt.
Pulliam took the trio to a nearby
colored mans dwelling and later they
were brought to a local hospital. 1t
was reported that the teacher was re-
moved to Charlottesville. The Episcopal
and Baptist churches and four other
homes at Woodville were demolished
while many houses were unroofed.
Laws Home Wrecked.
The Warrenton firemen accompanied
4, by Drs w. G. Trow, John T. Sprague,
t. s. w Maphis and w. o. Bailey of this
city, and Drs. Marsteller and Mcbride
of Manassas, and Knight of Brister-
burg, went to Woodville to aid in the
relief work. DR.. Martin Hardin, Dr.
George H. Davis and John L. Thornton
performed the surgical work when the
injured were brought here.
Culpeper firemen and Sperryvllle
police also joined forces with the War
renton workers.
The second of the tWisterS struck
about $50 o'clock last evening at the
home of H B. Laws at Catlett IN Fau-
Horses EIectrOcuted
By Electric Wire
Co.