The Washington times., 1929-04-16
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and mountainous sea waves that
swept away the bullthead in front
OK the hosiery. Its supports torn
away, the hotel, five-stOry build.
ing, was reported to be In danger
OF collapsing.
The Bluffs Hotel, at Bayhead,
N. j., which was damaged in a
storm last week, also was partially
wrecked.
So, powerful was the gale, accom-.
panying torrential rain, that
John and Raymond Kuntz, of PAS
sale, were blown q distance OF 40.
feet In their automobile, which was
halted In front Of q signal light.
Both suffered cuts.
Washington should get fits share.
Of May flowers. Since the rain
started yesterday morning, 1.T7
inches have fallen. and the Weather
Bureau can see no relief in sight
until late this evening.
Ths Potomac River Is 18 inches
above normal, Harbor police said to.
day. They declared that this also
was mot out OF the ordinary" bur
merely spring tide"
However, It was explained that
with all the rain falling on the
watershed in the mountains OF Mary
land and Virginia, there Is due to lne
= considerable rise in the river ct
this point.
Sewer department officials said
that they did not anticipate any
great difficulty with the excess
water that is flowing into the gut
ters. They admitted that some of
the smaller sewers might become
filled up but thought that they would
be able to get rid Of the water with
out causing any flooding or damage.
At Monte1io Avenue and Raum
Street Northeast, there, Is approx
imately three and .one-half feet OF
water covering the street. A drain.
age pocket was built there some
time ago and the water has been
80 great there that the sewer is
unable to take care of 1t. 1t Is
thought that the sewer is stopped
up.
Herman Garner, chief inspector
Of the Sewer Department said that
the storm water sewer at Piney
Branch and Sixteenth Street, has
been carrying a great amount of
water. He indicated that he thought
that Rock Greek might go to flood
level.
Twelve major accidents were ie.
ported to police yesterday and last
night. Some of them proved rather
serious but in the main police de.
clared that the drivers were tiking
their time and thus avoiding trouble.
Answered 100 Calls
The American Automobile Associa-
tion said more than 16O emergency
calls had been received. Mony of
these were from motorists whose au-
tomobile could not be started because.
OF the water soaking into the cleo
trical system.
One trouble that the rain has
caused in local parks 10 that 1t has
washed away q lot of the freshly
planted grass seed that has been
put down and has rutted the ground
that the young tender shoots are
planted in.
The rain started to turn into sleet
about 1890, the Weather Bureau
said. and they thought that 1t might
continue till evening when warmer
weather might stop both the excess
cold and the heavy rain.
CUMBERLAND, Md. April 16.-I
The streams In this territory are
rising at such a rate that flood
conditions are feared.
The rain has been steady for
almost 80 hours with the ground
soaked from much rain at intervals
last week. The whole Potomac
watershed In affected.
The river here now is within two
feet of flood stage, which would
mean that several streets in the
low lying section of the west side
would be inundated. Both the
Baltimore and Ohio and Western
Maryland railroads report no trou.
bic as yet. but are preparing for
emergencies
At Thomas. w. Va, on the West.
ern aMryland, a temperature Of SIS
degrees is reported with snow
mingling with rain.