The Washington times., 1929-03-07
TREES FALL
IN STIFF
GALE

Sweeping into Washington
from the northwest, one of the
most terrific wind stodfs
known here in several years
today tore off roofs, uprooted
giant trees, smashed large
windows and catapaulted
street lamp posts through the
air.
The damage was done in such
widely scattered sections that city
officials were unable to make an
accurate estimate of the loss. How
/ ever, it was expected to run into
thousands of dollars.
Four Ouses UnrOOfed
At the height of the gale four
! roofs were ripped off houses in
the 100 block Eighteenth St. S. E.,
sailing through the air several feet
{. and landing in an alley. No one
was injured.
The houses from which the roofs
were torn are occupied by h. Z.
Nussear, Wilton Green, James A.
Alexander and George A. Ekstedt.
Early reports to police indicated
that more than score of trees
were blown down, breaking like
matches when caught in the mighty
grip of the nor'wester of the type
dreaded by sea-faring men. Fire
men and workmen were sent to
several address to chop up trees
which blocked traffic.
Wind Falling Fast
Weather Bureau officials said
the wind began to wreak it's havoc
at AIS a. m, 1T reached a peak
velocity of As miles an hour at
9:45. The force of the. storm be-
gan to diminish at 10 o'clock. The
velocity had decreased to 25 miles
an hour by noon. II was expected
to die out before nightfall.
Unlike other severe winds OF
recent years, today's storm occur
red on clear day. Today's Yeloc-
ity had not been exceeded here since
September 2, 1924, when the wind
sblew at As miles an hour. How
ever, SD-iiAllS NtIC 1CCOlhGN
here November II, 1927, and July
40, 1926.
An unidentified man was walking
along Fourteenth Street between F
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest, when a plate glass
window. in two sections, about Is
feet wide and 10 feet high, was
sucked from its framework in a
fshop on the ground floor of the Ma
ftional Press Club Building.
Has Narrow Escape
The glass splintered and barely
missed the pedestrian before crash
ing into two parked automobiles.
A window in each of the cars WAS
broken out.
One of the machines is owned by
Ferdinand Walden. of the 2700
block of Chesapeake st. n, w. The
@other is the property of James t..
Greene, of the 5000 Block. of n St
n. w.
The crashing of the window ex-
posed the stock of the Quality Shop,
a novelty store. None of the glass
fell inside the building.
Mrs. Anna X. Elliott, of the 1000
block of NJ st. n. W., was struck
by flying glass when a lampost on
the east side of Thomas Circle, at
Massachusetts, Avenue, was blown
down. Mrs. Elliott was removed
to Emergency Hospital in an am
bulance. She was cut on the head
No other persons were reported
injured.
Windows Blown In.
Plate glass windows were crashed
In at the Park Lane Apartments
Twenty-first Street and Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Northwest, and at a
drug store at WISCONSIN Avenue
and Street Northwest.
More than score of light globe
popped on the Key Bridge over th'
FCtomac River. Ten other bulb,
were demolished on Nichols Avenue
Southeast.
Firemen had TO cut up a tree at
bO1 Twenty-fourth st. n. W. SO
the occupants coudl enter and leave
their home.
Trees were blown down at Thirty.
second Place and Rittenhouse Street
Northwest, Ninth and Streets
Southwest, in the 1900 block of Sixth
st. n. W., the $500 block of r 81.
N. W., the 1900 block Wallach Fl
N. w, the .2900 block o st. N. W.,
the 1900 block Q St. N. W., Ninth
Street and Maryland Avenue North.
east, the 400 block S st. n. w, the
200 block d st. n. N. Arthur and s
Streets Northwest. the 1900 block
Maryland Ave. n E.. the first Dlock
of Pierce St. Y. W.. Eleventh AMI
d Streets Southeast Newark Street.
corner Connecticut Avenue North.
west; the 300 block Milford Rd. n
W.; Twenty-Second and X SITS North.
west, the 1900 block G st. N. w.
the 1900 block X St n. W.. the 500
block Twenty-fomth st. n. W., and
Gfha 3000 block q ST n w