Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03

ol1ier County Laws was killed instantly
when a falling beam struck him on the
| head while the entire house, a 14-room
brick structure, built a hundred years
ago, was demolished along with every
! building on the farm, including a con-
crete Silo, dairy house, chicken house
and several farmland dwellings.
Mrs. Laws was pulled from the debris
| by workers soon after the house col
lapsed. She was pinned beneath pile
of bricks with her child Arabella, 10,
| clinging to her. Both were rushed to
the hospital here.
Many head of cattle on the Laws
farm were injured by the twister and
many hogs, cows, calves, ponies ana
| colts were slain to end their agony.
| Others, however, escaped notice in the
excitement and darkness and this
morning were seen lirnping over the
| farm, some with gaping holes in their
sides, torn by flying bricks and
| timbers.
Automobile Is Destroyed.
An automobile stored in garage was
blown 300 yards across the road and
| left in a crumpled heap. The garage
could not be found.
The twister next touched the farm
| of Charles I. Allen, across the road
from the Laws property. Allen was
! killed by flying debris, as were his two
daughters. His wife was badly cut and
hurt internally and brought here to
| the hospital.
Mrs. Allen was found about 300 yards
| from her home and her twin daughters
about the same distance in different
! direction.
The twister also swept the home of
Luther Allen, a brother of Charles
| Allen, and he, his wife and son re-
ceived minor injuries. They were
brought 10 the local hispital.
The dwelling in which Tom Green
lived could not be found last night.
| Searchers came upon Green about 1880
| this morning lying in a nearby field,
suffering from cold and cuts about the
! head.
The Summer home of Mrs. Belle
| Coates of New York City was destroyed.
The house was unoccupied. T. W.
Cowne'S home was blown from its
foundation and badly damaged. 1t re-
manned intact, however and its occu-
pants escaped injury.
Excitement Kills Woman.
During the excitement here, Mrs.
James William Jefferies dropped dead
from a heart attack shortly after being
told about the twister's work. j. E.
Sudduth. local undertaken, was taken
i'll with a stroke of paralysis while
embalming the body of Mrs. JefferieS
and the work had to be finished by an
other member Of the firm. Nervousness
from the excitement of the storm was
said to be the cause of Sudduths being
stricken.
The driving rainstorm started in
Warrenton about $50 o'clock last night
and, although there was a high wind,
no damage has been reported here.
w W. Brown, jr., manager OF the
Virginia Public Service Co.'S branch at
Manassas, with a gang of employees,
aided in the rescue work at Catlctt,
while other employees of the company
restored electric light service in the
stricken area within 80 minutes after
the line between Remington, Manassas
and Catlett had been swept down.
Fields Laid Waste.
The same twister which visited the
Childs home near Laytonsville, Md, and
the Haight home near Brookville, is
believed to have been responsible for
the wreckage at the farm of George E.
Burroughs, near Unity, Md, about five
miles from Laytonsyille. The roof Of