Evening star., 1933-08-23

|, street near K street, at the northeast
corner OF Champlain street and Florida
avenue, on Nichols avenue southeast
| near First street, on B street near Third
| southwest, on Eighth near D southeast,
on Seventh near southwest, at Seven
teenth street and Massachusetts, avenue
southeast and in front of AIT Fifth
| street southeast, 1912 Potomac avenue
southeast, ia Seventeenth street south
east. 1873 Eighth street southeast and
632 F street southwest.
River Level Low.
| While scattered rain has fallen here
since Saturday night, accounting for
about an inch and three e-quarters of
| precipitation up to noon today, the
Potomac was little above its normal
level either here or at Harpers Ferry
w. Va.
A report from the latter point on the
Potomac revealed that the river was
muddy, but little above the usual level
and rising little, II at all.
Up to 10 o'clock this morning the
precipitation here was l0e inches for
! the past "a hours. This total, Weather
| Bureau observers pointed out, could not
compare with record for August Of
7.3l inches set during a tropical storm
in 1928.
! Rural lines Of the telephone exchanges
at Great Mills, Mechanicsville and Leon
ardtown, Nd. were blown down. cut
ting of communication with the farm
ing areas adjacent to those communi-
ties. The long g-distance cables and
those In the immediate vicinity Of the
three exchanges went undamaged, how
ever.
| River Cottase< Flooded
Extremely high tides are running at
Cedar Point, Point Lookout, Piney
Point and Leonardtown. and innumer-
able Summer cottages along the beaches
were flooded. The highway from Balti-
more and Washington to Point Lookout.
skirting Scotland Beach. was flooded
and impossible at many points. Many
other secondary roads also were mum
dated. Huge trees were blown across
many highways and road workers have
been kept busy moving them away.
/ The storm has been brewing off St.
Marys shores for several days and no
fishing parties have been taken out by
! county fishermen since Sunday. No re-
ports Of any boats in trouble had been
received along St Marys water fronts
at late hour this morning.
| Considerable damage was caused to
the corn crop in Montgomery County,
! Md. according to County Farm Agent
O. w. Anderson of Rockville, but the
( wind and rain was not of sufficient We
/ locity to materially harm the fruit crops
or hay, he said.
| Farmers Losses Heavy.
Anderson said the inundated condi-
ton Of the ground and the high wind
/ m ho in
every section Of the county and farmers
would suffer heavy losses as a result.
The crop was one Of the best in years.
Trouble with electric power lines
halted several trolleys bearing Mont
gomery residents to their places of en-
ployment in Washington, while lights
in Rockville and vicinity we're out for
nearly an hour. Buses were used to
bring the stalled commuters into the
city.
Many roads were covered with water,
but until late hour this morning no
reports had been received Of roads be-
ing rendered impossible because of the
heavy rainfall.
The wind and rain swept through
Northern Virginia and paralyzed cleo
trio service for several hours, discon-
Meeting over 200 telephones and causing
I dblC uduldSc blllOukHOut
Fairfax. Herdon, Falls Church, Lees
burg and Warrenton districts.
Power Lines Blown Down.
Electric poles of the Virginia Public
Service Co. were reported down in the
Fairfax, Herndon and Leesburg dis
tricts. where the total electric service
was out for more than three hours
this morning Damage to the conf
panys service was also caused by fallen
trees.
The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele
phone Co. reported its worst damage
in the Falls Church and Wsrrenton
districts. Over zoo phone stations in
these sections were disconnected by
failing trees and chimneys. Manager
T. O. Duggins Of the Alexandria ONCE
said.
Both the Virginia Public Service
and Chesapeake d Potomac companies
had every available lineman and all
emergency crews working this morning
to get their damage cleared.
Three sand barges of the Smoot Sand
e. Gravel Co. of Washington broke
loose from a dredge in the Potomac
River this morning and were blown
ashore at Arcturus. 6 miles south of
here. No damage was reported.
State Roads Kept Open.
State police reported one tree blown
across Route so. the Winchester pike,
at its entrance into Alexandria. Traffic
at this point was not totally OBJ
structed, however Other State roads
of this section were reported free from
obstruction No automobile accidents
had been reported at late hour this
morning
Electric and telephone service was not
interrupted in Alexandria, the storms
worst damage here consisting Of sew
eral fallen trees and branches.
Heavy seas sank several "half-riggers'
used for instructing midshipmen at the
Naval Academy, at Annapolis. They
will be raised, however, when the storm
abates.
Water poured over the Academys
sea wall and flooded part Of the
campus shortly before noon.
A 44-mile-an- -hour wind took heavy
toll of crops in Anne Arundel County.
Damage was estimated by County Agent
Stanley e. Day at $250,000. The fruit
crop swill be greatly damaged, he said.
Last month hailstorm caused S155, 600
damage in this section, Agent Day said.
Two hundred and nifty telephones
were out of order in Southern Mary
land. All calls between Washington
and Annapolis had to be rerouted via
Baltimore. Many motorists were re-
ported stranded on the highways.
Much Inconvenience was caused by
falling electric power poles. Hundreds
of farmers, who depend on electric
pumps were without water
officials of the Maryland State Roads
Commission said at Baltimore this
morning that they had received only
one report of any storm damage 70
Maryland highways.
U. S. route No. 13. running through
Salisbury in Wicomico County up
through Delaware, was washed out for
distance of about 200 feet two OF
three miles north of Salisbury last
night and road officials were forced te
establish q detour.