Evening star., 1933-07-03
BIG AREA NEARBY
RAvAGED BY STORM
Clearer, Warmer Weather Is
Forecast-Hagerstown
District Hard Hit.
CONTINUED From First PaGe.)

third child. sitting between the two
who were struck, was uninjured.
In all. PAT inches Of rain fell here
In the "a hours ending at 10 O'Clock
this morning. During the storm of
yesterday afternoon. 80 Of an inch Of
rain fell. The rest descended last night
and early this morning.
The only traffic accident here Of any
consequence attributable to the storm
was q head-on collision between two
automobiles at Sixteenth and r streets
Five persons were treated at Emergency
Hospital as the result Of the crash.
The most seriously injured was Earl
Chase, 46, 1916 Seventeenth street. who
suffered fractures of both legs. E. F.
Clarke, 73, of 1880 Geraniliin street, was
cut on the throat by broken glass His
wife and daughter, Dorothy, suffered
minor injuries. Marie Yost. years
old. OF JohnstoWn, Pa, was cut on the
head
Lightning. which accompanied the
storm, did some damage and played q
number Of fteakish pranks. A bolt
struck the home Of Dr. John T. Ashton
4O4 Russell road. Alexandria, setting
fire to 1t and doing 81 800 worth Of
when 1t caught fire
Another bolt struck q barn belonging
to M. D. Cockerille, neal. OAkton, Fair
fax County and the ensuing fire COM
pletely destroyed the barn and its con-
tents of hay and cattle feed. valued
at $4,000.
Lightning put the police patrol box
system In the Southwest section out
OF commission, and also temporarily
damaged the teletype system. A bolt
struck the chimney Of police headQuar
tiers here and knocked q few bricks
loose.
1t short circuited the wiring Of two
burglar alarms. which sent police
scurrying around to Mornings Jew
elry Store. sos Twelfth street. and Clyde
E. Williams Jewelry Store, at 1874
Seventh street.
One bolt set fire to the bed on which
Mrs. Martha B. Syme. at $500 Forty
fifth street, Chevy Chase. Md, was ly-
ing. She was reading a newspaper
while reclining on a cot in her nus
bands den. when a lightning struck
and the mattress burst into flames. The
Bethesda Fire Department put the fire
out. Damage was slight. Mrs. Syme
is the wife of Samuel A. Syme, attor-
ney. with Offices in the Southern Build
ing here.
Hits In Lyon village.
Lightning struck a tree in front of
the home Of NJ N. Mcknight. 404 Holli-
wood place. Lyon Village. stripping it
of its limbs, and then hit an electric
pole en- the opposite side Of the street
Another bolt landed on the Potomac
near the Airport Pool. which was
crowded with bathers seeking relief from
the heat
A large tree on the front lawn Of the
home Of Christian Heurich. jr.. at 3400
Massachusetts, avenue, blew ever. barely
missing two parked cars in the drive
wing of the house.
Another tree was bowled over in
front of the home of Inspector L. I. H.
Edwards. 1910 Potomac avenue south
east. shortly after Mrs. Edwards had
entered the house.
In the Chesapeake and its tributaries
the strong northeast wind and high
tides combined to flood portions Of
the shore. carrying boats inland and
flooding houses.
This was the case at North Beach,
Chesapeake Beach. Solomons Island
and Piney Point, and at Point Look
out. where the first floor Of the hotel
was flooded
Cellars Not F1eoded.
Owing to the peculiar distribution of
the rainfall in Washington the trouble
some draining center at Fifth and In.
graham streets escaped without its usual
tally of flooded cellars. According to
Sewer Department rain gauges the
rainfall here was least in the Piny
Branch area, which includes the Fifth
and Ingraham street intersection. The
gauge for this section showed a maxi
mum rate during the storm Of only 09
inches per hour, compared with the
rate of 81 inches at the Zoo and AZ
inches per hour 1t Georgetown Uni
versity.
The Weather Bureau said today that
a tropical storm had passed over the
Western tip of Cuba during the night
and was row centered in the Gulf OF
Mexico, about 200 miles from the
Florida shore It Is moving northwafd
at the rate Of about IL miles per hour.
The center is very small and the winds
not very destructive.
The storm Is expected to veer OF
either to the East or West when 1t
meets the area of high pressure now
moving Southwark, and for the next
"a to SO hours it will be impossible to
say whether this disturbance will strike
the shore of the mainland.
The United States Engineers Of1ice
reported that the Potomac would rise
about 4 or feet in Washington, the
crest of the high water coming some
time tonight. At the present stage this
might take the water above the sea wall
in parts Of East Potomac Park, it was
said At Harpers Ferry the river is
about feet above normal, flood stage
there being 18 feet.