Evening star., 1938-07-23
CONTINUED RAIN
|SD. c. FORECAST
Storm Is General Along the
Eastern Seaboard, With
Crops Damaged.

Ao0lLlOnal showers were IN prospect
here today as torrential rains through
out the Eastern Seaboard damaged
crops, created traffic hazards and put
damper on outdoor activities of vaca-
tionists.
Showers were forecast for Washing
ton tonight and tomorrow. 1t has been
raining intermittently here for almost
two weeks, although the normal pre-
cipitation for July still is somewhat
higher than that record so far this
month. The rainfall during the "a
hours ending at 7:30 am. today was
0.65 of an inch
In weather survey the Associated
Press reported that rains were general
over the Eastern Seaboard today from
Maine to Virginia.
New York Beaches Gloomy.
New York's great beaches, generally
jammed at this season with thousands
Of persons. were sodden and gloomy
after seven days OF cloudy weather and
rain.
An overflow of 21s,o00o00 gallons
OF water in the last "a hours was
reported at Croton Lake, one OF the
city's water reservoirs, and motorists
had the rare summertime sight of
seeing the water flow over the 150-
foot spillway
Steady downpours in the Catskills
isolated number of villages, washed
out roads and bridges, and shifted
ancient boulders as if they were so
many pebbles. Property damage was
estimated to run into several hundred
thousand dollars.
Rains. carried on high winds, struck
the Rochester, N. Y, area last night.
Lightning struck at least six build
ings causing an estimated $4,000
damage
Bad Storm at Niagara.
Niagara Falls reported a bad
storm. hitting the city intermittently
throughout the night. Cellars were
flooded and some damage was done
to business stocks.
Albany reported rain for IA days
this month.
High water stalled nearly 100 cars
on the Saw Mill River Parkway be
tween Pleasantville and Hawthorne
and some 200 between Yonkers and
White Plains White Plains reported
6.62 inches of rain since Monday.
j. B. Kincer, chief of the climate
and crop section of the Weather Bu-
reau here, said the rain during the
last 10 days has been abnormally
heavy along the Atlantic seaboard, but
the heavy precipitation has not ex-
tended west of the Appalachian Noun
tains.
The Weather Bureau in Maine re-
ported the wettest, July since 1915,
with rain falling is of the first %
days, and 11a inches more than the
normal rainfall recorded. Boston's
rainfall for July so far was TAB
inches, Of which 5.S7 inches fell this
week. At Wachusett Dam in Clinton
there were 100000, 900 gallons of
water impounded and the water spill
ing over for the first time in 10 years
Connecticut Tobacco Damaged.
The Connecticut Highway Depart
ment estimated minimum damage of
$4,000 caused by road washouts, but
said the State roads generally were
in good condition. The weeks storms
have caused an estimated $1,000, 900
damage to the tobacco crop in the
Connecticut Valley.
In Eastern Pennsylvania rain has
fallen for seven days and crops were
reported to have suffered the greatest
damage in years. Nine small bridges
were swept away near Lancaster. The
rainfall in the vicinity for July was
8.45 inches, only 1876 inches under
the record for July, set in 1916.
New Jersey also suffered some crop
damage, and the harvesting Of potato
and corn crops has been delayed by
the downpour, with q consequent rise
in prices. Berry crops, the State
Agriculture Department reported, are
likely to suffer worst of all.
General rains were reported over
Virginia, and the Weather Bureau said
the precipitation was at least 2 inches
above normal for July.
The West Jared considerably bet
ter; it was clear and cool in South
Dakota, fair and comfortable in Chi
cago, after yesterdays rain; generally
clear and cool in Nebraska, with no
rain in the last 48 hours, and generally
fair weather predicted for Iowa, where
there have been only scattered rains
recently.
In st. Louis the weather was unset
tied and warm, but no rain had fallen.
Some rain fell in Milwaukee and today
was cloudy, with showers forecast.