Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-06-29
Steamer Blown
.Adrift in Storm,
Cafe Unroofed
Dry Record for June
Expected Despite
Heavy Rainfall

Washington today was cleaning
up after the storm which hit the city
about $50 pm. yesterday, accom-
panied by hail, solid sheets of rain
and blasts of wind that howled
across the city for half an hour.
A siege of hot weather will set in
over the week end, the Weather
Bureau forecast today, in predicting
fair today and tomorrow. The max
imum today will be about IS degrees
with moderate winds.
Dry Record in Prospect.
During yesterdays storm, nearly
five times as much rain fell in
Washington in half an hour than
had fallen in the other 81 DAYS of
the month. 1t appeared certain,
however, that this would be the
driest June in the city's recorded
weather history.
The rainfall for the month, before
yesterdays storm, had been IA of
an inch. During the heavy rain, SO
of an inch fell and during an early
morning rain .04 of an inch fell.
This raised the total for the month
to 81 of an inch. The record dry
month was June, 1894 when 1.24 OF
an inch fell.
The heavy wind that ACCOMPANIED
the storm-guests that reached so
miles an hour-did damage in vari-
Gus parts of the city. Heavy trees
were uprooted crashing on auto
mobiles; the roof was ripped off a
Southeast restaurant and 200-foot
excursion steamer was set adrift
when the wind snapped the four s.
inch cables which held it to its
Maine avenue dock.
An 80-foot tree came tumblinc to
earth in Rock Greek Park during
the storm, crushing three automo-
biles and causing slight injury to
one person. The automobiles be-
longed to members of a group hold
ing a picnic near Pierce Mill.
Woman Injured Slightly.
Mrs. Frederick G.. Macarow, 1000
Cathedral avenue NV. was slightly
hurt when the tree hit the parked
automobile of Charles w. ODonnell.
4bO7 Van Ness street NV, insur-
ance executive. Also in the car was
her husband, who is general person.
mel managers of the Chesapeake o.
Potomac Telephone Co., but he was
uninjured.
Inc MacaroW automobile and an
other car, whose owners name DO
ice did not learn, was damaged at
Ine same time. A crew of workmen
were sent out to saw up the tree so
that the cars could be moved.
The steamer Robert E. Lee was
swept several hundred yards down
stream during the storm when q
heavy gust broke its moorings. Cant,
>. 5. Harrington had ordered the
engines started just before the boat
broke away and was able to put
ABOUT within a few minutes.
Two unwilling passengers on the
naI-hour ride were employees of an
ice company, who had been loading
the boat. They were Albert Krause,
$40 N street S.W., and Luther C.
Haney of 32l1 Thirteenth street
NV.
Restaurant Customers Unhurt.
Damage estimated at 5000 was
done to a restaurant at 2314 Penn
sylVanla avenue Sc. when the wind
ripped the roof off the place and
caVed in plate glass window.
Several customers were in the res
taurant at the time, along with Pro-
prletor John w. Nesline, but none
was injured. Firemen were sum-
moned and spread a tarpaulin over
the top of the building.
Limbs and trees tumbled to earth
IN several other parts of the CITY.
At Conduit and Little Falls road
NV tree fell and snapped off a
power line.
Planes coming into the airport
during the storm were ordered In
stay in the air until the souall
passed.
The heavy rain sent the mercury
down from the high of 92-first re-
corded at pinto the low los