Evening star., 1945-08-01
Weather
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Weather Bureaus Georgetown Office
At midnight, instruments there hac
recorded only 9.99 inches.
Il was hoping we'd break the rec
ord, too," said NJ A. Robinson, OBJ
server at the station. 1T would
save lot Of confusion"
1t was confusing, too, to thousands
of persons who were soaked during
the early evening in Washington by
the freak showers which registered
only trace at the Weather Bureau
Office located at the airport, outside
the District.
Rain Later Shifts.
However, later the rain shifted
and the weather staff watched the
guages climb to the new official
record.
The rainieSt month in history
here was September, 1884, when
1854 inches fell
Workers from the Sewer Depart
ment were pumping out cellars all
over the city today where the rain
had caused the sewers TO back up.
Other workers from the Highway
Department were removing the tons
of soil that had been washed into
the streets by the dCWnpour AT
Benning road and Central avenue
NE. the earth on the highway was
deep enough for plowing.
The heavy showers, sometimes OF
almost cloudburst proportions, struck
every part of the city. At first, only
Southwest, Southeast and the down
town parts of Northeast got it. Later
other heavy showers pelted most OF
the Northwest. Only Georgetown
escaped the heavy rain.
Lightning Bolts Injure Two.
Lightning bolts struck all about
the city. Mrs Edith French, 35, col
ored, 1901 Thirteenth street NV.
and her 11-year-old son, Joseph
were walking under tree that was
struck in the 100 block of T street
Both we're taken to Emergency Hos
pital The boy was sent home, but
the mother was removed to CALM
ger Hospital. Her condition is not
serious.
Lightning also struck the home
of Mrs. Caroline A. Robey, 5616
North Capitol street, and ripped 2
feet off the chimney. Bricks fell into
the yard, but no one was injured.
Two homes in Bethesda : were
struck by lightning, causing small
fires in the easements, which were
extinguished by the Bethesda Fire
Department. The homes are at ST
and SO Beach avenue, Alta Vista
At 9006 Grant street, Bethesda, q
tree was blown over and crashed
through the roof into an upstairs
bedroom of the home of Capt. and
Mrs. Joseph Mathews, who were or
the first floor.
Tree Blown Over.
Another tree at 1908 Mohawk
lane, Bethesda, was blown over and
struck the roof, but caused only
slight damage.
Traffic was stalled on Old George
town road by 3 feet of water at
Huntington parkway for about an
hour. Bethesda f1remen received
about $50 calls on flooded Easements
"a record.
The Glen Echo Fire Department
rescued a watchman in a building
on Butler road just off River road
near the District line, when he
called and said he was trapped by
S feet of water on the road ano
couldn't get out.
In Mount Rainier, a foot bridge
on Twenty-ninth street and Arundel
road was washed out few minutes
after several people had crossed
TIE bridge crosses a small creek
dividing Haywood Gardens and
Queens Manor Gardens. The creek
rose about 10 feet during the heavy
rain.
The area around the Peace Gross
at Bladensburg was flooded ane
traffic rerouted for about an hour
Six Loudoun Bridges Out.
In Loudoun County, Va, Residen
Highway Engineer W. H. Fuqua re-
ported that six bridges were WASHED
away by heavy rains in the Philo
mont area, about S miles south o
Purcellville, and that trees ant
fences in the area were damaged b,
the rains.
In the Lucketts area, amout