Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
Woman Killed
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Thunderstorm
= Three Power Failures
Result as 1.45-Inch
Rain Ends Heat Wave

~ District area yesterday afternoon
bringing death to woman State
Department employee. causing at
~ least three power breaks and several
Instances of lightning damage.
The storm also broke the heat
e wave in which the District has been
sweltering.
fHgc The dead woman was Miss Matte
Josephine Baltimore, %, of SCOTS
- Hotel, 2131 o street NV. She was
@ killed late in the afternoon when a
20, falling tree limb struck her as she
walked in the 400 block of Iwen-
tieth street NV. Her body was
taken to the morgue, pending noti-
> fication of her mother, Mrs. Mar
~ retta Baltimore, Dugspur, Va, police
said.
: - The Weather Bureau reported
the storm reached heavy thunder
storm proportions between 1902 and
1928 pm. Between 2:20 and $3.50
pm, total of las inches of rain
fall was tabulated.
Radio Man Is Witness.
Jack Lowe of Radio Station
WWDC reported he and Mrs. Lowe
were driving past at the time the
90 tree limb fell on Miss Baltimore
'I heard the limb crack" he
sssaid, land swerved away for fear
It might hit the car. AS I passed
The tree, I noticed the girl.
egg 1.-THE butt end of the limb hit her
90 on the upper back and knocked her
e to the pavement.
= Mr.. Lowe said he pulled to the
curb, covered Miss Baltimore with
{ q blanket while a bystander called
an ambulance.
She was pronounced dead at the
z scene a few minutes later by DR.
IL S. E. Glover of the Emergency Hos
@pital staff.
80 Came Here From California.
A neighbor at the SCOTS Hote.
said Miss Baltimore had gone te
work for the State Department g
week ago after coming here July
i 16 from California.
z She had returned to this country
last fall after working for two years
as a civilian employ of the Wal
z Department in Germany.
J Witnesses believed the weight OF
the rain and wind caused the
: branch to fall
: A power failure in the main line
I of the Virginia Electric Power Co
! cut off all current over a wide area
I in Fauquier County. The shutdown
Z occurred about pm. and late last
asaight Vepco crews were still search
ing for the break, believed due tc
the heavy rain. St%
Physicians Hospital. In Warrentor
said it was relying on standby, bat
.teries for two deliveries expected
Inomentarily and any emergencies
H3that might arise.
- The Potomac Electric Power Co
ssreported electric wires were struck
down by lightning in the 900 block
of Howard road Sc, putting out
lights in the surrounding areas fol
a time.
Chimneys Damaged.
II The Howard road line controlled
=, some lights extending several miles
j into Southern Maryland, the COM
I pany said.
Chimneys were damaged when
lightning struck building at 1882
'Nourteenth street NV. and the
,TCoca-Cola plant at 1900 King street
ia Alexandria, police reported.
~ Some bricks were knocked off both
tSschimneys. One brick from the Four
3;steenth street building hit a car
x1earby and damaged fender, it
was said.
zee The cooler weather brought by
i the storm is scheduled to remain
z today. The Weather Bureau re-
ported that high temperature in
9 tie middle Dos can be expected with
& a possibility of showers.