Evening star., 1954-10-16
Storm Here Leaves
Two Women Dead
And 80 Casualties
Continued From First PageJ

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Casualty Hospital while Mr.. Jen-
kins was admitted there.
The firemen went to the 1900
block of Silver Hill road to get
wire. carrying 5000 volts off
a road. Mr.. jenkins apparently
grabbed the wire and could not
let go. Others cut the wire and
rushed Mr.. jenkins to the hospi-
tai.
Fall Injuries Woman.
Mrs. Harry Brodie. 81. of
No. 2 Pooks Hill Road. Bethesda,
Md. suffered fractures of both
arms and skull in a fall while
lights were out because of power
failure. She is in Suburban Hos
pital.
Mrs. Brodie opened a wrong
door and fell down a stairway,
striking her head. She was TAX
en- to the hospital by. the Be-
thesda Chevy Chase Rescue
Squad.
Beatrice Dempsey, 38, colored,
of STA Hanover street NV,
suffered cuts when a window
blew out of the Loeb Co.. wom-
ems apparel shop, at TOO Seventh
street NV, police reported. She
was treated at Emergency Hos
pital and released.
Mrs. Vera Schneider, 33, of
1914 Erie street, Hyattsville, Md,
suffered cuts and was given
treatment at Casualty Hospital.
Others Cut by Glass.
Clinton Murphy, 10, colored,
of 1929 Eleventh street NV,
and William Williams, 10, COL
ored, of 1910 S street NV, were
cut when the window of Baskins,
at Eighth and G streets NV,
was shattered by the high winds.
They were treated at Emergency
Hospital.
Benjamin Crawford, 30, COL
ored. of the 400 block of G street
Sc, suffered head cuts in the
400 block of Constitution ave-
nue. NV, when a street light
bulb was torn from its moorings
and struck him. He was re-
leased after treatment at Emer-
gency.
Joseph M. Bokowski, 68, of
3237 Eighteenth street NV, was
hurt when a falling tree struck
the roof of a two-story building
in the rear of 442 K street NV,
and the roof caved in. Mr.. b.
kowski, standing in the only cor
ner that didn't collapse, was
trapped by the debris. He was
treated at Garfield Hospital for
a cut left arm and released.
Reported seriously injured was
Mrs. Lottie Young, 81, of 1885
Kenyon street NV. She was
taken to Casualty Hospital with
possible rib fractures and in
! ternal injuries after being struck
by falling tree while walking
near her home.
Injured by Shutter.
Charles Miller, "a, of the soc
block of Twelfth street NE, went
to Casualty Hospital with severe
cuts to the left hand suffered
when he strove to close a window
shutter. The shutter closed in
ward but the window pane
shattered.
Injured and treated at Freed.
mems Hospital was James Adams
33, colored. of No. 2 M street
NV. Mr.. Adams got sawdust anc
bark in his eyes when the car hi
was driving in the TOO block oil
First street NV, was hit by Z
falling tree.
| Lawrence Smith. 81. colored
Of 722 North Columbus street
Alexandria, Va, was struck or
the head by partpf a falling rooi
in the 400 block Of Twelfth street
NV. and received treatment al
Casualty Hospital for possible
conclusion.
/ Leg cuts were suffered by Rob.
ert Jones, 81, colored, of 1915
Neal street NE, when a falling
tree struck his car in Lincolr
park. He was treated at Casualty
Taxi Passenger Hurt.
| Margaret Willis, 20. Of SO.
Orleans place NE. received 9
cut on her right arm when q fall.
ing tree hit the taxi in which
| she was a passenger at Seventh
! and F streets NE.
/ A shattered window at ths
| Woodward & Lothrop depart.
ment store cut c. Page Stanley
40, of Tulsa, Okla. as he wa.
standing at Eleventh and !
streets NV.
| AT Fourteenth and g streets