Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
Town Flooded,
Evacuated
Edmonston, Nd,
800 Under Water

eomonSton, mo-,
90% Under Wuter
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Mount Rainier City police, who
Lives at 1902 Buchanan street,
Edmonston reported three feet
of water in his living room.
Mrs. Iona Roth, 81. OF 4s1o
Taylor road. Edmonston. left her
home when the water filled the
basement up to the first floor
level. She said she hoped the
water would be down by today
because my five roomers come
back then and they don't know
the house has been flooded"
A dozen evacuees spent the
night in the Red Cross canteen
set up in the Riverdale Fire
House. Red Cross drivers car
ried stranded residents from the
boats to the fire house or pri-
vate homes.
Earlier, Mayor George OHare
of Hyattsville ordered the city
office, council chamber and ware
house opened to the evacuees.
Harry B. Shaw, chief engineer
Iof the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, said fiveI
extra emergency crews were
thrown into operation to repair
storm damages throughout the
sanitary district. Major dam
age was to water mains and
pumping stations. Crews quickly
repaired the damage.
He said the lake behind Rocky
Gorge dam rose about three
fleet and emptied over the spill
way. At Brighton dam, the
water rose seven feet to within
six feet of the top Of the dam.
Hurricane Connie officially
lost hurricane status at 5 am.
yesterday when the Weather
Bureau reported its winds had
diminished to gale force.
! What had been the eye of the
hurricane passed between Wash
ington and Annapolis about 7:30
a m. yesterday but by that time
the heavy winds at the center
had spread out more or less
evenly.
Peak Came Friday
Washington felt the worst OF
lit late Friday afternoon and early
Friday evening. The peak gusts
of So miles per hour were re-
corded at 5:22 pm. Friday with
gusts Of 81 miles recorded at
1854 pm. Friday.
Torrential rains teamed up
with the wind to cause the
/ trouble here. From midnight
Thursday until the rain finally
stopped at 1875 am. yesterday.
Sc inches Of rainfall had been
measured here.
| At Meadowbrook, Allan Brin-
jner, 8, Of 7109 Fulton street,
Chevy Chase, and Bob Nixon. 8,
of 7l05 Fulton street. were found
clinging to a tree limb in an eddy
of the swiftly flowing creek.
| Police said the children toppled
into the water while playing on
Harbor Police said the debris in
the Potomac, plus high tides and
q raft that had been abandoned
by two other children. Police and
firemen, fearing that the RATS
owners might have drowned,
waded up to their armpits in the
water.
Members of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase and Silver Spring
Rescue Squads manned boats for
nearly two hours searching for
the RATS owners. The search
was called off when police were
told by the two rescued boys that
the youngsters feared lost had
been in contact with another boy
on the shore. Police said they
believed the boy on the shore
would have reported trouble if
any had occurred.
In addition to rescue opera =
tons, 20 fire experimentation
duty since 8 pm. Friday-joined
in pumping out flooded base
ments Of homes, stores and
public buildings in the area.
i District agencies and utility
crews put in a busy "a hours.
In the six-hour period from
pm to midnight Friday alone,
: District police reported 80 acct
dent calls, so calls of trees down
: and 80 calls Of wires down.
The Fire Department reported
that in the 24-hour period from
z am. Friday to 7 am. yester-