Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1927, Page 2

0SS N NORTHERS SECTON S 38745 Capt. Wilson of Ninth Pre- cinct Makes Report to Maj. Hesse. A detailed report showing the dam- age done to property in the ninth po- Yice precinct, which embraces the hortheast section, was submitted to Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, today by Capt. J. 1. Wilson, commanding the precinct. The report ghows that damage was done to 72 properties and amounted to $87,425. The report follows: #1343 A street northeast, owned and occupied by Theodore Sevenhuvsen, damage to roof and ceiling, $200. 1345 A street northeast, owned and o cupied by John H. Goodwin, roof torn off and furniture damaged, $1.500. 47 A street northeast, owned and ocoupicd Ly Arthur C. Lyerly, roof slightly dasaaged, $150. 1349 A street northeast, owned and jed by Charles Matthaei, rear of roof torn off, §400. *1351 A street northeast, owned and occupied by John W. Grant, rear part of roof torn off, $400. Kitchen Destroyed. #1353 A street northeast, owned and occupied by Warren H. Steiner, tin Toof slightly raised, $150. “1355 A street northeast, owned and occupied by Samuel Taylor, rear porch torn down and roof slightly damaged, 500 13 and oc tire roof stroyed, $2 “13! ocel part A street northeast, owned upied by John J. Miller, en- ywn off and ceiling de- 500. street owned A northeast, and occupied by Milton Streamer, roof | and ceiling destroyed; part also destroved, 00. cet northeast, owned and zel, roof. ceil > damaged; damaged, blown off of furniture “1361 A s occupied by Raymond Ha ing and part of furnitu hack porch also slightly 000, 1363 A street northeast, owned and occupied by Charles Morton, roof, ceiling and part of furniture de- stroyed, $3.000. 3 ‘occupied by Bryan Payne, roof blown off and kitchen destroyed, $2,500. 1367 A street northeast, owned and \ecupied mil Roetschi, roof, ceil- rafter: nd all ed, $4,000. 1371 A street northeast, owned and occupied by J. McDonald, roof, ceiling and part of furniture destroyed, $3,500. ing, occupied by W. D. Murray, roof de- stroved, $2,000 “1373 A street northeast, owned and occupied by M. Pollard, roof and part of furniture de: , $2,000. “1382 East Capitol street, owned and occupied by M. Shadid, rear roof torn off. $500. 34 Fourteenth street northeast, owned and occupied by Meyer Sody, front window blown out, $50. “100 Fourteenth street northeast, owned by H. Spund, and occupied by R. M. Schley, rear roof, rear wal and show window and part of furni- ture destroyed, $6,000. ‘102 Fourteenth street northeast, ed by P. Widone, and occupled by am Thornton, rear windows de- ed, $100. 104 'Fourteenth street mnortheast, owned and occupied by Mrs. Etta Bchultz. rear windows blown out, $100. 105 Fourteenth street northeast, owned and occupied by H. Easton Blizht, roof slightly damaged, $100. “107 l'ourteenth street northeast, owned and occupied by G. F. Bonham, | slight damage to roof, $50. Carolina Avenue Damage. 0, Fourteenth street northeast, owned and occupied by M. Schlass- berg, rear windows and several pic- tures destroyed, $ “Fourteenth and East Capitol Atreets, car barns of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., 45 sashes with giass destroved, $200. 5 North Curoline avenue north- east, drugstore and apartment house, owned by James T. O'Donnell, part of roof blown off and slight damage to drugsiore, $1,000. “1i41 B street northeast, owned and | occupied by George G. Haugh, windows destroyed, $100. ‘1439 B street northeast, owned and occupied by Mrs. Sthrochim, back porch blown down, $150. “1367 North Carolina avenue north- east, owned by James F. Shea, and occupied by Caroline M. Burns, rear voof and rear ceiling destroyed, $2,000. Roof Blown Off. *1369 North Carolina avenue north- en. owned by James F. Shea, occupied by Samuel Evans, part roof blown off and ceiling in the rear room destroyved, $1,000. “1371 North Carolina avenue north- east, owned by James F. Skea, and occupied by Frank Neidfelt, rear win- dows destroyed and roof slightly damaged, $50. 73 North Carolina avenue north- east, owned by James F. Shea, and wecupied by Wilson Cecil, roof in rear destroyed and rear room slightly dam- aged, $600 “1375 North Carolina avenue north- east, owned by James F. Shea, and occupied by John Carrington, rear roof, rear windows and rear fence de- -oyed, $500. Porches Destroyed. “1438 Ames place. owned and occu- pled by Charles Edelen, front porch ’w;), windows and skylight destroyed “110 Fifteenth street owned and occupied by Breidenstein, back porch $100 “112 Fifteenth street northeast, owned and occupied by L. M. Kimball, back porch driven into house, $500. ‘1502 D s oceuy biowr €ow panes broken, $300. “1504 D street north occupied by James L. Ut dows broken, $ 1506 1) street northeast, owned by Benton, several windows <e und front porch damaged, $30 1508 1 street northeast (vacant) A by the Jamison Co., 100l ain- rear Edward destroyed, ¥rench Drury, st, owned and several w w bro o st rcast roof le: 1 in places and Furniture Ruined. D ing, slightl everal panes cet northeast, 1514 D street northeast, owned by , Thomas Jamison Co.. roof hlown off, plaster badly damaged in second story: Turniture ruined, $1,500. 1516 D street northeast, owned by Thomas Jamison Co., unoccupied, yoot badly damaged, window panes dam- #xed, $1,000. “1501 D street northeast, owned by Thomas Jamison Co. and unoccupied, skylight blown off, roof of rear porch Inwn off. window panes broken, $500. 1503 D st Engene Riibe roof dam broken, w Window Panes Smashed. “1505 D st Jamison Co., unoccupied, ged, rear porch badly dan eral window panes broken, $500. 507 D street northeast, owned and upied by R. Fleming Brooks, roof fi\ rear porch damaged and several ndow panes broken, $500. g hlown veral window panes damaged, $500. 1509 D street nertheast, o PIER e er v g e 5 A street northeast, owned and | furniture de- | 3 A street northeast, owned and | and | of | northeast, | | | [ | | | | | | et northeast, owned and | v skylight | oo damaged, several win- | AIR STATION FORCES RECALL HUMOROUS EVENTS OF STORM Students Discovered Approach of Tornado Which Sent Men and Buildings Flying Across Field. Undaunted by the atmosphere of desolation produced by the storm yes- terday afternoon, officers and men of the Naval Air Station found time to day to enjoy many a laugh in rec ing incidents which occurred duving | that frightful twominute episode | when the wind swept through the tion at a recorded speed of 92 mile an hour. | Rejoicing in the knowledge that al though every one at the station was | within imminent danger of their lives, only a small number were injured, and | those slightly, the personnel swapped storles as they worked in the biting wind which swept across the station in an effort to make the place habit- able once more. Students Sigh Storm. The storm was first sighted by two aerology students who were in the ob- servation tower of the Aerology Build ing, the southernmost structure on the | field. 2 These students, K. Campbell and ¥ J. Minser, who were just beginnir a four-month course in aerology, sighted the funnel-shaped cloud mid-! way between Alexandria and the tion. Th called _down to Aerologist Albert Francis, and “Come on up and Jook at the torna- do.” Get the hell out of there,” repl Francis as he sought to warn the stu- dents of the approach of the storm. Francis -had a moment in which to observed the funnel-shaped cloud, which he estimated was about 400 feet jove the water. A water spout was | beneath it for a while and then it dis- ppeared. However, a wall of water about three or four feet rose up in the river and moved ahead of the | “twister.” At one point, Francis said, he saw the cloud suck up from the river a log about thirty feet long which disappeared. From the looks of the cloud, Francis assumed that the storm was headed direct for the aerological building, and would. tear down everything in its path. Telephones Warning. W. S. Schnowberger, aerologist in Francis' office, grabbed the telephone and yelled into it to the operator in tho Administration Building that a cyclone was coming. At that moment | rancis and T. H, aerologist, made a mad dash toward | the station proper to warn the inno- | cent of the approaching danger. They did not get further than the cer ter of the station when the storm struck. Fran s flattened and thrown into several somersaults, while Lillie sought refuge in a nearby build- ing. Lieut, W. G. Tomlinson, officer of the day, was in the northern part of the station, when he saw the black cloud coming. “I knew it would he bad,” he declared, “and I started for the administration building to sound the alarm. I got as far as the tenn court when the roof of the barrack right behind me went off. I kne it was too late and in another moment | people were rushing by me. Couldn’t Outrun Tornado, “Some one said to me, ‘Where shall we go? We. can't outrun a tornado.’ " Tomlinson said. Tinally he made his way to the strongest structure on the station, A large new buliding housing washrooms and shower baths. The flight test office, closest to the seaplane hangars, was occupled by several officers who were engaged in 4 quiet discussion, when suddenly the door flew open and some one yelle ;‘Clear the bullding, a tornado is com: ng!" Lieuts. Frederick Buse and E. R.| Rounds fled immediately, but Lieut. | S. W, Callaway stopped 10 put on his overcoat. Just as he grabbed the coat | a corner window blew out and the door slammed. Lieut. Callaway spent all his strength in trying to open the | door, and, resigned to the fact that it could not be opened, he stayed in| the office while the walls shook. New Uniform Ruined. Lieut. Rutledge Ervine, flight opera tons officer, was in an adjoining offic when the word was passed that “tornado is coming.” He took the hint and started out for the center of Bolling Field on a dead run. He passed the seaplane hangar, he said, “when a strip of sheet metal struck me amidships and floored me. When I got up it was all over, but my ne Littie, another |, ched by the wind. 1l..over, sheets of ashestos, which formed ceiling for the hangar, began dropping |and the young officer found himself | dashing all over the hangar in an ef |fort to escape being struck by these heavy objects, | Lieut. Rounds, who escaped at the {same time, made a dash for the chief | petty officers’ quarters, which, at that moment, became unroofed. As he rushed into the door he found all the occupants rushing out, velling to him, “That's no place to go.” He was blown down a small street between the buildings until a powerfully built chict petty officer grabbed him by the rm and dragged him bodily into one | of the undamaged barrac Francis reported that the harometer | in the aerology building dropped in a flash from 29, 2 nd immedi- returned to its original reading. sudden change was attributed | as the cause of some of the buildings bursting outward, as the pressure | | within did not have time to equalize {that without, The anemometer was unable to record the full velocity of | the wind, but a pressure instrument ecorded as high as 92 miles an hour. Thrown for Perfect Loop. Francis, who was a member of the MacMillan Arctic expedition in 1925, recalled winds that blew 100 miles an hour in Greenland, but despite their force he was able {o crawl across the deck of the ship on all fours. Yester- day afternoon, however, he sought to do this and instead he was thrown for a_perfect loop, he said, It was im- nossible to stand up against the force | of the wind | Lieut. Comdr. Homer Wic manding the air station, and W. Corwin, were in the when their attention w attracted to | sudden hasty movemen of those on outside. Lieut. omdr. Wick out the window and at that| moment saw part of the root of the land plane hangar blow off. The next moment he found himsclf with Lieut. Corwin holding up the side of the building which was shaking severely. When the blow ceased he opened the door and went out to find the air fllled with flying debris. Thomas Jamison Co., and unoccupled, no visible damage.” “1511 D sireet northeast, owned hy Thomas Jamison, unoceupied; skylight blown off, roof and walls badly dam- aged, und several windew panes broken, $700. 1513 1) street northeast, owned hy Thomas Jamison Co., and unoccupied, roof blown off, rear porch blown down, interior damaged badly by water and several window panes broken, $2,000, 5i5 D street northeast, owned and occupied by Ruth McCrey, top of house blown off, level with the top of win- dows on’ second floor, rear porch blown off, interior and furniture bad. 1y damaged; occupants forced to move out, $3,000. “I517 D street northeast, owned by Thomas Jamison Co., and unoccupled, roof badly damaged, and partly blown off, interior damaged by rain water, $1.000, “1519 D street northeast, owned by Thomas Jamison Co., and unoccupied, roof badly damaged and partly blown | off, top of rear porch blown away and interior badly damaged by rain water, $1,500. Rain Causes Damage. “1521 D street northe: Thomas Jamison Co., roof blown off, and | agea; r damaged by rain water and top of rear porch blown away, | $1,500. 1523 D street northeast, owned by | Thomas Jamixon Co., and nnoccupied | roof hadly damaged and interfor dam: aged by watep $1,500. , owned by i ] unoceuple owned by | slight | st, owned by | 52, off, | st northeast, owned by |cupied “1432 D street northeast, grocery owned and occupied by Orezio class windo nd small 1 58 wind side broken flying debris, § Benning Koad Losses. “1837 Benning road northeast, oc- cupied by Anysis Dyson, roof blown off and front of house blown out, $2,000. 1835 Benning road northeast, owned by Saul Aronoff and occupled | by Lester Perry, roof blown off and | front of house blown out, $2,000. | “1833 Benning road northeast, owned by Saul Aronoff and occupied by Mary. Murphy, roof blown off and front of house blown out, $2,000. 1831 Renning road northeast, oc- cupied by John Petrone, roof blown off and front of house blown out, 000. 1820 PBenning road northeast, owned and occupled by Jennie Hor | ard, root blown oft ard front of house [blown ovt, $2,000, “1827 Lenning road northeast, oc- by Mary Lou Simms, roof {blown off and front of house blown out, $2,000. “1825 Benning road northeast, owned and occupied by Annie Wilson, w%d by faw_ned»md-ocwyied-by)laulu-w r roof blown off and front of house blown in, $2,000. #1823 Benning road morth |at the north end of the field | head and nose and imbedding a large | the looked _—_——m- s eo - - e e — e —_—_— uniform was ruined.” Fellow officers reported that Lieut. Ervine's trousers virtually were stripped from him. ne hangar | to close and to_put the ships away hought a storm was com- Machinis ancis J. Roberts, and Avi; hinist's Mate Ironfield com- ts and just as sliding door the had telephoned the land plan the door be he I M: plied with the requ: they locked the bi wind caught them and carried them in the direction of the river. Roberts ! was thrown to the ground and he slid | along on his nose for several feet tearing off all the skin on his fore- number of cinders in the flesh. Both Roberts and Ironfield were unable to buck the wind and were carried straight for the river for about 200 vards. Stopped on Sea Wall. Just as the storm spent its force, both were on the gea wall with Iron- field hanging on to a small tree, in an effort to keep on dry land. A third member of the land plane hangar crew, J. P. Speaker, likewise was car- ried by the wind, but he was thrown t a low iron fence at the en trance of the field and knocked out temporarily. A sentry gathered him and the two hid behind one of the concrete pillars which mark the entrance to the fleld. When Speaker came to, bis first question was: *What happened?” A few feet south of the land plane hangar stood a small building used by the time clerk who checks the flying time of Jand planes from that office. No one was in the building at the time. 1t was lifted clear of its concrete foun- dation and blown over the top of the land plane hangar. Roberts said to- day while being carried by the wind that the hangar roof which was partly | removed was just a few feet behind | him, and any minute he thought the huge mass of metal would win the ace. ‘The only object left standing on the foundation of the time clerk’s office was “Lizzie,” a three-legged egg stove. The stove pipe was missing, however, and had not heen located today. Dodged Falling Sheets. When Lieut. Buse escaped from the flight test office he sought refuge in | the big steel seaplane haniziv and was | | comparatively safe as fa being | big: | com roof blown off and front of house | blown out, $2,000, “1821 Benning road northeast, owned and occupied by John Parker, gof Llown oft and front blown out, 000 ‘1669 Roscdale street northeast, owned and occupled by Bruce Maddox, roof damaged, $100. “1667 Rosedale street northeast, owned and occupied by William ilaze, Toof and house slightly - aged, $500. s Community House Damaged. 1663 Rosedale street northeast, owned and occupied by Gabriel Pa.| netta, roof and bullding damaged, $1,500. “1661 Rosedale street northeast, awn(;d nmxrocf'ul;IGd by Cariton Small- wood, roof and building da $1.500. e 1659 Rosedale street northeast, oc- cupied by John Queen, roof and build- ing damaged, $900, “1661 Kramer street mnortheast, owned by the Hoard of Charities and known as the Old Community House and occupied by John E. Zetts, roof and bullding damaged, $1,500; gym. nasium in the rear damaged, $1,50 total damage, $3,000. “1767 E street northeast, owned and accupied by Christ Wienecke, roof, building and furniture damaged, $3,000.” o Class Discussing Cyclones as Gale Rushes Over School | Fourth grade pupils of the Bryan School, in the heart of the tornado- stricken area, on B stveet, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets southeast, were discussing clones” as a classroom subject yes- terday when the storm broke, Mrs. Mary Henry, teacher, had been endeavoring 1o explain wind velocity to her students. “Come to the window, children. This is a good example of our study,” she said. And so it was. A terrific gust of wind tore the room door from its hinges and carried scores of chil- dren along with it, depositing both in the school yard below. Sophia Joehanson was lifted into the air and carried 10 feet, landing unceremoniously in a nearby hedge, She was none the worse for her miraculous ride, and arose laugh- ing. The teacher was away from school today, suffering from a sprained ankle. e | Duke street. | ped of their branches. People of Brazil bought 3,920 more American automobiles anq ALEXANDRIA LOSS SET AT $500.000 100 Treated for Injuries. Tornado Lays Waste to Western Section. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 18. —The western section of Alexandria, swept by yesterday's tornado, lies in a devastated condition today. Damage to 100 factor warehouses, stores nd homes, been estimated at $500,000. In contrast, the entl v east of Washington street is untouched and persons in that section were unaware of the tornado until ambulances, fire engines and automobiles bearing police ines and volunteer firemen, rushed to the western section to take charge of relief work. Approximately 100 persons were in- jured, but only a small percentage of that number was treated at Alex- andria Hospital. Doctors at the scene administered relief to many who re. ceived minor ailments. No Deaths Listed. No fatalities have been reported, but Willlam _Carter, 5 years old, and Phoebe Sorrell, bhoth colored, of La- mond's lane, are in a serlous condition at the Alexandria Hospital. The in- fant is suffering from a skull fracture, while the woman is suffering from shock and probably a fractured hip. Telephonic and telegraphic commun- | jcations were cut off when cables wires and poles were torn down Electric light and power lines suffered a similar fate. Roofs were torn from factories, warehouses, private dwellings and stores and in many cases were wrapped up like huge balls by the twisting air current and blown far Many buildings, especlally in the colored section where frame struc- tures predominate, were blown off their foundations. Garages were lifted into the air and carried away. Poles and trees were twisted off at their bases like match stems. The tornado, jumping from spot tc spot and traveling in an irregular course, spread havoc wherever it touched. The tornado was described as a huge, black funnel from the base of which spread two whirling currents. A hot breath of air fanned back from’ the tornado as it cut its course across the city. Three Schools Escape. It wrought little damage to three | of the public school buildings which | were in session at the time. The | Alexandria High School, Jefferson Graded School and Parker-Gra | for colored, were all within the belt | the tornado traversed. i Paues in the windows of the schools were smashed and the high wind rocked the huildings the pupils, but order was maintained. Martin Cohen, a student at the high school cut by flving glass The tornado struck and disappeared within 4 space of three minutes. It first appeared in the Southwest and in a twinkling ‘was upon the city be- fore eve-witnesses could escape from its path. The first sign of any damage was at Mount Jagle, the home of F. H. Duhay, between Fort Humphreys and Alexandria. Half of the barn at that place was demolished. The home has It swept in its narrow path across | Duke street, stripping homes of roofs | and walls, and through a_grove of | willow trees near Stone Bridge on! The willows were strip- Hits Row of Homes. Leaping about from place to place, the tornado brushed through the Southern Railway Co.’s vard south of Duke street, piunged across Duke street and Diagonal road toward the residences on the 1500 block King street, all of which were damaged considerably. A colored hotel run by Washington Jackson, colored, 1 King street, was robbed of its front, leaving its rooms exposed. The walls and roof of a welding| shop run by H. It Howdershell, 121 South Peyton street, were blown away just after Howdershell and two cus- tomers had run outside to deiermine the source of the terrific noise which they heard. They escaped injury. A huge welding machine in the shop was blown through the side of the building and was later found 150 feet away. A garage In the rear of the 1500 block of King street was lifted into the air and placed over a pole in the middle of a nearby fleld. It narrowly escaped hitting Motor Cycle Policeman Mullen of the Alexandria Police De- partment. Another garage in that section was uprooted and stood on end against the back of the adjoining house. Windows Are Smashed. The huge plate glass windows of Weil's drug store, King and Peyton strects, were torn from the frames. | One was broken immediately, but the other was blown for half a square be- fore it finally smashed against a pole. Window panes, steps, roofs and porches of the residences on the 100 block of North Peyton street and Pot- terfield’s store, located at Peyton and Cameron streets, were badly damaged. The tornado leaped into the air at that juncture, damaging only window panes in the Alexandria High School and the Jefferson Graded School, and caused only slight damage until it reached the northwest section of the city, where it razed everything within its sweep. Many frame dwellings were blown down, leaving only splintered piles of debr Valuable personal effects, furniture, automobiles and other articles were destroyed. Many billboards were de- molished. Several colored churches and ma. small stores were blown from their foundations and toppled against other buildings. The old Industrial School at Monigomery and Hepry streets. was piled aver the house next door. The storehouse of the Hoge Grain & Yeed Co., 508518 North Henry street, probably suffered the most damage. The roof was torn away and the north wall demolished, leaving great quantities of grain and feed, val- ued at thousandx of dollars, lying ex- posed to the heavy rainfall which fol- :u:\e‘\l shortly in the wake of the twis- Stene Wall Blown Dow The former home of Mayor William Albert -Smoot, adjoinging the grain storehouse on the Oronoco street side, was damaged badly und a stone wall was blown down, The Southland Battery Co.s plant at Hen and Madison streets was bared when the roof blew off and the damage at that factory is also great. The warehouse of Janney Brothers at Columbus and Montgomery streets \\’d! unroofed ad valuable stock ruin. ed. The Washington Terra Cotta Co., approximately one mile from the cor- poration limits and in Arlington Coun- ty, was damaged badly and shortly after the tornado had passed a fire, caused by falling electric wires, brought out the Alexandria Fire De- partment. The blaze was quickly ex- tinguished. Two small fires within the city Jimits followed, but they, too, were nuffed out befor ning headway. The back pol a residence on North Columbus street was blown around the house and pitched up against the front step, The law office of A. H. Collins, colored, 1508 King street, was dam- while 10 garage, owned by Mrs. L. Blunt, were blown from the west side of Peyton street, be- Upper: Damage wrought by the storm at the Potomac River Clay Works. Center: What is left of the home of William Carter, whose son William Carter, jr., suffered a frac- tured skull. Lo Jackson_Hotel on King street. owned by G. H. Carter, 901 North Patrick stréet, was demolished. Many sewers in the section struck hy the tornado overflowed with water, making several street corners im- passable to pedestrians and autoists. Pre. O. 4 Ryder, Samuel Moore, Llewellyn Powell, W. Clyde West, P. Boothe Pulman and Martin . Delaney treated many people for slight injuries in the Alexandria Hos- pital and also at the scene of the havoe. A door-to-door canvass was made and injuries treated. A great number left the hospital without giv- ing their names. It is estimated that approximately 500 telephones are out of order. Poles and cable were torn down and the entire section of the town where the tornado struck has been robbed of this method of communication, Tt is said that 60 poles and several hun- dred feet of cable were blown down. A gang of 50 men has been put to work to repair the damage and every ailable operator W called into service yesterday in licve the congestion of call Two high nsmission lines of the Virginia Public Service Co. were rendered useless, but a round- about circuit is being employed to furnish power to the Potomac rail- road vard and the outlying territory, both of which the two wires served. All of the service lines in the dev- astated section are useless and it will require a week or two weeks to repair the damage. Box Cars Blown About. Three box cars were blown from tracks in the Southern Railway Co.’s yard and deposited about 10 feet aw The metal smokestack of the roundhouse was blown down and the blacksmith shop was badly damaged. Electric light, telephone and tele- <raph wires were torn down and com- munleation was practically at a stand- still last night. shop and roundhouse were blown off. No one in the railroad yard was seri- ously hurt. One injury was reported. Charles Jackson, colored, of 932 Madi- son street, was scalded about the legs and feet when blown against an engine. Alexandria’s relief forces were or- ganized hurriedly by City Manager Paul Morton and work was started under_his supervision. Capt. W. W. Campbell of the Police Department had the police force at work alding in digging in the debris in search of any persons who might have heen buried. Fire Chief James M. Duncan, jr., and | 130 of his volunteer firemen turned | out and gave their help where re- quired. The 4-vear-old son of John Winston, colored, was found uninjured, beneath the wreckage of the Winston home by Motor Cycle Policeman Wesley Snoots of the Alexandria Police De- partment. A poodle dog was found in another mass of debris. The Alexandria Light Infantry turned out and patroled the wrecked section to prevent looting, Headquar- ters were established in the Armory Hall and the Guardsmen patrolled the buildings all night. The soldiers worked in three reliefs of 13 men each. Capt. W, Cameron Roberts and Lieuts. Glasgow and Arnold are in charge of the Light Tufantry, which will guard the section until relief work is com pleted. V. S. Marines Help, Tnited States Murines, statloned at 206 Duke street, who guard the United States Naval Torpedo Sta- tion, turned out and aided in the handling of traffic and other police work. All of the white families left home- less were taken In for the night % neighhors and relatives, while A homeless colored families lodged at the Parker Gray S&hool for colored$ The colored families were trans. ported to the old City Alms Hou early this morning, where they h breakfast. Cots have beeen installed and the familles will remain there for the present. City Manager Morton has obtained the use of )6 apartments for white families and the needing lodging are asked to cull upon him, If there is any overflow, the necossary rangements will be mude by Mor The Alexandria Chupter, Amerlean Red Cross, held o special meeting in the Alexandrin Chumber of Coms merce headquarters last night and laid its plans for alding in relief work. Forty cots were obtained by the local body from the Washington chapter and were placed in the Gray School. T.'S, Jones, ppresident of the {mh yul:‘ue B.| n effort to re- | The roofs of the paint | er: The shattered SWIRLING BLIZZARD TS NORTHWEST Sleet and Snow Hamper Traffic in IHinois, Indiana and Wisconsin Areas. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 18.—A swirl- ing blizzard of sleet and snow that followed close on the heels of a freez- ing gale from the Northwest almost halted traffic in northern Illinois and Indiana and southern Wisconsin, blanketed the States under 2 inches of snow, and was charged with the re- sponsibility for three deaths in Chi. cago. Three people were killed and many injured in automobile accidents throughout the section. In Chicago wrecked cars were drawn alongside | the curb as their occupants sought shelter from the storm, and garage owners reported themselves swamped under emergency calls. Hundreds of Chicago’s floating popu- lation were caught unawares and hunted lodging in the police stations. Street car officials ordered plow crews on duty, and the Street Clean- ing Department here was prepared to mobilize shoveling brigades if neces- sary to keep traffic open. Air Mail Pilot McGinn, who took off on the Eastern trip at 10:56 last night, was forced to return, and the mail was forwarded by trai Weather Bureau officials predicted continued snow and sub-freezing tem- peratures for today. Snow and cold prevailed throughout | the Lak, at Mayor Thompson, on 4 hunting trip in Wisconsin, was re ported almost snowbound, while Gov. Green of Michigan, with another hunt- ing party, was snowed in and te phoned that he did not expect to get :lear before the end of the week. TWO POLICEMEN HURT IN TORNADO'S HAVOC William Truesdell and E. T. Hins- ) y ley Narrowly Bscape Serious In- juries by Falling Trees. The two policemen injured during the storm yesterday had a narrow escape from death when a tree crash- ed down upon their patrol wagon as it was being brought to a_ stop in | front of 513 Sixth street southeast. The driver, William Truesdell, of the fifth precinct, was hit as he dis- mounted from the wagon and pinned down by the tree until released by firemen = who were extinguishing a chimney fire at 515 Sixth street south- en;‘ IHO sustained s!cver;l thrluk;: rl t ribs. companion, Patrolm: .f» s lnn‘?., ‘was caught by the fall braho but erupofl with bruisgs and uvcn‘%k ng‘up. The wagon was only slightly damaged. QUICK ASSISTANGE - RENDERED VICTIMS Tornado Sufferers Succored by Red Cross, Army and Police. The tornado had searcely passed STORM BRINGS RUIN IN EASTERN STATES Trail of Death and Wreckage Extends From Capital to Canada. By the Associated NEW YORK, November 18.—A rain- storm left in its wake today a death list of at least six persons and a | string of damaged cities, towns and villages extending from Washington to the Canadian border. High winds that threatened a new flood in New England hit the metro- politan district of New York, upper New Yerk State and some part: Pennsylvania with unusual severity Slippery roads and a heavy mis were responsible for the death of three persons who were drowned nes cuse when their automobile down a 30-foot embankment into a canal. A motorist was killed by a | train on a grade crossing at Haw- thorne, N. J., when rain obstructed his vision, and another man was drowned near Salamanca, N. Y., when a ferryboat was swept from its moor- ings. Highways Flooded. While a thunderstorm deluged the metropolitan area, upper New York State reported heavy damage from flooding highways and railroad tracks, dams, bridges and towns. The village of Philadelphia, N. ‘with a population of about 1,600, w tlooded when the banks of the Ind. River overflowed. A number fumilies were removed from thei homes in rowboats. The electri power plant was flooded and bridges bmerged. InOgdenshurg, Plattshurgh, Cancadea and Salamanca also there were flood conditions. A gale between Reading and Potts. \town, Pa., wrecked barns, a_small Yschoolhousie and a 75-foot iron bridge. wveral ‘other towns in Berks County, a., were damaged. Stirs Anxiety in Vermont. ‘The storm caused special anxiety in Vermont, Western Massachusetts and Connecticut because of the disastrous floods which swept that section just two weeks ugo with a staggering loss of life and proper! In the Winooski Valley, in Vermont, the Red Cross sent out warnings of possible fresh danger, as word was received from the Weather Bureau in ‘Washington indicating a storm of 24 “house, or longer duration. The storm in Vermont retarded the relief program of the Red Cross as well as the reconstruction work of towns, . State and railroads. Forecasts of cold weather, however, indichfed ithat new floods 'might not NE.4Y i streams that overfiowed their banks, | when rellef measures were started by | the American Red Cross, Army, Dis- | trict Government, Metropolitan Police | Department, Coast Guard, Salvation | Army and American Leg | The ambulance of the Distr [ter of the Red Cross w | Fourteenth and A | minutes after the first news ¢ disaster was received. It car Red Cross nurses, Miss Mar: thorne, Miss Annabelle I Miss Mertie Taylor. Emergen quarters were established near that point by a group of workers, which in cluded Gen. John A. Johnson, roll call chairman of the chapter, who took charge of the work of relief for tha local organization: Dr. C. B. White of Emergency Hospital, H. V. ins, Davis and Harold Atkinson. s. M. L. Jewett, captain of the {chapter's plunteer motor corps, sent out a call for members of the corps to report to local headquarters at Sixteenth street. The Red C: n found that the injured had al- ready been taken to the hospitals by the police and in private automobiles and there was no immediate need for Red Cross nursing assistance. Hastened to East Washington, Robert E. Bondy, manager of the Eastern area of the Red Cross, has- tenened to East Washington and made a quick survey. John Cremer of the national headquarters staff went to the District Chapter headquarters to help there. Capt. Evans of the Coast Guard Cutter Apache called at Red Cross headquarters and offered the services of 20 men, if they wére need- ed, and the local headquarters of tRe War Department offered troops to as- sist in the work of relief and patrol. After completing his first survey of every section in the southcast and northeast, seriously affected by the tornado, Mr. Bondy reported to na- tional headquarters at 9 o'clock last night that the emergency needs of every family whose home had been damaged by the wild sweep of the wind and rain had been met for the night. Mr. Bondy and Willlam B. Tavlor, lot the national headquarters staff, toured the stricken section last night | for four hour ng all those whose homes were wrecked. Most of those whose homes had heen made uninhabitable were housgd for the night by neighbo The local chap- ter provided additional cots and blane kets. Ambulances Kept on Duty. The ambulance of the District chap- ter was kept on duty in the affected area all evening for emergency needs. Dr. Frank W, Ballou, superintend- ent of schools, placed three school buildings at the disposal of the local chapter to shelter refugees. They are the Lovejoy School, at Twelfth and D streets northeast: Rirney School, in Anacostia, and the Henry T. Blow School, at Nineteenth street land Benning road northeast. It was found that the homeless could cared for in the homes of ne'ghbors, with a few additional cots and blan- | kets to provide sleeping accommo- ions. . H. A. Davis. Red Cross field di- rector, remained on duty at Four- teenth and A streets northeast until m{fi"‘ midnight to receive any calls for n. ot Chap- dam; wif Alexandria Chapter Aids. Chairman Robert Jones of the Alex- andria, Va., chapter of the Red Cross, reported to national headquarters that there were approximately 25 persons seriously injured in hospitals in that city and that some 75 persons had been treated for injuries in their homes. He said the Red Cross chap- ter was carinz for 40 persons whose homes had been more or less wreeked jin the storm. Most of the rof |are in the armory. the rest in schon! | buildings. Mo asked for a supply of | nd blankets. National headquarters called upon the Army for the needed sunplies and Lieut. P. M. McCrea of the Headqu ters Company in this city, with de- tail of men, transported 45 cots and 90 blankets from Fort Myer and delivered them to the Red Cross in Alexandri National headquarters received cal from various residents asking for tar- paulins to protect interiors of unroofed homes. They wera referred to the Fire Department, which made available a supply of its tarpaulins and other coverings. . Close, chairman of the Prince Georges County Chapter (Marland), reported that telephone wires were down in Hyattsville and it was diffi- cult to obtain accurate information as to the tent of the di er, Jhut that the chapter was surveving the s providing whatever re- lief was needed. alvation Army Visits Homes. ery home damaged by yester- day’s storm was visited by the Salva. tion Army today. With a squad of 10 workers, Capt. Martin Rickard started out this morning to maké & personal investigation of all the needs of the sufferers, and by noon he had been to ahout homes in the North- east and Southeast sections of Wash- ington and nearby Maryland. Most of the homeless had been given elter by neighbors, Capt. Rickard reported, but many needed food and coffee, These were served liberally whose homes had been d ed_wanted to move quickly, and afternoon the army with 10 |t will convey as many as pos- to their new homes free of sufferers 749 Eighth who have assistance dquarters for the have been established at street southeast, and any been overlooked may get from the army there. Last night a staff of 25 was on duty in the storn tion serving coffee, sandwiches doughnuts to the sufferers. workers vept sec and {DRUG STORE IS LOOTED OF CASH AND ALCOHOL | Thiet Opera 1 Safe Combination and Escapes—Sus pect Named. Door, Solves arly §1,000 and two quar cohol were stolen from Liggett’s Drus Store, 1805 Connecticut avenue, by an early-morning thief, who opened the front docr and then solved the com- bination of the safe. The liquor was taken frem the prescription room. A time clock indicated that the store was entered at 4:15 o'clock this morn- ing. The manager of the store gave po- lice the name of a suspect. The bur- glar looted the safe of $901 in cur- rency. MacDonald in Failing Health. LONDON, November 18 (@ .—The health of Ramsay MacDonald, former Labor premier, Is still causing his friends some anxiety and the Labor leader s still under medical super- vision, but his condition is not so bad as has been reported in some papers. : 'y Men are now heavier in proport! to their height than they were, clares a European statistician.