This 1972 article recounts that fifty-nine years on September 3,
1913, Washington experienced the most destructive storm in her
history. Tide water rushed in too quickly for anyone to walk on city
streets. In the rush of torrents of water steamers, tugs and barges
docked at Washington were sunk, railroad trestles were washed
completely away and carried out in the river never again to be seen,
and water in excess of 15 feet on the street of low ground
Washington damaged supplies and stores. "Miss Lucretia Hughes, a
Washington resident interested in the City's history, compiled
interviews with at least 24 Washingtonians who were in some way
connected with the Storm of 1913. Information she collected in
addition to that taken from the Daily News files tells the story of
Washington's most terrible storm. Ann Tyndall and Peter Galuszka of
the Daily News staff took Miss Hughes notes and wrote the following
story. |