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outside or jf lint mil, jtlazel uprooted huge trees in Jake Keysets yard, and moving across the} road, laid waste to his orchard,' and sped on to the orchards owned by Mrs. C. R. Rust. ,She estimates* a loss of between 600 and 700 trees.
In Washington, a grower lost 200 trees with 2,450 bushels of apples blown off and in Sperry* ville, another counted his loss as 150 bearing and 50 young with 2500 to 3000 crates of apples blown from the trees. Though damaging, these losses, representative of their localities, do not compare with the F. T. orchards and Rust orchard estimates.
The county schools closed at 11 o’clock on Friday in order that the pupils and bus drivers couldi reach their homes before the hurricane’s arrival. The day was cloudy with an almost steady drizzle, interrupted by occasional downppurs. At times the sky would brighten to the point of clearing off, but then would switch to a somber cast.
Directly in the communities of Washington, Flint Hill, Sperryville, and Amissville, “Hazel” blew down fences, knocked off limbs, uprooted several trees and broke numerous television antennas. The electricity was off in sections of these towns.
The one good thing that “Hazel” willed to Rappahannock was the rain.,In Washington 4.59 inches of rain fell between 4 a.m* Friday and 7 o’clock Friday even* ing. This rain came at a time when the d rough was fast approaching alarming proportions.
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