Show RAIN FLOODS BERLIN AND VICINITY MUCH DAMAGE IS REPORTED BERLIN AP April 14 A A violent thunderstorm accompanied by torrential rain broke over Berlin erlin and its early eaily today causing gr great dama damage e. e Many buildings are re struck by lightning The fire brigade was summoned to I upward of 30 Pla plates plaes es to extinguish fires and cope with ith floods I The w water was so deep aro around nd the approaches to the railroad station on Friedrich strasse hat ht it was it-was was impossible to reach reach the depot At the Lehrte station sta sta- sta- sta tion some of the waiting rooms had ad a.d. to o q be cl closed se as as the walls threatened to fallA fall A portion of tie be embankment of the Potsdam railroad d near w as swept away nd si similar da damage age to the circular railroad necessitated a suspension suspension suspension sus sus- pension of traffics The rhe he streets vv w wire re e so flooded that the street cars in several districts were stopped The roa were almost ih for tor p pd d and consequently the schools were dosed The Them museum eum was considerably damaged The decorative decorative decorative decora decora- tive portions of many nany buildings and the statues in the public squares were Seriously se- se damaged y y hall hail which for a time fell most h heavily Trains were mable to leave the Stettin station because of the floods A house louse on strasse collapsed Some of the occupants were vere Injured |