Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-16
Governor Trinkie
Tossed By Waves
Annrehensian Was Felt 1t Chinco-
league For Executive, At Sea
During Storm.

Chincoteague, Va, .<ov. l'~-C'-n-
colleagues day of reojiciHg vas sud
denlv turned into a night Of wildness
as a wind sprung out Of the north
west and whipped and Iashed the GO
cile Chesapeake Bay into 4 frothlng
BODY. The occasion was the dedclca>
ton Of a new road that connects the
island 20 the mainland. The storm
grew to such proportions that more
than 200 automobile parties WHEN
| had come to the ceremonies were ma
rooned on the road The storm broke
late in the afternoon and ragged to
/ the night.
Governor +. Lee 1rinkle, who was
the speaker Of the occasion, was re-
rorted missing on one Of the Virginia
/ fishery boats earlier i'm the evening,
and effort TO locate him caused con-
siderable Of stir here. The Gov
e,nor left the island for the man,
! land at 6:20, and the trip should
have taken less than an hour. tac'
ling head wind, however, the boa
/ had to buck the waves until 9:Io,
when she finally arrived at Nishard
/ Point, nesr Lecato, where the GoVef>
nor was to take a train Tor cape
| Charles. where he was 20 address
q teachers meeting.
In the three-hour interim after the
Governors departure people on TINS
island and the mainland were iran
tically telephoning to points up and
down the mainland, in an effor. to
Get some word Of the boat Nobody
Rad seen anything Of her, SIT was
dark and stormy. considerable 2p-
prehension was felt. The boat finally
staggered into harbor, however, and
fears of this score were set at rest
The large crowd Of automobiIis,s
who had motored over from the
mainland for the ceremonies started
back in the rain in the late afternoon
The road. however, which earlier IN
the DAYS had been an inviting eX-
pansa of shells, had been converted
/ v the downpour Of rain into a quag-
mire of mud. covered with shells, and
when the steady stream OF cars be
gan to pass over it going back the
Shells cut through, miring the auto
mobiles up to their aXlos.
In a short time there was a jam oil
cars extending for a mile or more
Il was estimated that at one time $50
cars we're stuck BY night many OF
these had got away, but 90 or ~
are still on the road, with no pros
pect If getting out until they are
hauled out this morning.
W. Mcdonald Lee, Virginia Fish
Commissioner, who came to the Is
Land with Governor Trinkle, bat who
staved after the ceremonies, dis
matched n boat to bring women and
children to Chincoteague. Inc men
however. were preparing to spend
the rest of the night IN their cars,
Rain has fallen since three O'Clock
in the afternoon ad cars and occu-
Iparts alike are rain-scaked ana cola.
The celebration for the opening
,of the new toll road and bridge goJ
away at > o'clock according to sched-
lule with a parade, with bands, auto,
mobiles. and many persons afoOt Ii
line Governor TIinkle started his
address from platform in the open
air. but in a few minutes rain fell
lsc heavily that the meeting was ad
icurned to the new school house. il
was then that the homeEoing crowd
began to get into difficulties on the
Inew road they had come to dedicate
Governor Trinkle was introduced
BY State Senator G. Walter MaPp, Of
Accomac, Representative ;. Otis
Bland also spoke.
In his address, the Governor en-
phasized the Importance of the educa-
tional and highway systems Of the
State He complimented the island
on the progressive spirit 1t mas shown
in erecting a new school and the new
road.
The road and bridge are over six
miles long. They were constructed
by the Chincateague Road and
Bridge Company, and furnish the
first communication, except BY boat,
that the island has ever had with the
mainland. 1t is believed that the
business of the island which has
hitherto been conducted with Della
ware towns mainly. viii in the fu-
ture be drawn to Virginia, and prob-
ably in large part to Maryland. The
main business Of the island is oys-
tiers, Chincoteague oysters having ac-
ouired a nationwide reputation.
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