The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-26
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Lines Are Down and Word Is
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Isolated Places

Isolated Places
Sweeping northeastward in, a
path 800 miles wide, one Of the
most violent hurricanes within
memory struck the Virginia and
North Carolina coasts early today
and then moved through Chesa-
peake Bay toward Maryland and
New Jersey.
Scores Of ships were driven into
Atlantic han bors as the fifty-mile-
an-hour wind struck the coast,
tearing down telegraph and tele-
phone lines and causing wide
spread property damage.
Ships Ride Out Storm.
At an early hour today no loss
Of life along the coast had, been
reported to- the Navy Department
Of the United States Coast Guard,
although impaired communication
facilities have made it impossible
to, check up all the towns.
Reports received here said that
four ships, in the vicinity of the
Bahamas, rode out the storm
throughout the night instead of try.
Ing to reach the American coast
These were the Creole, the Hugh
Lua, the Ell Occidente and the
STANDARD Oil tanker William Rookie
Teller. Their reports to coast radio
stations told of tremendous waves"
and said the speed of the wind was
et least, fifty miles an hour.
Woman Is injured.
The Weather Bureau issued storm
warnings for the New England
coast, officials pointing out that
the storm is one Of the worst in
years.
The first warming of the hurri.
cane was issued by the Weather
Bureau on Saturday, when the
storm centered off the Florida coast
ands gave indications of sweeping
northward.
There was only one casualty in
washington. Mrs Helen s1ary
Milton, Of Evanston, ILL.,, wife of
q naval lieutenant, was fatally
injured. when the automobile in
which She was riding turned over
In a rainstorm near Cumber.
land, Md.
New York Traffic Crippled.
NEW YORK, Aug. ga storm
of near hurricane proportions.
moving up. the seaboard from the
West Indies in a 300.mile path,
threw itself against New York to-
day in a way that crippled traf
fic, caused heavy damage and
brought injury to forty persons
In New York city alone within the
first few hours after dawn.
A furious wind accompanied the
storm. Motor cars slid about slip
perry . streets and endangered pc.
destrians. Telephone poles and
glass windows in many stores were
dwellers gathered up what they
could carry and raced inland.
Great waves pounded the water
front. Sewers were choked and
nearby streets were awash with
the overflow.
1 The wind at times reached a
velocity of as miles an hour and
sent ships scurrying for cover
Three men were rescued from a
sinking yacht.
Ships Safe at Norfolk.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 26.-Heed.
Ing the warning issued by the wealth.
or bureau, shipping in the Hampton
Roads district suffered little in the
tropical hurricane that has ragged
over the Virginia and Carolina
coasts for twelve hours and passed
out to sea early today. A wind
velocity Of seVenty-five miles an
hour was attained at Cape Hatteras.
and Ocracoke Island, near Beaufort,
NC, with population of 900, was.
entirely under water at the height
of the, storm. No loss of life was re-
ported; though communication has
been cut, off from several stations.
A heavy rainfall accompanied the
storm, almost four inches having
fallen up to today in this city.
only. one vessel put to sea since
the storm broke yesterday, others
remaining at Lynn Haven roads,
Just inside Cape Henry, until the
storm abates. A coal laden ship,
bound for Boston, put back after q
battle with the waves off the capes.
Minor damage is reported from
nearby beaches. Driven by the
heavy wind, the high tide that was
expected to flood Norfolk's streets
this morning failed to materialize.
Much damage to fruit and farm
crops is reported from Princess
Anne and Norfolk counties. Crane
vines, fruit trees and growing corn
are strewn on the ground.
Shift Saves Coast Towns.
BY International News Service.
RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. 26.-A
timely shift last night saved the
North Carolina coast from untold
damage by the storm which TODAY
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