New Britain herald., 1925-12-01
TAMPA CUT OFF BY STORM, SEVERAL
LIVES LOST, FIRE ADDS TO DAMAGE
On Other Side of Peninsu-
la, City of Miami Is Dry
ing Out After Disastrous
DOwnp0ur - Loss viii
Reach Thousands There.

lhIllpu' lh' Lee, ! VIZ - rive
unidentified negroes were killed,
four are missing and IS are in a To-
cal hospital as the result OF bunk
house on Davis Island here col
lapsing AT midnight last night.
The high winds which are sweep
ing this section reached its highest
velocity of As miles an hour at l:15
a, m. today, according to the wealth
er bureau station here. The wind
was decreasing in velocity and the
barometer rising.
Heavy Loss BY Fire
The West Coast Fertilizer plant
wes destroyed by fire with a damage
Of 100000. There were several
other fires.
The center OF the storm, the
weather bureau reported, is south
southwest of this city
Trees. shrubbery, electric light
and telephone wires were down In
the residential section while down
town signs smokestncks and wooden
awnings were sent to the street by
the wind which assumed hurricane
proportions. The utilities companies
here issued warnings that the streets
are not safe due to the falling of
power lines. The railroads are with
out wires, officials report and trains
to this city are badly delayed.
Road Endangered
Reports from West Palm Beach
said:
The entire Florida east coast was
whipped by a strong northerly gale.
A stretch Of ocean boulevard near
the inlet to Lake Worth, nine miles
north of West Palm Beach was be-
ing undermined by the surviving
waves and volunteers rushed to the
scene with logs, tree stumps and
stakes to try to save the road.
Jacksonville, Fla. Dec. l Pi-Fiye
| lives we're lost, property damage es-
| timated at more than $3,000,000 and
one OF the worst tie-ups in wire
communication ever known on the
Florida east coast was caused by
! high winds and driving rains in the
last "a hours.
The wind at times deached hurri-
/ cane proportions and the rain was
so heavy at some places as in Miami,
where 14.1 inches fell, that the
streets were standing In water and
people donned bathing suits.
-Four persons we're killed near
Tampa when a house on Davis Is
land collapsed and the total damage
in Tampa was estimated at almost
$I,00O 600 itself. with IS persons in
iurcd in the collapse of the house
on Davis Island.
Miami Drying Out.
Miami. Fla, Dec. l P)--Miami
/ today was drying itself out after one
, Of the most thorough wettings it has
ever known. Rainfall exceeding
| fourteen inches fell here in a period
of 12 hours, much Of It running in
vcritable streams through the prin-
cipal streets of the city.
Flagler street, the main business
thoroughfare, was likened to bath
ing beauty promenade, although
many who were not beauties adopt
ed bathing suits rs the most feasible
clothing under the circumstances.
Business appointments were KEEP
! by staid businessmen who plunged
their way through four feet of water
to meet the latest seeker after op.
! portunitics from the hintcrland.
Cops Also "Act Up"
Policemen, not TO be outdone, en-
tered into the spirit by donning sea
side habiliments and assuming traf
lic posts. gaily waved the amateur
Ncnotians on.
Fair shoppers arraycd also II
bathing suits, splattercd their wa!
about the streets. wading from store
to store.
Many motor cars were STRANDED
about the streets as the rising wa
tors stalled engines.
Damage in Miami will run int
the thousands, it was estimated las
night, although reports from th'
outlying districts were not complete
Throughout the business portion o
the city the water flooded over tn
Curbings and swept into the Eroun'
floors of stores and other buildings
+ Many establishments were forced Il
close for the day.