The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-20
RELIEF IN SIGHT
FOR RELATIVES

Mrs. Edith Stone, 326 N. Senate
Ave-, with no answer to four mes
sages sent to her husband at Miami.
The Corbett family came here last
week and intended to veturn to
Miami today. Frantic efforts were
made by the mother to leave Sun
day night Friends dissuaded her
when she wanted to hire an airplane
and fly to the scene of disaster.
Corbett was formerly with the
Fisher Body Company here, but has
been with the Miami Oakland Com
pany for some time. The Times was
making an effort to reach him by
wireless.
Others Seek Word
Mrs. Ortha Osborn, traffic manager
of the l.. S. Ayres Company, was
another frantic mother. She had
not been able to get word from her
son, Fred, who is with the Miami
branch of the Burrows Adding Ma
chine Company.
Mrs. Byron Daugherty, 1888 Broad
way, dShSu anu VI AHc lAiASS " ~
cate her son Earl Q. Daugherty and
wife in Hollywood.
Mrs. Harry Lucas, 94615 E. Wash
ington ST., had received no word
from her son j. D. Taylor Of Miami
Beach. Taylor has been employed
on the Carl Fisher properties police
force.
M. J. Hanrahan, the Denison,
was among those who paced the
floor of the Western Union office. IS
! N. Meridian St., throughout the
night, awaiting word from his wife
at Miami Beach. Early this morn
ing no word had been received.
When he left there two weeks ago
she seemed to have a premonition Of
disaster, he declared. She told him
at that time she was growing afraid
of the sea and intended to move back
to Miami. He expected to receive
wire Saturday saying she had
moved. None came. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hanrahan have been living at the
Tranon Apis, Euclid Ave, Miami
Beach, for the last year. This was
in the heart of the storm.
Brother Safe
A message dated FIT. Pierce, Fla,
received at the home of Howard
Young, 1853 N. Pennsylvania St.,
member Of the Fesler. Elan and
Young law firm, stated that Byron
Young, brother of Howard, was safe.
IN n
practically all the buildings in Holly.
wood, home of Byron Young, had
been destroyed by the hurricane. He
and his wife and family had escaped
disaster by 1eeing in their automo-
bile. They arrived safely at FIT.
Pierce. No word had been received
regarding his brother, Ralph, who
was with the Hollywood Company.
Many Of the first messages re-
ceived here read, ALIVE, but lost
everything"
Nephew of Shank
Others reported safe in early mes
sages were Howard mig" Shank.
nephew of Lew Shank, former mayor,
and Norman H. Hill, architect, of
1850 N. Alabama st.
Frank G. Daily, attorney, Winter
Apis, received a telegram from his
son, Field Daily, saying he and his
family were safe at DANA. suburb
of Hollywood. Fla.
John B. Reynolds, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, has been
unable to get word from his brother,
James Reynolds, located at Miami.
Repeated Geographic inquiry has
brought no response.
No word had been received by
relatives from John j Cleary, former
mayor of Terre Haute, in business in
Miami, or from Henry Kampmann,
formerly in the butcher business
here.
Waits Word
r. J. Grove, Miami, was in the
city anxiously awaiting word from
his wife and daughter. He left the
Florida city Friday night. Word of
an approaching storm was in the
Miami paper and ships were being
warned by the weather bureau, he
said. Grove was on his way to Indi-
annapolis when a. storm struck the
city In July and he thought that 1t
would be another Of usual proper
ton.
H. w. Hunter, 3241 Central Ave-,
beat the storm out of Eft. Lauder