Evening star., 1926-09-23

tension ana strengthening Oi h StFect
Usina. a banker of Jacksonville. has
gone to Miami and is handling the
knights of Columbus supplies in con-
nection with the Red Cross
The spirit of the postal service In
this emergency is embodied in a tele-
gram received by Acting Postmaster
General John H. Bartlett from Maud
Wingfield, the woman postmaster at
Rita, a small fourth-elass post once
in Palm Beach County, Fla, destroyed
by the hurricane.
Rita post office. contents and ev-
erything pertaining thereto demolish-
ed by storm, except postmaster the
telegram reads. please send com
plete paraphernalia necessary to open
and run office again. Am fixing small
house to take care of mail. Gould
not do anything without postage
stamps and need cancellation stamps
and pad and pouch lock keys partlc-
ularly."
Postmaster Pittman. at Miami, tele-
graphed that postal forces are doing
everything possible to help, and that
special service has been Installed
to aid in locating missing people. The
mail service will be normal within
Lnree Gays, lie SdlN. USl OhA1C AIA
spectors Allen and Rickly, at Miami,
wired similar information.
More Inspectors Sent.
Seven additional inspectors have
been rushed to the Florida East Coast
from Atlanta. Inspector in charge,
Atlanta, Ga, is en- route. Inspector
Sanford is giving attention to central
Florida points in the vicinity OF
Moore Haven.
Account of wires down. tele-
gram to the chief inspector from the
Atlanta office reads, mo information
yet from Pensacola section"
From Inspector Allen, at Miami,
comes the report that the Floronada
post office is badly damaged, but loss
of mail was slight. The postmaster
is making necessary repairs. Boca
Ration is practically undamaged.
Telegraphic communication between
Washington and Miami is being rapid
ly restored, according to announce
ment from local offices of the two
large telegraph companies. The West
ern Union Telegraph Co. has the mes
sage channels working from New York
to Miami City and cable connection
with Miami Beach via Key West
From Atlanta, Ga, five channels are
WOTklIlS
and press statements were sent from
West Palm Beach last night, which
indicates a slowing up of the more
urgent traffic.
Two hundred repair men under the
personal direction of Vice President
Titley of the Western Union were In
Florida when the storm broke and
the number has since been increased
to over five hundred, 1t is stated.
The Postal Telegraph Co. re-estab-
lished contact with Miami yesterday
when it's linemen succeeded in getting
a wire through to that city. Auto
matte telegraph machines and com
mercial service into and out OF Miami
was at once begun, The company 8
cable between Miami and Havana,
Cuba, also has been put in service
Graphic Stories Continue.
Graphic accounts of the hurricane
continue To reach relatives here from
survivors. An interesting eye witness
description of the storm at Miami
was given by Mrs. Minnie Reese
Richardson, in letter to her daugh-
ter. Miss Coralye Richardson OF ll5i
New Hampshire avenue. She wrote
in part: eo o,o.has
l.
such a crash of falling timber that
| ierked up my bag. threw my dress
over my arm pulled a cape around
me and rushed for the door. /, got
it omen and by the time | was out
side. the hurricane was increasing.
| was swept into the street, fell ana
was being blown along, when a man
in filing station opposite ran out 70
me and carried me to the filling sta
ton. Both knees were hurt, and |
am very sore all over from force or
wind and fall, but SO thankful l am
alive!
"Friday night, at IL, when ] went
| to sleep, there was no indication or
disaster, despite the storm warnings
| I was awakened by Il peculiar roar
| ing, which / can't describe. 1t grew
and grew, this horrible, whistling,
| roaring, rumbling sound, and an oc~
casional crash The rain poured into
my bedroom, everywhere. / didn't
get up. thinking | was as safe there
as anywhere, nor was ! In the least
! afraid.
about 8 m, while In the filling
| station, the hurricane came roaring
| again. Nothing could explain the
| awful scene. We couldn't see across
| the street. Iron poles. telephone
poles, parts or roofs ana SIDES of
| houses, posts. clothes, awnings, all
sorts of timber, everything came
| along with that awful roaring. hiss
| ing. whistling sound. Sometimes 1t
| sounded like distant cannons, then
when there was q partial lull. came
| screaming of children, sobbing Of
women and changing of ambulancea.
| The following contributions for
| Florida relief we're received at local
| Red Cross headquarters since yester
| day:
! Amelia H. Lehnert ...... $1,000
/ Ora A. Smith. ............... 500
| Mrs. S. s. Forest. t........ 800
! G.. G Castella. a............ 400
| DR.. and Mrs. c. Diedel. -. 200
Miss G.. s. Webber. .... 800
c. NJ. McAllister .... 500
| Chas. NJ. Jones es....... 1000
| NJ H. Brown Wn....... 200
John Lynch ......... 1000
Cash 1900
Cash OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100
J Cash collected Palace Theater 22.S0
lC. b. Garnett ..... 1000
| L. O. Webster ...... 500