New Britain herald., 1926-07-28

was hidden. Only an occasional wireless message picked up by the Tropical Radio corporation at Miami broke the silence at sea last night and most of these concerned the Italian freighter Ansaldo San Giorgio Secundo. which was report ed early today to be still wallowing rudderless off Jupiter inlet At least six vessels were said to be in the vicinity to render aid which had been prevented last night by high seas.
 No further word had been heard from the Danish steamship Wilhelm A. Reiderman which messaged yes- terday that it was in distress be- tween Miami and Jupiter Inlet. Likewise the sea gave no word of the sixty foot Zulieta of Brunswick. Ga, which sailed Sunday night with 25 excursionists for Bimini. The Gulf Refining company's tanker J. M. Guffey was nearly two days overdue at Jacksonville but com- pany representative believed the ship was riding out the gale. Pas sengers from the Clyde line steam ship Seminole were en route to ! Miami by train today after leaving the vessel here last night. The Seminole, from New York to Miami, had proceeded past West Palm on it's route to Miami yesterday when officials of the line ordered it turn ed back to Jacksonville. Two hun- dred and thirty-five persons. includ- | ing passengers and crew were aboard the liner.
 At several places along the coast 1 the hurricane winds reached an in- tensity of 100 miles per hour. A wind velocity of 70 miles an hour caused damage estimated at a mill 1 lion dollars in Palm Beach and West Palm Beach where forty yachts and | |houseboats sank in Lake Worth. Along Ocean boulevard and other sections of the winter playground | a wreckage o ftrees and boats was strewn. Damage was done to set front property.
 Miami reported damage estimated at $10O,O00. Towns between Miami land West Palm Beach were in dark mess last night owing to broken wires and water damage. At Del Ray the streets were inundated and houses were unroofed. Excessive Iwind caused all business to be sus- pended in Pompano.
 In Orlando, Sebring, Sanford, Winter Park and other places, cleo Itric light, telephone and telegraph
 service was interrupted or paralyzed.
 The waters of the Indian river at New Smyrna were reported piling iout of banks because of the driving
 gale and some damage was done by
 the flood.
 With the exception of a single
 wire which the Western Union Tele-
 graph company maintained to Miami Ethere was no telephone or telegraph Icommunication possible to the lower least coast this morning. The Amer Iican Telephone and Telegraph com
 pany. reported all service south Of Jacksonville impaired but believed lit would be able to restore service today. Miami and West Palm Beach had been cut off from communica- ltion with the exception of the one wire, since early yesterday morning Calm weather was reported today l at Miami and in most of the lowel least coast territory. In most in l stances torrential rains accompanied t the gale.
 5 storm Warning. : Washington. July 2S R-Th . weather bureau today issued tn
 following storm warning: Advisory, a. m. hurricane cen , tral a. m. along northeast Flor } ida coast between Titusville an( Jacksonville moving very slowl! north-northwestw Center vii pass close to Jacksonville today ant quite likely move northward near O inside the Georgia coast line"
 Further information on the storn 5 in the region of Florida was receiv : i'd today by the navy departmen 5 from the naval radio station a Jupiter, Fla.
 At 9 p. m. last night, the mes