The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-20
FLOODS, WIND
DAMAGE CROPS
HALT TRAFFIC
Campus Of Naval Academy at
Annapolis Il Flooded as
Flood Waters Rise
DAMAGE IN THOUSANDS
Falling Trees and Automobile
Accidents Bring Maryland
Deaths

Baltimore, Sept. 2O.-R-With
three known dead and property
damage which will mount into thou
sands Of dollars, the full force Of
the wind and rain storm which swept
eastern Maryland had spent its
force this morning. In it's wake
were swollen rivers and flattened
crops, with possibility that the dam
age would be augmented by flood
waters.
Late last night the Severn river
had overflowed its banks and had
reached the highest point in the last
ten years. It overlooked the re-
tainnig wall at the United States
naval academy ut Annapolis and
flooded the campus. Streets IN the
lower part Of Annapolis were under
water.
Three men met death here yester-
day IN accidents directly attributable
to the storm. Howard E. Riley was
killed when struck by \ falling tree.
James Field, negro, was killed when
the automobile in which he was rid
ing struck fallen tree SUSPENDED
five feet above the street. Henry
Il. y. Erker was struck by m auto
mobile, the driver Of which said
that the rain, driven against the
windshield by the high wind, had
blinded him.
The eastern shore bore the brunt
OF the storm, with shipping tied up
and considerable damage done to
trees and shrubbery. Telephone
lines were torn down and many sec.
tons were without communication
for some time. Several small boats
in the harbors were sunk,
West Palm Beach, Fla. Sent. 20
R)-While the count Of loss Of life
and the injured and homeless from
tlorida's tropical hurricane went
Forward an the storm area TODAY. adj
d!tsoral relief was speeding to the
district from every direction.
Food. clothing, medical supplies
and building material were hauled
into the stricken Lake Okeechobee
area by train and boat, while trucks
and other conveyances continued
their missions Of mercy to the in
jured and sick, or brought the dead
out for burial.
Many Negroes Dead
Estimates of the dead continued
to vary between 325 and 400 per-
sons. the majority negroes, and Red
Cross officials placed the number
of homeless at $4,000.
Approximately $50 persons are
dead in the Okeechobee section.
swept both by hurricane winds and
by wall Of water loosed from the
lake when the dikes broke. Adiutant
General Vivien Collins reported to
Governor John Martin. Howard w.
Silby, chairman Of the Palm Beach
ohapter of the Red Cross, estimated
the teath toll would reach nearer
400, saying that 200 were known
dead to his workers.
Collins report said that there
were 1000 homeless refugees in the
city and that an equal number more
were expected here tomorrow. He
said there was great need Of cloth.
ing especially among negroes.
Compilation Of lists Of the dead
was hampered. by the difficulties
under which the recovery squads
worked. Many bodies were in such
q state that it was necessary to
bury them Immediately. In some
instances searchers, lacking means
Of conveyance, tied the bodies to
trees and left them for the trucks.
No Disease Danger
The state board Of health sent
physicians and nurses, who were
administering to the injured and
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