Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-17
Storms Rayage
United States
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The hurricane raking Florida, APP
r@rcEtly with unprecedented frroc-
Ity, beat upon tie fertile and lyrll
populated interior of tl,r peninsula
this afternoon IS it swung north
westward.
The west coast north Of Tampa
and the western fringe Of the state
from Tallahassee ON, was believed
doomed to feel the full force of the
great storm.
lliga winds, in some localities Of
o. or moro miles velocity, were
blowing trom tae cas-, Il the west
coast, along tine 2Q0milc wide hur-
t;cana strip.
As bour after hour ven; by with
Ea definite word from many cities
and towns caught in the tempest :
path, fears Increased that there
might bo a large casualty list. How
ever. there were no verified reports
Of loss o. life at noon here.
South Ct Daytona en- the east
coast, towns and cities Including
West PaIm Beach. We're cut off.
Grayrst fears were felt for inhabi-
tants Of the stricken area.
The tempest was believed roaring
inland in all It's fury Of winds that
cut off house tops, laid low com
muuiyation systems, and caused sui
tcriuL and perhaps death.
For hours there had been ~
l.. 4 "a,
Of uhat had occurred in 5j-miie
holt near West Palm Zach, which
before the winter influX Of visitors
!. a c.ty Of 42,eo3.
The United Press correspondent
At TituSyiIlc carly today telephoned
that scrceching wind OF perhaps
100 miles an hour velocity was rock,
iuL houses there.
Then the line went ont.
Tit&svillr is lJ1 miles north Of
ram Beach.
Inland at Orlando houses rocked
ia the tempest.
Tie storm appeared 30 be smash
iuy lis way across the peninsula.
Like a gigantic sword it cut down
everything in its path.
Cities III Darkness
Communication lines We're gcncr-
ally out. Public utilities were Grip
pied. Scores Of towns and cities on
,ne cGge of the storm 5 path We're
IN darkness as a result, last night
Before wires to West Palm Beach
failed. reports came of house tops
sailing through the air, trees pulled
up like grass and seas - to 40 feet
high podnding on the shore.
What WAS happening to human
lives endangered in the Unprccedent-
ed storm remained temporarily a
maticr Of conjecture.
Rcd Cross and American Legion
units modified for relief work at
Miami. Jacksonville and Tampa.
The weather bureau, in Il report
issued at 10 a. m. placed the center
of the hurricane in Polk county.
moving ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Polk county is in the interior cast
OF here. 1t is the heart Of the
states citrus belt All communica-
tious with cities and towns in that
section have been out for hours.
The hurricane strucl, the coast
yesterday centcring near Jupiter
Inlet, north Of Palm each. Early
toj,v it had dealt two successive
shocks, Towns on the fringe Of th"
disturbance as it hit the east coast
reported high winds at dusk Eest@r-
dav and then q Tail.
EarIy today these some towns, in.
chding Daytona Beach and Orlando
in the interior, reported a rccu-
renee Of high winds. this time of
amazing velocity. estimated at be
tween 90 and 100 miles an hour be-
for wires failed.
Miami Weathers Gales
Oddly enough the storm. which is
considered Of severity far greater
than the death dealing hurricane Of
September, 1926, comes two years,
lacking .day. after that disturb
ancc struck Miami, leaving i'm its
wake tine bodies Of hundreds Of vic
Tins and widespread damage.
Miami 50 far mas wcathercd the
edge of the hurricane with no
known damage. High winds oc-
cured here last night but they
dwmdcd. However Fort Lauder
dale, scarcely 20 miles northward
was cut Off. Houses were mroofed
according to unconfirmed reports.
Shipping was at standstlll all
along the gulf and Atlantic coasts.
Adequate warnings had been given
of the hurricane danger.
In Tampa Bay three dcatroyers
rode at anchor, ready to bee dis
patched to aid any vessels in dis
trcss.
\ motley stream Of cars passed
northward through jacksonville to-
dav as residents Of cautious nature
moved out Of the state to escape
the hurricane hazards,
MIAMI, FLA, Sept. Miami,
having escaped the full force Of the
second hurricane that has rayaged
this state in the last two years,
turned anxious eyes to the west and
north today where the storm was
raportcd raging toward Tampa and
the Gulf Of Mexico.
This city, which was the chief
sufferer in the 1926 storm, caught
only the fringe Of the present gale
and escaped with few smashed
awnings.
TAMPA, Fla, Sept. 17-Roports