New Britain herald., 1928-09-17

ports said they had lost . numbe
of lines between Arcadia and Wau
chula southeast of Tampa.
The Barometer reading at
O'Clock this morning at Lakeland
was 2S.Sl. according to weathe
bureau reports.
Fort Pierce Damaged
Jacksonville. Fla, Sept. II R-
that yesterdays storm
was as severe as far north of Yves
Palm beach as Fort Pierce we're Civ
en- today in reports from wire com
panies.
When the Western Unions wir'
failed at Fort Pierce about . o'cloc'
last night. operators said a high gall
was sweeping the city and that
train which arrived ther'
shortly after noon. at five o'clocl
still was waiting for the storm tt
abate before proceeding south.
Fort Pierce is So miles north o
West Palm beach. Titusville. which
was the wire communication outpos
this morning. is approximately ~
miles north of West Palm beach. The
telephone operator at Titusville said
winds were blowing there las
night.
Fort Pierce section was hard hi
by the August storm. as was Stuart
~ ,,,;Io, co,,th of <hora opd tho In
barely had completed re.
pairs to roofs of houses before the
present storm.
Rich, citrus groves on the India1
river banks through the section. sui
fered heavy damage In the Angus
storm
The Palm beaches, one of the mos
widely known Of the Florida winter
resorts are on the lower east coas
some 20 miles north of Miami. Ac
tually. Palm beach and West Palm
beach are separate municipalities
by Lake Worth but linked
by long bridges or causeways.
Palm beach. the seat proper of al
exclusive winter colony. is situated
on the Atlantic Ocean side. while 1t,
thriving commercial
center, is on the inland fringe of the
lake.
Palatial hotels, private residence.
and casinos abound In Palm beach
which derived its name from the lux
urious palm trees that flourish along
the beach for miles.
Exclusive Town
Exclusive bathing beaches where
celebrities of many countries arr
seen during the season. bride path:
and boardwalks that wind through
exotic tropical foliage and wide
boulevards that skirt the city from
lake to ocean also go to make uI
this millionaires' playground.
The private yachts of many of tbs
resorts wealthy patrons lie at an
Choir In Lake Worth during the tour
list season.
West Palm beach. however. is the
chief business center of the two
Here are located banks, stores
offices and other branch
es of commercial activity that draw
their support from both cities.
West Coast Waiting
st. Petersburg, Fla, Sept. II Up
With the West Indian hurricane
conferred somewhere between Wau-
chula and Arcadia in central part OF
Florida early this morning, the en-
tire west coast area was waiting fol-
the coming of the main blow which
was expected to pass out over the
coast sometime this forenoon.
With practically no information
from the sections through which the
storm has passed since it entered
Florida in the vicinity of Palm
beach late Sunday afternoon it was
difficult for weather bureau officials
10 predict the path of the storm or
what velocity. might be expected.
At the office of the U. S. Weather
Bureau at Tampa it was expected
that the center of the storm would
pass out over the gulf somewhere
south of st. Petersburg early to-
day. and a maximum velocity of sew
enty miles an hour was predicted.
This would indicate that the storm
has been reduced in intensity con.
since it hit Palm Beach
where it was said to have blown 100
miles an hour at 6 o'clock Sunday.
Take Precautions
All along the west coast of Flori-
da every precaution has been taken
to prevent damage to property
Stores and house have been boarded
up. and boats have been taken to
sheltered waters until the storm has
passed.
Residents OF Clewiston, Moore
haven and other towns on the south
and west banks of Lake Okeechobee
were reported fleeing TO Sebring and
other cities on higher ground. as 1t
was feared the force of the hurri-
cane coming out of the east and al
most directly across the lake would
blow the water out of the lake and
flood the cities which are below the
level of the lake
The fruit crop in the ridge sec
ton of the state is said to have suf-
fered as a result of the storm.
Two Tampa Havana steamers
were facing the hurricane today
with 100 passengers aboard was an
chored in Tampa Bay off Gadsden
Point. riding out the storm. The
other. returning from Havana to
Tampa vas in the gulf off the ives,
coast of Floi itia and was experienc.
ing difficulty IN making Roadway.
1t was considered strange tina,
early today Tompa reported onl,
winds of IS .uiles an hour while ST
Petersburg. only % miles to the
west Of the gulf was experiencing
blasts that recorded as high as Sc
miles at times
Low rides Recorded
Telephone operators said the last
word from Sarasota. Bradenton
Venice and other towns south OF St