New Britain herald., 1928-09-17
HURRICANE HITS
PALM BEACH, FLA.
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kind into West Palm Beach or Palm
Beach today. the lines having gone
down shortly after the hurricane
struck the cities. Relief forces were
sent from Miami today after uncon- I;
firmed reports of casualties were re-
ceived.
Miami. however. was isolated
from wire communications and if !
have returned from the |
area. no report has reach
ed the outside world.
North of West Palm Beach, the |
lack of communications extended to |
more than one hundred |
miles, while conditions south were
not known owing to the failure OF
the wire into Miami
Operates On IS Meters
Grange said the Palm Beach sta
ton was working on IS meters.
Two Killed
Tampa. Fla. Sept. ~ lP-A wire
less dispatch from West Palm Beach
picked up by Station 4BN here says
two persons were killed and SO in
jured as a result of the West Indian
storm that isolated that vicinity last
night. The message was received
from station 4AFC and was signed
''Crimath'
1t added that an unconfirmed re-
port from Boynton south of there
said 40 persons were buried in q
school building which collapsed. An
other report from Deerville said sew
eral negroes were dead.
Many buildings in the business
district of West Palm Beach were
damaged, the message added.
Ships Ride Out Gale
New York, Sept. II R-Ameri-
can steamers in the hurricanes path
reports today indicated. safely out
rode the tempest. with one excep-
ton. All have safely reached port
or are proceeding on their courses.
One UnrepOrtcl
3 The .freighter Carolyn. under
charter to the Grace Line was the
only steamer unreported. No fear
was felt for the ship, however. as
she was scheduled to reach Colom-
bia tomorrow or Wednesday and
was believed to have missed the
storm.
Reports to the Bull line placed
the damage to Porto Rico well over
500. 100000. Crops not ruined we're
40 INN
able. The eastern shipping ports of
Yabucoa and Hunacoa were wiped
out.
Two OF the lines steamers. Glare |
and Catherine. locked in Porto Rico
in the last "a hours A third, the
Helen, is en- route while the Del
fna arrive today. All four vessels
have, cargoes of foodstuffs.
Due Tomorrow
The San Lorenzo of the New York |
and Porto Rico line is due to dock
here tomorrow The boat was in
San Juan harbor when the hurri-
cane struck and was delayed day
in leaving for New York.
Coolidge Anxious
Washington. Sept. II LP-Presi-
dent Coolidge's first request when he
reached his office today was of the |
latest news from the hurricane |
swept sections in Florida and in the /
West Indies.
He called on John Barton Payne,
chairman of the Red Cross, Major
Summerall. chief of army |
staff, and Assistant Secretary Robins
of the war department for detail
ed report on what has been done
thus far to aid in relief and rehabili
tation work.
Ship to Sail
The Red Cross announced today |
that the U. S. s. Bridge would sail
from New York today for Porto |
Rico with supplies for those strick-
en- in last weeks hurricane. Captain
r. H. Taylor will be in charge.
Secretary Wilbur ordered the
Bridge to load with supplies at the
Brooklyn navy yard and leave as
soon as possible.
Lieutenant Commander Robert T.
Young of the destroyer Gilmer
which sailed from Charleston, S. c.,
with Red Cross officials and sup
plies Tor Porto Rico, reported that |
his vessel had avoided the storm and
is expected to arrive at San Juan to- |
morning. The Gilmer took |
a course east of the path of the |
which has delayed its !
arrival.
A communication from the di- |
rector of naval communications at
San Juan filed at midnight Septem-
Der l6 advised the navy department !
that there were no casualties to !
navy. army or marine corps person.
mel or families in San Juan, Cayey
or ST. Thomas.
Conditions Bad
a dispatch from the naval station
at St. Thomas. Virgin Islands. from
Captain Waldo Evans. governor.
said that he had proceeded TO ST
Croix on the tug Grebe and found !
there very bad. Six per
sons we're dead and 20 were injured.
the dispatch said. The probable
damage will reach at least $4,000 900
according 10 the dispatch.
Among the dispatches from cap
tain Evans was one that said much !
damage was done to the sea walls
md water fronts in the islands and
that some houses were damaged IN
St Thomas but there was no loss OF
life or serious injuries.
Acrials Blown Down
Al st Thomas the aerials to the ,
radio station were blown down bu'
have been replaced. but no com
munication had been estapIshed