Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23

Garden City. Long Island, which spe-
cializeS In standard Army planes; the
Fokker Aircraft and Atlantic Aircraft
Cos. in New Jersey; the Wright Aero
nautical Corporation at Paterson, N. j.,
and the Pratt &, Whitney Co. at Hart
ford. Conn. With the exception of the
Curtiss Co., the larger aircraft manu-
facturerS no longer build their own
motors. The Wright Co. and the Pratt
e. Whitney Co. (Hornet and Wasp
engines) produce all the standard air
cooled aircraft engines being manu-
featured in the United States Aviation
expansion is no doubt the most striking
development Of our time.
y X
The Hurricane. - The hurricane
which did much devastation in Porto
Rico on September Is proceeded
northwest. Nassau and Florida waited
with bated breath, praying that 1t
might be DETECTED eastward; but in
vain. There is something hideous and
grotesque about such waiting; like
watching the approach of a djinni.
Nassau and other Bahama Islands
suffered a good deal of material dam
age (though not comparable, 1t would
seem. to that of Porto Rico), but, appar-
emily. little or no loss of life. On the
18th the hurricane struck the East
Coast of Florida In a Swath about 80
miles wide, roughly between Jupiter
and Miami. West Palm Beach was hit
hardest, Miami escaping with only
slight damage. On swept the terror,
pointed toward Tampa, but just short
of Tampa 1t was detected northWard.
Gradually subsiding in violence. 1t
careered on along the coasts of Georgia
and the Carolinas. on Wednesday, the
10th. sWerving northeaStward over
the Atlantic near Cape Hatteras. The
mortality in Florida Is conServatively
estimated at about 1000. the majority
drowned through the 0verflowing of its
bank by Lake Okeechobee; while per-
haps $4,000 families require Red Cross
assistance. Though there was serious
damage to property in Georgia and the
Carolinas, apparently few lives were
lost.
Gradually details reach us Of the
earlier career of the hurricane. 1t
seems first to have struck the Lee
ward Islands, then in succession the
Virgin Islands and Porto Rico. Guade-
loupe was even more cruelty visited
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only about 100000 the known dead
number $50. Presumably other of the
LeeWards suffered proportionately.
The destruction of shipping along
the route of the storm was, of course,
considerable, but apparently much less
than was to be feared. The City of
New York, Byrd's ship on the way to
the Antarctic, escaped by a hair, and
so, too, the Orcoma. the ship in which
Sir Austen Chamberlain, British for
eign secretary, was recuperating.
Conservative estimates indicate
death total In Porto Rico of not less
than 1000. Terrible damage was done
to the standing crops. Judge Payne,
chairman of the American Red Cross,
announces that reports in his hands in
dictate not less than 100000 persons
destitute and entirely dependent on the
Red Cross for food, clothing, shelter
and medical aid, in a total Porto Rican
population of about 100000. The
Virgin Islands population about 10000
we're smitten about as severely as Porto
Rico
The American Red Cross is display
ing its customary zeal and efficiency
toward relief of Porto Rico, the Virgin
Islands and Florida. "All contributions
should be forwarded to the nearest local
Red Cross chapter. or to the American
National Red Cross headquarters offices
at Washington, st. Louis or San Fran
CISCO" Mr.. Hoover agrees with Judge
Payne that 100000 Is q minimum