The Washington times., 1929-09-25
FLORIDA TOWNS.
. PREPARE FOR .
STORM
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sent into the district to bring out
endangered citizens.
Sudden barometric drops were re-
ported in Titusville, Fla, and sur.
rounding towns. Slowly dropping
barometers were reported as far
north as Savannah, Ga.
Latest reports from ships at sea
placed the tropical disturbance early
this afternoon at the southern end
Of the Abaco Island in the Bahama
group.
Ships were plowing through peril.
Gus seas. At Jupiter, Fla, REPORTS
said the s. s. Dormia was aground
off the northern end of Abaco
Island. and tugs were standing by.
Weather and radio reports indi.
Gated the storm may strike between
Jupiter and Miami tonight The
distance between Miami and jupiter
is approximately 100 miles.
DAYToNA BEACH, Fla. Sept. 25
S.l-Relief units were held in
readiness here this afternoon to
meet any emergency that might
arise.
Under local Red Cross officials
a national guard unit. the Ameri.
can Legion Post, the volunteer life
saving corps, Boy Scouts, and all
city workmen were mobiliZed to serve
in relief detachments either here
or elsewhere should their presence
be required.
JUPITER, Fla. Sept. 25 G.N.sl.-
Radio reports received here shortly
before noon indicated sudden
change in the course Of the impend-
ing hurricane headed for the Florida
East Coast.
The reports of the veering of the
disturbance came from ships in the
vicinity OF the edge winds.
One report advised that the S. s.
Dormia was aground off the north.
ern end of Abaco Island Of the Ba.
hama group.
Waves Stay Rescue
Tugs were standing by but are un.
able to assist the distressed vessel
because of the huge waves, 1t was
said. The Dormia was reported as
not carrying breeches buoy for the
removal Of it's personnel in an emer-
gency. No other details were given.
A veritabie cavalcade of automo-
lies passed through this town as
thousands of persons sought to es.
cape from the potential storm area
before the hurricane strikes.
Force Increases.
Latest reports placed the center of
the hurricane at the southern end
of the Abaco Island. 1t force has
not been determined but it was said
to be increasing in intensity
The weather here remained clear
A gentle wind was blowing from the
north.
MIAMI. Sept. 25 0.N.s).-out
of the path of the hurricane
which threatens to sweep the coast,
this city stood by today to render aid
to affected towns and cities if help
should be needed.
The wind is not expected to exceed
a velocity OF 40 miles an hour here.
The city, however, is filled with
locusts, regarded as a certain storm
warning.
Warned sufficiently of the ap-
proach of the hurricane, towns in
the danger zones were making extra
ordinary preca utions for safety. At
stragetic points supplies Of food,
kerosene. clothing and medicinal sup
lies were held in readiness.
Legion Aids
The organization to meet the IS to
3S.mile gale expected to hit here as
a by-product of the main storm,
formed two years ago, went about its
work with expedition and dispatch.
American Legion posts and service
clubs called out their relief workers
to be ready in such an emergency
as sent scores Of workers to Palm
Beach last fall.
Shortly before noon today Richard
Gray, Government metearologist
here. said to International News:
1T will be advisable to pull up
or remove awnings in this district,
but other precautions are unneces-.
sary. Winds here will reach be.
tween 25 and 3S miles an hour"
1t was sultry here today with
fleecy clouds overhanging the city
with slight breeZes and the muggi.
ness that precedes hurricane.
OKEECHOBEE, Fla, Sept. 25
Q.N.S.).-With rivers and streams al
ready pouring tons of water into
Lake Okeechobee, residents of this
semi.Everglades country today faced
days of anxiety, fearful Of a flood
similar to that which followed IN the
wake of the 1928 hurricane
1t was in this area that hundreds
of persons lost their lives last year
when terrific rains flooded the Okee.
chobee basin and rushed into this
district to spread over countless
acres Of lowlands.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, Sept.
25 U.N.S.1-Latest advices from the
United States Weather Bureau at
Miami were that Fort Lauderdale
would feel winds approaching hur-
ricanic force sometime tonight.
Coast Guardsmen were ordered to
take extreme precautions to protect
cutters in New River sound and
property along the beach in this
zone.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla, Sept.
25 N.S.l.-Preparatio are being
hurried here today by local Red
Cross officials "for concentration
of relief work in the face of a pos.
sible disaster" Activities under
George W. Carr, chairman of the
disaster relief committee were
started upon receipt of orders from
Washington Red Cross officials.
Shop-keepers strengthened their