The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-12
United States
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lize to render all aid possible. Pan-American airways aided in relief work, broadcasting an ap. peal to the Red Cross for addition al medical supplies, doctors and nurses.
 San Juan, Porto Rico, Sept 12. |-(UP)-Damage from the tropi- cal hurricane that struck Porto Rico Thursday night, with two re- ported fatalities and numerous in- juries was confined chiefly to the San Juan district, reports from the interior today indicated. Although communications throughout the island were only partially restored, Acting Governor Padin believed that the fruit and coffee districts near San Juan suffered most. The bulk of the coffee crop, especially peared to have escaped great in- jury.
 San Juan was lashed by a 100- mile an hour wind at the height of the storm and roofs were torn off and branches of trees and de- bris scattered over the city. The electricity system was put out of commission but engineers expect ed to complete repairs to-day.
 The disturbance lasted about two hours. Rainfall was not un- usually heavy but driven by the high wind it soaked homes and private buildings. Part of Gov Theodore Roosevelt's collection of paintings and tapestries were soaked.
 A cargo of garlic saved the Spanish transatlantic liner Juan Sebastian Eloano from serious damage when 1t was bumped along the bulkhead by the storm. Light CTS on which 2,500 cases of gar- lie were loaded acted as . bumper and kept the ship from smashing to pieces after her cables were torn loose.
 Pan American airways reported that the power plant at Santo Do- mingo was rendered useless by the storm.
 A watchman for the Pyramid Oil company was reported killed by a falling roof and a woman was electrocuted at Rio Piedras. The wind in the harbor was so strong that 1t drove an old iron hulk, un- moved by former storms, against the Esteves Bridge.
 Mexico City, Sept 12.-(UP)- Violent storms on the east and west coasts of Mexico headed to- ward the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of Southern California today.
 The meteorological observatory reported intense winds along the middle Pacific coast and hurrt- cane gales at Cabo. state of Cor rientes, and at Jalisco. No damage had been reported.
 The hurricane which entered the land from the Caibbean near Be- lize probably will pass into the Gulf of Mexico tonight or to- morrow near Campeche," an obser- vatory statement said last night.
 "The Pacific cyclone which was west of ManzanilIo, Colima state, will continue moving northwest ward and will affect the coast of Sinaloa state and a portion of the southern part of the Gulf of Cali fornia."
 Wireless advices to Pan Ameri- can Airways said that the hurri- cane was very strong in the state of Yucatan. Other messages said that Belize, British Honduras, where the storms did greatest damage, was inundated to a depth of between five and nine feet.
 Cristebal, c. c., Sept 12.-(UP) The U. S. cruiser Rochester took on coal and supplies here to-day preparatory to proceeding to Be- lize.
 United States air stations in the Canal zone had received no orders to send relief to the hurricane area. It was understood that planes would be sent from the ma- Tine static nat Managua, Nicara- qua.
 St Thomas, Virgin Island, Sept l2.-(UP)-A Caribbean hurri- cane passed to the north of St Thomas Thursday afternoon, there were no casualties or property damage here.
 santo Domingo. Sept 12.-(UP) -Santo Domingo escaped damage by the hurricane that passed here. The storm was of slight inten-