Evening star., 1933-09-17
DEATHS NEAR 10O
IN STORM REGIONS
Capital Escapes Entirely as
i Gale Veers Out to Sea
From Virginia.
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an alarming signal, and the storm al
ready was above IS miles an hour. The
storm was moving northward about 10
miles an hour and the Weather Bureau
said 1t was expected to reach the
South Jersey coast tomorrow.
The storm concentrated its force of
the Carolina coast yesterday and came
rushing northward today. 1t vented
its wrath on the territory around New
Bern, N c.. last night Morehead City
and Beaufort were swept. Damage in
the section was estimated at $4,000, 900.
Many smaller towns were cut of and
had made no report Of their losses.
Many Towns in Darkness.
Many towns along the sandy stretch
of Carolina were in darkness. Debris
and water filled the streets, At Nav
Bern, the wind reached IS miles N
hour. Morehead City swayed under a
100 mile-an-hour wind.
The long bridge across the Neuse
River near New Bern was ripped apart.
Virtually every business house there
vas damaged. The tide was the high
est on record. Docks were washed
away.
Relief crews went into the stricken
area today and labored in the rain to
patch houses and clear streets.
The storm center was of Cape Hat
teras today and had dropped to 25
miles an hour-anOther dangerous sign,
for it indicated the eye" of the hurri-
cane was there. Storms of this char
acter often lull and then recruit all
their forces to whip seas and land with
their tail
Seas off this city were pounding all
day The Weather Bureau issued a
warning that a terrific wind was headed
directly for the port. The city was
battered down. Tides began running
through the streets. Residents appeared
in bathing suits
Course Changes Suddenly.
The wind reached dangerous propor-
tions in the afternoon. then suddenly
turned rorthward and removed all dan
ger Of further damage here. Windows
were blown out of a few stores here.
Fishing villages along the Virginia
coast were swept and reports from the
bay areas near the mouth of the York
River said the situation there was had.
The Chesapeake Bay was raging and
already had swept over the narrow
peninsula of Willoughby
Even while the Virginia cape country
almost held its breath n anticipation
of danger, the sunny coast OF Mexico
sought its dead and injured from
storm that swept between Brownsville,
Tex, and Tampico, Mexico, Yesterday.
At least were known dead, so in
jured and 1000 left homeless.
Red Cross Is Ready.
Distress was reported in every city
swept by the storm. The American Red
Gross instructed its chapters in New
Jersey Delaware and Maryland to pre-
pare for emergencies. Five relief work.
ers were sent into the stricken Carolina
country.
Incessant rains fell along the Jersey
coast and stiff wind whipped the
sea: Boats Rugged their harbors and
coastal towns got ready for a real blow
Two barges were reported loose from
their tug of the Jersey coast with sew
eral men aboard
Even New England felt force of the
gale. The fishing fleets at Province
town. Mass. sought safety Some
streets coastal cities were flooded.
-Four days Of rain sent creeks in the
WIkes-Barre, Pa. area on rampages.
The Wyoming Valley was experiencing
Its worst food in years John Wasilew-
ehA, Cdl- -OlQ 1cll QedQ WQlS
ne was running away from waters that
broke into the workings Of the Trues-
Gale mine.
Hope Aba 1doned for Four.
-Four men were trapped in the hole.
Authorities said hope for their safety
had been virtually abandoned. Rescue
crews were working to save them.
Two hundred miners at the Truesdale
escaped from the trap.
Hundreds Of homes at Wilkes-Barre
were marooned by water that reached
3 to feet
Torrential rains fell all day in New
England: Highways were damaged, as
were railroads and communication lines
Weather Bureau officials said the
New England storm was not a part of
the blow that swept the Southern coast
and that the Southern storm would be
well spent before it reached New Eng
land
Winds of 10 miles an hour swept the
sea off Winter Quarter Light House
That indicated the center OF the storm
was off shore and moving toward Della
ware BreakWater
Ihe storm struck hardest in Norfolk
at low tide and held the water at flood
stage. The damage was far below that
OF the tides in the hurricane August 13
Bay Front Hard Hit.
Beach resorts were damaged and COM
murlcatlon lines in the lowlands near
the capes were disrupted The greatest
damage apparently was done along the
Chesapeake Bay front. where lowlands
were inundated and hundreds of per-
sens were driven from their homes
The wind was believed harder than
that Of the August % storm, but the
tide was at least five feet lower today
Water was two to three feet deep in
Norfolk at high tide and stayed on the
streets all day.
A 68-mile- le-an-hour gale whipped the
Fort Monroe section and cottage resi-
dents nearby were brought into the fort
for safety. Soldiers sandbagged the
gates of the fort for protection against
high water Miles of loW-lying land in
the Messick- -Poouoson area were
flooded The Yorktown water front was
under water
Approximately 300 persons fed their
homes in the Gloucester Mathews area
Red Cross workers were caring for the
refugees. Relief stations were estab-
lished throughout the stricken area.