Evening star., 1933-09-16
NEW BERN LOSS HEAVY.
$4,000, 900 Damage Seen in Wind and
Flood in North Carolina.


NEW BERN. N. c.. September Is tPD.-
A wild hurricane which battered the
New Bern Morehead City Beaufort
area throughout last night roared on
up the Atlantic Coast today leaving
trail of wreckage in its wake. Dam
age was estimated at upward of 81
100000
Lieut.. D. F. Deotte of the Coast
Guard estimated the damage in New
Bern alone was in excess of a million
dollars, while city and county authori-
ties in Morehead City and Beaufort
said 1t would exceed s500,000 there.
Power plants in all three communi-
ties were put out of commission and
at Morehead City and Beaufort it was
doubtful power and light facilities
could be restored for several days.
No Deaths in Area.
The first check up revealed no deaths
in this section. The storm claimed at
least two lives. however, as a seaman
was washed of the motorship Sun by
high seas of Cape Hatteras yesterday
and a Negro fisherman was drowned
at Roanoke Island.
The wind reached a velocity of rs
miles an hour here while Coast Guards
men at Morehead City said it attained
a velocity of 30 to 100 miles an hour
there. where the barometer fell to
1886.
Hardly an industrial plant in the
New Bern area escaped damage from
wind and water and three quarter
mile section of the bridge across the
Neuse River-one of the longest bridges
in North Carolina-was carried away.
The tide was the highest ever re-
corded here. and the water came into
the city for two blocks. flooding streets.
water front business houses and the
first floors Of many residences. Motor
and row boats were operated in the
streets to remove residents from build
ings surrounded by water.
Beginning late Yesterday, the wind
increased in intensity during the early
hours of the night. blowing 50-mile
gale throughout most of the night and
at times reaching a velocity of rs miles
an hour. Trees were uprooted. light
structures along the water front de-
molished and other buildings damaged.
The Neuse River Bridge connecting
link between here and Bridgeton. on
Federal Highway No. II, went out about
1880 am Two stalled automobiles were
reported to have been on the section
Of the bridge carried away, but pre-
sumably their occupants had made
their way to safety.
A sharp wind was still blowing here
this morning and the water was high
and rough in the river. but danger Of
further damage apparently was past.
Lumber Carried Away.
Boats were wrecked and millions Of
feet of lumber carried away from lum-
Der yards by the high water here.
Bridge was damaged, while heavy dam
age was also reported to the Norfolk
& Southern Railroad Trestle over the
Neuse River.
The storm came IN from the Atlantic
Ocean from a southwestward direction,
and was accompanied by intermittent
rains Early in the night all power
In the city was turned of as q precau-
ton against broken wires. Falling
trees smashed power lines at many
places, and the city was without power
and light service this morning.
Large forces of men were working to-
day to clear the streets of trees and
debris from houses. There was hardly a
street in the city that was not blocked
when dawn canes
docks were gone numerous warehouses
unroofed and damaged.
The Woman's Club Building at Union
Point was flooded, water was standing
4 feet deep in 1t. On East Front
from 2 to feet and extended two
blocks inland.
The water rose a foot above the high
est piling at the Coast Guard cutter
Pamlico's dock. but the pilings held and
the boat escaped damage. The dock,
however, was washed away.