The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-24
NAVY PLANES HUNT STEAMER
LOST IN HURRICANE; TWENTY
DIE IN ATLANTIC COAST GALES
Millions of Dollars Loss in
Flooded Cities Mark
Path of Storms.
NORFOLK HARDEST HIT
Shipping. Battered From
Cape HatteraS to Maine;
Gale Sweeps New York.
By United Press

Bv United Press
A furious Neutrality-suspicious.
storm along the Atlantic coast
from North Carolina to Maine
today had left a toll of more
than a score dead and millions
Of dollars damage in flooded
cities, a major railroad wreck,
and battered shipping from
Cape Hatteras to New Eng
land.
Many persons were marooned or
missing. including thirty to forty
passengers on the steamer City of
Norfolk. more than forty hours over
due. which was the object of an in
tense search by sea and air after
she failed 10 arrive at Norfolk. A
squadron of naval planes from Lang-
ley Field. Va. joined the hunt. The
ship had thirty or forty passengers,
including two lost from the dam
aged steamer Madison. which made
port today, to two killed in the
wreck of the Crescent Limited pas
senger train near Washington.
Hurricane Blowing Self Out
The tail of the tropical hurri-
cane that created havoc in North
Carolina. Virginia. Maryland and
Washington, d. c., whipped over
Pennsylvania after huge waves
flooded the Maryland resort town Of
Ocean City, sending most of the
10000 summer population over
flooded highways toward the main
land. The hurricane was blowing
itself out.
Today's gale, northward on the
coast, was a new storm. 1t marked
the fifth consecutive day Of bad
weather which has gripped the At
lantic seaboard.
In the Norfolk Portsmouth area,
property damage was estimated at
$4,000 900.
Communication with Norfolk was
re-established early today, but many
surrounding towns and resorts w@re
isolated.
Two OF Ships Crew Lost
The passenger liner Madison bat
tered and crippled, was conveyed
into Norfolk by coast guard cutters
early today. She lost two Of her
crew in riding out the hurricane
which caught her in its vortex off
Cape Charles, Va, the ship flashed
two SOS calls for assistance.
The New York metropolitan area
today was held in the teeth Of a
sixty-mile gale.
Floods threatened low-lying sec
tons of Washington, but the hurri-
canes damage there was small COM
pared with havoc wrought in Mary
land and Virginia resorts.
Hundreds were marooned on roof
tops. Daring rescues were numer-
Gus. Thousands were homeless.
One-third of the city Of Norfolk
was under water. Marines and
coast guardsmen assisted police in
preventing looting of wrecked
homes. but thieyery was reported in
Norfolk suburbs.
Property Damage Heavy
The hurricane diminished in in
tensity passing over the Virginia
capes and the District of Columbia,
and today it was moving northward
along the SuSquehanna valley in
Pennsylvania. reduced to a point
where no further harm was feared.
Property damage in southern
Pennsylvania was heavy with low
lands and highways flooded A.
death list was feared when sub
merger automobilec and wrecked
homes were searched
The heaviest property damage
was to crops. Many districts re-
ported farmers had suffered COM
plete loss.
Highways, bulkheads, seawalls
and ocean-side cottages from Long
Island south to North Carolina were
either destroyed or damaged.
Shipping Is Paralyzed
Shipping was paralyzed, and
three seagoing barges we're sunk.
although their crews were rescued.
Thousands Of small, vessels. TIED up
in harbors and inlets, we're swamped
and sunk.
Todays new southeast gale was
believed to have resulted from The
clash Of the hurricane and a north
easter which has blown along the
North Atlantic coast since Sunday.