The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24

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 wind and rain in Dumont, N' ;.
 Ceaseless vigilance by the coas' guard prevented sea caso ao,,es There were several daring rescues A nootor boat being swept toward the breakers at Cape May, Y. y; was saved with two men acoaro when it was within 100 yards oi iutting rocks. off Lewes Station IT. the coast guard took nve men from two gasoline launches which were foundering.'
 From Sandy Hook, to Cape May +ha beleaguered coast surereo haavv damage. Many families let, their homes as the surf lasheo ol fonndations. High water drove 3oV nersons from their summer cot fares at Oakwood Beach, N. J.:
 All airports in the metropolitan area cancelled all flights. Harbor .traffic was curtailed and all trans Atlantic ship lines revised their docking schedules to make them dependent upon weather coHol- tions, Several coastwise passenger vessels took refuge in protected m lets, fearing heavy seas pounding Long Island Sound and the jersey coast. ,.. when the gale broke their moor ing lines and swept them to de- struction against piers and bulk heads. No one was reported lost and it was believed they were not occupied. The high wind was accompanied by heavy rain in New York city. Damage was not extensive and was confined to communication lines small fires caused by short cir quits, and trees falling on houses and motor cars.
 Atlantic Beach suffered the heaviest damage along the Long Island coast, 1000 foot trestle was sheered away by pounding seas. Wooden walks were washed to sea and the Casa Del Mar clubs At Cape May, the 300-foot mu- nicipal pier was washed away. its supports torn away by giant cofnbers. A 90-foot mast of the coast guard station there was snapped. High tides entered the town of Longport, near Atlantic City.
 Greeks flowing into Delaware bay were backed up by high tdies and flooded considerable territory. Farther inland, crop damage was heavy. Farmers in Salem, Cum berland and Camden counties faced the loss of their entire summers work as thousands of fruit trees were broken and plants were beaten to pieces. Fruit growers es- timated their loss in the three counties would exceed $200,000. 
 New England Hit
 Boston, Aug "A (UP)-The vanguard of the storm which has lashed the Atlantic seaboard since yesterday struck the New England coast early to-day with greatly di- unfinished intensity, although il claimed one life.
 A heavy downpour of rain, in- creased wind velocity and huge storm waves battered the jagged coast line from Connecticut to Maine.
 Low-hanging clouds and unusual humidity were the only indications of the storm around Boston after a night of intense rain ut it was feared that by 2:30 D. m., at hign tide, sea walls in this vicinity might be in danger from the inrushing waves.
 A giant wave struck the power boat of Bertram Ridlon, 50 lob sterman, off Cape Porpoise. Me, as he was pulling in his traps. The boat was dashed against rock and foundered. Ridlon, thrown into the water, sank at once al- though his son, Ernest, was able to make shore on Trott's Island. There he borrowed a small boat and rowed to the mainland for help. Ridlon's body was found later and a medical examiner at- tributcd death to a heart attack.
 Small boats crowded into safe harbors along the coast. At Swampscott, it was found neces- sary to remove most of them from the water, an unusual precaution.
 The Hermes. 165-foot patrol boat dispatched to the aid of two sick men aboard the trawler Yan- kee on Georges bank, 15O miles rom here, was unable to send d line aboard the vessel and finally decided to convoy it to Province town. The heavy sea made 1t fool hardy to attempt to take the two men aboard.
 Harrisburg, Pa, Aug 24-UP)- The tail-end of a tropical hurri- cane that spread destruction throughout southern Pennsylvania was materially diminished fin force to-day as 1t moved northward along the Susquehanna valley.
 All lowland areas were flooded. traffic was paralyzed throughout the night, and communication and power lines were crippled in most sections from Harrisburg south and west.
 Thousands of automobiles. trucks and busses were stalled on the highways. Many were overturned and rescuers to-day sought to de- termine whether drivers were drowned in the submerged auto- mobiles.
 Four deaths were reported in the central Pennsylvania area. Andrew Krzyzosiak. 36, Steelton, was elec- trocuted by wire tl>lt had blown down near his home. Lemar Shem- berger. 16, was drowned in flood waters at York that swept away a