Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
5000 FLEE FROM
OCEAN CITY, MD.
Eastern Shore Resort Is Rip.
ped by Worst Storm
Sea Lifts Automobiles
REPORT NO LOSS OF LIFE

Maryland, from inundated. gale
swept and abandoned Ocean City,
on throughout the Eastern Shore
and even Baltimore, was beginning
to "see the dove after one Of the
most terrific storms that have ever
lashed this area in its history. So
far, no loss of life has been report
ed. but reports are 80 meagrs and
communication with the isolated
belt from Ocean City to Claiborne
is 50 completely paralyzed that no
one can be sure, particularly at
Ocean City, where between 5000
and 10000 persons waded Or get
away by automobile late Wednes-
day over the ocean bound highway
bridge between Ocean City and the
mainland over the Sinepuxent Bay.
a summary of the situation gath
cred from Associated Press re
ports, short-waved wireless sta
tions and correspondents who have
talked to refugees and vacation
lists, who fed, is as follows:
Ocean City-No loss of life
known; boardwalk washed away:
hotel guests, including many Della
wareans and residents advised to
leave the island by Coast Guard;
30-foot waves tossing automobiles
about, four being carried off the
bridge but occupants rescued; one
man was washed off the boardwalk
but was rescued by Coast Guards;
Water sweeping through the lower
floor Of several hotels: both rail-
road and highway bridges under
water. and reported being badly
undermined, with unconfrmed re-
ports that some parts of both had
been washed away; two blocks of
the amusement section wrecked
with thousands of dollars damage:
several small cottages and shacks
on the bay side reported wrecked
and washed away. Berlin, out of
communication with the rest of the
Eastern Shore. taking care of hun
dreds of vacationists who had gone
to the resort by train; so Domin-
ican College students still maroon
ed on the island at p. m. Wednes-
day. According to a Dover Asso-
ciated Press dispatch graphic
description of the storm at Ocean
City was given by C.. P. Hench, of
Harrisburg. Pa, refugee from
the battered resort town. Arriving
at Dover by automobile after a
battle through water-covered high
ways, he said the damage had been
tremendous He knew of no loss
of life. He was in the Atlantic
Hotel Wednesday and the waves
that swept from the Atlantic
ocean across to the Sinepuxent bay
in the rear of the narrow strip of
! land shook the hotel noticeably
Water stood in the lower floor of
the hotel. The people became
1 panic-stricken, he said, as the gale
continued and the thought of high
tide in the early morning gripped
them. The water was sweeping
the narrow strip of land at low
tide and they feared high tide
might bring a collapse of many
structures in the resort. After
leaving Ocean City, Hench said he
drove four miles through water
The Majestic Hotel was in worse
shape than the Atlantic hotel,
Hench said, and it was impossible
to open the front door People
leaving the back door wore bath
ing suits since water was standing
there at all times. Hench said a
number of automobiles standing
on Baltimore street were literally
buried in sand that had been wash
ed up by the boiling waters. Both
ends of the boardwalk were wash