The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05

Cape Sable of the lower west coast. Its fringes inflicted heavy damage to crops, particularly to the citrus crop still on the trees.
 The U. s. weather bureaus last location of the storm placed the center of the Gulf of Mexico 75 miles northwest of Key West eafly today. The hurricane then was holding its west-southwest or vest ward direction with possibilities of the winds increasing in intensity as they again gathered force over the water.
 Shipping Cautioned
 Shipping in the southeastern gulf was cautioned. While the storm is expected to describe an arc in the gulf, weather observers watched carefully to see whether there was any possibility of its re- curving to menace the Florida west coast. Latest observations had in- dicated the west coast was in no danger.
 Miami police had reports that seven persons had been killed, but only four bodies had been taken to the morgue and it was believed they constituted all the dead. Hospitals estimated they treated 35 persons for injuries.
 Nine Are Missing
 Fear was felt for nine persons reported missing. Horace Matthews, bridge tender at Dania, 20 miles north of Miami, was last seen dur ing the storm. Three fishermen, Johnson, Quoman, and Johnson's son, put to sea a few hours before the hurricane struck and have not been heatd of since. Don Putnam, 19, Robert Ford, 19, Arthur Burke, 19, Casper Hefty, Jr., and Duboise Milledge also were reported missing
 The great Royal palms, that make Miami a picturesque tropical para disc, were blown down by scores.
 Names of Known Dead
 The dead were:
 Ruth Levy, 13, killed by the col- lapsing roof of her home.
 David Bacrach, 39, New York, 8 winter visitor, died of a heart at tack.
 Herman Thomas, 65, died of 8 heart attack.
 A sailor (name unknown) of the s. s. Hahira, killed by ventilator ripped from ship by wind.
 M. R. Harrison, chairman of the Dade county relief committee, said that damage in Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, and Coconut Grove, would be approximately $1, ,000,00
 Harrison's figure was believed too conservative, but no other figure was available. Partial surveys in- dicated damage of several hundred thousand dollars to the property of the Florida Power and Light com pany alone, according to H. H. Hy- man, district manager.
 Damage to the palatial Hialeah Park racing plant amounts to $40O, ,000, E. J. Clark, grounds super intendent, said.
 
 Though the scenes of desolation were bad enough, they did not be- gin to approach those of the fright ful hurricane of 1928 when Miami was virtually wrecked and 1,500 to 2,500 were killed in Florida.
 Early today sea water was reced- ing from Miami Beach where at the height of the hurricane it was four feet deep. Traffic between Miami and Miami Beach still was para lyzed.
 Two yachts-the PAT foot Chalena, owed by Charles MacCarr of New York, and the 188 foot Arcadia, owned by Mrs. Margaret s. Hard wich, of Brookline, Mass-moored to the causeway, were smashed against one another and badly damaged. The smoke stack of the Miami Beach plant of the Florida Power and Light company was blown down.
 Damage to other neighboring re- sorts was equally severe.
 At Hollywood a new high school lost its roof. Almost every window in the Hollywood Beach hotel, was broken, driving rain ruined much equipment, and the hotels arcade was choked with sand. Two air. plane beacons were bent double. The roof of the Hollywood Casino, was torn off. During the storm the entire Hollywood Lake" section was under water. ~'
 Equipment of the Pittsburg Plate Glass company's testing grounds was damaged. At Fort Lauderdale, six buildings of the coast guard station, were wrecked.
 Of three ships in distress during the storm, two had extricated them selves safely. An unidentified ship was aground off Miami Beach and unconfirmed reports said it was a Standard Oil tank ship. Her crew was believed safe aboard. The s. s.