Evening star., 1935-11-04
67-MiIe Wind Whips East
CoaSt-Radio Antenna of
Fort LauderdaIe Coast
Guard Swept Away.
PALM BEACH, SOCIETY
RENDEZVOUS, IN PATH
S. S. Sneland Drifting on Beach,
Master Fears Grounding.
Trucks Sent to Take Men Off
Keys-Towns Board Up as Re-
lief Organizations Mobilize.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla. November A hur-
lantic was close to the Southeast
Florida Coast early this afternoon
and expected to pass inland near
Miami within the next two hours.
The Jacksonville Weather Bureau at
| pm. Eastern standard time issued
the following bulletin:
Center of hurricane very close 10
Southeast Florida Coast and is still
apparently moving vest-southwest-
ward. Center will pass inland near
or a short distance north OF Miami
within the next two hours.
Miami weather at pm: Bar
ometer. $3.50 inches; west-northwest
winds. 81 miles per hour"
Relief workers hastened the evacua-
ton of the Florida keys. where ap-
proximately 400 war veterans and
others we're killed in the Labor day
hurricane.
Trucks to Take OFF 200.
William H. Green. in charge OF
relief operations on the Coral Islands.
sent trucks to take off 200 men at
Snake Creek BY boat from lower
Matecumbe IS other workers were
making their way TO Snake Creek
to board the waiting trucks. Refugees
will be brought here.
Power failed in the Miami News
Building shortly before noon. A
drenching rain was falling. whipped
by gusty squalls, and at Fort Lauder
dale, 80 miles to the north. there we're
sustained gusts as high as so miles
an hour. The barometer reading there
was 1890.
The Coast Guard radio station at
Fort Lauderdale could receive no
messages as high winds blew down its
antenna. Unofficial reports said 80.
mile winds we're blowing at the station.
Hurricane warnings we're flying
around the extreme southern tip OF
the peninsula from Palm Beach to
Naples on the west coast. Naples
is about 80 miles south of Fort Myers.
Master Fears for steamer.
Coast Guard divisional headquar-
ters at Jacksonville received a radio
message saying the steamer Sneland
was unable to maneuver in hurricane
winds just off the coast near Fort
Lauderdale. and the master feared the
vessel would be driven aground.
Radio-marine at Palm Beach re-
ported fireman on the tanker Hahira,
blowing through rough seas near
Fowey Rocks had been fatally injured
when he was struck by ventilator.
Operators at the station said the ac-
cident probably was caused by the
storm, although brief messages from
the tanker did not give details.
The freighter Florida of the Record
Steamship Line. Inc. being buffeted
by high seas off the coast hove to D
miles south OF Jupiter Inlet and an
chored there.
Residents of the southern tip Of the
j State. caught unawares by the changa
| in direction. hurriedly began board
ing up their homes and places OF
business.
1t was understood here busses were
being assembled at West Palm Beach
| to evacuate the residents Of Belle
| Grade on Lake Okeechobee. 4
Medical Units Modified. ,
The Dade County relief organiza-
| ton. under command of M. r. Har-
rison. Marine Reserve officer. got into
action. mobilizing relief workers, med
ical units and making ready for any
emergency.
Schools at Miami Fort Lauderdale,
Stuart and West Palm Beach were dis
missed. From Stuart, so miles north
of West Palm Beach, messengers went
into outlying sections to warn inhabi-
tants to take precautions.
Huge waves were breaking over the
Federal highway at points south OF
Jupiter, where the road lies close to
the sea for about six miles. Motor.
lists said the combers broke over the
high sand dunes and made driving
difficult.
Waves High at Palm Beach.
Similarly, waves washed over Ocean
Boulevard at Palm Beach. The boule-
ward skirts the beach and is lined with
homes of the wealthy.
At $50 am, Eastern standard time,
the Weather Bureau at Jacksonville
charted the storm IS miles east-north-
east of Miami and moving west
southwestward 1t issued the follow
ing storm warning:
Advisory. $50 am: Northwest
storm warnings ordered south OF Key
Largo to Key West and northward on
west coast to Fort Myers. and hurri-
cane warnings ordered Lake Okee-
chobee district. Hurrican warnings
remain displayed Miami to Stuart.
Fla, and storm warnings north Of
Stuart to TituSville. Tropical storm,
hurricane intensity, central IS miles
east-northeast of Miami moving vest
southwestward about 10 miles per
hour attended by hurricane winds.
All interests warned against severe
storm extreme southern Florida"
In the low-lying Lake Okeechobee
area many lives have been lost in past
storms. In 1928 hurricane caused
the lake to overflow its banks and
over 1000 persons were drowned.
Dut-islands Of the Bahamas group
were lashed yesterday and early today
by the hurricane before 1t turned to
naAnace the Florida coast.