Evening star., 1935-11-05
HURRICANE DEATH
TOLL |SFOUR, WITH
$1,9DO,00O DAMAGE
Miami'S Winter Sports
Spots Hardest Hit-BuiId-
ing Resumed.
MORE THAN TW0SC0RE
PERSONS ARE INJURED
83-Mile.an-Hour Gale Passes Out
Into Gulf After Eight Hour
Sweep Across Florida.
BY the Associated Press,

By the ASsocia ted Press.
MIAMI. Fla, November 5-A post
season hurricane lashed at ship
ping in the Gulf Of Mexico today as
rebuilding began in a $500 900 arc
of destruction and death 1t carved
across Southern Florida.
Miami-just opening the Winter
tourist season-was hardest hit.
Four deaths were attributed to the
storm, which headed to the mainland
yesterday after skirting the Bahama
Islands.
More than tWoScore persons were
injured in its eight-hour blow from
the Eastern shore city of Fort Lauder
dale to Cape Sable Of Southwest
Florida.
Nassau reported five Bahama fishing
SmackS were missing.
The Coast Guard cutters Seneca and
Saranac were dispatched to aid an
unidentified tanker which sent up
flares three-quarters of a mile of
Miami Beach.
Commercial and pleasure craft were
pounded by waves and wind Several
boats were tossed high upon the land.
Buildings Unroofed.
Homes and business houses lost roofs
and windows, opening them up to tor
rental rains which combined with
gale-driven tides to flood streets of
the beach areas to a depth of 3
feet.
Few frame buildings escaped the
fury of the wind.
Highways were broken and power
lines cut. Noted sporting establish
ments OF the Miami area. including
the Madison Square Garden Arena
here and the Hialeah race plant, were
damaged.
Wind. water and fallen trees COM
bined to stall motor cars Several
were wrecked by dropping signs.
A 40-minute full between the ad
vance gales, which registered IS miles
an hour at Miami. and the hurricane
proper, blowing SO miles an hour, gave
residents an opportunity to shutter
windows and make their homes more
secure, thus reducing the human toll
The dead were:
Ruth Levy, l3, crushed by q falling
beam.
Herman Thomas. 65. who succumbed
to a heart attack while placing shut
ters at his home
David Bachrach. SO. real estate
broker. also victim Of heart attack
An unidentified sailor aboard the
steamship Martha. reputedly struck by
q flying ventilator.
Workers Evacuate Keys.
Relief workers evacuated the Florida
Keys as a precaution against repeti-
ton of the Labor day tragedy in
which a tropical disturbance killed
400 persons, but the area escaped
damage. The current storm was a
month behind the close Of the usual
hurricane season.
Chairman NJ. r. Harrison Of the
Disaster Relief Committee and OBJ
servers of the Miami Herald agreed
damage in the greater Miami area. ex-
elusive of public utilities. would ap-
proximate $1,000 900. Farmers esti-
mated the loss in citrus and other
crops at more than $500000.
Police took extra precautions to
prevent looting.
Bars in the Negro areas were closed.
and streets and parks were cleared
Of sightseers. All persons were re-
uuested to remain indoors as much
~ I@A
to allow an orderly cleanup of the
debris.
Many parts of Miami were in dark
ness last night, but the downtown
section was lighted. About SIS per-
sons were given emergency treatment
at jackson Memorial Hospital by
candlelight.
COLONIZATION Equipment Ordered.
DR.. Henry Hanson, State health Of
ficer, ordered chlorination equipment
sent here from Jacksonville.
''All water used in this area should
be boiled while reglar supplies are
interrupted" he said
With reservoirs emptying rapidly
and pressure insufficient to force water
above street level floors. efforts were
being made to repair severed power
lines to Miamis municipal light plant
in Hialeah so that pumps can be
started again.
The storm ripped across sparsely
settled saw-grasS country and the
(See HURRICANE, Page 81
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