Evening star., 1936-09-18


Her lifeboatS were smashed. A Coast
Guard cutter continued to stand by.
Murphy said he believed the center
Of the hurricane was turning out to
the Atlantic.
No lives as yet were reported lost
in the blow but at least half hundred
rescues were effected here and to the
south.
Property damage was not immedi-
ately calculable. but it appeared it
would not run as high as in the hurri-
cane which struck Norfolk in 1888.
Winds and Tide Fall.
When the center Of the hurricane,
an ominously calm area about IA
miles across, had passed the Virginia
Capes, the winds and tides began to
fall back toward normal here at Nor
folk.
AS the tension here relaxed. New
port News. Va. reported a l0o-mile-
an-hour wind was sweeping in. The
Langley Field airdrome was flooded
with water.
The S. S. Ida Hay Atwater. 2.50o-
ton vessel with a crew of 80, dragged
its anchor in Delaware Bay and
asked help from the Coast Guard.
Most of the telephone lines went
down from Onancock to Cape
Charles, Va.
The steamer City Of Newport News
nf no1f Eo;r
sailed for the Maryland city yester-
day, was reported today to be an
chored and riding out the storm at
Smiths Point, As miles below Balti-
more.
The Norfolk Washington Lines
steamer District of Columbia was
forced to move away from her dock
early today and anchor off Hospital
Point. Six tugs assisted her.
Dance Hall Damaged.
The top Of the dance hall at Ocean
View was carried away by the wind
and at 9 am. streets were under 2 feet
Of water. First-aid stations were set
up there and IT'S persons quartered in
the fire house and Veterans OF For
eign Wars Home.
A large houseboat smashed into
and tore away part of the railing OF
Masons Greek Bridge.
Bus and street railway systems here
and to Virginia Beach were disrupted
by the inflowing tides. Telephone
service was irregular. Automobiles
were stalled everywhere
In the midmorning q boat crew was
organized at Ocean View and the
task of clearing out all Willoughby
residents begun. Several cottages
there were unroofed.
Richmond Awaits Blow.
With 3o-mile-an-hour gale whip
ping the city at noon, Richmond to-
day awaited violent 40-mile wind
storm. accompanied by rain. which the
Weather Bureau said would probably
hit here around pm.
Meanwhile. all efforts possible were
being made here to keep in communi-
cation with the Norfolk hurricane
area. The Chesapeake q Potomac Tel
ephone Co. reported IL out Of 80 cir
cults to the peninsula area already out
OF commission, due to high winds.
Lines to Gloucester and Warsaw were
also down.
Bus lines were still running, but, due
to the fact that ferries have ceased
operation, they could only reach
Portsmouth. The State Highway De-
partment reported that route 46o, near
Suffolk, and Route 10, at Smithfield,
were covered with water.
All shipping was halted in the Rich
mond Harbor.
Find Haven In Lighthouse.
Coast Guardsmen said they under
stood the Inhabitants had taken
shelter in the famous Ocracoke Light
house, . sea beacon since l798. From
elsewhere along the coast, where
communications were wrecked and
seaside communities flooded, tbs same
encouraging reports came in from
wireless amateurs:
mo loss Of life"
Nevertheless, the fast-moving hurri.
cane center, with It's attendant winds
Of from 90 to 90 miles IN hour, was
causing national and local officials
the utmost concern.
The Red Cross was Standing b.
ready to hurry relief into stricken
communities. vfils Nayional Guards
men were acting q rescue workers at
some points.
The cheering news about Ocyscoks,
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