The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-20
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Year,
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files OF The Citizen


The fifth tropical disturbance
in fifty years and the first one in !
seven years struck Key West yes !
terday afternoon about 3 o'clock, !
and was accompanied by the usual
downpour of rain. Key West was
only on the rim of the storm, the
center of which passed about 40
miles southeast OF the city. The
wind at Key West had a mean
velocity of 20 miles Turning up to
81 during the gusts, it was stated !,
at the weather bureau this MORN |
ing. The disturbance was about j
lZU miles in diameter and went
in the direction OF the Bahama
I.lands. Key West had prepared
for the storm and citizens in every
section had taken the usual pre-
cautions against damage to homes
and other buildings. Aside from
few insecurity rooted trees
which were blown down and small
yhrubbery uprooted, there was not
one report of damage: No per-
son was injured and the city this
morning looks the same as it did
before the storm. This storm was
first reported in Havana. Later
winds in this vicinity strengthened
into gale force and by l o'clock it
was thought advisable to turn off
the electric current which made
it impossible to get out an edition
of The Citizen, and the entire city
was in darkness last night, more
as mattefsOf precautiOn than of
necessity. The power was turned
on at an early hour this morning.
Gas service was not impaired, and
telephone service was slightly dis
turbed, and those phones which
were put out of commission have
been restored to service today.
Yacht Thendara, owned by the
Porter Dock company, parted the
hawsers and went adrift. Vessels
have been sent in search of the
vessel. Insurance estimators have
been all over the city and esti-
mate the total losses to be about
$4,000. Schooner Pocahontas, of
the city scavenger department,
was washed ashore by the winds
last night and today is high and
dry. 1t is not possible to estimate
the damage to the vessel. The
fire bell on Olivia ctreet. because
of crossed wires, started changing
last night and kept it up until the
weights on the mechanism had
reached full length of their cables.
Then the bell stopped. ,
1t has been decided by the Ro-
tary Club of Key West to have
weekly publication, giving details
of the various activities of the or
ganization. Ira J. Moon has been
selected as the editor.
Today DIR. ]. Y. Porter, ST.,
celebrated his 18TH birthday. He
was, presented with a beautiful
birthday cake by his granddaugh- !.
ter Miss Minnie Porter Harris and
her friend Judge Ileen Williams.
DR.. Porter insisted it was good
cake and to prove his assertion
cut the cake and presented each
person present with a portion. !
That none was left ''to the last
crumb" testified to it's worth. /
Chief Deputy Sheriff Joseph
Kemp left yesterday in response
TO call from Marathon. Arriv-
Ting there he found a man who
gave his name as L. E. Reed, wan !!
dering aimlessly around and APP
|parently mentally deficient. Cues
toned the man said that he had
been in the oil busineHs in Ha-
Vana and started for Miami. His
finances enabled him to get as far
as Marathon where he found he
was out of funds. He was brought
to the city and placed in the
county Jail where he is being
cared for. &mong his effects was
letter addressed to him in Ha-
vana, Cuba. 1t purported to be
from his sister and was signed
Iva. 1t was dated from Erie,
Transatlantic and efforts arr hn