Evening star., 1941-10-06
Hurricane
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issued a supplemental warning or
dering northeast storm warnings
from Carrabelle, Fla, to Grand Isle,
La, on the Gulf, stating that the
hurricane had moved into the Gulf
between Everglades and Fort Myers.
1t passed Miami at 5:45 am.
Highest winds reported to the
Weather Bureau throughout the
passage of the storm from begin
! ming 1000 miles out in the Atlantic,
through the Bahama Islands and
across the East Florida coast, were
123-mile gusts recorded at the Pan
American Airways seaplane base
near here.
The Dinner Key Base, just south
of Miami, had 90-mile winds for a
sustained period of 80 seconds.
Nassau experienced winds as high
as 102 miles an hour. Several small
craft were driven ashore at the
Duke of Windsor's capital city. The
Duke and his Duchess are in Can
ada on a vacation.
Seven Reported Hurt.
Seven persons at Miami received
minor storm connected injuries, in
cluding five flremen. slightly hurt as
they fought blaze famed by the
high winds.
Fort Lauderdale, north of here,
was inconvenienced by a loss of
power. Coast Guardsmen evacuated
the exposed auxiliary base at Fort
Lauderdale Beach once lines went
| down.
| The hurricane warnings were ex-
tended last night to the south shore
of Lake Okeechobee - the region
where hundreds died in a 1928
storm-and many residents moved
| out to safety.
Some 500 'Glades inhabitants went
| to West Palm Beach. The United
States Sugar Corp. provided shelter
at CleWiston for about 1900 Negroes,
and 100 entered shelters at Belle
! Glade.
Hurricane warnings were ordered
down at 7 am. and southwest storm
warnings were hoisted from Key
| West to Vero Beach where, the
Weather Bureau said, winds would
continue strong for the next II
hours.
63-MiIe Wind at Miami.
In the Miami area the WINDS
diminished slowly. They piled big
waves in Biscayne Bay, washed over
thaukf,see causeWeys l4kia2 Miapl
Beach with the mairffafid and "fof
two hours after the storm center
passed. blocked motor travel totand
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wind reported was 63 miles an hour
with occasional gusts of rs miles an
| hour.
Shortly after 5 am, the barometer
at Miami reached low OF 1888
inches and started rising. 1t had
reached 29.41 in half an hour.
Developing with unprecedented
speed in the Atlantic almost 1000
miles from Miami, the hurricane
gathered force as it struck across
the scattered Bahama Islands and
aimed it's blow at Florida hardly So
hours after it first was reported.
Steadily blowing winds pounded
! the Bahamian capital of Nassau for
two hours last night, disrupting
electric power in the community OF
10000 persons.
Houses Nailed Tight.
Bahamian buildings, including
Government House, official residence
of the Duke and Duchess of Wind
sor. were nailed up tight. Com
munication with Miami by wireless
was almost uninterrupted and,
pending check-up when lights
were restored, no serious damage
was reported.
Miami and neighboring cities on
the Florida east coast, similarly,
shuttered windows, evacuated resi-
dents of the southern keys, and pro-
vided space in public buildings for
those whose homes seemed insecure
Spurred by Gov. Spessard l.. Hol-
land at Tallahassee and national
Red Cross officials, all communities
established first-aid and relief CEN
| terS.
Miami Beach, separated from the
mainland by Biscayne Bay, revealed
almost deserted residential and busi-
ness areas, although some bayfront
hotels kept doing business behind
heavily shuttered windows.
Miami, however, was crowded
Downtown hotels turned away hun
dreds. Numerous families moved into
offices. Babies slept on improved
beds atop slick business desks. Cots
and chairs provided beds for others
who had left their homes for the
duration of the storm.
No Rain Last Night.
Through yesterday and during
most of last night, the entire ares
of threatened Southern Florida en-.
joyed balmy breezes and was fret
of rain. From Palm Beach to Key
West on the east coast to Fort Myers
on the west, the weather gave nj
warning of the impending hurricane
The Weather Bureau, however
kept up a running list OF warning
throughout the day and night.
The State remembered its las
hurricane, which swept across th'
keys between the mainland and Ke,
West on Labor Day, 1885, killing 50'
stranded on the exposed islands. TIT
area around Lake Okeechobee Suf
fered 1,5OO deaths and $75 900, 900 IL
property damage from high waite
following a hurricane in 1928.
Miami was devastated by a 1922
hurricane that destroyed thousand
of f1imsy, boom-built structure;
killing 400, injuring 5000 and leavin'
$4,000 families homeless.
n n FII.l H.. - 20.