The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-21
STORM FOLLOWS
UNIFORM CURVE
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W0HtlnUed from Z csc OAANJ
direction across Florida to h e
Jacksonville area.
The storm passed east OF jack
sonville about pm. Thursday, ana
was again charted b t W n
Charleston and Savannah, still
moving north, norsh-easterly. Hess
said it was hard to determine the
exact location Of the storm at any
given time, but according to his
calculations, it was located near
Paris Island Thursday afternoon.
The storm seemed to loiter in this
locality for several hours. The We.
locity at Paris Island was reported
81 miles per hour.
When the hurricane continued Its
course in the same general dlrec-
ton, indications at $3.50 am. yes
terday showed the center OF the
storm to be between 100 and l5o
miles west of Wilmington. and con-
tinuing in north, north-easterly.
Hess said that yesterday after
noon that it was his opinion the
storm was located in the vicinity
of Fayetteville and Raleigh, and
would move toward the Atlantic
coast, reaching the sea somewhere
north of Norfolk.
j Hess sal dthe tropical storms in
this section as rule make a more
pronounced curve, striking the sea
below the Wilmington area, and
continuing in a northerly direction
outside of the coastal area.
Evacuees from nearby beaches
Thursday night were housed tenn
porarily at the Maffit Village hous-
ing project and in the basement
of the Wilmington postoffice, in ad-
dition to other locations in h e
city.
At Maffit Village, ~ families
were sheltered in furnished apart
ments, and 81 persons in dorml-
tory rooms.
Some residents of the demount-
able section of Lake Forest spent
the night at the Lake Forest COM
munity building.
E. L. Avery, custodian, arriving
at the postoffice at $50 o'clock
Thursday night, found about 80
storm refugees seeking shelter for
the night. He provided seating in
the abandoned filter center a n a
heated the building for the family
groups, including four or five in
fants. t-f'~
Emergency lights had been in
stalled at the Atlantic Coast Line
railway yards, in anticipation OF
the storm. however. no damage to
railroad facilities was reported
here, although all communication
lines were reported down south OF
Florence, and trees had blown
across tracks between Charleston
and Mt. Holly, S. c. Slight dam
age was reported to several day
coaches in this area.
The Tide Water Power company
reported. last night that there was
practically no damage. but two dis
tribution circuits were temporarily
interrupted and service was re-
stored almost Immediately.
Officials of the Bell Telephone
company reported that there was
practically no damage in Whining
ton and repair crews were being
sent to areas in Florida. HoWev-
er, there has not been complete
report on damage in central North
Carolina, and no crewmen- have
been sent to that area, it was said.
An emergency engineering crew
stood by throughout the night at
nearby Army installations in prep
aration for any power failures or
falling trees. An emergency medi-
cal unit assured extra facilities for
all hospital patients, and a bus fleet
was held available for the possible
transfer of persons.
Tide Water buses were sent to
Wrightsville Beach to- bring into
town all persons who wanted to
leave and IL Queen City buses
were sent to Carolina Beach. At
9:15 pm, Red Cross workers at
the disaster committee headquar-
tiers at Woodrow Wilson hut re-
ported that three bus loads Of Car
DINA :. Beach residents and many
private car : loads had come to
the hut for shelter. tH u.s.,
From the hut arrangements were
made by the Red Cross for rooms
in hotels, private homes and Maj
fit Village for the evacuees.
Two sick cases requiring first aid
and physicians, were brought from
Carolina Beach, Red Cross workers
reported. &c. .~*..s.
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