Evening star., 1947-09-19
400 Buildings Lost
And6,233Damagedi in
Florida Hurricane
BY the ksaoeioted Press

ATLANTA, Sept. ia prelimi-
nary survey of property losses in
hurricane-stricken areas of the
Florida East Coast showed 2O4
homes destroyed and 3.202 damaged,
the Red Cross reported yesterday.
In addition, about 200 other build
ings OF various types were DESTROYED
and 3.031 damaged. The report did
not classify the buildings as to size
or kind of construction.
The survey, announced at a news
conference here by Basil OConnor,
national Red Cross president, indi-
Gated that the principal area of
storm damage on the East Coast was
bounded on the south by the north
ern section of Miami, on the north
by st. Lucie County, and on the
west by Moore Haven, on Lake
Okeechobee.
The counties of Palm Beach and
Broward Fort Lauderdale) were
described as being hardest hit by
the hurricane
Mr.. O'Connor's report on South
Florida included:
CLEWISTON-LAKE OKEECHO-
BEE AREA-Considerable damage
to truck gardens and citrus crop:
minor damage of homes and build
ings.
BROWARD COUNTY Three
homes washed away and 40 damaged
at Deerfield; 10 homes DESTROYED.
Is badly damaged and ITS less seri-
ously, damaged at Pompano; IS
dwellings, destroyed and 159 dam
aged at Ft. Lauderdale. Houses de-
stroyed south of Ft. Lauderdale
were II the negro section. Citrus
and other trees in county heavily
damaged.
DADE COUNTY (MiamD North
west section of Miami caught brunt
OF storm. Considerable damage to
trees, shrubbery and store fronts.
1t was estimated some 300 homes
were damaged in Miami. Hialeah
was one of worst affected areas.
There were 81 building fronts dam
aged in downtown Miami.
An Associated Press and news
paper survey of hurricane damage
IN Florida cities and towns follows:
FORT Suffered prop
erty damage up to $1,00O,0O0 from
winds which maintained speed of
better than 100 miles an hour for
over three continuous hours. Water
and sewer systems were hard hit
by flood waters from high tides.
PUNTA GORDA-Reported winds
up to 100 miles an hour with little
serious damage. An 80,0O0-volt high
tension line spanning Charlotte har-
Dor blew down, necessitating costly
replacement job.
BOCA GRANDE-Little damage
from winds ranging up to 80 miles
an hour.
SARASOTA-Streets Uttered with
palm fronds from steady 50-55 mile
winds, rising in gales to 70.
BRADENTON - Power failure
from early Wednesday night to early
yesterday morning.
ST. PETERSBURG
trees blown down, many small and
localized Interruptions of light and
telephone service, but no heavy dam
age from 60-65 mile winds, with
gusts up to IS. Storm conditions
caused an unusual number of traffic
accidents, one of which resulted
fatally for Marine Corpl. Robert
Marks, 20, yesterday.
TAMPA-Same service Interrupt
tions as st. Petersburg, although
maximum steady winds were esti-
mated St below As with guests of IS.
One small house burned down, the
fire famed by the gale. Shirley A.
Wade, "a, of Hollywood, who drove
his family to Tampa from the East
Coast to escape the hurricane there,
was injured fatally when struck by.
an automobile as he stood by his car
waiting for tire to be changed.
LAKELAND-Steady winds of A
miles with guests up to IS caused
heavy bruising damage to important
citrus crop, but there was little fruit
dropping.
WINTER HAVEN-Power service
interrupted by winds of so miles an
hour which swept through citrus
groves with the same results as at
Lakeland.