Evening star., 1947-09-19

MIAMI.-RESORT LASHED B
along the water front take a
naval boats were going from house
to house over deeply flooded land
A number of persons narrowly
escaped injury when the roof anc
walls of a garage collapsed, crashing
on several automobiles.
At Baton Rouge, hurricane force
winds were expected by midafter.
noon. The harding airport already
reported 40-mile gales.
Sheriff Newman Debretton ano
Chief Of Police Fred Parker warned
citizens to go home and stay out
of danger. Emergency and disaster
relief crews were ordered to stanc
by at Baton Rouge. The Nationa
Guard was alerted.
Authorities expressed. fear that
many flimsy buildings of wartime
construction along the Gulf Coast
and in New Orleans would not be
able to withstand the battering.
City Gets State Aid.
Acting Gov Verret ordered al
State facilities for disaster placed
at the disposal of the city of New
Orleans.
State patrolmen were ordered tt
the Lake Ponchartrain front, where
police reported wide areas unde,
water rising above the 3-foot mark
Red Cross headquarters made al
emergency appeal for small boats
especially skiffs, to navigate street.
in the lake front area.
Authorities warned all resident,
of outlying areas to try to get to the
center of the city by any mean:
possible. They said it was dangerou!
to remain in outlying areas.
The control tower at the New Or.
leans Airport has been evacuated
The wind instruments broke aftel
registering 90-mile-an-hour winds.
Two. persons have been injured
but not seriously.
Lester LautenSchlaeger, chairman
of the Red Cross Disaster Commit
tee, called police when a disorder
broke out in the procedure of car
ing for evacuees. He said a group Of
'rowdies" outside a shelter in d
public school grabbed milk before it
could be taken inside to babies.
Relief Equipment Rushed.
Relief Army equipment was
rushed to a shelter center in the
Municipal Auditorium.
The last train reported to ar
rive here was the Southern Pacific
Railway Systems Pelican, which
crept into the station after a hectic
ride across railroad bridge span
ming Lake Ponchartrain. Grew
members said the lake was "as
Tough as any ocean we've evel
seen"
The barometer dropped to 2a.79
the lowest in 20 years, according te
Allan Aime, Weather Bureau fore.
caster. He said the au-time low fol
New Orleans was 2S11 September
%, 1911.
The wall of water driven by 81
miles per hour winds forced the
Navy to evacuate the naval air sta
ton at Lake Ponchartrain early this
morning.
All naval buildings were evacuated
as we'll as homes of enlisted men ano
officers
/ Persons driving into New Orleans
from the Gulf Coast we're being
stopped by State highway patro
officers and requested to aid in the
evacuation of persons in the low
lying areas around Lake Ponchar.
train.
James M. Coleman. amateur
radio operator here, said hams
have lined up contacts with amateur
operators in nearby States to handle
emergency calls.
Coast Highways Flooded.
A huge air-conditioning unit atop
the Whitney National Bank was
torn from its moorings, lifted across
the building top and dumped into
Poydras street in the city's down.
town section.
Highways along Mississippi's Gulf
Coast were reported flooded at sew
eral points where water surged over
the seawall.
/ Irvine Levi, another ham oper-
ator, said most points on the coast
had gone off the air because of
power failure.
/ Executive Director J. J. Kramer
of the Louisiana Restaurant Asso-
citation said all cafe men in the New
Orleans area were being contacted
and asked to make their facilities
available in feeding persons evacu-
ated from their homes.
The first person reported injured
in New Orleans was Edgar joseph
SO. He was cut in the eye by flying
glass.
Skating Rink Collapses.
Richard Norton, 16, was treated
Tor scalp wounds after a tent main.
stay at skating ring collapsed anc
| Stl uCk MIN on tne mead.
Radio communications between
police headquarters and squad car,
was disrupted.
Patrolmen were ordered to re.
port to headquarters every Il
minutes.
A woman anticipating childbirth
was unable to obtain medical aie
in Bucktown because of flooded
conditions Residents evacuatins
persons from the section by wadins
through thigh-deep water called ar
ambulance. When it arrived, high
water halted it and it returned te
the city. She was cared for by rela.
tives at pumping station.
Trolley cars were stranded I'D ano
down Canal street as the result OF
failure of the system in the com.
mercial district. The New Orleans
Cotton Exchange was closed because
OF the hurricane.
Lakeshore Hospital near Pom.
chartrain reported it was surround
ed by water. The flood had not
| crept into the hospital itself, ane