Evening star., 1947-11-03
High Tides Inundate
| Norfolk Area After
BaHering CaroIinas
By Ms Assosiatsd Press

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Unusually high tides slapped at
rain-pelted Eastern Virginia today,
flooding low-lying areas Of Norfolk
and damaging resort homes and
property after causing thousands
of dollars damage of the Caro-
linas.
The causeway between jamestown
Island and the Virginia mainland
was under feet Of water, and was
expected to be submerged further
at high tide this afternoon. Ferry
service was halted between James
town Island and Scotland Wharf.
Other Tidewater ferry services
were still in operation, the State
Highway Department reported, but
the Little Creek-Cape Charles.
Newport News Norfolk and Newport
News -Willoughby boats were hay
ing rough trips.
Linked to Peruvian Earthquake.
The abnormal tides, attributed to
a Peruvian earthquake, were famed
shoreward by high winds, which
spread the water over number
Of Eastern Virginia highways.
The destructive water reached q
height Of . feet, 2 inches at Charles
ton, s. c., yesterday, flooding many
low-lying sections. Charleston q
normal tide Is about feet.
Weather onicials said they ex-
pected the high tide today to be
about 8 feet. Winds which reached
. velocity Of 40 miles an hour in
gusts yesterday declined to less
than 20 miles during the night.
The tide and wind damaged
houses at beach resorts and water
front installations In port cities In
the three States.
Houses Undermined.
At Folly Beach, s. c., on an
island which at one time was in
undated, houses on the front beach
were undermined and the beach it.
self was washed back about Il
feet. United States Highway II
linking Charleston with Savannah
Ga, was closed to traffic for about
three hours.
Damage also was reported ai
Georgetown, s. c., where the water
flooded into Front street, the city.
principal thoroughfare.
Coast Guardsmen rescued al
least 19 persons along the North
Carolina coast, where the water
almost covered the outer bank.
from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hat.
teras. Fifteen persons were taker
from a stranded Hatteras-Mantet
boat by Coast Guard crew ir
an amphibious landing craft anc
four seamen were taken from 6
60-foot yacht near Morehead City
The Rev. Frederick Sohon, seis-
mologist at Georgetown University
said at Washington there was q
$3.50 possibility that the tide was
related to the earth disturbances
recorded Saturday and Sunday.
Father Lynch Disasrees.
At New York, however, the Rev
Joseph J. Lynch, Fordham Univer-
sity seismologist, said that readings
indicated the quake centered too far
to the south and west to have af-
fected the Atlantic tides. More
over, he added, the vertical type
Slips" of earth formations required
to produce tidal waves are not nor
NAL in the Central Atlantic area.
The rains accounted for some
damage, too, away from the Tide
water area OF Virginia. However,
the afternoon high tides were ex-
pected to add to the difficulty.
Main damage in Virginia from the
tides was at Norfolk and nearby
Willoughby. At Willoughby a heavy
seawall was washed out and under
pinnings OF resort cottages were
damaged.
Low areas of Norfolk presented o
Venetian view. Buses and streetcars
were rerouted, but damage was not
regarded as extensive.