The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-10
Waves Pound Over
Beach Road. Wdter
Covers Highways

Hurricane winds which reach
ed gust velocity of so miles an
hour swept Jackson county Sat
urday morning dealing consider
able damage to the bumper pecan
crop and paralyzing traffic on two
highways for several hours.
Little or no damage was re-
ported although a few trees were
blown down in various sections.
Damage to what promised to be
the largest pecan crop in many
years was estimated at between
10 and 35 per cent. In several
instances heavily loaded limbs
broke under the impact of the
wind.
Highway 80 from Pascagoula to
Gautier was impossible from
about 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. and from
three to three and a half feet of
water over the Escatawpa fill on
Highway SO stopped traffic for
several hours, state and county
highway patrolmen reported. Sew
eral cars were stalled in the water
in each stretch. On the longer
stretch over the Pascagoula- eau
tier fill passengers of a few cars
got out and waded back to dry
land leaving their automobiles
drowned out until the water re-
coded.
The Pascagoula river rose to
flood several places along the Riv-
err Front and Gautier reported
water up to the steps of the
postoffice and across several
streets.
Damage Less Than az
Water across Dantzler street in
Moss Point made travel along that
route in Moss Point impossible for
about IL hours but other than
that there was little damage in
the city, Mayor Cirlot said.
ingalls, Shipyard reported COM
paratively small damage though
one dock building was slightly
damaged by the wind and water
and the wind driven rain also
caused some damage to welding
equipment, according to officials.
All the private piers along the
beach front were swept away,
many of them having been only
recently finished following their
destruction by the hurricane of
last September
Harm caused by the storm,
however, was substantially less
than that of last year. Although
all traffic was barred from Beach
Boulevard the waves failed to
come near the mark set last year
and unofficial estimates set the
rivers rise at about Two and a
half feet less than the seven to
nine foot rise during the al hurri-
cane.
Electric current was interrupt
ed in Pascagoula for about As
minutes before noon Saturday and
for about two hours Saturday af-
ternoon in the business district
and part of the residential dis
trict, J. E. Stone, power company
manager, said. In some sections
of the city there was no inter
ruption in service, however. The
two hour shut down was caused
by three main wires at Delmas
and Frederic avenues burning
three times, Mr.. Stone said. AL
though there was no serious dam
age in the city there was consid-
cradle minor damage in various
parts of the city, he declared.
Under the direction of the new
ly appointed disaster chairman
J. A. Stafford, the Jackson Coun-
ty Red Cross disaster committee
was called into meeting Saturday
morning to make plans to meet
any emergency arising. Two cases
were handled during the day. A
crippled hitchhiker was stranded
and was given overnight shelter
and messages were sent out from
the Red Cross office for radio
broadcast from New Orleans
Gulfport and Biloxi asking for in.
formation as to the whereabouts
of a missing shrimper Clyde
Broome, who was caught by the
storm between here and Biloxi.
aboard his boat, "Flapper." The
highway patrolman who latel
spotted the boat was alerted by
the broadcast, Red Cross officials
reported.
At st. Martin the Red eros!
representative, N. E. Taconi, tool
charge of the 80 or 40 persons
who took refuge in the schoo
house in the face of danger from
rising water.
ApTc CRAETC