The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-02
WEATHER BUREAU
WARNS THAT HIGH
WINDS TODAY MAY
CAUSE MORE DAMAGE

HI-Huge seas driven lar lnSh0re
by hurricane winds left at least
@78 persons drowned and hundreds
missing today after a terror-ridden
weekend in the lowlands of Bel
GUM, The N h rlands and
England.
The pounding waters yesterday
morning ruptured dikes and sea
walls which had stood for cen.ur-
les, sweeping over fertile acres
much of them reclaimed from the
sea where millions lived and
farmed.
To the mounting toll on land
were added deaths at sea 1872
drowned in the sinking
of the ferry Princess Victoria off
Northern Ireland Saturday and Is
men lost aboard trawler which
vanished off the HebrideS yester-
day.
A u. S. Third Air Force Spokes-
man said the known dead in Eng
land included six Americans-an
airman, an airman's wife and four
children all drowned at their
homes in the area of the U. S.
bomber base of Sculthorpe, near
Hunstanton on the North Sc aCoast
Of Lincolnshire.
The spokesman said eight other
Americans were missing, seven in
the Hunstanton area and a SER
geant at Bentwater base near Ip-
SWITCH There was also an uncon-
firmed report that 14-year-old
American boy was missing in the
BentWater area.
The Air Force withheld the
names Of alkthe dead and missing,
pending notification Of next of kin.
..ere in Holland ana Belgium,
the death roll mounted rapidly last
ni~ht as the stricken little nations
mustered all their resources to
meet mounting dangers Of disease
anI starvction. Search teams still
were unable to contact many
fl led are2s.
he Dutch weather bureau
W I'D that h'gh winds today
vel continue to threaten the
b \ \ Bri.a'n. the fore
cat was sor fresh w'hds tending
to sr5te slowly
Ts.s w tfa toll q known dead.
nd IN
Rr'tain: 1853
PS~itr Is
II Eaan1 gr; l.iaeed officials
fc ed that many more residents
ar the Fsstern Coast had been
S. Il CT to co.
rioaey cost Of the weekend
{ orr of tie worst in
f IS reac tine t's,ory - ran
ir r,if1as Of dollars.
.1g aNsnd'S historic
{ : re 80 - sc, the flood
v rotl in,nd IS much as
A. r1l7s ct sore rofl.s. Hardest
q v-e - provinces Of Iceland
e. o.n rsahant. Il Southern
r. ne, The Fris'au isle of Texel,
g. ire md Of Walcseren. at
I, ninTi Of TIE West Seheldt.
i Sbc POINTS The swirlinq
floeas We so feet daen. Farmers
IL I'd Rs11ths ac1 years OF hard
tot TO reclaim the salt-damaged
at fr' ar 'en 'i,rc.
Authorities estimated that areas
pc silatcd by four million Dutch
an Balgiars were flooded.
The waters poured south into
Begun, flooding even wider
arces Of FLINDERS and turning the
great port of Antwerp into a city
of confusion. Telephones and cleo.
trie lights were knocked out. Ships
in drydocks we're overturned,
More than SO cities and towns
messaged for emergency aid.
Many others could not even be
contacted Emergency radio cir
cults cracked with a confused
tumble Of calls for aid.
In Gyavendeel-population 5,sl6
--s5 were reported dead,
Both Holland and Belgium pro-
claimed q state of emergency as
thousands tried to plug the gaping
holes in the dikes with Sandbags
or fought their way through the
<swirling. near freezing waters
seeking survivors. Many drowned
in their homes before they could
escape
Z. 5, Army forces in Germany
sent group Of engineers and a
small survey team to the flooded
area, 1t, Gen. Manton S. Eddy.
Y, S. Army commander in chief in
Et.-ope. planned to follow up with
a flying visit 20 see wha, help his
tsrceS could give,
Premier Willem nrees sum,
moned the Dutch Cabinet into
emergency session. He planned to
report TO Parliament on the dis
aster tomorrow,
Across the channel. the English
lowlandS from The mouth Of the
Thames north Ia Yorkshire -- the
land called East Anglia ~ were
inundated. AZ soa1e points IS far
inland as three mIles. hN water