The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 10

Page 10 THE PALM BEACH POST-TIMES, Sunday, Sept. 21, 1947 Disaster Funds Appropriated By Red Cross; Headquarters Change American Red Previa rilcacinr (Continued from Pare One) Flood Threatens 2 Glades Towns funds to serve the hurricane-lashed States of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have been appropriated, it was revealed ast night, and disaster workers in Palm Beach County will open administrative headquarters for Honda at the Alma Hotel this morning. The switch of headquarters from the Palm Beach County Red Cross olfices on Narcissus Ave. to the local hotel was nearly completed last night, and telephone workmen were scheduled to move into the hotel early this morning to complete connection of trunk lines which will serve the headquarter; communication center. appealed to the Red Cross Saturday for help in bringing immediate aid to the area.

Lack of communications with the Everglades cities, where lines were blown down during the recent hurricane, has left the area nearly blacked out from the out mci wvengood, local chapter side world and word ol the flood waters were brouKht to West Palm aser reuet activities In Florida will he coordinated through the Beach yesterday by a group of n-w i cmuiuariors which will be civic leaders from the Clinics com. "eaten the summer-closed ho- "i a (lining room, niunitles who drove over the ncar-impassoblo Conner's Highway to 1 he heiidiiuarlers will house ad- groups in the Florid iiiwwier organization, and also iuiiniii operations or the West rami Metro li .1 u.iii to the gecoiid floor the 'z, ft r. 'cm Manning Iho Slate disaster heml reach this city, A terse note from V. P. DeMuyn, PRhokee, scribbled on a piece of scratch paper revealed (hp seriousness of the threat of devastating floods.

IVMovas appeal salil: "Nollfv Kluln Itnyless or Hond Commissioner hull at Miami lo Hlup water coming over Conner's Highway, This water Is llneali'iilng lo Inundate IW'llo Clnde The east dike, east of airport threatening to gu thru," 1 mm KL- By Sum H. Uulnrrr. nrrliil phnloitmphiT OCEAN BOULEVARD is no more and only a vestige of Lantana Road, extending westward the oS'stance, remains after the hurricane's savage winds and storm-whipped waves tore the ocean road to bits. The cottage appears bright, but the tired trees in back are bowed with their burden. yi.Mi i eis will he F.lmer Hryanl, Sou heaslern Area director Her services; Maurice Iteddy, lonnl asslMalil director of dlsas- NoiillieaMeni Area disaster slal Miilier and Ml tiilnh ot lliji nalliiiial disaster slatf ne work siiiieivlsois; While UIIDOIikie i i By Sam R.

Cnilnrey, aerial photographer nUKKIuANt WINDi and wavbt pounded on the doors of an unidentified owner's home just north of Doltay Boar.h in the Gulf Stream section on the ocean front. Debris litters the beach with fallen trans, olhsrt are broken at the right, a portion of the tile roof is ripped off and a coconut I'M 'I1 up lh tight and leaned heavily on the roof in the patio. This appeal In the Sin in Hond Department was emlniNdl hv district drainage eoiumlasluiiirs anil Dep. II. I.lluilt as well as a num.

her of other leaders In the (Unites si'cllou who said the only Immediate hope of hailing the Unot! waters was to build a temporary dike atop Conner's Highway the only remaining dike between the Impounded waters and the threaten Area build li mlvhor. Mi Haifll, Itohln.m Li.rr' h'!" Area dl.aM. slafl, reglstratliiii ehinr, Augmeuiing Hlnff will he member the local and Ih chapter. In Florida, Advisory m-ni ees, who will be named today Jl.vUa7tT ed city of Helle lilade. Waters which have been pouring over the road for several hours had already crent within a Cross relief and hut five million had been mile of Helle Glade, Jones told Ked Cross officials.

and iiVi "xs tnrlstian Bilnxi, Miss. Release of the impounded wa More than inn (inn rf, ters was expected to bring about four feet of water into the city of the hurricane which tore across riuuua ana into the Gulf States have been ferl inH Belle Glade and the aim, atu. Red Cross chapters. At least 50.000 W. H.

Hitt, Palm Beach County were carea lor in 150 shelters in Horida where the relief job is now Red Cross chairman, said all available resources of the Red Cross were being brought into play pnnc'PalV in Palm an effort to locate members of the Broward counties. State Road Department. The dis- witl requests for assistance tress message last night had I mounting Red Cross officials said reached Gov. Caldwell's the ratio of nine Hitt said, and immediate action H' i seeking roofing aid, with was promised. "thers bVn lar8cly for window a.

Efforts to locate State officials VrocerY orders s4 Hvrfep 1 by long distance telephone and Vu it 10 a sianastni with the Red Cross considering by radio had been unavailing t.uc..u.j, penoa enaing. The lack of communications to w.uicijr uiueis were given immediately after the hurricane be the Glades sector made it difficult to keep abreast of the flood situation and messages by courier were the only means of receiving mtormation nere. The search for "ham operators" to man a short wave radio station cause ot losses ot staples. Most went to negroes. Cross officials explained tnat the organization doesn't deal in roofing material itself.

It urges manufacturers to supply jobbers and dealers in the stricken area so that it will be available quickly. Then, when applicants qualify for aid, the Red Cross issues an order for material which the ap- in Belle Glade to provide contact with radio stations here were also unavailing. Hitt said. From the limited information provided to officials here concern By Sam R. (Julnccv, aerial photographer DELRAY BEACH'S struggle to survive the thunderous hurricane is shown here in sharp relief.

The view southward from Atlantic Ave. shows wreckage lining the beach, the Ocean Boulevard washed out and tire marks on lawns of desolate looking houses west of the one-time boulevard. The wind-whipped trees and foliage point westward. runCTC -ic a mini ir nninwi.u f. Sam R.

Quincey. aerial photographer GHOSTS OF A FAMOUS ROADWAY fringe the ocean front in this view southward from Radio Station WWPG near Lake Worth Casino. Th-3 markers are what is left of a protective railing lining the east side of Ocean Boulevard which was completely washed out by the howling hurri cane, the washout leaves the occupants of the home here apparently isolated from automoth five ii aiiafjui i a i tun. ing the impending flood, it was reported that flood waters were pouring over the highway at intervals from 20-Mile Bend to Canal Point. Many stretches along the road were threatening to wash away in the rising waters and farmers and townsmen were hauling rocks and sand bags in an effort to plug the breaks in the roadway, Hitt said.

Flood waters which swept waist deep through a 150-foot break in w- i "i (jiitciiii may iae 10 any tirm it sees fit with payment guaranteed by the Red Cross. Communications were improving Saturday and the Red Cross was not depending so much an amateur radio operators whose cooperation proved invaluable during the emergency period. "They did a grand job." Clifford Fligg, public information director, said "And the Highway Patrol was wonderful." "The basis for assistance," Red Cross officials explain, "is need resulting from situations created or aggravated by the disaster. Need is usually the gap between what a family can do for itself and what must be done to restore that family to normal living." 1 an Everglades dike near Canal Point Saturday inundated more than 1,800 acres of planted farm Cl'yXf ZrC- Y----. V'; lands, marooned 700 head of cat tle and threatened the homes of v.s,iv 300 persons at the Sand Cut Migratory Labor Camp.

wr Myers fountain, member of The Post-Times circulation staff, said water was pouring through a 3 to 5 foot high dike at Sand Cut, about m. n. (Continued from Pare One) Storm Damage Meet Set Here eight miles north of Canal Point. The Sand Cut Migratory Labor Camp was already flooded and continued rising waters will necessitate evacuation of some 300 workers who live at the camp. 7' idifra ine acreage under water is the I property of Sam Chastain, large Everglades property owner and member of the Everglades Drainage District's board of commissioners.

About 50 acres of crops were already up and will be a total loss, it was said. 1 'VJ fk operators of truck farms in the interior already had started work in a race against time to rehabilitate South Florida for the winter tourist and vegetable producing season. Principal spokesman for South Florida's East Coast was J. Kenneth Johnston, general manager of the Miami Chamber of Commerce. At Canal Point.

County Commis sioner Paul Kardin said many farmers in the Glades will be back in the fields in about two weeks and Z. H. Pilcher, manager after flood waters recede. Rardinlof the Hollywood and Broward also revealed that several large County Chamber of Commerce It was emphasized that aid could farm operators in the area were planning to discontinue planting for this season and will do no more work in the fields until spring. be granted only to civic governmental agencies for municipal projects in connection with storm damage in the designated area, while help for individuals would have to come from the Red Cross and other agencies.

Johnson said that "private in By Sum R. Qulncey, aerial photographer SURVIVAL WAS A TORMENT, but this portion beach front near Delray Beach emerged beaten, battered and stark from the hurricane Wednesday. The pounding seas erased the beach down to bare rock and gouged out huge chunks, trees and shrubbery were beaten and flattened and debris lined the beach. The road in the foreground and deep background was washed out, isolating the property. But the home, protected by a stout seawall, was saved although savage breakers virtually encircled it at one time.

Moore Haven Damage Is Reported Light MOORE HAVEN, (JP) City A rDADUl" cr-CMC i -i i By Sam R. Qulncey. aerial photographer A toKArTIIO it-tNt -ot the hurricane fury is snown here at the ocean front storm-shuttered residence of an unidentified owner at Gulf Stream. All too familiar wreckage lines the beach with masonry prominent in the foreground. Coconut trees were ripped up and deposited in reclining positions.

Others are blown down or shredded in the background. terests already had launched a widespread program to rebuild and repair storm damage there, Manager Carl Settle said last night Moore Haven "probably suf but added that the city could use Federal help in providing trucks and other equipment to remove sand and debris left in the wake fered less damage than any other community on Lake Okeechobee." of the big blow. No lives were lost and none was injured, he said. Property damage is a little higher than in 1945. "The biggest problem facing Miami and Miami Beach is to get materials into the city and to ob I 'V IS' us -v 1 ir-yri iiiHl i i The high wind velocity in gusts was 92 miles per hour, the highest wind tide about five feet above the normal high lake elevation.

Settle said power was back on in less than 24 hours and water was off less than 12. The citv tain sutiicient labor, Johnson said. "We have been assured by the carpenter's union that at least carpenters will be called into Miami to help the big crews already here. The union has' taken over three hotels to house the men expected." is flooded probably less than it was by rainfall in July, he said. 4,000 Volunteers Battle To Stem Storm-Borne Floods In New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, W) Hurri cane-borne floodwatcrs continued to rise on the eastern cdte of New that the water was going down as the wind subsided.

Mayor Delesseps S. Morrison said last night that "except for two relatively small areas, the city is completely dry." He added that problems had been "localized" and "there was no actual danger at this time." The chief problem appeared to consist of waiting for the water lo go down, except in a section just east of the Industrial Canal which connects the Mississippi River with Lake Pontchartrain. There, water poured through a housing project and adjacent areas after a railroad embankment serving as a levee had broken. The waters had been piled up from Lake Borgne into Bayou Bien- Orleans Saturday and 4,000 volunteers were called to stem the inflow. In another area to the east, Highways 11 and 90, the only roads entering New Orleans from that direction, were still under water.

Several motor boats were sent to rescue persons on stranded buses and automobiles, and from flooded homes and buildings. Several miles west of the city, i a International Airport, used by airplanes serving New Orleans, was closed because of water on the runways. Some flights were landing at an emergency 5." venuc. which pushed out of its banks. Sand bags were rushed on iieio.

In Metairie, residential suburb flat cars to the scene, to plug the immediately west of the citv limits Raps iiBv Sam R' Qulncey, aerial photographer SAVAGE FURY of the hurricane Wednesday is graphically shown in this picture of destruction at Briney Breezes. Coconut and other trees are uprooted, broken and down, or twisted into grotesque shapes of their former stately beauty. Beach cottages are flattened or toppled. Wreckage covers the beach. The seawall is gone.

And the Beach Club in the distance virtually wrecked. And the seas ara foaming, apparently in frustration because there was not more complete destruction. Lj, i i i i Photo by Herb Dovles. staff photographer ITFIOAL Oh HUNDREDS and hundreds of scenes affecting communications in Palm Beach County after the hurricane ripped across with its fullest fury is this one of telephone poles snapped off at the ground on the Old Dixie Highway north of Lake Park. Here an underground telephons cable crew is going above ground once more, restorihg communications facilities.

Crews such as i these put the hurricane area in touch with the "outside world'1 again. waters began to recede Into lake up to a record depth. Late Saturday afternoon Army trucks and school buses had been evacuating residents, but Armv engineers said early last night Soldiers from the New Orleans port of embarkation, prisoners from the House of Detention, sailors from a Naval repair base, and civilian volunteers were working on the levees..