The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 12

rypM 35 000 Take Refuge In Dade Emergency Shelters Sir Sailors Saved As Seventh Drowns Red Cross Aid Given Multitude yw'wswwwt t- AlV sf 2 VH A fP -Sv ff A A By KP WtUi Jfl tf 1 VV rA A-j A I -VvnV -4 xj- x-J y- 5 ft xT 9 i 1 J-rixJt? -3 'Vv -rr-y4 44 -x if ft i Staff Photos by William Kueneel Icarus seamen struggle to get dinghy in the water fc A Sw -4- i yv 'ts i-s Vv'a'V 4 1 a A IV" A 3 (cS- A A' c' 41 FLAMES FLICKER THROUGH GAUNT RIBS OF NO 1 jiANGAR LOOKING TOWARD PONDEROUS FRONT DOORS Sifsb 1 2 2 iy KT i 4 A '1 i i 1 v'v-'1'-' 'A I fiv 0 CD i i MO one of them is lost tying to rescue pet dog HprM SUff Hrltpr An estimated 3o000 Dadf rountv residents Saturday abandoned their homes and fled to 60 Red Cross shelters in schools churches and business establishments The largest shelter accordinj to Red Crow shelter committee chairman 11 Brannen Mas established at Miami Edison High school Mhere more than 2500 persons Mere housed by 5 Six Mere expectant mothers All Paramount and Wometeo theaters Mere opened as refuge centers More than 1000 Rerl Cross wot leers ere on the job providing food shelttr and medical attention for the tens of thousands of peions the storm's path Each of the 60 helteis was manned bv a doctor nurse aide and motor corps driver Food supplies at many shelters wrte exhausted by early after noon CONTACTS CLOSE Rpd Ctoss officials were in constant contact with all poitions of the county by telephone and radio A radio control station was established in the vocational education building A transmitter was in operation at Red Ctoss headquarters at Fifth st and Fiist avc Twenty mobile -adio units weie available Seven weie assigned to the Keys with headquarters in Homestead A special bus moved residents from Marathon Key to Homestead early Saturday morning and special cars were dispatched to all Key residents who requested them Scores of workers staved on dutv through the latn hours of the night at headquarters working bv candlelight because the power had failed For once the tables Mere turned on the Red Cross The headquarters ran out of food and sandwiches and coffee were sup plied by the Navy An emergency hospital was established at El Comodoro hotel where 16 chronically 111 persons wete taken early in the daj Mrs Pearce of the Information committee answered a call from an anxious soldier who xiondered whether he should proceed xith plans to obtain a marriage license want to get the girl befoie she blows the soldier explained "Cet her attached as quickly as Mrs Pearce advised Many service men otf dutv volunteered to aid the Red Cross Nine sailors weie assigned to head quarters by the Nav Sixteen officials of the American National Red Cross were speedin here from Atlanta They are Robert Shea assistant manager of south eastern area: Clifford Fligg di rector of public information: Allen Cat ter Floiida tegional director John AValton area medical su pervisor Miss Kathleen Muse a nurse and 11 disaster workers s( ----iysi "ee-ww-yAiwgwgiaew'ige-Ay yJ 4 Jk vV i "Vi A A a 5 vVi A A A 4 4 i Aw A lA a It fe 1 Sj? t- Va V-T 4 A SV -5 J4- 4 2 Ste-f' j''" f-K the surf made tough going lor remaining six W''' rfjif Vf" X- vt FURY OF THE STORM which whipped through Miami Saturday at a 99-mile clip is evidenced in this picture oi Bayfront park Palm fronds snap wildly in the gale and the usually tranquil Biscayne bay waters take on the swell and heave cl an ocean ii rf 5 Vr- -j 'i tw WkffVKr 'iL 4 -tLa i Jjtklm3iais 4w- but they finally reached North Beach Heavy Seas Drive Schooner Ashore Off 96lh Si: One Sailor Drowned Gulf of Mexico Ore crewman was drowred and while attempting to rescue a'dog 6x reached safety hen hurricane i The rest of the crew battled wires forced the two-masted 70-ton through the wild surf to safety in lfrhoat Capt Bunev Dixon said the pounded it to piece I schooner vpiang a leak and he Cec1 edpbirn a Hnndui an i as forced to giound her The was lost when he fell oeiboaid keel giound into the sanciv TIi esc Mon Show IIow Wiml lllows I 11 1 1 bottom about 100 yards off-shore at 96th st just before 11 a A handful of spectators on the beach watched helplessly a- the ctew snuggled against buffeting winds and suif to get their dinghy in the water Then came the battle to keep it right-side up through the 100-xards of churning shallows to the shotc Behind them the storm alreadx was sphnteting the hull The Coast Guard lepoitod there was no hope of saving the ship CAME I RIMINI Capt Dixon and the fixe surviving ctew men weie sheltered at the neatbv Smtsidc police station One Menrv Dixon was taken to the hospital with an injured ankle Smith was given fust aid for slight cuts Mat in Rxan Victor bcott and Moncrief Dixon In other of the skipper were un-hut Capt Dixon t-aid the Icarus put out from Bimini in tie Bahamas at 5 Friday for Miami Sleepless Weathermen Clin To Charts As Calc Sways Loft Uppr Mjitecumb Lwer Mjtteumbt Retjinepe tasg Key SJ XS'VSV- DueV Key Key Greity CARSOV H--ri(anes mean little or no rest fo- Mami weather bureau pe-'-o-pr Erne-t Car-oil liieau cnief Grade Noiion head sod War-on John-on a--i--ant fnreca-ter e-e on Ine job renMnuo isR for from to HI hour- inng the hoi alcit wph or-n an occa-ionel nap on an rffee cot Tree rip almo-t con-tan refeisms irpotl- on tne -to Ill lrrludirg barome'er leading ind el vibes and wind duci-1 mp- over -even tflftvpe- and telephone dial linz the pal tr s-orrn on maps ai-o wa- a coni ioi job Rji mo and Iie OI let 2 me n-Ra of staff went lalmlv flbou tHe job of keeping tab- on roai iig ti opiral Ini' i rfti- a-tnrT- ki bou-e offue ip the 2ry-or Congie-s building sw ai eri j-i tne ind coffee xim-r-ered smd mote scientific 01- u-rd to detect and fK'mi The Mami bureau is response Heller Than 9 26 For Hialeah Hialeah wotxt lnt section during the hurricane identic-lucked out this time with little serious damage according to Chief of Toltce Fred Freeman No casualties weie repotted in the vicinity and damage was confined principally to shrub-beiv and palm tiers he sad Ri-ing wateis of the llialrtdi canal subsided before flooding -after the wind changed Saturday night Key hie foi aiming Florida Noith and South C'aro'ina Cuba and ibe broad Cat ibbeail Cai son said the bu eau was able to do a mote an mate job of plotting the hut a tie it 1hn u-e of i adar and ail plane- which flew into the 'eve' of 'lie stoim One Atmv filane he trpor'erl succeeded in fixing into the calm center at 0 a Satuirlav and ieco ded a tow barometric leading of 2S gh It took off from West Talm Beach and landed at Eglm field In northwest Florida PATH OF THE HURRICANE'S DEVASTATION was wide At Homestead about 25 miles from the center wind velocities were reported unofficially up to 140 miles an hour At Miami 50 miles from the center the blow got up to 93 miles an hour After crossing Key Largo the center of the storm swerved around Miami in a quarter-circle and headed for Fort Myers Late reports indicated it might straighten out and swerve toward the east coast of tne Florida peninsula again I.