The Stuart News from Stuart, Florida • 1

Patty jfctojg A Storm Extra Storm Extra VOL 8 NO 208 PRICE IVE CENTS' WORST STORM IN YEARS LEAVES WAKE RUIN HORSE NEW DEAL WINS BLUE RIBBON 'Sw ot CREW SAVED DAILY NEWS HIT WHEN DIRR BLDG GOES TO SMASH rill Zi "ii i Xxv MllllLirilg Wllvll bl gC AVA (5) Chapter of tle picncan Red per hour 'Labor Day blow ross hnsscnt whnappeal for $as (Thnationjuio a list of 35 scooped the entire third floor Cross wr rwv uu auvvjjvu mcLHULc uuiiriiw winter people who are now iathe North The urgency of from the Stuart Mather build lorida the needs herewas explained briefly and it is hoped that ing housing Stuart Recreation Hurricane Highlights bow brick factory walls and forget WHuuvntoVLi UM4A 11UV11U3 UUU IW 1 Wl 4 roof blown off and water poured Extra Copies of this Paper 5 Each into the building In a flood near hur Bert Krueger in his 4 pass enger Cessna monoplane outdid further need to argue the sign which obstructed at tlie forks gope Prison walls mean nothing to a hurricane The high board walls of Martin county jail top ped with barbed wire went down before the blow But the prisoners were glad to stay In side the Jail building And doubtless the flock of chickens belonging to Uncle rank Pierce print paper many building burying melting being Con would have been glad to stay al so Uncle" rank thinks they were blown to Indiantown No about vision Speedy's garage on the north side of the river was bent In ward by the blow store Is twisted bad ly A two story dwelling belong ing to Petty partially col lapsed only the upper story re malnlng Edward house in Palm City farms was destroy ed visitors to the district re ported The bridge house on Palm City bridge came through the hurricane with the loss of banisters and a portion of the rear wall Nearly every house viewed suf fered damage' of some kind or other and scores of garages col lapsed The roof of Sea ood Restaurant owned by Stanley Kitchlng was blown Into the river And if you believe ft blew go take look at the crooked steel flag pole in Stuart school yard A St Lucie Estates resident reported that the storm winds actually blew fish out of the re Lucie onto the river bank Strolling down the beaeh in the first hour after daylight he found gasping mangrove iMp pers and muttonffeh tossed high and dry on the beach Telephone telegraph and pow er lines fell across the highway on this side of the bridge but 'were removed yesterday morn ing Poles and wires from thenorth side of the bridge to the forks present a tangled skein of wiring and toppled or bent poles REIGHTER GOES ASHORE AT PEAK URIOUS GALE POWER LINES TO BE REBUILT SOON HEBE ARE SOME BUILDINGS HURT BTSUNDATBLOW Hurricane Raises Havoc on Waterfront Partial List' of Stu art Struc ture That Were Damaged land from both St Lucie inlet and Indian river Scores of motorists despite a hazardous draft bridge condition and nar row roads have driven down the new ocean beach drive to view the stranded freighter Rushing down the tracks with express train speed a maverick box car forced out of the yards at West Palm Beach careened north up the lorida East Coast railway tracks Sunday night with a 10Q mile wind on Its tail Its wild ride ended at Robe Sound Where it turned over on the tracks being removed by a wrecker from Miami porcine refugee to its rightful owner see that you have a helping of ham next time hog killing time comes around" pro mised Anderson No 1 Charles Czerko of Palm lost his house and barn and all ok his chickens Martin county today soberly took stock of tho damage wi ought by the Labor Day hur ricane and mhde plans to re pair the toll of wrecked buildings and to remove wreck age from sited where buildings were totally demolished The storm left practically not a house or building unscathed Hurricane 1 news literally crashed Into the Stuart Daily News build ins when the 100 Palm City Suffers Tropical Storm back on his course again con siderably delayed If he had not answered the distress signal he would probably have missed the brunt of the storm As it was his ship was the center and took all the ricane had to give Giant seas climbed her and smashed over pilot house and stacks The propellor rac ed half the time In water half the time out Knowing that he was being driven ashore he shifted his course to the northward but changed course to the south ward again as the seas and hur ricane wind pushed the Eliza beth remorselessly toward the beach The shoreline was Invis blle but the ship's instruments told of the losing fight against STUART MARTIN COUNTY LORIDA TUESDAY SEPT 5 1933 The chimney of the old ice factory and fertilizer plant which stood the tests of fire and water gave way beneath the might of the wind With poles: blown down In all sections of the county and high line service disrupted It will be at least several days before the lorida Power and Light Co will be able to resume full service to the community DeMoya manager said this morning The local emergency generat ing plant is running to full ca pacity but unable to supply more than a limited load At noon Monday power was re Burned on a line serving St Lucie hospital and service was resumed in the business section except for isolated cases last night in half of St Lucie Estates and in the section west of the railroad from ourth street north Monday morning at 7 o'clock emergency water pumps went Into action and by 9 a normal water supply was being furnished through power furn ished by the local electric plant it was then (3) Reconstruction donations Some help must be giv en many families to provide a roof over their heads Many houses have been demolished In many of these cases re payment of the donation is unlikely It must be regarded as a donation (4) Reconstruction loans Owners of business build ings hotels apartment houses and private homes in many instanced are unable to help themselves They must have help in the form of loans if necessary to get their proper ty rebuilt and made usable again to protect the already considerable investment involved More than 90 per cent of the buildings iA this coastal area of Martin County are more or less seriously damaged Unless repaired immedi ately at a large expense further damage and hardship will result This phase of the relief problem is as import ant as any other although the persons it reaches are not destitute machines The larger hotels and apart ment houses were badly damag ed suffering rain damage with subsequent injury to furniture fixtures plaster rugs and walls Shadowlawn aoartments had its Tho lowest barometer report turned Into the Dally News was reported by Ritchie Knapp who recorded a low of 2860 at 2:15 Klonday morning sidewalk and thought I saw a man trying to crawl on hta handstand knees against the wind and rain to reach the door So naturally I rushed out grab bed him and hauled him inside Imagine how I felt when he turned but to be a hog55 The pig a property of Andersen no relative of turned out to be a real refugee Trapped by rising waters in Its rtay near the river bank It had swum to higher land and was seeking sanctuary just like the humans helped youf pig" stated Anderson No 1 returning the lorida East Coast railroad I freight dock Here wind! finish ed the job which fire started when the freight house was de stroyed two months ago Jam med between the tracks and the eld railroad bridge Is a wrecked lighter belonging to the Stuart bridge contractors: Across the river the'M Comer Bridge and oundation Co pile driving barge was liter ally picked from the water and deposited ashore The Gulf Refining "dock where the paddlewheeler unloads its cargoes of gasoline and oil is no more fish house and dock where many thousand pounds of choice fish have been landed has Deen blown to never never land and along with it three launches several row boats and an undetermined amount of fishing gear Wreck age of the boats and dock was swept by high waters almost a block from the rivet bank to the edge of lagler aVenue Some of the lumber may be salvaged to replace part of the dock Mrs dock In St Lucie Estates was destroyed as was the Pelican Hotel pier Capl red boat house was blown down Captain Tells of Dramatic Battle With the Elements This County Battered by West Indian Storm 7 '7 7 7 Thousands of cacoanuUweie' torn from their palms and strewn about Stuart streets and' but the homeless tokwed folks of Little Dixie samnb iumJ ed them in Deputy Sheriff Haneadc! had an unwelcome visitor at Ms residence in the form if an Australian pine tree which Ml across the roof was demolished the wrenching the sheet structure apart and distributing the Iron through the woods for hundreds of yards Empty oil drums were picked up and rolled through the woods like tumble weeds Garage a sheet metal structure was completely de molished and fell on top of ex pensive garage mechanical equipment Sailboats stored at the rear were wrecked The Hillcrest Steam laundry 'an old frame building was blown down The rear end of the old Buick garage housing Earl warehouse was blown out Con crete blocks cover the street at the corner of ifth street and South Delaware avenue where cne entire side of the old A I stere was torn out St Lucie Auto Camp suffered heavily with five frame build ings? severely damaged and the water tower demolished The entire west wall of the Krueger building was torn out ward and the roof of the struc ture was badly damaged 2000 feet of roo'fing being blown off Bert airport was leveled to the ground but he saved his plane by flying to Mi ami ahead of the storm The rooi blew off the Brown ing Motor Co garage building during the height of the storm The brick cornice of Clements Motor Co building was de molished The storm made a huge hole In the roof of Casa Lumber Co wmvTiousc I Decker's garage and warehouse at the rear of his dwelling was demolished A frame garage apartment in the Bessey addition and another In the south section of Stuart col lapsed' Numerous garages col lapsed in the Bcsscy addltlos and other sections of Stuart several falling on top of stored VSU iuniuj JlgHV tho mighty wind and at the express speed Seek sho grounded In heavy surf safety for his plane he Today 'the bow headed for Miami with it Sun fifty feet in air from the point! afternoon and landed there where her keel lies on the sand I mlnutes later after a wild Is plainly visible above the Is rlde which he says he will never Elizabeth Victim Hurricane Near bt Inlet You have to believe it happened just the same A 200 pound pig was mistaken for a man during the height of the hurricane early Monday morn ing Joe Anderson Sfuart commer cial fisherman was' included 'in a large group'Of Stuartltes seek ing shelter from the storm in the Peacock Arcade hallway Being husky and of a helpful disposition Joe posted himself at the door of the building in order to assist late arrivals But let him tell it was never more embarrass ed In my life says he look ed out down the lagler avenue Rreeldvnt went to the county fair and saw New Deal win the blue ribbon With his youngest on John In the saddle New Deal Is the beautiful chestnut horse given the President by the people of Mis eowt John came home from a polo training camp to put the horse through its paces at the Dutches ecunty fair at Rhinebeck (Associated Press Photo) Blakeslee with his wife and son had to seek safer shel ter at midnight Sunday When he returned to his house at day break he found waiting for him in the badly tilted Interior 3 cats and I rabbit Martin Co Appeals 1 1 to Outside for Help Driven ashore by hurricane winds the 328 foot steamship Elizabeth of the Bull Line lies with her nose on the sand today on the ocean beach between St iLucieJnlet and the coast guard station at the House of Refuge where she lost her fight with the sea and wind early Monday morning Her crew of 29 "and her mast er Captain Gustaf Larsen are safe aboard the beached vesselawaiting salvage developments They told a dramatic story of their battle with the elements i waves broke entirely over the said Captain Larsen wind was blowing so hard that she would not ans wer to the The captain said that he esti mated the wind was blowing 120 miles per hour during the height ot the hurricane and I termed it the worst storm he had ever experienced at sea It is possible that it the Eliza beth had not turned back the day before to answer an trona the Western Sword she would not be an the beach today Receiving a radiogram from the Western Sword in distress 20 miles off Bethel Shoals' Captain Larsen ordered the ship turned about and true to the code of the sea went back cna whni nnnlzl Ha Hnno A taking a toll of shingles and ceiving word that the roofing paper In its lightest guard cutter Inalga was coming moods and utterly demolishing her assistance he turned few structures The old Walter Kitchlng store one of landmarks oc cupied of recent years by Raul erson eed Store was leveled to the' ground The old two story frame building collapsed in a mass of wreckage The Seaboard Oil Co bulk dis tributing plant south of town wind metal contributions for relief work will be received from this source 1 4 Classes of Relief Needs There are fotn different classes of relief needs in this community as outlined by the relief agency directors that have been working on 'the problem All relief efforts are being cleared thrpygh the office of the Com mittee on Emergency Relief so tliere will be no doubling of work Here are the four classes of needs: (1) Relief labor This is a continuation of the work being done by the Committee Providing a work each week'for unemployed persons in need (2) Relief donations This covers the donation of food roofing paper and other material to destitute fam ilies In 192G the American Red Cross spent' $37000 in Club next door tossing tons of masonry and timbers onto ad joining structures and making the site the center of storm damage in downtown Stuart Stuart Club was de molished and the roof and sides of the Daily News building ma terially damaged when flying Wreckage from the recreation club fell on roofs and pierced walls Except for a wlndowless fac ade the third story of the bowl ing lodge where boxing matches were held is gone and falling plaster and rain seepage has caused extensive damace to I amusement equipment on the 1 re xcuiaiimiB vwu relief efforts here and the need now is far greater than creation club I 1 Charles Dlrr proprietor of the establishment McVay and Moore were on the second floor when the roof col lapsed and had to flee at the height of the storm and seek shelter Stuart Club building and library containing over 3 000 volumes is a total wreck with roof caved in and sides smash ed Volunteer workers assisted Mrs Carroll Dunscombe yester day in salvaging' a portion of the library and the club's dishes which have been stored in the News building Two glass cases containing Judge collec tion of fishes and snake skins miraculously escaped but a third was smashed and suffered 'water damage Wreckage pierced the roof and walls ot the Daily News building and tons of material filled the areaway between this and the bowling alley the newspaper metal plant under debris The falling roof set off the automatic sprinkler system In the newspaper plant flooding its interior and ruining the Ing stock of fine news print and a great perishable office supplies The debris Is rapidly 'cleared away Robb structlon Co being in charge ofthe job BY EDWIN A MENNINGER The people ot Martin County must have help quickly Realizing the dire circumstances of a major part of the population steps have been taken the past two days to get proper State and national agencies to come to the rescue Here is what has been done so far: (1) On receipt of a telegram signed by A Kanner Carroll Dunscombe Oughterson and Edwin A Men ninger Newell secretary to Governor Dave Sholtz came to Stuart this morning driving all from Talia hassee He made a hurried survey talked with the above four men op what was needed and left immediately for Melbourne or the nearest telephone There he expected to confer by phone with Governor Sholtz who is in the North Treadway chairman of the State public committee and Marcus agg head of the State emerg ency relief organization He will present needs to these "men and send back a report of what can be done i i (2) Carroll Dunscombe chairman of the emergency relief organization has asked Mr agg for 100 tents 400 eots and 400 blankets to meet emergency housing needs: He has also asked $1500 emergency ap propriation fbr food for victims of the 'storm (3) Cartwright chairman of the Martin County Chapter of the American Red Cross has dispatched three messages to the national Red Cross organization in Wash ington asking immediate aid He particularly sought au thority to buy roofing paper for watersoaked homes of the destitute but so far has had no direct reply (4) Henry of Washington field man for the American Red Cross was in Stuart yesterday for a conference lie was told that whereas 3 98 families have been on the emergency relief organization the past monththere will be no fewer than 700 families victims of the storm with average of 4 to the family This means that more than 50 pet cent of Martin population is in immcdiafeneed of storm relief Those few citizens who Ven near the St Lucie or In dian rivers Mondayimorning be tween 12 and 2 saw which few of them will foreet the usually calm vlnnles of those inside waters trans formed to ocean fury Six and eight foot waves bat tered the shoreline tearing out docks and fish houses and sink ing small craft not removed to safe shelter Twisted railroad tracks and ttes looping out from shore are all that remain of the sturdv BY ERNEST LYONS Sweeping in from the northeast after raising havoc cr the island of Abaco in the Bahamas the second tropi cal storm to hit Martin county this fall struck Sunday night and Monday morning with a breath taking 100 mile pei hour wind which left demolished buildings unroofed houses fallen trees and utility poles in its wake Two dentils and one injury were reported in Martin county from the blow Henry negro farq worker employed by Spicei was found crushed to death in his shack i An unconfirmed report that a negro child was killed in Tropical arms when hit on the head by a flying' limb an its family rushed through the woods from a collapsed tenant house on the Gaines place was brought to the at tentiom of the sheriff Mrs red Powell of Kobe Sound suffered three bioken ribs Residents of 50 years in this community described the storm as the worst in their experience Although it left Ja casualty list of only two dead and one injured property damage was staggering surpassing even that of the 1928 blow Landmarks which stood through that storm Af 5 years ago were obliterated So violent was the force of the wind at its peak that many persons attributed to it speed' of 120 miles per hour and expressed surprise that' the damage was not more severe 7 The storm is believed to centered in the vicinity of Kobe Sound only section where a lull was experienced' At Stuart and Jensen it began at about 4 :30 with a gradually increasing northeast breeze and a lowering hur ricane sky Rain squalls and gradually increasing wind gusts became frequent between 5 and 6 by eight jt had reached 50 mile an hour force and baro meters had fallen to a point where there could no longer be any doubt that the full force of the storm would hit he fore morning nd hit it did between 10 Gaining in violence with 'every gust the tropical blow climbed'past all reasonable speed limits to a 100 mile per hour pace and held steadily to that gait until it switched to the southeast at about 2:30 gradually declining thereafter Its influence covered approximately 60 miles of lor ida coast At West Palm Beach a 75 mile wind wastre ported at ort Pierce an 80 mile wind damaged docks and buildings but in every portion of Martin county the wind registered above the century mark Pig in Storm Looks 'Exactly Like a Human a 'IS sE 4 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