The Stuart News from Stuart, Florida • 1

ST LUCIE INLET 5 WEATHER VOL 8 NO 209 PRICE IVE CENTS IRE DESTROYS BOAT RACE ENikf I StX BALt OOfiS TAKE IN GORDON BENNETr RACE Region of Damage A beautiful estates 4s7t INDIANTOWN runaway aboard started north of here it is believed and SALERNO damaged Mr Hosford Reported Two Races Work Together at VERO NEGRO CAUGHT Ship Scrapping Tops Building MANY WIRES DOWN were cOnslder incurred WORST STORM EVER of down COP SMILES' AND DENIES HE SMACKfeD HUEY LONG from 5 MISS VAN WIE WITH HER COP in Mi telegraph 5 4B hurricane 500 poles of the department came to Stuart Monday morning and volunteered their assistance 'to local law enforcement officers resident manager Cheek estate re was first bcr CfopSare Valuable immediate additional funds granted to help tide over emergency Tom Brooks negro wantedtor murder at Vero was captur ed in Little Dixie 30 minutes af ter a wire was received front the sheriff of Indian River county asking local law enforcement of ficer? to search for him Deputy Hancock and Police Chief Eurit made the arrest Sunday wind has made job vwvsj nouviiio U11U LUIH "blned was put at $224403711 while the total value of manu factured products made in the state was Tobacco with its cigars ci garetfi and snuffs leads the manufacturing valuation with $41080735 Mayo's survey showed 29323 003 acres of land of which 7 913175 arc in farms tilled by iarrn machinery worth almost exactly a dollar an acre from all tarm lands but nearer $7 for each acre under actual cultiva tion The report shows 052148 acres in merchantable timber 1890 450 acres Jn nonmerchantlble limbec 251311 acres' lit improv ed pasture 1020504 in cut over pasture 1730057 in actual cul tivation and 102089 acres drou ble cropped lorida farmeis according to the survey use 42040 tractors 1755 electric plants 39 19 gaso line engines 5907 water works 204 silos and 11435 radios CHULTA VISTA Cal (ZP) Problems of the past in which market was glutted and huge losses were incurred were settled when American and Jap anese celery growers of this dis trlct combined to control future shipments and production Under Soil th Carolina law eggs fall Into1 three classes South Carolina eggs' shipped eggc and cold storage eggs Sewell Pt Suffered Severely with the to in dents of the districts indicating that extensive relief will be nec essary At Palm City stone was wrecked so' badly that it ST MARY'S DAMAGED' Among Stuart buildings dam aged severely by the storm was St Episcopal church where the fOOf wiis partly de stroyed apd tlie front of the celling torn down Some of the vestments were ruined by the passed inland during the day extensive damage is believed to have been incurred' by citrus growers An Associated Press corre spondent here Monday brought first report that the causeway and bridge across the Inrlinir river at ort Pierce was wreck ed and that fish and shrimp houses were demolished and sea walls damaged Arriving by train from Jack sonville the correspondent said that all had stopped south of Melbourne that roads were blocked by trees between Wabasso and Vero Beach and that more than 100 telephone poles were down in that section lorida East Coast railroad stations ho said was the way from Vero to Stuart NEW YORK ully I 296 325 gross tons of merchant ma rine vessels were scrapped all over the worltf last year New ships launched totaled only 72059 1 gross tons Danger from short circuits electric wiring in Martin county homes hit by the hurlcajie was stressed today by ire Chief Bell who warned househalcf ers to haVe an expert electrician inspect wiring in houscs which' were Hooded or damaged bi wind' At 9:30 Monday night Chief Bell said an electric motor in tho Sunrise grocery caught fire and burned up because of short circuit Cycling Youth Wai Hit by Motorist Several Boats Are! Missing Since Storm I' Rows of telephone poles were down and high water encroach ed on riverfront places in Palm City and Tropical arms Approximately 3 miles transmission line is down along Gaines highway the poles across the road blocking travel unless the motorist through the woods Who hit Huty Long? A Brooklyn piper aniwered the question laying It learned through an au thoritative source thst Chief of Police Steva Webber (right) of Port Washington a former boxer and army drill sergeant smacked Long at a fashionable party on Long Island Chief Webber when qked about the matter amlled and denied he had struck tho senator Camera caught Long ai he waa shaving In hit hotel room In Milwaukee the day aAsr the fight Talcum powder covered a two Inch cut above his left eve He claims he Was "ontfed" (Assbcfated Press Photos) A The county road department garage and warehouse at Saler no was down on top of considerable equipment ft resi dent of the section reported to day Garages owned by Stock iey were badly damaged The Independent isheries fish house was blown down Threefo'urths of the roofs In town were partly blown off or suffered loss of roofing papir and shingles While btorm Rages Sheriff Christensen and Deputy Hancock Chief of Police Loris Eurit ire Chief Bell and Various deputized citizens put in an all night vigil during the storm and were on hand for over 24 hours aiding in the public disaster They helped transport numer ous refugees to safety in the concrete ice plant of the South eastern Ice Cold Storage Co Damage at Indiantown was confined mainly to small build ings Sheriff Christensen who made a survey of the sec tion yesterday reported' few garages sheds' and small shacks were demolished but the main buildings of the Seaboard rail way development came throughwithout serious injury The center of the storm ap parently cut diagonally south westward from Kobe Sound passing north of Indiantown near the ox Brown place where a distinct lull was report ed Hurece Dodge hopes of entering his Delphihe' in the 19C? larmsworth races were dashed when the craft was destroyed by fire ust before the start cf the competition The boat is shown burning fter the pilot had beached her (Associated Press Photo) Aftermath of the big blow was a sudden demand for labor a Silvey lining to the hurricane cloud for many here Carpenters are in demand electricians report that there is more work than they can possi bly handle and roofers have reaped a rich harvest of wreck ed roofs Hardware stores and building supply and lumber firms were ftrtll UXUtld AUA JUUIUlg shingles glass screens uuu uiuer repair material and 'expressed concern that the limited supply bn hand might become exhausted before the demand Is filled Handy men fou'hd jobs aplenty 'and numerous individuals' on welfare lists were able to find temporary work at least Thedarlc side of the picture I lies In the fact that many per sons whose property was hard I hit lack funds or borrowing power to repair the damage and will probably have to camp ih roofless homes unless a govern ment emergency loan can be sc cuid for their assistance HELP WANTED The Club Library wiP not be open this week be 'cause books are wet Anyone willing to help the books please meet in Peacock Arcade Thursday 9 12 in the morning or 2 to the afternoon have been here 45 years but I never saw a storm like that said Mrs Belle Ross this morning Martin ebunty citrus grove owners already In a' low state of mind because of profitless years in the industry look for ward to a cropless winter as a result of the hurricane which Among boats reported missing 'after the storm is Harry Bloft large grey half cabin speed skiff which took part in' the ourth of July sea skiff races The boat moored a few hun dred feet offshore in the north lork has not been seen since the storm Several fishing boats moored in the anchoragb alongside the Jensen beach causeway sunk anchor fort Pierce Suffers OltVr rom ury Mf damaged the building behind the store The D' Petty 2 stonr home on the river was flattened to the ground Although other members of family had sought safety elsewhere Mr Petty was within the building when it crashed and hairbwly escaped his life Avery pafcrr tree on the Petty place was snapped off at th'b ground The home of Mrs George Jones one of the best construct ed in the section suffered some damage from water and wind? TheEiji Lower place on the river had from 12 to 15 inches of water in the' rooms some of the windows blew out and furn iture was damaged Nedfiy all the smaller houses were either blown off their Only ive Telephones Continue to unction Only 5 telephones were left in working order when the hurri cane went its way Monday of ficials of the Southern Bell Tele phone Co reported Twenty more were placed in service yesterday and it is be lieved that most of the In Stuart will go Into service as soon as the lorida Power and Light Co supplies electricity all over town Terming the blow the worst disaster that ever hit the tele phone system in this section a company spokesman said that the greatest damage occurred to the long distance system Long distance crews put 4 lines back in service yesterday and are working on 4 more to I day Emergency crews are also at work on local lines 52 of which are still out of order An emergency crew repairing' the damage in the path said that over had blown down Two Western Union Hqes were reconnected early Monday morning and crews are busy on others now The lorida Power and Light Co emergency plant is still carrying a capacity load Utility crews are seeking to repair the high power lines so that Jtflce may 1e brought in from West Palm Beach butthe lines are so badly damaged that no definite prediction could be made as to when full service would be re Burned conservatively at half a I ro climb to i from i 7" WP id A jk Navajo lake in Utah froze so detours) completely last winter that (nearly all fish were killed STUART' MARTIN COUNTY LORIDA WEDNESDAY SEPT 6 1933 rf gu to vroinez jensen win gee zo tents 4tf cots and blankets and the remainder will be distribut ed' in Palm City Tropical arms and Stuart? Cartwright chairmah1 6Y the Martin County chapter of the American Red Cross has wired national headquarters asking for 500 rolls of roofing paper to help fix up damaged homes of destitute persons but had received no reply to his plea this morning The Emergency Relief Council and to the Peacock Arcade today was swamped with desti where many others tute persons asking for immedf 1 sought refuge 1 ate relief and Carroll Duns Lieutenant Cliff Ewing of combe chalrmah said that the West Palm Beach police depart sltuatlon appeared grave unless ment with three other members are the Tn a general view of the six balloons representing five nations which took off in Ue 1933 James Gordon Bennett race from an airport near (Associated Press Photo) a dredge' employees returning to this city yesterday reported Shortly after midnight the mighty wind snapped her moor ing cables and the big dredge wiui zo men down the canal like a racing neat Sebring where the storm Mississippi river steamboat Her iron spuds were dropped but cldwed along the canal bottom ioi a considerable distance be lore' the big1 barge was finally uruUKDt to a ston konKaree win leave for a It i uwuuo' wnue naing a Jfiicycie on 'the new Dixie across river Tuesday The youth a nephew of Ivan Taylor was riding south on the highway near Mrs Lena Pen place when struck 'iby a Plymuoth sedan driven by Mrs Georgia Blakelee of Miami Mrs Blakelee said that tlie boy turn ed left In the path of her car as she was passing him after hav ing sounded her horn He suffered bruises contu sions and a cut over the head and is being treated at St Lucie hospital by Dr Parker De puty Hancock said Mrs Blakelee was released to continue her trip the accident being judged unavoidable Virginia Vari Wie of Chicigo who retained hef titld Hi diniri" by defeating Helen Hicks at Exmoor High oto) bown wth ber victor's cup (Associated Pre Animal feuds are forgotten wncn hurricane winds blow it 100 miles per hour report per sons who sought shelter In the sturdy concrete plant of the Southeastern Icc Cold Storage Co Sunday night ifty eight white persons J9 two dogs three cats ana a canary were grouped to gether In common peace in the ice house during the height of the blow And the wind blew ad hard that the dogs forgot (4 bark at the Cats and the showed no Interest in the canary TALLAHASSEE Sept 61 The soil and the sea give up to loridians' each year products worth a quarter of a billion dol lars Citrus heads the list rom this crop lorida received in 1931 slightly more than $58 000000 That was 38 per cent of the totaljalue of all agriculture igures on the output of the sea and the soil have just been released here by Nathan Mayo commissioner of agriculture A survey of the state as made un der his direction' The survey shows the total value of all truck and field crops to be just a shade greater than the value of citrus while live stock accounts for iS2 of the total In 1931 the total agricultural income was $122340680 exclu sive ot $27317632 worth of live stock Other products of the soil and sea are minerals worth in exces? of $15000000 orest products worth $48000000 and seafoods worth $10000000 The value of agriculture for est! fisheries and mining com Point peninsula ly ing between St Lucie and In dian rivers received the full I force of the hurricane as it swept across the Indian river Ed Hosford at the ported Scores of owned by winter residents in cluding properties of Carnegie George Buchanan Knowles Mrs Aihbrose Beavin Captain Hugh Wil loughby and rank Andrews and many others suffered thou sands of dollars in damage to extensive ornamental1 planting although the buildings them selves for the most part came through with small roofing and window loss grounds at Bay Tree Lodge owned by Mr Mr Hosford reported al most a total wreck Many tall 1 coconut palms have been blown down or are so awry that they must' be straightened Cocos Plumosus palms 40 feet tall were snapped off at the The A Olds place was badly damaged being blown out of plumb and a small building' nearbv was blown rtnwn Citrus Grove Owners nrenoMi DisKearced bjf Storm I 4 House all Refugee The' National Guard came to the fescue of Martin i homeless today tents cots and blankets for ap 4 proximately 400 persons left without roofs over their heads i1 when terrific blast out of the West Indies leveled or unroofed their homes A Approximately 200 more hur ii ricanc refugees from the west border of the county which was hard hit will be cared for in i empty buildings at Indiantown A carload of 100 army tents arrived in Stuart this morning in charge of Major John Mc Naipara of St Augustine assist ant adjutant general who has been placed in direct charge of the emergency relief work here by the Army Major McNamara said that this plea for immedi TW ate wired to Governo? Dave Sholtz was relayed to Ad jutant General Vivien Collins of the State National Guard at St Augustine who took prompt ac tlon our hundred blankets and a supply of army cots arrived on the noon train from Miami in charge of a non commissioned army officer and seragent who immediately joined Major Mc Namara in the relief work Major McNamara will stay here until the situation is adequately in hand The lorida East Coast rail iway relief headquarters herie said tranSnbr? the relief ma tenal free of charee i a uiiriiJH riinn nv i wTYirirn field manager for the Emerg R' ency Relief Council Major Lake to Namara made a hasty prelimirix survey ot the county tM' mornftu there on Thursday Aboard her Ten tentV 4n rintV thrCe Mart ln COunty leu tents 40 cots and i rfiPrnifi' a ets w'efe allotted at Salp no tents 40 cots and blankets wiI1 MathdJimior Hodapp be placed at Kobe Sound 6 tents 20 cots and blankets i Police Stary on Duty pn tn rrnmw Tpnqcn will The dredge Congaree moored practically denuded every tree at the Arundel shops on ISt'in the county a Lucio canal took a wild ride at The ground beneath the the height of the hurricane groves Is carpeted with thous I 1 I ands of green oranges and grapefruit Over $1500000 damage has been suffered in the rich citrus belt along the Indian river believed and foundations or tfAriSbfed Thi Shotwell and' Hodapp places es canea nraenra In Palm City arms the Lud lum placri Kubrty housri Czerko house and Ed place were flattened to the ground ahd their owners are homeless to day The Murphy place and houses occupied by the Beddirig fielfls Beckstrom Herod and Tucker families ably damaged Minor damage at Dairy arm it was reported At the Niagara ruit Co grove thd outbuildings were nearly all flattened and the main house badly damaged All through' the larms trees were blown and citrus groVes and crops Daaty hurt A motorist returning Tropical arms reported several smal Ihomes flattened and said that the majority of the larger places suffered such severe dam age that their owners are not able to live in them The Sauvage place lost a portion of its roof aftd the gar ago was twisted stf bidly that it will have to be torn down A barn was blown down at the ugc Backus and Bassett farms as well as Ed place suf fered material damage to both crop and trees many of the orange and grapefruit trees be ing uprooted The river rose over its banks and flooded all four places At the Cosden place seven outbuildings were blown entire ly way The house alohe re mained and it was tied down with a steel cable Joe nearby was badly damag ed Martin staggeringstorm damage total estimated a 4UV DA a (AL I ziXI In Hn i uuii iiiHfi i day as reports filtered in isolated sections Indiantown it appears' much harder hit than at reported and the western der ot the county including aL most 25 miles of Conners high way was llteraly wrecked The lowest barometer reading yet reported was registered at Indiantown wnre Arthur Rqwell reported a1 low of 2825 at height of the blow Palrti City and Tropical' arms suifered severely from the hur ricane Although an official check has not yet been made HCalUJ Wild UlUWsl UUWXJ zuiIJr AiCWo LUUmj IvCvIVCU The memorial coconut grove 'ne following facts from resl at An the BUchahan estate planted by boys who made the trip to Alaska with Mi Buchanan was badly dam aged Tall Australian pines which I cannot be used and the post iormed anf 'ornamental border onice has been moved to along Point drive went down by the score and it was several hours before autos could leave the section Monday morn ing because of the fallen trees i a Nearly every grapefruit and Jack Adams 15 was injured forange on the penInsula was I believed rippjd from the and Shi Ln themselvw were badly BlwaMiO a SMES It I SH 4 4JV3' VAAJOUWXAJb VAWVV I I 4 IrM' flU lu taw iy'S 4 21 'J Udi A i a 4 Zz? 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