Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-13 | Page 6 | East Coast Fires Tie up Shipping

FI ES i TIE UP SHIPPING i NORFOLK Va Nov 13 UP UP- UP Forest fir fires s in Tidewater Virginia and in several eastern counties of ot North Carolina creating dense cla clouds ds of smoke of-smoke smoke which extended faroat far 1 o out oat t. t t to sets sea have hav tied up shipping activities activities' along the tho Virginia seaboard sea sea- f board and caused property damage t estimated at millions of at dollars t No ships Norfolk harbor barbor Ie since 9 p. p Wednesday m. m because of ol smoke and fogs The Norwegian steamer went aground inthe In Inthe the harbor yesterday and the tho pilot boat Virginian ran fast fut In the mud at Dt Capo Cape Henry Tho The latter latler was floated floated float float- ed cd late last night by a coast guard cutter The shooting force was forced to abandon target practice o 60 50 miles mUc off oft Cape Capo H Henry nry reporting to the Hamp Hampton ton Roads Road naval base that smoke from tile tho forest fires was was blinding F the gunners and obscuring tho the tar tar- r gets No rain has hu fallen In this section this month