Show TERRIFIC GAlE 1 SEEPS WEEP EAST Fl RmA GUA Ti Five Persons Killed 18 Injured When Wind Destroys Bunkhouse WRECKAGE FILLS TAMPA STREETS STREETS'S S 'S Property Damage Leaps to High Figure Trains Delayed Roads in Ruin JACKSONVILLE J. Via t l tk-c. tk ec t. t 1 I AP AP Five Five Ih lives were werl lost losi p property property prop prop- opI op- op erty erY damage estimated at nt almost I and one of the worst tte tie tie- ups UI In iii wire communication lion terI ver t known n n the Florida lUll east ct s alot t tI I I was as caused by high winds wind and 1 1 Ing rains In the lust last t twenty four our nt-our 1 hours hour l I The wind Ind at times burn hutTl- I cane proportions and the rain w ts s I 1 so heavy at some ome places as In La Miami where herE 14 1 incites incite's fell that the streets tre ts were standing in water and p people donned bathing suits Four tour persons were killed n near r Tam Tampa PolL where wheN a house boule on un Davis island colla collapsed plied and thc tho total danage damage damare dam dan age are In Tampa Itself l was estimated at almost J Eight en perSons persons per per- sons liens were ere Injured in the lIap of or orthe the house on Davis V l Island islan ll PubliO utilities thre there w wOre re re suspended and andall all aU wire communication except that of or U the e railroads was waa lost south ot or Tampa A ne negro woman was killed by flying debris Fanned by a high wind fire broke out In the Latin se section Uon of Tampa I and the Urge Large plant of or the Went Vest I Coast Coat Fertilizer I company was detro de- de tro d. d Fifteen r freight cars can near 1 the plant were burned turned I IThe IThe IThe The storm swept bott bOtI the east Cut and west welt coas coasts t II but inland points point reported no damage damn Winds that reached fifty tuo miles an hour hout at t Tampa and forty fortY forty-aix six at Key West Wt set were vere reported Vi tt the local weather 1 bureau and the storm alarm I itself f was unusual n as ordinarily the hurricane hurri hurni cane can season rAJU A. A Fla pee pec I 1 d aid aid- Beached etl Its II hl highest het velocity of of or c miles an hour at 1 l l' l a. a TIT rw today todar according to 10 tile tha weather bureau station The Th wind I was wal decreasing In velocity and tho the barometer rising The West It Coast Fertilizer l pant was destroyed by lire with loss There w were several other fires Urea The center of or the storm is south southeast of or this hll city Trees shrubbery light Continued on page 3 3 TERRIFIC GALE I SWEEPS EAST EST FLORIDA COAST I i Continued from page 1 i I and telephone wires were down Inthe in inthe inthe the residential section while downtown down down- town signs smokestacks and wooden wood wood- en awnings were blown down The I utilities companies here Issued warnings that the e streets were not safe eafe due to fallen tallen power lines 1 Railroads are without wires of officials officials ot- ot report and trains to this I city are delayed I Reports from West Palm Beach Deach said eald The entire Florida east coast was whipped by a strong northeasterly northeasterly northeast northeast- erly gale A stretch of ot ocean boulevard boulevard boulevard boule boule- vard near neat the inlet to Lake Worth nine miles north of West Vest Palm Beach was being undermined by the waves and volunteer rushed to the scene with logs tree stumps had bond I stakes to try and save the road No damage d-amage to local craft cratt was reported and no distress signals had been received up until The city was drenched with rain but no damage was done MIAMI l Fla D Dec c. c 1 AP AP Miami Miami I today was drying itself out out after one of ot the most thorough wettings i It has ever known Rainfall ex exceeding exceeding exceeding ex- ex fourteen Inches fell here Ina in ina ina a period of twelve hours much of it running in veritable streams Inthe in inthe inthe the principal streets of ot the city Flagler street the main thoroughfare thorough thorough- fare was likened to a bathing beauty promenade although many who were not beauties adopted bathing suits as the most feasible clothing under the e circumstances Business appointments were kept by staid business men in bathing suits who plunged their way through four feet of ot water to meet the latest seeker after opportunities ties from the hinterland Policemen not to be outdone entered entered entered en en- into the spirit by donning seaside and assuming traffic posts to gaily pHy wave wa the amateur Venetians on Fair Fall shoppers also arrayed in Sn bathing suits splattered their way about the streets wading from store to store |