Show GALE MAROONS FLORIDA TOWNS FORT MYERS Fla Flit June 15 UP Residents of ot many south Florida cities were marooned by high Waters water waters wa wa- ter resulting from a tropical storm which crossed tho state and went wont wenton out on the Atlantic ocean today There was heavy rainfall through the night but no material wind damage was as reported Sheriff Sherif Bob King said he was In Informed Informed Informed In- In formed by residents of ot Bonito Bonita Springs 20 miles south of ot here that the waters there were the highest they hey had been In about 10 years years- approximately two two- and one-half one feet Plane Piano Crew Missing King said there was no damage In n Fort Myers although the hi highway highway high high- hwa h- h wa way south of ot the city was covered by jy water Divers found the body of ot Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Charles Martin Perrott coast guard pilot jammed in the wreckage of ot his plane which plunged Into Tampa bay near St St. Petersburg today while on storm patrol No trace of ot Radioman Walter Valter O. O MorrIs and Aviation Mechanic VillIam Wilham Wiliam Wil- Wil lIam ham D. D Eubanks was seen the divers reported It was believed they hey may have been thrown clear of the he craft when it struck the choppy chopp bay Coast guard vessels found grappling grappling grap grap- grappling pling equipment insufficient to raise the Jie plane which lay in about 14 feet of ot water and awaited the arrival arrival ar ar- ar- ar rh rival l of ot a marine crane Fred A. A Flanders government weather observer at Moore Haven d dr r rainfall in the hour 48 p pe- pe nod iod prior to 8 a. a m. m today was Inches the tho heaviest since the 1926 hurrIcane when it was estimated between 12 and 15 1 inches fell tell Bridges Washed Out Several small bridges were out In Inthe inthe the he section near Moore H Haven ven which is o on Lake Okeechobee A bridge was out near Palmdale and held up northern traffic Winds blew steadily through the tho night never reaching gale velocity and there here was no wind damage a Moore Haven laven source said The Tho center of ot the slight tropical disturbance was very near Miami at 30 a. a m. m when the barometer read 2959 29 9 and the wind velocity was 38 miles per hour from the northeast the weather bureau at Jacksonville reported Many lany Flee Flood The Jacksonville bureau said the disturbance cc appeared to be moving slowly in an south east-south-east direction direction tion Ion and its probable further movement movement move move- ment would be to the east or northeast north north- east Residents of Bonita Springs 20 miles to the south reported by telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone that the Imperial river had gone rone put out of ot its banks and forced them hem into the second floors of at their h homes mes A A few minutes later all means of communication with the town failed Veritable cloudbursts preceded the he storm in this sector f for forthe the past three days with Naples reporting a aall atall tall fall of t 16 inches in the past 72 hours Rain lain still fell early today all along the coast Trail Closed The state highway department closed tho trail trail only only dire direct di- di re t cross state link between Fort Myers and Miami Miami after after river Waters waters waters wa wa- submerged the pavement Southwest winds bringing high tides aggravated flood conditions at coastal points The storm unusually storm unusually early for tor disturbances of its type type originated originated somewhere in the neighborhood of the he Yucatan peninsula and moved In n a northeasterly direction across the gulf While the rains menaced property property prop prop- ert erty of ot all kinds in this sector parts of ot the southeast still suffered from persistent drouth |