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Show 1200 ABANDON - IIOMEjN GALE NOME, Alaaka, Nov. 11 (UP) j ' A furious storm lashed the coast to-1 M day, sending lty apray high over I j th bulkhead and into the itmti, i and the 1200 inhabitant were " abandoning the town for the safety , '-i of higher ground. 1 T"r rrv.it wth whatbclong-j h lngi they could carry in a howling: K' gale and a driving rain. I Many home and torc already j were flooded." Weather forecaster! i laid the atorai would continue all y. Small houses along the watar- A front were waehed out to ea and large building were being under- I mined. Crew worked doggedly to, - heighten the barrier against the water. I Damage Mounts I The storm cam in from th Gulf of Alaska, accompanied by elect. It had raged about tha aea for three days and tha people here had ample am-ple warning to abandon dangeroui, i low-lying part of town. No casual-1 tie had been reported. Damage to the harbor and jettie wa ett- mated to have exceeded 10,000 al-ready. al-ready. During tha night th wind ahlfted toward the south. Ths power ys-, tern failed momentarily, causing light to flicker, but th service wa restored. The atorm wa comparable to that which ravaged th city in 1913, but damage waa expected to be les. Most building along th coaat that were destroyed In that storm never: were replaoed and, aa a result, th town had moved farther back from th ea. Hotel Undermined Workers piled sandbag, dredge bucket and heavy machinery against th bulkhead, but water poured over the top. East end streets were washed out and littered with debris. Small craft were moved tip th river to safety. I Th Lincoln hotel was endangered when th aid facing th aea was undermined. Wind was recorded st 43 miles an hour. Th Lomen commercial dock waa pounded hard, but was till Intact Building of th Northern North-ern Power It Light company were endangered. |