Show I SIDELIGHTS ON FLORIDA STORM I By Dr The A 1 Press Bread Dread lines arc reported to have formed In Miami due to the Hollywood food tood shortage while at Holly wood only bread broad and water are aro Relief Relict beIng served at restaurants Re- Re Re lief surveys disclose only a day clay 20 supply of ot food tood and water In JoIl- JoIl Mi Miami ami Hoarding of supplies and profiteering has been barred by edict of ot city officials The shortage of foodstuffs and other necessities has led to some someI I looting chiefly In the negro sec eec sec section section tion of ot Miami Military permits are required for tor the purchase of food tood water Ice and gasoline which are sold only In limited quantities national With martial law in force torte na- na na guardsmen patrol the tho streets allowing no one abroad wIthout a military pelts pas after G 6 Gp Gp p in m Both Doth Miami and Miami Beach are without electric light and power high waters making V It impossible to operate emergency emergency ency generators I A coast guard Suard destroyer was was washed 1 ashore I by y the tho high waves wa In Biscayno bay and laid on Its side In a gravel driveway Stranded a block from the water front In Royal Palm park was a large largo yacht Patients In the post graduate post hospital at Homestead were ox- ox ex exposed posed for hours to the elements when the storm ripped oft Off the root roof of ot the thc structure No one was hurt I A woman sought refuge from Crom the storm In four foul different houses all before of ot which were demolished be- be be fore tore walking In water waist walt deep to reach tho the railroad where a atrain atrain atrain train was stopped for tor her Fort Lauderdale's beach front was waa obliterated and a new shore line shoreline established yards from the original line believed Citrus and truck crops ire are be- be be to have e been beep damaged se- se severe seVerely se severely vere verely The Tho little community ot of Davie bordering the tho ho Everglades now now ha has only a single house and andI anda anda anda I a a church standing I An Idea of or the depth of ot flood floodwaters floodwaters I waters which Inundated MIamI Beach and parts of ot Miami fron the sea and Biscayne bay may be maybe maybo had from Crom these figures tl The causeway connecting Miami wIth I Miami Beach normally Is six to I 10 feet teet the water level le ot of the bay During the storms storm's height six feet of ot water over the causeway The furious gale gala bent In in the mIddle the story 18 Meyer Meyer-Kiser 1 bank banI building Another Miami structure the Miami Dally Daily News building suffered damage to its celebrated tower I |