Stratford preps for hurricane Edna emergency aid stays ready
Civil Defense and Stratford Red Cross mobilize as Edna approaches. Police, auxiliary units, and radio centers free beach areas and set up emergency posts at Lordship and Short Beach. Shelters at American Legion hall and David Foster Junior High ready. 73 auxiliary officers on standby and canteens, nurses, and volunteers deployed for aid.
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Olivert Husted
Stratford Red Cross
Pon
Jr. Pickus
Newauxiliary
Lordship Beach
Short Beach
Shore Residents Flee Fairfield as Storm Looms on Coast
Fairfield residents along the shore evacuated en masse ahead of a hurricane expected to hit. Police and 22 special officers checked cottages, a siren sounded, and Red Cross sheltered about 25 people at Child Memorial Parish hall with more to come. Gas company crews moved furnaces, sandbag barriers were erected at Oldfield school, and boats and town vehicles were relocated to avoid flood damage as high tide flooded part of Fairfield Beach road.
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Fairfield
James Kranyik
James McCarthy
Beach
Fairfield Beach
Colonial Garden Association
Fairfield Red Cross
Child Memorial Parish Hall
Center Street
Red Cross
Bridgeport Gas Company
Oldfield School
Christopher Chisholm
Beres Street
Fairfield Beach Road
Reef Road
Norwalk mobilizes shelters and boats for hurricane stand by
Norwalk Civil Defence mapped plans to meet an incoming hurricane forecasting early tomorrow. Three schools Rowayton Elementary Marvin School Columbus School were designated as evacuation centers. DPW with CD and Red Cross prepped lifeboats and shorefront boats for emergency use while officials urged residents to evacuate if needed.
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Norwalk
Veterans Memorial Park
Rhode Island Prepares for Edna After Carol Hit
Rhode Island braces as Edna threatens with hurricane force winds along the coast. Providence governments, utilities, banks, and naval bases bolster defenses with sandbags, reinforced doors, and emergency tours. Newport Naval Base moves ships to safer moorings. Coleman McGreevy warns civil defense teams will mobilize if the storm nears.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Carol
Edna
Newport
Leyte
Quonset
Tarawa
Navy
John M. McGreevy
State Civil Defense
Telephone employes mobilized in anticipation of Edna
Connecticut telephone workers totaling about 3000 men will report for duty tomorrow as Edna threatens the state. Switchboards will be fully staffed and offices normally closed on Saturday will open. Storm patrols will cover the state and crews will man unattended offices to speed clearances.
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New Haven
Connecticut
New England Telephone Company
Red Cross On Alert As Edna Strikes Coast
The American Red Cross mobilizes thousands of volunteers from the Carolina Capes to Cape Cod to aid hurricane victims. The group seeks 600 cots and 1,200 blankets from the army for Ports mouth Warwick R I and New Bedford Mass and asks First Army to hold walkie talkies amphibious trucks and jeeps for emergency use. Thirty nine national disaster workers are deployed along the coast from the Carolina Capes to New Jersey.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Carolina Capes
Cane Cod
Red Cross
Portsmouth
Warwick
R.J
New Bedford
Mass
First Army
New York
New Jersey
New England
Long Island
Fairfield to Use Siren as Hurricane Warning
Fairfield will sound air raid warning sirens to alert residents along the shoreline of an approaching hurricane. The Civil defense warning system will be used for broader town audibility. A siren at Beach and Fairfield Beach Roads covers only a limited area, prompting evacuation readiness and emergency standby by police Red Cross and Civil Defense teams.
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Fairfield
Civil Defense System
Beach
Fairfield Beach
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Danbury Man Pays $50 For Reckless Driving
Danbury, Sept. 10 Anthony Reilless, 47, of Mill Plain road, found guilty of reckless driving and fined $30 by Judge Leonard Mc Mahon after pleading nolo contendere. He was arrested Aug. 3 in Mill Plain district following a two car crash with Mrs. James J. Muckenhoupt. Also, Montgomery Throop, 36, of Wingdale, N Y, guilty to operating with defective brakes, fined $25 with $10 remitted, for a Route 7 two car crash. Spiro James Louisoudes, 26, Manhattan, Kans., guilty of passing on a curve, fined $10. Robert Rowan, 19, Flushing, N Y, forfeited a $25 bond for failing to appear on a Route 7 passing on a hill charge.
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Danbury
Anthony Reilless
Mill Plain Road
Leonard McMahon
Mill Plain
Bruce Albert
James J. Muckenhoupt
Robinson Avenue
Montgomery Throop
Wingdale
N. Y
George Bunnell
Spiro James Louisoudes
Manhattan
Kans
Officer Bunnell
Robert Rowan
Flushing
Ridgefield Woman Inherits $100,000 Trust Fund
Miss Edythe Henderson of Ridgefield is named to receive $6000 annually from a $100,000 trust fund created by Emil Stern, a New York textile executive who died at 91 in Norwalk. The will directs that if the income falls short the principal may be used. Stern leaves the rest to his three children Edward, Fred, and Pauline E. Meyer.
Westport Moves to Evacuate Residents in Shore Areas
Westport officials activated Civil Defense measures to evacuate shore residents ahead of Hurricane Edna. police broadcast warnings via sound truck through Old Mill, Compo Beach, and Saugatuck Shores. Residents were urged to prepare and stay indoors as storm precautions and shelter plans were organized by First Selectman Crossman, Police Chief Dolan, CD Director Anstett, Fire Chief Shipper, and church leaders.
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Westport
State Civil Defense
Hartford
Old Mill
Compo Beach
Saugatuck Shores
Samuel J. Taciano
First Selectman
W. Clarke Crossnan
Civil Defense
John A. Dolan
Robert M. Anstett
Harold A. Shipper
Gibson ST. Daniels
Saugatuck
YMCA
First Selectman Cronsman
Milford Prepares for Storm Edna Evacuations Under Way
Milford mobilizes for Hurricane Edna with Town Manager Desmond and Red Cross chair Witt directing precautionary measures. By 11, over half shorefront families evacuated as police radio units cover the area. Emergency shelters opened in Seabreeze Woodmont Point Beach Pumpkin Delight and Kay Avenue with about 100 evacuees housed overnight. Red Cross executive director Olga Turner says shelter crews will be at full strength if mass evacuation is ordered. transportation demands are being coordinated. Fire Chief Coley and Civil Defense authorities issue standby. Battery C 211th AAA Mobile unit under Capt John Helwig volunteers to assist shorefront evacuations.
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Civil Defense
Stratford
American Red Cross
Patrick J. Flanagan
Long Island
Lordship
Houstonic
Short Beach
Harry B. Flood
Flanagan
Alfred M Pickus
Red Cross Disaster
Louis Jetriél, Jr
Mrr
Pickus
Flood Watc
South Main Street
Ageport Municipal Airport
Pat Meadow Road
Lordship Ool
Flood
Richard E Blake
Floyd Dunphy
Red Cross
W. Fowler
CD Welfare
Wew
Red Cross Motor Service
Chapter House
Milford
John J Desmond
Milford Red Cross
Kenneth Witt Tement
Richard F. Coley
Seabreeze
Woodmont
Point Beach
Pumpkin Delight
Kay Avenue
Olga Turner
Turner
Civil Defense and Public Works
211Th Aaa
John Helwig
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