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menIjOsIinSquallW a riling I -* -»i «*cl MereOf Surf SwellsIn Hurricane'* PathBrink wind* jirrompaiiliil !fr hit iv * I \ hlt; a \ \ i i in v* hich hitt hr * i n«l **f lt;. 11 \ i vt nil | v| hhI!»nd * l-f’ dnu nt \\ n s» . t x»n «fu i,lt;IBljO » in Smifliix lt;(.nstiiiit* lt;j » lolt; jil disturb mu i u Mb nn lt;on n*’lt; I irn to ihe *1nrin | roc r« «*m n if tow Arc! \ iir;*Ihn prnin*ulf», the weather bureau said.In fart, fh» wofifh* r hurrau oh *er\rr fit !h* MunhdpHl Mrpnit reported ult; r a in ami no nnth . iihh* inn n x. in u uni nt I * 10 uni at that p.nt of the kl.tmlFriday night « squall broke «;M-' 1 don « h» * '• . \ o hut In ? hr- g.* - *wake all hope for recovering Utibodies of thr♦« fishermen lost in W *«t Bn v n r a r f v f«r I -! u rid w \ § £Vlt; n up Hatiml v aft.-r an «!! d*|*lt; HM- h hv t» r *»h• • .V n d« | nr \nu rV and th« roas* uti iid rrvr *1rd r#trade of either mm or boatThe officer of day at Fort Point Life boat Station said a roast guard boat covered the entire area manv times Saturday without results, andthat the search had been aban-| doned, •'Shdv i-ri in n ;m\ oth* r r^ii« of e nu n i • ' ; *tlt; -i j im r r 1 , or.dilion* h n?l provided reliefMeanwhile the w eat tor bur mo n* i e v r\ i n- d bath* t ■ that - Sun4frdev afternoon ground swells fore-r * * v* r - r* ' * v- r 1 ’ ' - % v - • v* V * ■* * v ihr■« ’d d« \ . ,p ■: n • ■ Uirf n iking it hazardous to swim,Saturday was an unpleasant 4 it sn the bav and around the bear hr*lt v # h ♦ ’* v s.: - -a, h a - oUamr d•peed of 22 miles an hour, i » weather bureau reported*r Some gusts were even higher but o nothing like the t0 m p h winds that d buffeted the city Friday night,s The low of 78 degrees Saturday morning and a high of 85 during the day was a welcome relief from - the heat of the past few weeks, but in the harbor the tides were trickyVand the wind s hindrance to safet.Tugboats were having difficultymaneuvering ships in the channel.Two shrimpers were found helpless and one was towed into port One of the boats aground onsouth jetty was a complete loss from what the investigating party C f t he ro i -d gu?i • i j • r-m fed \\ tfn « were so rough thcv couldn’t board the craft even to find out its name.Another trawler, the Major Wilson, owned by Lee Sykes of Kern ah, reported that Friday night as it was coming around south jetty it# rudder came apart and it had to b# f jsteered by oar.v It steered over by the jetties an^ anchored, but then a gust of wind ;sj which at the time was blowing at i_ around 60 miles an hour blew th#n vessel’s net into the screws and th#d Wilson was almost completely helplessSaturday morning the Fort Point Station sent one of their craft out to rescue the Wilson and towed it to port about 2 pm. Damage wasnot too e\tm?iv*‘ on *he Wilson The rest of the city was tryingto get rid of the dust stirred up, r by the sudden storm Friday night and picking up tree limbs and bushes that wlt; n blown belter skel ter by the winds. r' A Braniff Ai*lin«s plane which n landed at Munic^al Airpor* sho»*t b* |v before the storm struck was damaged by the mind, \ s quicklv I repaired and left on schedule Bat-b®; urday morning.IS* Other planes at the airport weregttaishfc-e*islelem-Turn to Pa e ? See FOt7H
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Sun, Aug 19, 1951
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