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TAMPICO, Mexico, Aug. 22. UPi Deadly hurricane “Charlie” lashed Tampico twice Wednesday with winds reported as high as 160 miles an hour.The same storm which killed more than 150 persons in Jamaica killed at least one person here. It j injured at least 27, and littered a flooded city with wreckage. jWhether the second blow — from Jthe back of the hurricane after the jstorm’s “eye” had passed—causedmore deaths here was not immedi- | ately ascertained in the battered, rain-drenched port blacked out bya power shut-off.300 INJUREDArmando Rivas Torres, in an eyewitness report for newspaper Excelsior of Mexico City, estimated the injured at 300. He said at least 300 houses had been damaged or j destroyed, with only the founds- ; tions left of 150. !Reliable reports were lacking ; from elsewhere along Mexico’s j storm-whipped coast where the hurricane moved inland from the Gulf.A reporter for the Mexico Citynewspaper Ultimas Not in as heard unconfirmed reports of several dead and “many injured' in Soto La Marina, 120 miles north ofTampico. 1Weather bureau experts said the storm’s second strike at Tampico was mightier than the first andwreaked more destruction.The hurricane first hit Tampicoabout 8:30 a.m. lt;(’ S. T. \WORST RECORDEDThe hurricane, described as the worst recorded in Mexico, got its I name “Charlie” from the I S. Weather Bureau practice of naming the season's blows in alphabetical order. It was the third of thishurricane season.As it drove inland off the Gulfof .Mexico the storm left a flooded city strewn with wreckage Across Tarnesi River it uprooted trees, knocked over telephone poles, and drove persons fleeing the area into a panic.Mayor Manuel Willis Guzman estimated damage to Tampico cityas probably less than $1 million.Farmers said loss of the nearbye rn crop may run to more than $500,000.The V. S. Weather Bureau at New Orleans said highest winds at Tampico were. 100 miles an hour reaching 110 miles in gusts.MOVES INLANDIn the bureau’s final (4 p.m.C. S. T. i advisory the storm center had moved inland about 30 miles northwest of Tampico.“Hurricane winds and gales willcontinue early tonight over the extreme west-central Gulf of Mexico between Latitudes 23 and 25, decreasing later tonight,” the advisory said.Veteran newsmen here said thestorm was Tampico’s worst since many were killed and much damage resulted from one in 1936.The Mexican Aviation Company said the wind at. the airport reached a velocity of 160 miles an hour, the capacity of the measuring instrument. The company said the wind seemed to increase in force after this point but could not be measured.Threatening rains clouds still hung over West Texas north and west of Abilene Wednesday night.Most of the area had received slow rains late Tuesday night and early Wednesday which averaged over an inch.Abilene at the end of two days of scattered showers had collected only .17 inches of rain.Wednesday afternoon .14 inches fell at the Weather Bureau at the airport, but none downtown. Tuesday downtown Abilene had ,03inches of rain.Temperatures in Abilene began a predicted climb. It was 90 degreesat *5*30 r» m as pnmnareriIHeavy clouds hung over Rotar Wednesday afternoon, but the 10: inches which fell early Wednesdaj and late Tuesday was all the rair received there.Roby had caught .70 inches bj Wednesday morning.Stamford picked up .37 inch dur ing the nigh! for a total of .46 Weinert got an inch of rain ovei Tuesday night.Showers west of Abilene wer« more scattered.Wednesday Big Spring received .68 inch, hut Colorado City rested_ afternoon on its 1.20 inches accumulated during the* ... i_ A * ...
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 23, 1951
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