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Hurricane LashesI.T7I Continued from Page Onei the Miami air base at Opa Locka were dispatched as rescue workers, and fire fighters/to Richmond.-Another fire sprang 'up on the northwest fringe of downtown Miami. destroying a furniture factory, and a tile-manufacturing plant and casting a great red glow up against the rain-whipped skies.Relief workers went' into.the Florida keys as the core of the storm raged over the Everglades in. a curving ‘ northward movement. Hundreds of homes were reported-damaged in the Keys, where^ the hurricane r e,a c h e d an officially, recorded, velocity of 143 m.p.m. at Cary sport light, 40 miles south of Miami.Winds of 99 m.p.h. roared over-Miami itself but damage, was- held•to a minimum by a tightlyboarded up city. .• •Fire Threatens BaseAn unconfirmed^ report said $7,-000,000 worth- of navy-and .private planes, shifted, from'.the Miami area to the hurricane-proof Richmond blimp base, ’ .were endangered‘by- the fire there!,;An advisory issued by the weather bureau -at 9 p. m.. (EWT) said: “Extend hurricane ; ’warnings 9 p. m, of,Florida peninsula to in-” elude Jacksonville and-St. Marks.“The -severe hurricane is central over the Florida everglades 60 miles ; west . .of Miami, attended* by winds of full hurricane' force. ' “Highest wind reported at Miami was-99 m.pJi. = :“It is • apparently, jnoving northwestward at 12 to 16 m.p.h.' with a' tendencytoward slow northward ’ curve which . will 'probably terminate in a. . :de£inite northeast- |-ward’ movements while still ove? Florida, interior close to ; the gulf coast, or, after .emerging a short distance' out in the Gulf'of Mexico.' This movement . will - -cause the storm to affect all of peninsular Florida/and adjacent water area.“Destructive winds were indiv Gated for central Florida later Saturday night and Sunday and over north Florida . Sunday., Hurricane winds that now.prevail over-.extreme south Florida began to diminish. ' slowly ■ after midnight.Hurricane Warnings“Hurricane., warnings are now displayed .over -the -entire Florida peninsula.”At 9 p. m., the winHs in Miami had ebbed to 68 m.p.h.The highest unofficially reported winds at West Palm Beach were about 60 m.p.h. •Two big fires, whipped by the tremendous - winds • to great sky-flarin'g glows; raged. in the ■ hurricane zone, One was reported engulfing all three hangars at the Richmond ' blimp base '30 miles from Miami—the largest hangars in the .world—and another blaze in a block of buildings, was being fought by firemen, on the fringe of downtown Miami, ...Full hurricane' .warnings were displayed'from Falni Beach around .the southern Florida coast' to Tampa and at • three forty-five p.m. MWT storm warnings; were ordered up along the east coast.- Ninety-nine-mile winds roared through Miami and Miami Beach, smashing plate glass, carryingaway colorful beach cabanas, lifting roofs off a few buildings, overturning automobiles and flooding deserted Collins avenue, along the ocean front.All Traffic HaltedThe police department halted all traffic over the three causeways connecting Miami and. Miami Beach to prevent motorists from being blown into Biscayne bay.All public buildings including schools, police stations, post offices and motion picture theatres were thrown open as emergency storm shelters in virtually every south Florida city. Hundreds were under cover in. them, some latearrivals bedraggled and soakingwet.More than 1,000 Red Cross work; ers were on the job, some in dangerous spots. Gene Hall of Miami, a letter carrier and Red Cross volunteer, carried an emergency radio transmitter into the storm .at Key Largo,“Coeoanuts were yanked off trees and flew through the air like footballs in forward passes,” he reported. “Water covers the overseas highway on Key Largo. I located one family cowering in' the storm after most of their house blew away.”143-Mile VelocityThe extreme 143-miie velocity was reported at Carysfort light, 40 miles' southeast of Miami.The terrific storm-was curving slowly to the northward. and hurricane . warnings were ', extended higher along Florida's’, east and west coast.An. afternoon advisory sent hurricane warnings flying at PalmBeach and Tampa, and placed the rest of Florida on the'alert. Previously the hurricane •’ zone covered from Fort Lauderdale to Naples1. ■The Lake Okeechobee region, scene of Florida’s greatest hurricane disaster in 1928 when some 2,000. persons were killed, was included - in - the area in. which’ theI♦i£ttat.cXcttItIIdrCv
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Ogden Standard Examiner
Ogden, Utah, US
Sun, Sep 16, 1945
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