AUGUST 1933 ATLANTIC
COAST GALE
Saturday, August 26,
1933, the Atlantic seaboard began picking itself up
yesterday from one of the
most disastrous storms in recent years. The death to now
stands at 49 but from
northern New York to North Carolina , floods, threaten to add to
the total. Property
damage stands in the millions.
120 New York boys and
girls at camp along the Neversink River which flooded and
marooned them in their
dinning hall has receded, so they are safe.
The southwest section of
Philadelphia, a ten square mile area was flooded and
hundreds had to flee their
homes. The Philadelphia airport was under water and twenty
planes were landlocked.
Virginia coast resorts
were worst hit. Virginia Beach and Ocean City were virtually
wrecked but the work of
rehabilitation began rapidly.
Shortly after the storm
all means of leaving the shore area was cut off, telephone
and electric service was
out and only the Coast Guard wireless was available to send and
receive messages.
Bethany Beach resort was
with out drinking water Wednesday and Thursday. Late
Thursday water was brought
in by the barrel from Ocean View. There were no sickness'
reported. Ringlers Pier
at Bethany's boardwalk was received $2000 in damage. The dance
floor was flooded and
furniture, the sods fountain, was tossed about the pier.
With Labor Day on the
way, Bethany citizens and other coastal beaches are doing
a general clean up and
carpenters, brick masons, painters, and 20 mule teams have rushed
into the work. One of the main questions was “who will pay for
this” has been sidestepped.
Abstract: Wilmington News
Journal and other, August 1933 by Harrison H 06/17/18
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