RAGING STORM.
WASHINGTON HIT BY HURRICANE. Liner’s Calls for Help. SALISBURY, MARYLAND, ALMOST WIPED OUT. United Press A.ssn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received August 24, 12.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 23. A raging hurricane, leaving in its wake distress at sea, swept inland from Virginia Cape, towards Washington, and promised the most intense loss en route. The coastal liner Madison, with about one hundred persons aboard, sent calls for help from 20 miles north-east of Chesapeake Bight. Virginia. Two Coast Guard vessels were alongside. All three were hove-to. The deckhouses of the Madison were broken up by the storm. The Coast Guards also suffered damage. Many trees were uprooted in the residential sections of Washington as the storm began roaring in. This is the first tropical hurricane to reach Washington since 1896. Wireless operators in Baltimore picked up a message from Maurel, Delaware, which said that Salisbury, Maryland. is in a serious condition and has practically been wiped out. LINER PROCEEDING. (Received August 24. 1.50 p.m.) BOSTON, August 23. Eastern Steamships officials said tonight that the liner Madison was proceeding under her own power to Norfolk (Virginia) with the Coast Guard cutters Upshur and Carrabassett accompanying her.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 849, 24 August 1933, Page 9
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195RAGING STORM. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 849, 24 August 1933, Page 9
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