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VOLUME XXII
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1933
PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 30
Red Cross Gives Relief
Hundreds Stricken Area
Food, Clothing and Shelter is Provided Carter
et's Destit.le by Local Chapter of Red Cross;
All Relief Activities Under Direction of Dr.
and Mrs. Frank E. Hyde; Health Author
ities Endeavor to Prevent Development of
Disease in Hurricane Sections.
Florence Nightingale must have
had such disasters in mind as the
one that befell the eastern section of
Carteret County Friday night when
she founded the Red Cross organiza
tion, because since the hurricane left 1 "'-
hundreds homeless, foodless and all Will leach rupils in Tempor-
BEAUFORT SCHOOL
! TO BEGIN MONDAY
but clothesless east of here the local
chapter of the American National:
Red Cross has done its utmost to'
provide all of the needy with the
necessities of life. I
ary Quarters Until Local
School Building is
Rebuilt
With temporary quarters in read-
lines? the local schools will open
Dr. Frank E. Hyde, chairman of Mondav mornino- at. ninp nYlrwfc.
.-iUpter, has lett Each pupil is renuested to r?rovt to
private- medical practice and has the building in which his grade is to
ted his full time to the relief of.be housed until the school building is
the local Red Cross
his pr
devote
those who lost their all in tne 1 ri-; repaired. The several rooms that are
day night disaster. Mrs. Frank E.to be used in the school building are
Hyde, who is chairman of the relief :filst fl00r front rooms that have
committee of the local chapter of been pronounced safe by the local
the Red Cross, has left her home and building inspector. After the repair
has given every hour of her time to work is started on the school build
directing relief and carrying relief ,ing every precaution wil be taken
to outlaying villages. Since Friday j by teachers, and others, to see- that
night the Hyde home on Ann Street ;an children are free from danger at
has become a regular beehive of Red an times.
Cross activity. Both Doctor and Mrs.
Hyde are giving their services with
out compensation.
CEDAR ISLAND IS
PICTURE OF RUIN
Fifteen or Eighteen of Eighty
Homes Now Tenable and
Only One Fit For Winter
The Beaufcrt News sent a
reporter to the Cedar Island
sector of the hurricane strick
en area Monday, and here is his
personal account of the devas
tation and destitution brought
to that section by the Friday
night hurricane. This story will
give the readers of the News a
fair picture of the general con
ditions not only at Cedar Island,
but also at Lukens, Merrimon,
South River and other villages
in eastern and north eastern
Carteret County.
C Hi
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4:09
Disastrous Hurricane Brinri
Death and Destitution Friday
Wind Blew Unceasingly for More Than Twelve Hours and Official Max
imum Velocity at Cape Lookout was Hundred and Five Miles an Hour;
Eight Carteret People Lose Lives by Drowning During Hurricane;
Property Damages in County Exceed Million Dollar Mark; Hundreds
of People in Eastern Carteret Communities Depending Entirely on
Red Cross for Food and Clothing; Hundred Homes Demolished and
Practically All Others Damaged.
damaged food had been consumed!
when we arrived.
The people were dressed in what
ever clothing they had been able to
salvage from the wreckage. The re
maining mattresses and quilts had
been placed out to dry. All clothing
FILE YOUR NEWS AWAY
From a historical standpoint
this issue of the News is worth
ceeping. Fortunately storms
like that of last (Friday do not
cccur more than once in most
people's lives. At considerable
' utlay and effort and expense
the staff of the News has gotten
all the facts of most interest in
connection with this big event.
It would require a good sized
book to relate all the details
of what the hurricane did in
Carteret cjounty alois. We
have tried to present as correct
a picture of the occurrence as
we could for the information
of our readers of the present
day and for any who in the
future may be interested in
the matter.
Many Volunteer For Work
More than half a hundred volun
teers have gladly given their servic
es to the relief work of the Red
Cross; many of these not only have
donated their time but their automo
biles also. More have volunteered, but
have not been called into service yet.
Mrs. Malcolm Lewis, director of
the Federal Emergency Relief in
Carteret County, has turned the fol-
The teachers meeting will be held
at two o'clock Saturday mornnig, at
which time the new plans will be ex
plained and discussed. Immediately
after adjounrment each teacher will
.visit her new quarters in order that
she might familiarize herself with the
new arrangement.
These new quarters are as follows:
First Grades Methodist Sunday
?;ho;! -F:v:t Floor. -
Second Grades American Legion
Hut.
lowing employees of -- the" HR5TJllf ff "frta'des" Masonic' Hall' "'
over to Doctor and Mrs. Hyde for'; Fourth Grades Regular 4th grade
Red Cross relief work: Misses Sarah 1 rooms in School Building.
Rumley, Eleanor Ramsey, Margaret ' Fifth Grades Regular 5th grade
Hill, Vera Longest and the Rev. rooms in School Building.
Worth Wicker. Byrd Wade was sent Sixth 1 Library, 1st floor School
to the Morehead City chapter. i Building.
,. , ! Six-2 Room No. 3 Old School
Carteret Nurses Enlisted 'Puildintr
Three local nurses, Misses Maggie, Seventh-1
Arringion, luauue rarmn, anu aiary ( jJuildin"
Quidley, along with Maurice Cree, a; St-ven-2 Room No
Duke University medical school stu- Buildin
dent, are administering antitoxins, Eighth Room No.
anu vaccines to tnose living in tne Bulling
stricken areas. These ranks were, Ninth Room No. 7
swelled considerably when the Mre' Building,
head City Hospital sent the follow-. Tenth Room No. 8
ing nurses from its staff to aid in: Building
this preventative work; Misses Olaj Eleventh Room No,
Mae Nelson, Marie Piner, Clate Wat" ; Building.
son ana tveiyn nm. j We wish to thank all who have so
Mrs. Hyde says that Captain Aua--generougl offered temporary quar
tin, skipper of the Fort Macon Coast te in order that tn6 WQrk
Guard Station, and Lieutenant De- might not be so seriously handicap
Ottee, who is in charge of Advance I d It u believed that with the
Base A m Morehead City, have beenkWnole.hearted cooperation of pi
very courteous and generous m plac-;teache and t that serious
ing tne coast guaroooara at xne ais- i0,g d t , &XDerienceH.
Defer School Opening
Until Next Monday
By J. G. ALLEN
Supt. County Schools
By JAMES G. WHITEHURST
Grim death and devastation strode
across Carteret County Friday night
in the form of the worst hurricane
that has hit this section in more than
three quarters of century. After be
ing stormy all day Friday, the wind
began to attain gale force late in
the afternoon and by the- time dark
ness enveloped the land it had at
tained hurricane force. The velocity
of the gale has been estimated to
have reached the hundred-mile-per-hour
mark during the early hours of
Saturday morning.
The oldest citizens here in Beau
fort have told the News that it was
the most devastating storm that they
have seen in the past four score
years. It was not merely a bad wind
that reached gale force for just a
few minutes; the disastrous hurri
cane swept Carteret for more than
twelve hours without ceasing for ev
en a few minutes. From early Fri
day morning rain began falling and
this continued unremittingly until
about daybreak Saturday morning.
This terrific tropical hurricans
which swept up the Atlantic coast
Friday seemed to have hit Carter
et near Beaufort inlet, striking Beau
foit and Morehead City first, then
continued with its destructive force
on to Merrimon, South River, Lukens,
Roe and Lola, with all other com
munities in eastern Carteret getting
-Auditorium Old School
5 Old
6 Old
Old
Old
School
School
School
School
9 Old School
Let us all pull together
good of the children.
Respectfully.
for the
R. L. FRITZ, Supt.
People to be Treated
posal of the local chapter,
Health Authorities Arrive
Dr. ,J C. Knox, of State Board
of Health, is here trying to improve
the sanitary conditions to the point
where disease will not develop in the
.j. . i- i : .... xj- lw : naBi
ed by Sanitary Engineers M. R. Health UttlCialS Urge
Cooper, of Ralegih, and A. B. Free
man, of Morehead City. A. J. Beres,
Jr.. and TL B. Atkinson, relief offic
ers of the Red Cross, are here assist- j Through Wednesday evening 847
Jng with the relief work. Red Cross people in the hurricane stricken area
Case workers will arrive shortly. Auhad been mnocuiated with tetanus au
thorities report that no diseases titoxin and vaccinated with typhoid
have developed in the hurricana yaccine. All samples of drinking wa
area and every thing is being done'.ter so far examined in the rural see
to prevent them from occurring. It tions of the county are said to have
is strongly urged that all drinking been polluted, and hence dangerous
water to be boiled before it si con- to drink unless previously boiled.
SUmed. jThe health authorities are strongly
Not only is the Red Cross propos- and firmly urging that the people in
ing to feed and cloth the needy in the eastern communities boil their
By JAMES G. WHITEHURST
A partv bcarinsr Red Cross supplies ;nd been collected in its wet, sandy
for Cedar Island left Beaufort, at,'! damaged condition, and the
seven-ten Monday morning on '.the , women were busily engaged in try
picket boat from 'Fort Macon. No ' in' to rehabilitate as much of this
word had been received up until as possible by washing it.
then concerning the condition of the The whole island gave th. visitors
eighty-odd families living in the one of the woist pictures ever seen
communities of Lola and Roe , on in Carteret County. Destitution and
Cedar Island. Owing to the lack of : devastation were portrayed on every
information, only thirty regular Red side. With all worldly goods wholely
Cross "orders" were carried on this or partially destroyed and their
trip. ' 'means of livelihoods swept from
I them, the people were still bewildered
This party was made up of Dr. iin the plight that the hurricane and
Frank E. Hyde, director of the local destiny had cast them. They were
Red Cross headquarters, Miss Sarah ' undoubtedly the most pitiful folks,
Rumley, investigator for the Feder-.the enth.e three hundred and fifty of
al Emergency Relief, and the writ- them, that the writer has ever seen
er. The picket boat wfts under the any where. Refugees in the Mississ
command of Captain Austin, skip- jppj Valley after a flood could bl In
per of the Fort Macon Coast Guard ;no vvorse condition than those try
Station; and two members - of the ng to ean.y on at Cedar Island.
Coast Guard crew maned the boat. jt ony have they lost their
When the party arrived close up homes, their clothing and other
to the shore at Lola, which is the .property, but their livings are son?.! v.-;,u uj.Q,ia f u n,,.,,.
. , . J O ' lilt" HUllUitUO Ui UUlllkJ H"U Mb"
community on the sou hern end of Only four skiffs and three motor. out the county either totally wreck
the island, only two small boats could boats and two of these were small jed swept away or materially dam
be seen alone the shore. When the,had been found by Monday after- 'a j and with the househodl eff,cts
picket boat was signted there was a , noon. All the fishing gear was total-, of mny hundreds of families either
W!ld scramble on the part of'-the is- ly destroyed by the hurricane. The ; gone 01. drenched by the high water
landers to pet to the shore and many water rose- ten feet above tha average ;and dl.iving rains, and with a;,rox-
vf rto man tv'o-i opt in t.h skiffs. -t. .,.!.. 1 it. ' . . - - - , ....
After a little delay the owners .of tne;ed several feet higher. Both wind and iv, r.t ,i -;ti,-,t
boats "poled out to the- picket oat. 'the Vide carried -'on their destructive . w.i.. ' ,ua t n,.Pi,,,:OTrst in the county, according to all
When asked by Doctor Hyde what .work for more than fifteen hours on them, the opening of the schools 0f irepolts a:'d a Personal investigation
tne eona.uons or me mna ana :r- tr.e island. i Carteret County was deferred
prop e were, he was informed that . At R0e the heme of J.hn Morris throughout the county until Mondav,
the houses were wholely or almost Daniels, the only one on the bland ; September 25th, at which time all
destroyed, the people barely clothe:! little damaged by the storm, was schools in the countv will open, ex
find at tne point of starvation. One converted into a first aid station andppt Mr bion South River Lukens,
of the men requested that the party numerous patients had their wounds 'Ceila fsianj; fortsmouth, and North
dise-mbaik and go see the actual cor.-.treated ani tetanus antitoxin given plive, colored. The above named
ditions existinz. 'them by Doctor Hyde. L,.i,,...k .;n ua o,,(-k,.,vj
.TV-IIV .'1.1 t 111 lC S U v 111 1 k4r U J
Unless sanitary conditions are cs-'v,htn the buildings are no longer
tablished soon, the islanders will be '
subject to general disease and epi-'rw .,vvS ,n,i ' in rnnrlitinn I and. if the-v are nt "moved and
ed unon us with ovenoved eves. One demies. If the homes am not. rpnnir-bunea decomposition will result
young woman with a baby it appear ed and reconstructed at once, the !
ed to be her first cried with joy. people will suffer untold hardships! Particular attention is called to
Every person seemed to have stuck this winter, especially if it be a sev-'the. fact that the Beaufoit Sjhools
nails in their feet or had had cuts ere one. J will optn Monday, September 25th,
and bruises about their bodies. The All the folks on the island seemed along with many others, a detailed
last food in Lola had been consum- to be suffering from bewilderment ' anncuneement is being mpde else
ed for breakfast, and this had been and nerve shock. They had retro- where in this issue for the guidance
far from sufficient. .greased to their primitive instincts of pupils in reporting to the various
The homes had been washed from especially self-preservation. When placts to be used for school purpos
their foundations, windows had been the distribution of the foodstuffs es in Beaufort until the central build
blown out, roofs and roofing wrench- was begun, they started to take, the ing can be re-occupied,
ed from the tops of the structures, food without regard to the neds of! ., , i.
Wreckage was strewn from one end the other fellow. If Mack Lupton, a I . very possible precaution, through
of the island to the other. Few of New Bern seafood dealer who was ajaa"y 'n,nation of the new build-
the people had shoes on, and virtu-! former ship master, had not jumped a"d t,he pol'Tg b teacher f
-ii.. u.j u i..u 4-v. :Ui. i. ' .....u. ithe school ground, wil be taken to
Upon arriving on shore we were
conducted through a throng of half
clothed bewildered people who look-
th:ir shares of the devastating tem
pest. The villages enumerated in the
foregoing sentence were hit the
carried on bv tne .News.
Million Dollar Property Loss
Within Carteret County alone
there was a property loss of at least
a million dollars, eight people were
drowned and scores left homeless,
hundreds without food and more with
I barely enough clothing to cover their
: bodies. Th'ousands of domestic and
I wild animals perished in the water
ing they had been able to salvage, ier the equitable distribution of the fe016 .thafetf of a" Y&n f
children in those classes that will be
housed in the new building.
the hurricane area, but it will also
furnish lumber, roofing and hard
ware for the repair and reconstruc
tion of homes. It is said, however,
that the Red Cross will not furnish
the materials for reconstructing the
homes as they were before, but suf
ficient for liv: g in when cold weath
er comes. Th; destitute must rebuild
and repair th.ir own homes, for the
Red Cross dc:s not furnish the labor
for this.
Receiving Contributions
More than three hundred dollars
in cash has been donated to the lo
cal chapter of the Red Cross, while 1 . 1:30 p. m.
several hundred dollars worth of 'Wiliston Tuesday,
drinking water and be vaccinated
and innoculated at once.
During the next three weeks nurs
es and doctors will visit the follow.
ing Carteret communities at the
specified times for the purpose of in
noculating and vaccinating every
one who so desires:
Cedar Island Tuesday, all day.
Atlantic Tuesday, 9 to 10 a .m.
Sea Level Tuesday, 11 a . m. to 1
p. m.
Stacy Wednesday,' 9 to 11 a. m
Davis Wednesday, 11:30 a. m
Recorder Gives Man
Long Road Sentence
Two road sentences aggregating
Stewart, young white man, in Recor
der's Court Tuesday morning by
Judge Paul Webb. Stewart pleaded
not guilty to violating the prohibi
tion laws, but after a trial was
found guilty and was sentenced to
serve six months on the- State roads.
The same defendant pleaded guilty
Jo a charge of assault on a female ; to have been the most terriffic, for
to-w it-
art.
-his wife, Mrs. Louise Stew-
2 to 4
m.
clothing and large amounts of oth-1 Smyrna Thursday, 10 to -12 a .m,
er necessary things for the destitute i-Marshallberg Thursday, 1 to 4 pm.
have been received at the Red , Merrimon Wednesday, 9 to 11 a m.
Cross headquarters in the cornev , South River Wednesday, 11:30 a.
Chadwick building on Front Street, jm. to 12:30 n. m.
'Continued on page four) Lukens Wednesthy, 2 to 4 n
Nearly all the homes at Lola could be food. It was a ravenous bunch that 1
used as long as the weather remains received the relief packages.
warm, but when winter shuts in, none i Each of the thirty Red Cross "or
will be tenable unless they are great- ders" was composed of the f ollow
ly repaired. ing: one twelve-pound sack of self-
Owing to the fact that just a few rising flour, five pounds of corn
of the eighty families of Cedar Is- meal, two pounds of lard, two pounds
land live at Lola, only six of the of sugar, one pound of coffee, two
nriara tvofa loff fVioro ' nr.ll n Hs nf fat- nnvlr fiv.-. pnna ff air.
tor Hyde requested that one of thejaporated milk and' several cans ofleiShteen months were given Everet
three remaining motor boats on the pork and beans. More orders were
island be sent to Atlantic to meet a sent to Cedar Island on Tuesday of
truck of supplies the next day. Af- this week.
ter the wholesale destruction and The whole, island was giving off a
wreckage of the homes had been ex-j'salty steam under the hot sun that
amined, most of the injured ones was shining Monday. All of the veg
were gathered along side of one of etation had been killed by the salt
the porches that had not been blown tide and the wind; only the tops of
away and an emergency first-aid sta- the pines here and there remained
tion was set up. even slightly green. Every thing
iNumerous men, women and chil- looked as if it had been scalded with
dren were treated for nail punctures, hot brine. This together . with the
the wounds dressed and tetanus an- strewn debris wrecked and badly
titoxin shot in their arms. Those j dam aged home3, and the absolute des
havine lacerations had these cleans-, titution of the people, presented a
"jed out, antiseptics applied and the (heartbreaking picture for the visi-
wounds dressed. 'tors to look upon.
We then returned to the picket Here indeed are several hundred
boat and went up to Roe at the up-folks that will have to be given con
per end of the island; we went ashore siderable aid during the coming
there as one o'clock. Conditions were 'months when they cannot help them-
far worse there than they were at selves, and if they are not aided, Ike Williams, colored, pleaded
Lola. Eight or ten of the homes had starvation and disease will run ram- guilty to a charge of assault with a
been totally destroyed, one had been pant from one end of Cedar Island ! deadly weapon, a pistol. He was
little damaged and all the others to the other. sentenced to serve six months on the
were in bad shape. Only one could . state roads, this to be suspended
be lived in with any degree of com- All ex-service me nwho have been! upon the condition that the defend
fort during the winter time. reduced to destitute circumstances (ar.t be of good behavior for a per-
John Morris Daniels, or.e of tho hy the fcuv.icane F;iday night should irn cf two years and pay the costs
two store keepers at Rjs, had prrc- r.p:al to the local chapter of tlu of the case.
in
stench and disease. In the villages
where homes and other buildings
were wholely or partially demolish
ed, men, women and children by the
score stuck nails in their feet and
have cuts and bruises and sprains
about their bodies. Only a very
small percentage have received med
ical attention and been inoculated
with tetanus antitoxin. Sanitary
conditions in the stricken area are
terrible, and epidemics will in all
likelihood ensue if the people do not
co-operate wholeheartedly with the
sanitary engineers of the State De
partment of Health.
The greater part of the day Fri
day the wind blew from a northeast
erly direction. Later in the after
noon it shifted toward the north and
reached that point about the time
night came on. The northeast wind
blew salt water from Pamlico Sound
up the mouth of Neuse River and
flooded the surrounding territory,
and when the wind shifted to the
north and then to the northwest at
about one o clock Saturday morn
ing it pushed the sound water and
Neuse River across Lukens, !Sou;h
River and Mefrimon. This onslaught
of water continued across the "Op
en Grounds' and ran as far as Core
Sound from near Marshallberg to
Cedar Island. The north wind seems
to
On the latter charge he was sen
tenced to serve twelve months on
the roads. The defendant gave no
tice of appeal in both cases, and
bond was set at $200 in the first
and $500 in the second case. Lat
er the man sent L. W. Hassel, clerk
of Superior Court, word that he
would serve his sentences.
tically all of his stock of goods wetjRedi Cross at once for aid.
with water and kerosene. Fiour and1 R. HUGH HILL,
I other edibles had been given out to' Commander, Carteret Post
t'.-.o ijlandais, but practically all the American Legion.
the greater part of the timber brok
en off and blown down points toward
the south.
Eight People Drowned
Eight deaths have so far been re
ported from the various sections of
Carteret County, all of thesa were
caused by drowning. When the water
rose at Back Creek and made the
lower floor of the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Elijah Dixon untenable at Mer
rimon, they retreated to the upper
I floor. Shortly after this occurred
the home was blown into Back Creek,
where it soon went to pieces. The
tide was about sixteen feet above
normal highwater mark.
When the break up occurred, the
three-year-old son of the Dixons
clung to his father's neck, while the
parents hung on desperately to the
j Tommie Sanders was found not 'wreckage of their home. The nine
guilty of operating an automobile month-old baby girl and their eight
99 without lights on the public high- year-old daughter were drowned. Af
way in the town of Newport. ' '.Continued on page fire)
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