Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1926, Page 6

g SHIPS FLASH NEWS INVANOF STORM ! s Wireless Messages Distribute Tidings of Menace to Navigation. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, S2ptember 24.-\Wire- less messages received here from ships at sea brought the first news of the ioss of vessels by the hurricane which swept the Florida coast last week The first message from the steamer West Munzan stated that s had sighted on September latitude 20.14 and lorgitude 10 a derelict of a wooden vese:l cked by the hurricane. The vessel s bottom up and the after end of the craft was showing 10 feet above water. Wreckage was floating near- Ly, apparently attached to the vessel's top. FALLS CHURCH CHAPTER ;Progrgsso‘ Florida East Coast. Ruined. But Plucky School Nurse Wards Off Death OF RED CROSS WILL AID $100 Sent at Once. Other Funds for Florida Storm Victims Will Be Collected. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., September 24.-A special meeting of the local Red Cross chapter was held at the home of Mrs. G. W. Hawxhurst in response to appeals for ald in re- lieving distress in the Florida dis- | aster. D. R. Luttrell presided and the treasurer was suthorized to send at once a check for $100 out of the chapter funds. | A publicity committee was na.med‘ to arrange for donations citizens. and pastors of the local churches will be asked to make an appeal to their congregations at the | Sunday services. Checks should be made payable to | the treasurer, Horace E. Brown, and donations may be left at the Falls Church Bank or at Ware's drug store at Kast Falls Church, | The annual chapter meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Hawxhurst and THE EVENING By the Associated Press. PROGRESSO, Fla., September 24.— Mrs. Eveline Kennedy, school nurse of Broward County. kept Progresso from having a fatality list. She saved the lives of at least 20 people by pull- ing them out of the water which | flonded the town, and probably saved 500 more by warning them when the wind began reaching hurricane pro | portions. Mrs. Kennedy, awakened when the wind first started, and realizing that forecasts indicated danger, began warning her neighbors. She gathered them into a large concrete building, and when the &torm hit here most people were safely housed. Those who had not heeded the warning or who from | had not been warned she pulled out ' STAR, WASHINGTON, of the water with the assistance of several men, and Progresso is the on the east coast which is d. but which has . believing her neigh- to Fort Lauderdale, and since the storm has directed the first-aid work in that city. When she sleeps at all it is on the floor of Doric | Hall, where the principal first-aid sta- tion is located. = | Sure Sign. . | Fi the Parisiana Magazine What mal ou imagine that he wants to m ou?" “He's borrowing money from papa, and thinks mother is ridiculous.” D. C, AID FOR FLORIDA ASKED BY VIRGINIA GOVERNOR Byrd Urges Red Cross Contribu- tions, Picturing Scenes of Distress in Storm Area. By the Asociated Press. WINCHESTER, Va., September 24. —Gov. Harry F. Byrd has s sued a proclamation to the people of Virginia urging that generous assist- ance be given the citizens of southern Florida in their tragic hour of need. His_proclamation follows: “To the people of Virginia: “The hearts of Virginians go out in sympathy to the people of southern Florida who have suffered great loss of property by the irresistible force of wind and water. Tragic pictures come over the wires of men and women struggling for a living amid the rums of their dismantled homes, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 19286. and little children suffering from & calamity they can scarcely under- stand. ‘“‘Generous assistance should be glven to these our fellow citizens in this heur of their dire need, and the safest and best machinery to make our generosity effective is the Amer- ican Red Cross. Virginia {s proud that one of her sons, Judge John Barton Payne, is the head of the American Red Cross, and will be touched by a liberal response in this State to the crying need of Florida. As Governor of Virginia, I urge that prompt and generous gifts for Florida relief be sent to the chapter of the American Red Cross nearest to you. This great organization is equipped to handle the money to the best ad- ventage to meet the great need of the good and generous people now suffering in our sister State.’ An ostrich can outrun an Arablan steed. Will Go to Panama. Maj. 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The raft was believed to be one of | several which left here last week in tm arithe wiloe sy oe io, Bob- | proadway has volunteered to take olink, Rafl and Con ¢ and the | b iy the huge benefit to be held at Eopair tel the Hippodrome tomorrow night for | IR v O the benefit of the storm sufferers, E. | SR 7 ed States | 27 ylhee, chairman of the allied the. | Fleet, which wil holl Winter ma committee, announced yesltr-" neuvers in (unban waters, . Mille Gade Corson, the first | r to swim the English Channel, | today tendered her services for the | raising of rellef funds. Her offer calls | f xhibitions in leading American | ties and paying of her own expenses. | , the woman swimmer's | Caught in Storm’s Path With the exception of the Rail, which left a duy ahead of the others, the ships did not leave until after the Florida hurricane. 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