Brownsville herald

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"Men and women appear with

little or no clothes on. There is

almost no clothing to be had and

children and older people make

out as best they can. The people

appear to be in a daze and almost

hysterical.'’

Hard to Land

While the landing field here has

been cleared sufficiently to per

mit landing of relief planes from

Port Au Prince, Havana, the Unit

ed st*a and Porto Rico, the land

ing Apr hips is not so simple. The

Ozama river is a raging torrent

pouring out over a bar at its en

trance, which effectively blocks

what was the old harbor. One

authority said he did not believe

even a Navy launch could cross

the bar.

The suggestion has been made—

and it appears plausible—that the

relief ships may disembark their

cargoes and men at San Gerontmo,

four kilometers south of the capital,

where there Is a good beach.

Some supplies, food, medicines

and even shelters have already ar

rived here by airplane which also

brought doctors for treatment of

the sick and injured, and it is un

derstood others are enroutc here

aboard ships from Porto Rico, one

of which is the Naval Tug Grebe,

due today.

Profiteering Stopped

The president stopped food pro

fiteering yesterday with an order

that all food was to be sold at cost

under pain of court martial. He

also called physicians serving the

ill and injured together at the

fortress and designated places in

the city which they might have for

first aid stations.

Among the few buildings left

standing In the city by the wind,

which attained a velocity of 180

miles an hour, were the 400 year

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Brownsville herald. (1930). Brownsville, Tex., 1930-09-06. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86063730/1930-09-06/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Brownsville herald, 1930-09-06.