The Key West citizen

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said there was nothing to indicate

that it would turn northward to

Florida.

San Juan forecasters said the

hurricane's eye would pass about

30 to 40 miles south of the southern

tip of the Domincan Republic. Hur

ricane force winds extend outward

60 miles to the north of the eye.

Flooding was forecast late today

on the south coast and in the cen

tral regions of Puerto Rico. Dan

gerously high storm tides were ex

pected to roach the Dominican Re

public and Haiti late tonight.

Forecaster Arnold Sugg said the

storm "is not going to dissipate

and it cannot get out of the Carib

bean without hitting something.

Somebody is in trouble."

The Hurricane has maintained

its beeline course to the west

northwest ever since it was born

in the Atlantic Ocean and smashed

through the Windward and Lee

ward islands into the eastern

Caribbean. Today, it was 1,300

miles southeast ot Miami.

If no northward turn develops,

Jamaica would be in extreme

trouble and Cuba and the Yucatan

Peninsula would be exposed to the

wrath of the storm.

Short wave radio reports re

ceived here by Pan American

World Airways said the hurricane

damaged 90 per cent of all prop

erty on the French island of Mar-

Unique at the eastern end of the

Caribbean. There was no mention,

however, of death or injuries.

The storm was centered at I

a.m. at latitude 15.7 north, longi

tude 66.8 west, or about 190 miles

southwest of San Juan, on the

northern coast of Puerto Rico. It

was moving west northwest at

about 15 miles an hour and was

expected to continue in the same

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Key West citizen. (1963). Key West, Fla., 1963-09-26. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016244/1963-09-26/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Key West citizen, 1963-09-26.