Evening star

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pert, bent anxiously over his

maps today and plotted a sinister

course for the latest hurricane.

It was a thin, red pencil line

which the noted meteorologist

traced painstakingly across a

map of the West Indian section,

but its almost bee-line path, end

ing abruptly near the extreme

northeast tip of Haiti, pointed

ominously toward Southern Flor

ida.

Danger for Cuba and Florida.

Just how much the terrifflc

storm, already with a grave toll,

may deviate to one side or an

other in the next day or so, even

a hurricane expert cannot guess.

If the center of the whirling

blow keeps to its present course,

however, real danger looms for

Cuba and Florida.

Mitchell turned away from his

telegrams and maps long enough

today to issue a warning that the

hurricane ‘’probably” will move

west-northwestward in the next

24 or 36 hours, “near the Northern

coast of Cuba and toward the

Florida Straits.”

“Although the disturbance has crossed

the mountainous region,” the forecaster

said, “It is still likely of hurricane In

tensity.”

Due Tomorrow Night.

At the present rate of progress of the

storm’s vortex it should reach Florida

possibly late tomorrow night, providing,

of course, the path does not change

materially, he declared

Mitchell estimated the present veloc

ity of the winds at in excess of a hun

dred miles an hour. One report yes

terday from the affected area gave a

velocity of 136 miles an hour. An

other message reported destruction of

a radio tower “built to withstand winds

of 150 miles an hour.”

The future course of present storm,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1930). Washington, D.C., 1930-09-04. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1930-09-04/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1930-09-04.