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GvilMense, Local
Red Cross, Village
Bureaus Meet Task
Water Front Inuhdated,
Power Shut Off as Trees
Down Wires in Storm
AM agencies—Civil Defense, the
Red Cross and Municipal Depart-ments—
joined successfully In com-bating
the ravages of the easterly
gales, record tides which Inundated
the entire water front from the
Frecport Bay Estates to Melster
peach, and torrential rains on Sat-urday,
though the task was not com-pleted
until late on Tuesday.
The .high winds 'whipped up the
waters to such an extent that high
tide about JO A.M., figures showed
a record established in 1932 had
been beaten by 2 inches. It exceed-ed
by far the situation created by
the hurricane of Septmbr 1938.
-Conditions became so serious that
a special meeting of the Village
Board was called early in the mom-ing
and a state of emergency de-clared
so the Red dross and.<3ivil
Defense organizations might be
called in to assist the village depart-ments
in meeting the emergency.
Water Front, Inundated
.. The high tide inundated the en-tire
waterfront from the Freeport
Bay Estates to Meister Beach, neces-sitating
the evacuation of approxi-mately
600 persons and causing
property damage estimated at close
to $500,000. The water was from 3
to 4 feet deep in the streets, and
firemen operating rotvboats with
outboard motors w,ere able to navi-gate
through Ray st,, the tide waa
so high. At .one point the tide
waters reached Archer st., two
blocks north of Atlantic ave^ . ^
Firemen under the direction of
Chief Robert M, Kinsey worked for
hours .getting the people out of
their homes to evacuation stations
established in Christ . Lutheran
Church, the Salvation Army* the
Legion Dugout and Hose Co. 3 on
South Bayview ave., where they
were taken, care., of-by-representa^
tives of the Freeport Red Cross, the
Salvation Army and other agencies.
The police kept a list of all per-sons
evacuated and were able to
answer all Inquiries concerning
'evacuees.
Falling trees and the wind pulled
down innumerable electric light and
telephone wires giving the light
distribution department the wors
experience" in its history. The
northern sections of the village, were
fortunate In that there were only
momentary stoppages of power In
that area. . The section worst hit
was in the southwest, west 'of Long
deach aye., where people were with-out
elecfiricity for hourd on Satur-day.
\. ' ' . . . •' '
, East of Long Beach ave., to the
Merrick line, the current was;off
for two hours from. about 8 to 10
o'clock Saturday . night, Clinton
falling superintendent .of light-dls-trlbutloh
and : his men .finally r,e-
/Btored service.'in \ all areas 'at /5
o'clock Tuesday afternoon/ .except
the gtP»t;Ughts, "In the Interest ;of
providing heating; Mg3itlng,.refrig-
Evacuating Of All #aterfront ^Residents
?n 4 4 w * — Falls Heaviest
Take 500 From Homes
To Centers; Police
Get 3,000 'phone Calls;
Municipal Employees
Work Around the Clock
To Restore Normalcy
Members of the Fire Department
bore the brunt of evacuating the
people from their homes in the In-undated
southern section of the
village during Saturday's hurricane,
drenching downpour and flood tide.
Following an alarm at 9 A.M., for a
short circuit in a sign of the Ideal
Furrier on South Main st., deputy
chief John Marra, put in a call for
help, to the police and members of
Hose 2, were rushed from North
Main st., headquarters to South
Ofove and Polk sts., to evacuate
residents of that area.
On The Fire Department
Paralyzed Woman Among Evacuees
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FBEEPOBTEB
ZXNZ bmie doe December lat
.. appear, ' eady.' , next, v jveek 'due
damage a* Ihe prmn*
and laqk of { power In the
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We jregret 4he delay and hope
it 1* iMcepted amae !M, waa
r reaaon* beyond pur
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Soon Ohisf Robert N. Klnssey
arrived pn the. scene and ordered
all companies out, to assist in evac-uating
.people trapped in their
homes by three and four feet of
water. The firemen drove as far
as they could, and then, waded
sometimes up to their hips and
even to their chests to carry people
out of their hpuses to.be .taken, in
•waiting trucks to the evacuation
points in Ohrist Lutheran Ohurch,
where the Red Otoss had -set up
its Quarters; the Salvation Army,
the Legion Dugout and Hose Co. 3
on South Bayview ave.
Boats Floating In Streets
Boats of all descriptions were
floating about streets as far north
as Ray st; These were moored to
anything available .to keep them
from interfering with the rescue
•work* Residents of the neighbor*
hood supplied outboard motors
which were attached to row boats
and enabled the foremen to get
closer to the homes. People were
evacuated from every street along
the water front "including Bedell st.,
South Grove st., South Ocean ave.,
Miller ave., Nassau ave;, Gordon pi.,
South Long. Beach ave., South Bay-view
ave., and od west to Melster
Beach; Some refused to leave their
homes when given an opportunity
to do so but later called *or assis-tance
and Were taken to the evacua-tion
centers, " . . .
Two expectant mothers were
among those carried from their
homes, a paralyzed woman who was
taken to the Salvation Army in a
wheel chair, a family^Jn, which-was
a month-old baby, a "bay who had
cut his hand in which four stitches
were taken and at least 100 persons
suffering from various forms of ill-ness
were among thosa- evacuatteU,
Ohief Kinsey reported. Four men
had to be carried from the South
Shore Yacht Club. .
Army Trucks Assist.
The demands of the work were
so Vast each cozqpany acted on Its
own and took over a certain terri-tbry.
Five Anny trucks and crei^s
were, provided by the Heavy Tank
Battalion which has Its Armory-aa
Babylon ' Turnpike, * the Sempi?tea'd
.Armory under the direction.of,ppL
Thomas Kelly of Freeppft, Vand
Mitchel .Meld also were rushed to
the -%eae -" and gave valuable assls-tance-
tbithe firemen^ «^. - , --
Chief Kinsey .establidbed head-quarters
in his car at G*ove and
Front, jgta.,^ and kept in, touch <wRh
theyy police and otHer /agencies
through x use of the two-wsy %adio
Tpith \ which It waa:. equipped^, -jSe
gald aft&Trard - that It' was bnl^
through t^ls / Jnstrdmenitality
th&t Qie ? work f Was; cApried t pA /'so
succesafully*' • V/ "•''.:". ",/,'• '•'"•• -': •:'. • ;.v.;
j Klnsey Thao&a All f o&. Aid; ;
Deputy OhJef * Marra told of. kn
.situation 'created... when
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Three kjpred In
Kew(ardeiis Crash
, Civic Growps Expected
To Join Fights for New
L.LR.R. Management
Five Freeport residents perished
ed and three were injured In the
Loh? Island rail road collision near
K&w Gardens on Thanksgiving eve
taking a toll of 77 lives,
The list of casualties was as fol-lows:
.
DEAD ,
Henry Citron, 41, 176 North Bay-view
ave, .
David Fox, 41, 160 N.orth Brock«
side ave,
Irymg Katz, 17 OaJUomla ave.
Adrian Klein, 162 GnllTomlR n.vc.
Janes M. Murphy, 34, 10 Lenox pi.
INJURED
Arthur Bleakley, 148 Pine st,
Martin Kramer, 30, 31 Oakfleld
ave,
John Regan, 23, 289 South Ocean
ave. /
Four of the dead wire ndghbors
in the newly developed
irn ???.Mrn. They v-eya
(••created In civic .'aflailra
bers of the, NorMhwe
Among the evacuees received at the Salvation Army Saturday, was
Mrs. Collins, a paralyzed woman whp was taken from her home on
the waterfront. *
Centers .Set M^) to Accommodate Them
More than 600 persons evacuated from their homes along
the waterfront whioh was inundated were oared for in centers
set up in Ohrist Lutheran Ohuroh^ the Salvation Arniy,._the
Legion Dugout and Hose " Co. 3 - " • ' " " ' ' -
headquarters on South Bayview ave.
They were cared for unMl they could
return to Uhelr homes or other ar-rangement
could be made to accom-modate
them. Some were unable to
leave until Monday.
The evacuation work .was in
charge of Milton Danziger, chair-man
o? that division of Hhe. Free-pomt
Civil Defense organization as-sisted
by the Freeport Red Cross
Branch, which provided .food. Cots
were obtained from the Armory in
Hempstead, the Air Base in Mitche?
while some local \merchants
others. .
About 100 evacuees w/ere taken to
Christ Church, where cots were set
up on one floor for the women .and
another for meh^ Approximately-200
we% cared for In" the! Salvation
4nny, more than, 100 in ,the. Legion:
Dugout where 53, remained • over
nlghtj .and. more, than 100 • in the
Hose. 3 quarters, mdst of whom were
relayed to tHie other" bulldAngs 7
r Ami flat scenes, were enacted in all
the evacuation; centera, so a report
on aoMw&t&ea at tlhe Salvation Anny,
.75 Church at.;" where.,.the barest
Idea, of^ :w?Lah!aat t.'* cAa«-»r**e—?d'»*— ;—f**o»* r*» w*»,•i• n..- ' g.i\ve an
; Scene* at BalyaMpn Am&y
; Cihalnnan Danziger. airlyed, there
{early Saturday to. alert Major and
2^8. Zrneat W. Newton announcing
that an eznergenpy! had' arisen and
Jie. waa, couhWng: on the / Salvation
Army \ 4o % oome^4o i the ^reapwe. ^ The
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Freeport Red Cross
Gets First Call For
MsastorReKefWork
Cares for Evacuees
And Others Under
Dr. Dodd's Direction
For the first tlm* in* its history
the Freeport Red Cross, branch was
put on a disaster relief basis during
Saturday's storm. Dr. John W. Dodd,
chairman of disaster relief; took
over after being aleBted.from the
office of the Nassau County Chapter
in Mlneola. He opened headquarters
in Ohrist Lutheran Church .estab-
Hshed cqnter for th*s ty?e of /work.
He also f visited ; aQ dtaier centers
to-whidh -evacuees were .taken /at
varlo%», times during the dayy.
v They supplied^ aoup^ , sandwiches,
cpff ee_ and milk, purchased . witb< ao?.
.ciety fuhdA,.tOj the /evacuees. ;Mrg.
Leon W. Swlaher.is. chai%?namvof
the disaster < relief. Mr#. Albeit ! -H
Bammond As cibalrmaniof tine
. T—-*-v^** ? ^***,j ***ov «*<* \ MOAVHQWU W
' Justice 'Lodge;" B'nal iB'Mth which
is planning a service In their mem-ory.
Freeport got off JuckUy Jn the
collision in RockviHe Centre nine
months' ago when several local res**
Idents were injured, none cdtlcaiUy,
and fhere were no fatalities among
residents of this community. TTie
five killed in Kew Gardens was low
r^nslderlng RockvMle Centre and
BelJmore. but none the less taieir .
'loiaa 'will be. keenly ,felt here: . - ;
The locaJ civic organizations are ^
Expected to join In the drive for ,
a change in -the management of
the L.I.RJt.,.with a view remedy-ing
conditions when they meet next
month.
Doxeec Expressea Sympathy
Mayor Robert L. Doxaee issued the
following message of sympathy to
tha_boreaVed relatives of those who __
lOBK"QleirHives 1*TKie wreck: "
On behalf of the Village of Free**
port, Its officials, and every one of
.Iks citizens, I .exkend to the fam?
'Hies and friends of Wiose whose Uvea
were lost'In the commuter train ca-tastrophe
heartfelt symphathy and
the warmth of nm abiding friendship.'
to those who were Injured we ex-press
a sincere hope for a speedyand' *
complete recovery.
"Though we mourn with" our
f Mends, In a time of such tragedy
as this, it is also our duty to join
our efforts as citizens to sec that
it shall never happen again. What ..
we are now able to'do can bring "but
slight consolation" to those who have
lost their loved ones. We can only,
hope that our united voice for a .
betterment of shocking conditions .
will save others from similar an- '
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