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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 st., headquarters to South Ofove and Polk sts., to evacuate residents of that area. On The Fire Department Paralyzed Woman Among Evacuees . f<m Page; 13) FBEEPOBTEB ZXNZ bmie doe December lat .. appear, ' eady.' , next, v jveek 'due damage a* Ihe prmn* and laqk of { power In the . .-*•'?• We jregret 4he delay and hope it 1* iMcepted amae !M, waa r reaaon* beyond pur ' ' 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 on page 13) . 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 waa 'cared for win give an :L!t.*A-*—'——* »••.-' Idea, of^ ?hat «»*?»*;*»**»*, . .\ ; 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 ' '^\ \ '^\\ on Page 8)} 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- ' (Continued-on Page \4) _-. f.\^'K^''''\-Vv^A ;#%W '•fill' * •/ '. *; • •< to Up which mmpll^/the . Gbarles { J/[ Jessup, Is head : of: ' the motor , 4be mipplles, . while Mra.. Wallace Ownpbell took ,caJe jo^, the ' tlon ' or the •• evacuees;' \ v^The Red pros* to operate a^sb^l, in every way poailble/ wntU ev^cueea had |fOimi%*aoe on/Page 8) ^ ^-^ ...w.., «.w**w***ww^%* $55*— 751 toward the $1^50,000] expansion fund of the South: Nassau Communi-, M^^&pH^ ^inetead /of - 4bd\$44 reported last- week; a .mere; differ-1 ence of $l'l,()00j In @ome way the )ecser ainount was Indicated h% the T«pomt ^-*e<?elyeav.: .by: ?7ie,-. Le&der,.; B^iBW,vwe^eJe,'Snappy to. have *6 yev^x the!: figUM* ''.^upward instead' of:dbwhward:'.• \''•• ^•{•'•!': ••<\.< .\/•\•••'-vy \ V:^ BM'^-4':^\ g^'^^^'^' ^^4^/r.:^^.'.\v/. — ^%^e§qi^%^ \'vj/^.'.-.xr*:
