STORM PETERING OUT.
Received Wednesday, 12.16 a.m. j.iAiii, Oct. f. The tropieal storm that boiled up from the western Caribbean and roared over ihe guii tu\. ards the west coast oi' Florida, lost force in the vicinity or Taiepa Bav, reports the Associateo Press eorresjiondent. The disturbance, as it wliirled throngh the State's ricn citrus brlt , was movmg at 2o to 2:f miles an liour. It was rapidly losing intensity but bringiiig winds of gale force to Ihe ceiilral part. of the peiiiiiStila. The Feilerai storm warning service said tio: storm wmild aecelerate across the ntate and pass into Ihe Atlanric soutli of Jackson ville late tlns morning. The forecaster called tiie storm a f'reak condition and said it might not regenerato until it reached the Atlantic. 11 e suggcsted that wliilc the .storm was crossing Cuba and Ihe Oulf, the centre beeaine distorted ario somewhat destruyed, leaving a wide area oi' winds and squally weather. Jt was too earlv 1o tell what damage tlie storm might eause the .State's rilrus croji.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 October 1946, Page 5
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