The Key West Citizen

Contributions Are Accepted
For Hurricane Relief Drive
Contributions from Key Westers who want to help the thousands of persons who lost their homes - and part of their families -- because of the ravages of Hurricane Hazel, are being accepted at the local Red Cross office, according to the Rev. Ralph Rogers, chairman of the Monroe County Chapter.
The Red Cross has been conducting a full scale disaster relief campaign in the stricken areas in an effort to relieve the suffering and ease the burden of an estimated four million people.
Destruction Told
Rev. Rogers, quoting from official Red Cross reports, said that Hurricane Hazel destroyed 1,500 buildings and damaged 10,000 more in slashing a 120 mile path through the Carolinas, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York.
The most concentrated destruction, according to the Red Cross, was from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Wilmington, North Carolina, where approximately 1,000 homes - mostly summer cottages - were destroyed or badly damaged. Limited destruction to inland homes was reported, but American Red Cross workers said that
An estimated 10,000 persons were sheltered and fed by the Red Cross and other agencies in the disaster area as Hazel hit the seaboard.
Most of them have been returned to their homes except in Pittsburgh area where torrential rains have flooded streams.
There were nearly 150 lives lost in the United States and Canada to the fury of Hurricane Hazel. In addition, there were 100 deaths on the island of Haiti.
All persons wishing to contribute for the relief of disaster victims may designate the specific area they wish them to be spent.