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THE OWL, AUGUST' 11,1970
Destruction on the beachfront in the Bay St. Louis business district was total on the south side of Beach drive. Note the railroad tracks missing.ort the L & N Bridge.
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RESCUE OPERATIONS Mayor J. J. Wittmann operated hurricane warning and rescuc and cleanup operations from the city fire house on Second st. City policemen, city firemen, volunteer firemen, citizen volunteers all served to try to carry out essential work; A temporary morgue was set up at the fire house as the body count mounted.
Lack of effective communications with the outside world was the major problem. The radio tower at the sheriff’s office in Gulfport was down. The Mississippi Highway Patrol’s radio building at Gulfport was destroyed. The telephone system was out of action. Roads were blocked to the North. to the west, and only one road of the beach was partially open to the east to Long Beach and then to Gulf port. As a result Pass Christian’s plight was virtually unknown to the outside world until Monday night.Troops to stop the wholesale looting could not be contacted until Monday afternoon. Supplies and help simply could not be ordered. Most of the grocery stores in the area had been destroyed by wind or water, and food supplies were getting critical Monday afternoon.
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flooding from the back, Mayor Bill Skellic and Police Chief Harry Kal-etsch(also head of Civil Dcfcnsc)wcrc beginning tree removal operations and other clean-up operations.
Pass Christian and Long Beach are going to need temporary assistance of every kind, food, medicines, clothing for many of the people to sur-
vive.On a long range basis, both communities are going to need massive economic help to come back as going cities.
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