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least $1.2 million in uninsurablef (water and wind) damages suf? fered by local Baptist churches', along the Gulf Coast.
Only two church people were reportedly killed along the Gulf Coast?the Rev. Gilbert O?Neill, O.S.B., chaplain at a rest home for aged and infirm Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart at Ocean Springs, and Mrs. Helen Vincent Hardin, wife of the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Pass Christian.
PINNED UNDER CAR Father O?Neill?s body was found pinned beneath his car as he was apparently seeking to flee for safety, while Mrs. Hardin was reportedly drowned in the huge tidal surge.
Presently, all denominations I concerned with storm-damaged I areas, as well 'as a number of denominations not of the area, are raising funds to aid victimsjj and churches, or to collect such things as clothing and non-perishable foods for relief purposes.	i
No actual estimates of dam-j ages to church properties cani be expected for several wMfc^ or even months, according tg spokesmen for various denomij nations.	i
Prior to Hurricane Camillei the South Central Bell phone Company?s Gulf Director listed approximate!^
173 houses of worship in tha| area. It is still not known what the number is tojay.
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