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le would rake the! a n h a n d 1 e after a1 ward turn, but the storm d on its original course, it led the storm’s swirling ;s smack into the southeast : Louisiana.
Ticane-force gusts up to 77 an hour buffeted the Mis-pi River town of Buras, 1 was nearly wiped out by cane Betsy in 1965. massive wall of water, ;d by Camille’s winds, d over the 15-foot levee Buras Sunday night. Offi-said 12-14 feet of water
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shrimping communitv is even harder hit.
At Lockport, Sher*^ Eddie J. Ste Marie of Lafourche Parish said, “We’re just waiting and we’re praying.”
Camille’s advance winds I pounded Lockport, and Ste j Marie said, “The people are do-jing what we’re telling them to do. We’re really organized. The only thing that can hurt us is if she (Camille) turns and comes in on us like Betsy did.”
! Schiro Sunday morning warned New Orleans residents in radio broadcasts to fill bathtubs in the event of a cutoff of water
1	supplies, i He appealed to citizens to '“keep your sanity.”
The New Orleans Police Department ordered personnel ordinarily working eight-hour tours of duty to work 12 hours beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Ranking officers otherwise ! off duty were ordered to return to duty Sunday morning.
Winds and tides rose from southeast Louisiana across coastal Mississippi and Alabama and into extreme northwest Florida early Sunday afternoon.
About 9:30 p. m. Jefferson Parish President Thomas F. iDonelon said that communications and other Civil Defense
■	work in the parish were going
departments in City Hall arrived at the headquarters Sunday. They included personnel from the police department and sanitation department as well as the Sewerage and Water Board, Orleans Levee Board, Salvation Army and Louisiana National Guard.
All Red Cross centers in the city were opened at noon Sunday.
The Sewerage and Water Board early Sunday ordered relocation of its major mobile equipment to higher ground. It also ordered loose equipment tied down.
Work Under Way to Reinforce Levees
j Sandbagging operations jwere undertaken to reinforce I levees that fall under S&WB responsibility. The main concern was to keep water out of vital ; pumping facilities, j By Sunday morning, the 'S&WB’s many diesel generators Iwere fueled and ready for operation in the event of a power failure.
1 Vacationers fled Grand Isle, 50 miles south of New Orleans, land from low shorelines at De-;lacroix Island, Hopedale, Shell Beach, Reggio, Verret, and St. Bernard Parish.
Cars and trailers streamed
an1 hour i>araraay'to",it>u mph’ and 'pson said she would gain me strength as she moved west-northwestward at
10	to 12 miles an hour.
At Hattiesburg, Miss., the University of Southern Mississippi opened its dormitories to evacuees fleeing the storm.
School officials said 1,500-1,800 beds were available to Gulf Coast residents forced to leave the area ahead of Camille.
All along the target area Sunday aircraft were moved out ahead of the storm.
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opposite direction as the eye moves away. The lull with Camille will probably last from a few minutes to one half hour and persons should not venture far from safe shelter.
Hurricane Camille has begun to fall and will weaken quite rapidly as it continues northward through Mississippi at about 15 miles an hour Sunday and Monday. Winds and seas will gradually diminish Monday as Camille moves away from the coast. Warnings will be discontinued Monday.
Three Injured in Structure Collapse
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THREE MEN received minor injuries Sunday afternoon as a shed connected to the Bradford Building on Howard and Carondelet collapsed. Police said that two of the men were standing on^he roof of the structure trying to secure l 'against the approaching
—Photo bv The Times-Picayune.
hurricane winds when it collapsed, striking a third man on the sidewalk below. Two of the injured received treatment at Baptist Hospital, while the third went to Charity. Names of the injured men were not immediately available.