Beautiful Florida Coast Punished by Sunder Gale
Horace Van Metre reports on Florida coast damage from Sunday’s hurricane. Former Waterloo residents in Miami, West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale areas face loss and displacement while Miami Beach’s growth and oceanfront construction face peril.
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Horace van Metre
van Metre
West Palm Beach
Fla
Morida
Mwunday
FP. E. Cutler
Lore Alford, Jr
Ricke
G. E. Funston
Justin Edward
Harry L. Eccleston
Dr. Funston
Florida
Ocean
Wire Connection Established Through Key West Cables
Storm damage hits Punta Fossa Florida with two fatalities and heavy property loss. Cable links to Miami and Havana restored to Key West after a storm. only one telegraph set functional now, others soon expected. Beachfront wiped out.
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Punta Fossa
Fla
Miami
Mian Geach
Havana
Key West
Waterlooan in St. Petersburg Escapes Storm
Mrs. W. C. Trosper of 116 Kenry Couyl received a message from her husband on the staff of the Ru Petershe Daily News at St. Petersburg saying he was unhurt by the storm. The message noted St. Peters bars exceeded the devastation in Florida cities on the east coast.
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W. C. Trosper
Kenry Couyl
Ru Petershe Daily News
St. Petersburg
St. Peters
Florida
Coast Guard Boats Carry Supplies From Key West
The Coast Guard cutters Saukee and Baghdadner departed Key West for Miami carrying National Guardsmen, Marines, sailors, and medical and food supplies. In Trats Kills Four, an express railway accident in Towntown Pa killed four laborers repairing rails after a curve.
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Havana
United States Coast Board
Saukee
Badgadner
Key Wwest
Miami
Trats
Tottstown
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Dead and injured flood Miami area in mass casualty report
A partial list shows numerous dead and injured across Miami, Biscayne Park, Hialeah, Miami Beach, and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs. Anna Thompson, Frank Foskins, Jacques Richards, and many unidentifiable cases, with fatalities and injuries spanning Coral Gables, Fort Lauderdale, and Moore Haven.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Biscayne Park
Miami
Funeral Home
Hialeah
Mian
Rhode Louise Priess
Hollywood
Lorena Helen Priess
Jean Priess
Vick Cruter
Holywood
L. P
Pete Wighes
Dania
Gordon Brown
Ojus
Eugen
J.P. Phillips
Philesh
Flamestead
Miami Beach
MM. ‘T. Kimball
Hak
Lendale
Sarah Head
Hollyiwood
G. A. Rogers
Electrician
Wallywead
Murlen Brown
Holtiswood
G. Butcher
Stollywood
J. W. McGinnis
Coral Gables
McGinnig
Alton Bush Little
Miami’ Beach
W. A. Tellmer
Fort Laauderdale
R. LD. Crowley
Fort Lauderdale
Babe Ivan Austin
Fort Lauuderdale
Anna Thompson
Thompson
Ralph McClure
P. E. Lambert
Moore Haven
Edgar Irminger
John Degrillur
G. S. Howell
Miss Howe
J. Trueblood
Miss Jacobson
Llorid Delaney
Red Cross mobilizes relief after Florida disaster
Washington reports the American Red Cross rushing aid to thousands left homeless and injured after a Florida storm. Six carloads of supplies were ordered to Miami with more to follow, as officials call for funds and volunteers nationwide to support relief efforts.
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Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
Florida
Miami
John W. Martin
Tallahassee
Danade
Jie
Redd Cross
Robert 5. Parker
Red Cross
Avanta
Wihint Ur Sitiins
James ZL. Fiehr
National View
Montgomery
Ala Tb Athintso
Freak Storm Holds Full Deadly Force After Striking Land
Chicago observers note the Miami hurricane behaved unusually, failing to veer northward after landfall and maintaining violent force as it struck Florida. Forecaster A Donnel explains typical hurricanes recurve northeast after Caribbean origins, but this storm did not weaken as expected.
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Land
Chicago
Florida
A. Donnel
United States Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Atlantic
Miami
States and Cities Answer Pleas of Stricken Florida for Soug
Jacksonville Sept 20 The spirit of humanitarianism swept to aid the hurricane struck area of southern Florida. Citizens hurried relief by rail with food water and housing supplies as physicians nurses and fraternal groups joined in. The American Red Cross and Victors company offered aid from Washington and Georgia Gov Walker pledged state resources. Merchants in Jacksonville mobilized trucks and warehouses for relief. Citizens at a meeting subscribed 25000 for a relief fund and contributions continued.
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Jacksonville
Fina
Ev State
Mior Tan
Florida
Washington
American Red Cross
Rfrot
Chiewse
Vict Risers
Mar
Georgia
Cliford Walker
Wind Rips Through Miami Area Buildings In Hurricane Tales
Savannah reporter describes citrus coast destruction from Florida west coast to St. Petersburg. Two story brick upper floors sliced off by wind, concrete benches hurled into streets, electricity cut, water and debris filling roads, trees torn apart, boats smashed, hotels and homes damaged, residents awake through night awaiting relief.
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Miami
Savannah
St. Petersburg
Florida
J. A. Kelly
Washington
Seaboard
Southerner
Mrs Rudolph Discusses Miami Weather Damage Risk
Mrs C J Rudolph of Cosmic Realty Miami says during seven months there last year she found few Waterloo residents and notes fear of casualties and property damage from a 100 mile per hour gale. She describes Miami’s low sea level geography and flimsy buildings with no basements. H H DeVaux leads Cosmic Realty.
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C. J. Rudolph
Walnut Street
Cosmic Realty Company
Miami
Fla
Waterloo
Minami Beach
Coral Gables
Tthe Bay
Hollywood
Dispatches
H. H. DeVaux
Maynard Doubts Florida Hurricane Damage Figures
Maynard, secretary of Central Town Power & Licht Co., says property damage from the Florida hurricane may be exaggerated. He notes real estate holdings on the east coast, including six cats at Coral Gables Hinlech and Miami, with Coral Gables lots bought years ago for 1200 now sold for about 20000 with him receiving one third down.
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EH. BR. Maynard
Central Town Power & Licht Co
Florida
Torday
Coral Gables
Hinlech
Miami
Myr
Maynard
Relief Train Carries Bodies and Aid After Florida Floods
Sebring Florida dispatch reports relief trains delivering coffins, boats, and supplies to hurricane wrecked towns. Workers unload hundreds of caskets and load canoes to reach Moore Haven and other flooded areas. Dozens of bodies lie along tracks as survivors seek medical care and embalmment bases are planned in Sebring.
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Tampi
St. Petersburg
Florida
Sebring
Flee Inland as Gulf Coast Gale Aids Louisiana Evacuation
New Orleans residents flee inland as a Gulf Coast gale approaches. Non residents depart coastal resort areas while coast towns brace for high tides and rising winds. Barometers fall from Pensacola to Burwood as ships seek harbor and inland refuges fill.
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Gulf Coast
Louisiana
New Orleans
Mississippi
Tensacola
Wia
Burwood
Louisiana Os
Veffuge
Mobile Hurricane Intensifies as City Loses Wires
From St Louis, Sept 20 United Press reports Mobile Alabama endures a tropical hurricane with winds reaching a dangerous level. Weather bureau gauges show 100 mph winds locally and a falling barometer around 29.10. A failed wire cut further updates as debris and downed trolley wires hindered street movement.
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St. Louis
United Press
Mobile
Ala
Weather Bureau
Pensacola
All Shipping Harbors to aUK Sinking Report Noted
A wireless dispatch from Jacksonville to Baltimore officials says the ship All Shipping was sunk in Amtrak harbor by a hurricane force. The note cites the Merchant & Miners Transportation Co. agent and records the incident as reported from Jacksonville.
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Baltimore
Merchant & Miners, Transportation Co
Jacksonville
Fin
Iit Amlikami Harbor
Insurance fears rise after Florida storms hit coast
Hartford insurers report losses from the Florida storms and their effects on winter homes. Rates for east coast Florida business have surged, with insurers muting their normal activity as risks grow.
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Hartford
Conn
Hartford Insurance Companies
Florida
Storm Strains Test Miami as Martial Law Bans Hoarding
Storm reports describe bread lines in Miami and limited food and water rations under martial law. Looting erupts in minority districts while guardsmen patrol streets with passes. Miami Beach loses power. coast guard ship wrecks. Fort Lauderdale shoreline altered. widespread property damage and hospital exposure noted.
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Associated Press
Miami
Mollywons
Atelief
Negro de Jet
Natton
Minn
Beach
Water Loans in Florida List of Residents
A long list of Florida residents and addresses appears including Mr. and Mrs. Lore Alford and son Ricker in West Palm Beach, Lois Lt. Cass in Daytona Beach, Walter J. Clark in Fort Lauderdale, and many others across Orlando, Miami, Lakeland, and Palm Beach. The fragment shows names and box or street addresses with scattered city mentions.
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Lore Alford
Ricker
West Palm Beach
LC Byrd
Port Pierce
G. W. Cameron
Nebraska
Orlando
Ptty Caroaon
Church Street
Lois Lt. Cass
Daytona Beach
Walter J. Clark
Fort Lauderdale
Idgar Cofurn
St. Augustine
Cora Correll
Avon Park
Neva Corcoran
Jack Coughlin
BL Cutler
Anne Welf
Dean
Alice T
Eccleston
Jessamine
Palm Beach
Willis Kirk Maurice Egan
Vic Chrity
K. Evenseu
Third Street
Mim
Charles Hostetler
Miami
Idoyd Hostetler
Rthur Waston
Afiatai
Ralph W. Johnson
Fort Lauder Male
N. McMasters
Sixth Street
Sh. Petersburg
Earl Martin
Donald
Lake Worth
Paul Lots
Westbeen
Simons
Pennsylvania
Lakeland
Shiver
Fort
Fort 1Sper, Dally Naws, State. Merlin Wills
Young
Gladys Taylor
C. A. Morris
H.l Doerfler
Melbourne
Dustin Edwards
Strayer
Mod
Iardeip
Hialewh
L. G Thompson
Cocoanut Grove
Kenneth J. Maine
Morris Receives OK Wire From Sister in Florida
G A Morris today got a telex from his sister Mrs Glid Vaylor of West Palm Beach Florida saying all is well with no one dead though Miami suffered slight damage. The message notes a wreck and confirms safety.
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C. A. Morris
Sister
Florida
G. A. Morris
Glid Vaylor
West Palm Beach
Ila
Miami
Red Cross director to be airlifted in flood chase
An army plane from Fort Riley will attempt to overtake a train carrying Henry M. Baker, national relief director of the American Red Cross, to airlift him into the Fiorila storm sector for relief work. Baker had been aiding Kansas flood relief and boarded a Memphis bound train tonight as Lt. M. Bavins piloted the pursuit plane arriving from Fort Riley.
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Wannar City
Fort Riley
Kin
Henry M. Baker
American Red Cross
Fiorila
Baker
Kansas
Memphis
Stralo
Tne
M. Bavins
B. A. Poore
Omaha
Seventh Corps
Fort Myers District Faces Broad Flood Fatalities
In Fort Myers area a Cuban fishing boat capsized near Captiva Island causing at least 30 deaths. Six crew members were lost, a six year old cabin boy drowned, and two women drowned trying to escape an automobile flood. Survivors include WW Bradley and his wife. a relief expedition was being organized for Moore Haven. Mayor Frank E. Kellow coordinated efforts.
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Port Myers
Fla
Fort Myers
Bolita
Estero Island
Capfiva Island
Island
James A. McCool
Miss Bradley
Punta Bassa Lar Oahuhday
Gulf
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Coast Guard
L. J. Delaney
Bert Stegal
EW. Davis
W. G. Moore
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Smith
T. W. Davis
Alvin McNally
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Hudson
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Jordon
Manning
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J. O. Black
Jessie Carnegie
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Colwell
Leo O'Day
O'Day
T. D. Ellis
Walter Glenn
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G. Afoore
Robert McNichola
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Earl Oaks
Storm
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George Stein
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J. R. Pate
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H. Wo Crip
M. C. Carpenter
Henry Cotter
Cambridge
Mass
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Coolidge
Pauline Marshall
Cleveland
Ohio
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Shollywood
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South
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