The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-27
SOUTH FLORIDA HEAVILY HIT BY
 GULF HURRICANE
Three Millions Is Estimated Property Damage in Tampa From Storm Which Swept
 Florida Peninsula
By Associated Prose

Tampa, October 26--The known
 dead of Tampa arei
 Jimmie Curreno, killed by live
 wire.
 Mrs J. ID. Wilder, drowned.
 Louis voire. drowned.
 At St. Petersbur. there were
 two known denthsi
 F. c. Wolfe, IS. crushed when
 roof caveA in on him.
 J. W. Mclean. 7E, heart failure.
 The some 150 residents of Pas
 saRriIle were saved. althoush the
 island was damage Ato the ex-
 tent of e1O0,oo0.
 Lakeland, Fla, October 26.--South Florida spent today in recaptulat- ing the damage. estimated to i"un well Into millions of dollars, caused by the gulf hurricane which tore rortheastwardly across Florida's pe- ninsula yesterday. At times gaining velocity of TO miles an hour. the gale wrought destruction to smallsr obstacles in It's path, but only In a few instances, according to reports causing a loss of life.
 While there have been only three or four isolated cases of deaths rom the storm, it Is feared the clearing away of debris in Tanpa's wrecked portion might add to the list. Of sit- les and towns within a radius of 40 miles of Lakeland that could be reached by automobile today, Tampa appears to have suffered the greatest damage
 The bay shore drive residential sec ton, from Franklin street to Port L.. a q <,P Art Mntf i'm, Trees are down, houses with roofs torn away and .foundatioins weak ened by the tidal wave that swept in over the sea wall from Tampa bay, have collapsed and logs and other debris swept In on the onrushing waters now grave what were once the beautiful lawns of the Hyde park section, one of Tampa's most fashion able suburbs. Along the water front large sections of the sea wall were swept away, and parts of streets were washed into the bay. Houses imme- diately adjoining the boulevard were crushed In by the gale.
 Resort h Destroyed
 Sunset beach. a popular resort of Tampa, was completely destroyed. Small houses were torn down and washed away and the white sands of the beach now show no vestige of ever having been inhabited.
 The downtown section of Tampa was more fortunate than the out skirts of the suburbs. the dama age in the city proper being confined to the breaking of plate glass windows, the tearing down of awnings and the unroofing of houses. A warehouse occupied by the Gulf and Southern Steamship company was destroyed, as was part of the Mallory line docks.
 Here and there throughout the city are stranded street cars. the victims of the sudden falling of tho city power plant. Telephone and electric light wires dangled In "a tangled mass. giving little hope Of an early resumption of service.
 Three Million Danaxe
 Conservatice estimates place the damage in Tampa proper at sS.ooo,- 0on
 The storm travelling north ap- peared to concentrate its full force on Ybor City. the Latin quarter of Tampa. Nearly 500 houses were wrecked in that section. s In the Palmetto Beach section. ap- proximately four square miles of ground was inundated Women and children in this section were rescued by band of 40 volunteers and carried to safety in the highlands of the city. All the dwellings in the Palmetto section w~-~ completely demolished and 1t Is feared that some of the rescuers may have perished q boats brought into play were swe y out from shore and wreckage later gave mute evidence of their fate.
 Among the business houses being seriously damaged in the Ybor City section were the National Biscuit company Peninsular Paper company, c. H. Moorhouse, Cumberland and Liberty Mill company, J. Q. Brantley company and Consolidated company. Avery and Owen company. Lucas Brothers. Jackson Grain company. Perkins sharp and number oi smaller Cuban industries.
 300 students Safe
 The anxiety felt for the safety of some 300 students of Southern col lege at Clearwater Beach was re- lieved this afternoon when messsn- gers reached Tampa stating that all the students were taken across the bay into Clearwater early Tuesday. Fifty automobiles from Clearwater negotiated the long bridge while the storm was breaking. The students and members of the faculty fled with only their immediate possessions. Several of them were taken to Grey Moss inn at Clearwater. and 1t is re- ported some slight injuries were su- stained when that building later was badly damaged. The last automobile to cross the bridge was barely ahead of the tearing away of . long span of the bridge. 1t is reported. Tn Clearwater the power and ice plant and theatre were badly damaged. according to reports reaching here. while small boats in the harbor were tossed and twisted about at the mercy of the wind. One party de- scribed how automobiles were picked up and turned over.
 Reliable communication had not yet been established tonight with Passagriiie. Manatee, Sarasota. Ven ice. Bradentown, Palmetto, Terra CslA. Ellington gy any Of tho tovns on the Tampa /b1-s railroad. | brapoh of the sstseard sxtsnllnB