Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-21
FLOODS IN FLORIDA
HOLD Up TOURISTS
ON MANY ROUTES
Bare Feet in Vogue at Miami
as Waters Invade
Stores

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 20
Heavy rains in central and south
eastern Florida and rising rivers
caused by almost incessant RAINFALL
have made roads in some sections oil
the state impassapIe, bringing TOUR
list travel almost to a standstlli, &C
cording to advices here last night
Tourist camps in northern Florida
cities were occupied by numbers of
tourist awaiting information regard
ing the condition of roads.
With additional rainfall reported
during the last "a hours in the south
ern and central sections, and more
Arain predicted for the next "a hours,
there was little hope for immediate
relief.
The condition of the roads in some
sections of the east coast and cen
trail Florida is causing a diversion
OF southbound travel through Lake
City to Gainesville and Ocala, accord
ing to dispatches from Gainesville.
Advices received at Gainesville from
Leesburg, Orlando and points south
were to the effect that the roads
were in fair condition, and that tour
lists are having little trouble in reach
ing their destinations by using state
road number two from Lake City
on down to the south and west
coasts Tourists making Tor east
coast points are detouring by way of
Gainesville and Leesburg and De-
laid.
The Kissimmee river has overflow
ed in some places, according to in
formation from Sebring. At West
Palm Beach, reports were that the
kissimmee river, swollen by flood
waters running into it from the
north and central parts of the state,
was rising rapidly. 1t rained heavily
at West Palm Beach today. Connors
highway officials have telegraphed
newspapers in the northern section
Of the hospital site at Northampton.
roads They warned motorists not to
attempt to travel westward beyond
Okeechobee City or passenger.
Advices from Sebring were that
the kissimmee river had made the
road impossible between that point
and Okeechobee City.
" Palatka reports road conditions in
Putnam county improved with forces
working on threatened points in the
roaHs, and teams and men employed
to assist motorists through bad spots
where the water still is troublesome.
of the 800 inches of rain
fall in Miami in "a hours were slow
lydjsappearing The business dis.
tr.ct last night was entirely cleared
OF surface water but in many resi-
Dental sections of the city water
was standing from two to three feet
deep. 1t rained internationally In
Miami Sunday, but there was no APP
preciable rise in the wind velocity
BARE FEET IN VOGUE IN
MIAMPS FLOODED STREETS
MIAMI Fla, Oct. 20.-Miami was
taking stock today of damage done
after the heaviest rainfall in the his
tory of the weather bureau here.
From Friday evening until Sunday
night, more than 10 inches fell,
while II inches were reported at AL
lapattah, a suburb.
Cellars were flooded; orange
groves are knee deep in water and
SoaWallS nave cEulnDleu III dI
points. Fire engines were used In
the business district to pump out
overflows and Saturday night shop
pers waded home in their bare feet,
but the total aggregate damage is
found to have been small
Several vessels. among them the
Esther Weems, with freight and pas
sengers for Baltimore, are still held
; in port, as another tropical disturb
ance is reported moving northward
from near Key West.
Streets in many parts of the city
were impossible Saturday, as UNI
usually high tides backed up the
sea water into the sewer outlets and
prevented rain drainage. Restau-
rant and barber shop employees
worked in their bare feet and, at
!. points, men charged ten cents for
\ caTTTing passengers over the floods
ION their backs Throughout Dade
county, dozens OF automobiles were
temporarily deserted when machines
/. tilted into bitches unseen because OF
biob uotnt,