Evening star., 1926-09-22
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| the waters of Biscayne Bay. More
than 5000 injured have been given
medical assistance by hospitals and
Red Cross workers. twenty-five were
reported dead at Miami Beach.
Five Relief Ships Arrive.
Five relief ships came into Miami
| today and work was at once begun to
] unload their cargoes of food and medi-
| cal supplies and to distribute it among
various relief agencies and hospitals.
Besides two Government craft, the
relief ships were the Merchants and
| Miners liner Berkshire. the Clyde
| liner Cherokee and the Gulf and South
ern freighter Louisiana. The Berk-
shire carried 431 tons of provisions
| and medical supplies. and the Louisi-
| ana. which came from Key West, had
| 1900 tons consisting chiefly of flour,
| canned goods and roofing materials
An additional appeal for physicians
| and nurses was issued today from the
McAllister Hotel, which has been used
as the chief disqualification point in
the city.
All persons in the city again were
warned against the danger Of typhoid
fever by Dr. w. f. Snyder, chairman
of the medical committee. He advised
mated. Acting Mayor Gilman an
nounced the arrival of 100000 units
of tetanus anti-toxin by airplane
from Richmond.
{. II. Reeder. chairman Of food re-
lief stations, announced that upward
Of 500 families have been supplied
with necessities of life in the last
three days and that 5000 are being
fed two meals daily. More than
$4,000 in cash as we'll as tons Of sup
plies from nearby points have been
received by the relief organization and
additional contributions from distant
points were pouring in.
10 Missing at Hollywood.
A missing list of 70 at Hollywood
was expected TO increase the 40 known
dead as the back country, where many
are believed to have fled at the ap-
proach of the storm, is thoroughly
searched for possible casualties. Two
hundred and fifty injured persons
have been given medical attention.
The death list at Fort Landerdale re-
mained at II, with the seriously in
jured numbered at more than 800.
Twenty of these are expected to die.
Five hundred others are reported in
jured in the suburban cities of
Progresso and Floranada.
Martial law remained in force
throughout the storm area, with Ma
tional Guardsmen patrolling fthe
streets.
With the location of the sixty eighth
body at Moorehaven, workers placed
the probable death total at $50. Mar
tial law was established here yester-
day with batteries of National Guard
artillerymen in charge. Twelve per-
sons lost their lives at Fort Myers,
on the west coast; were killed at
Lakeport, and virtually score of
small coastal cities in the territory
between West Palm Beach and Miami
on the east coast reported scatter
ing casualties ranging from 1 to Z.
Better Sanitary Conditions.
With arrival Of an adequate supply
of fresh water, sanitary conditions
have been greatly improved in Miami
and Hollywood, where water and sani-
tary systems were totally destroyed.
AS search went on for additional
dead throughout yesterday and last
night in Miami long lines of destitutes
filed past emergency relief centers for
small portions of bread, water and
fuel.
Seventy-four persons were arrested
for looting stores and other places of
business destroyed by the storm.
Grocery men and druggists are dis
nenSing foods and medicines freely, in