Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-23
DEVASTATION !
BY HURRICANE
DAzESFLORIDA
List of Dead, Injured
And Homeless Con-
tinues TO Grow;
Clearing Wreckage !.


MIAMI, flOrida. sept. --tf-f--he-
covering from the first shock Of
Saturdays devastating hurricane
dazed residents Of FIorida's storm
stricken area. aided by Red Cross
and other relief agencies today stole
ally set about the work or rehabili-
tation.
The dead at Miami have been
placed at 100 by rescue workers.
Hollywood with a death list Of al
most 100 and Moorehaven. where
waters Of Lake Okeechobee took ~
known toll OF more than 100 lives.
today appeared the worst hit Of the
score or mere communities in the
path Of the gale.
II ~ believed many dead viii he
found in the ruins OF Progresso, a
suburb of Fort Lauderdaie.
Bodies Float In City
Newspapermen who surveyed the
lake Okeechobee section. where
flood waters crashed through dykes
and deluged the city Of Moorehaven,
report seeing bodies floating about
in flooded sections Rescue parties
are working night and day in nm
effort 10 recover the dead.
The harbor and bay section Of
Miami was completely wrecked hy
the inrushing waters or the gulf
stream. More than 300 yachts, pleas
ure boats. fishing craft and several
large three and four masted schoon-
ers were such or cast upon the beach.
AT Miami Beach. many famous hO-
tells and apartment houses were dam
aged. The Nautilis. Flamingo, Flori-
dian. Fleetwood. and Wofford. NIL
popular with winter visitors. were
practically wreacked. Two persons
were killed when the roof Of the
Wofford collapsed.
An appeal for large sums or money
for relief was made 70 the nation
yesterday by an executive COMMITTEES
headed by Frank B. Shuts, pub
Usher Of the Miami Herald
As surgeons and nurses hastily
recruited forces Of volunteer mem
bers bent their effort to relieve the
injured and homeless, specially
drafted forces az men began the task
OF clearing the sixty-mile wreckagc-
strewn coastal area between West
Palm Beach and Miami. and the re-
gion about lake Okeechobee.
At the same time, grave fears were
expressed regarding sanitary condi-
tions. and officials Of the various
health services were prepared for
whatever measures necessary 80
prevent an epidemic
Casualties reports from the score
or more cities and town Iev~iad by
the wind and sea still varied widely,
but rescuers placed the total loss
at about 400. Miami's death liEt
stood today at 1On. with 9lO i'm hos
pitals, 425 of them seriously.
The Miami missing persons bureau
has estimated that a thorough search
OF the tangled wreckage and the
waters Of Biscayne Bay viii reveal
at least 750 bodies.
Storm swept Island.
"A report that 17 persons been
killed in the Bahamas, se ON
Bimini. lying $50 miles,off tn coast.
was received here last might. Other
small islands and keys also were
said 70 have been swept clear.
Mcagre reports from outlying sec
tions and Everglades settlements
have gradually swelled the injured
list. which today stood nt 5000. The
total OF homeless went beyond b0.-
900 with trucks, special trains and
automobiles pressed into service to
move great numbers Of refugees t0
nearby cities for shelter and care.
Although varying estimates have
. been made Of the amount OF property
and crop damage. the American Au-
tomobiIe Association has placed the
total loss in the three states visited
BY the hurricane at between $780,
100000 and 100000, 900.
Estimates OF the total damage im
greater Miami area. which includes
adjoining towns and villages vary.
but reports from different quarters
ranged from sl00.00O.000 upward.
Reports from Pensacola show no
loss of life, although property dam
age n said 20 have gone well over
the s3.000,000 mark. Mobile and
other gulf coast cities also suffered
in proportion 10 the waning force nf
the storm as II passed inland.
With the gradual restoration nf
avenues Of communication. graphic
stories of heroism, terror and con
ditions OF suffering and destruction
have come into Miami from the ares
laid waste.