Evening star., 1926-09-22
All Sections in Florida and
Alabama Checking Up Cas-
ualties-PenSacola Has No
Life Loss, Says Report.
MOBILE ALSO ESCAPES
DEATH TOLL FROM WIND
Five Ships Reach Miami With Sup
Observation-Disclosures Plans Sys-
tematically Organized-Trains
Bring Water, Food and Medi-
cines-Dead May Exceed 400.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The hurricane that cost the lower
Florida East Coast upward of 40O
lives, 1000 or more injured and prop
erty damage of $50,000,000 or more
having passed. all sections hit today
centered their efforts on trying to
ascertain the exact casualty lists,
restoring interrupted communica-
tionS and repairing the property
damage.
The Miami area, hardest hit of all,
was going about the work of re-
habiitation, caring for the injured
and seeking out the dead in sys-
tematic manner. The American Red
Gross and other relief agencies were
on hand in full force, with troops on
guard and martial law in force III
many places.
Hollywood Injured Moved.
The injured in Hollywood. Miami
suburb have been ordered removed
to points north Of the city, and per-
sons unable to aid in the relief and
rehabilitation work have been in
structed by military authorities to
evacuate the city. according to in
formation brought to West Palm
Beach last night by DIR. William r.
Redden, national director of the
American Red Cross medical service
DR.. Redden yesterday made per-
sonal survey of the stricken area
and telcploned his findings TO WASH,
ington.
DIR. Redden estimated the seriously
injured at 1,400. He found 1850
patients in Miami hospitals and
estimated that the total injured there
was $500 of whom 1000 suffered
serious hurts. About 500 of these had
fractured limbs and skulls. He also
stated that the official list of deaths
in Miami had placed them at 1876.
Late reports from Pensacola. hit
by the hurricane with waning force
as it passed inland. were that there
vas no loss of life, but property loss
Mobile, which also had no loss of life,
again was connected with the out
side world by a telegraph wire, but
Pensacola still was cut off early to-
day, the only means of communities
ton being over a shaky telephone
wire to Mobile. over this wire and
Associated Press from it's Pensacola
correspondent it was learned how
Pensacola came through a 120-mile
blow.
Several Ships Go Ashore.
Several ships went ashore. There
were three deaths in that section, due
20 drowning. but none in Pensacola.
At Mo0rehaven, an agricultural
city on the western bank of Lake
Okeechobee. martial law went into
effect early today and an effort was
being made TO check up the death
list. already known to be around 100.
Approximately 20 bodies had been re-
covered up to last night and it was
said than 40 others had been found
and would be recovered today. Esti-
mates still put the deaths here at $50
or more, most of the victims white.
In some playeS final surveys have
brought down the original death lists
some persons previously reported dead
having been found alive. This was
the case of Pete" McCalister car
ried for two days as among the dead
who has wired relatives under the
date of Sunday that he is alive and
we'll
Fort Lauderdale Total.
At Fort Lauderdale the death list
came down to IL last night. but at
Hollywood il is expected the total
will he around 20. Miami Beach. it
was revealed as deaths were checked
up and Riscayne Bay gave up the
bodies washed out to sea, had a list
OF - known dead
The property loss at Coral Gables
was conservatively estimated at 81.
500, 900 in an official statement. This
suburb suffered probably less than
any of the Miami suburbs.
Okeelant an Everglades village.
was wrecked. only the post office and
store building remaining. it was re-
vealed. The population OF y persons
sleeps in this building since the storm.
The first hospital train came out OF
the storm district last night carry
ing 46 patients and 1l3 refugees to
West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce.
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