The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 1

4 MOST IMPORTANT NEWSPAPER MIAMI FLORIDA MONDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 20 1926 herald telephone 231:3 VOL 16 NO 293 PRICE FIVE CENTS llFKAIlt TELEPHONE 23115 PROPERTY LOSS IS $13000000 IN MIAMI DISTRICT MEDICAL AID IS RUSHED TO THE STRICKEN CITY 10000 Homes Are Unroofed or Otherwise Damaged as Hurricane Strikes Corps of Doctors and Nurses Are Sent from Lake Worth and West Palm Beach £eren-flve persons aro Icnswn be dead and several hundred injured In the Greater Miami area as a result of the hurricane vhbh awept this section Friday night and Faturday Property damage In Miami is estimated at about $11-COnore Pamape in Hialeah Cora! Gables Miami tk'ach and adjoining communities may rpi'r the total to PROCLAMATION The following proclamation was issued yesterday afternoon by II Wharton city manager and James If Gilman acting mayor: To the People of Miami: We have just passed through the worst storm in the history of our city A crisis is at hand In the past we have met and overcome conditions which at first seemed as bad and possibly worse Why not now? Many persons rich and poor have been rendered homeless and penniless Through it all they have maintained a calm feeling which is a manifestation of the same spirit upon which the civic development of our city is built Our merchants have come to the front of our relief committees with their storehouse supply of food clothing etc They have made a thorough check and find that enough supplies are available to enable the city and its loyal population to carry on for at least 30 days to 60 days The banks are in excellent condition Clerks and officials are working faithfully through long hours of tedious labor to care for the needs of deserving cases IV have requested all banks through orders for martial law to supervise carefully all drafts for money and to require that all withdrawals be for necessaries only that the best interests oi the masses be conserved Communication with the outside world has been established through the vigilance of telegraph companies and private radio owners All extra relief aside from what is available locally will be forthcoming within 48 hours The people of other cities have had experiences similar to ours they have put their shoulders to the wheel overlooked trifles and have rebuilded even greater than before Thousands' of visitors will be with us during the coming winter and we have plenty of time in the three months now coming to make ample preparations for their care and entertainment We wish to thank personally each person who has assisted in relief work and in the maintenance of peace harmony and good feeling in the community Your loyalty is now being tested JAMES GILMAN Acting Mayor 1 II WHAIlTONi City Manager I 13009 1 Vn I fell dar atirfn $1200940 waterfront ST Airs AA' A Tellmer Robert Tellmer -s Martha Tellmer Crowley Mrs It Crowley Story Ivan Austin infant I FI amhle Ralph AleClure THE INJURED AT TIIK McAMSTFR HOTEL Gwondoly Miami laceration of the foot Hjron Plait Miami Shore laceration of the face and body bniUes Flod Hazollmter Hialeah laceration of the head Mrs Manning laceration of the fare Mr Jordon laceration of the right hand Fred Grndd parulj zed legs Mrs louis Mariotte Hialeali II liooske nail in foot Furl Hudson crushed ribs Mrs Don Iaurence spine injured Fadore Lutskl Injured on the head Aivin 3IcNaIIy glass in the right foot Iledonsville hand cut Fred Delaney Hialeah paralyzed William Tomine bruised right leg Mrs Marie Conner Hialeah crushed leg Meltzer shoulder injured by fall Hubert Campbell body bruises Pc pper right foot crushed Henry body bruises Itouii Jtonch laceration of the face and two crushed ribs Mij Thelma Harris right side injured Max Sikeh fractured right leg Bussell laceration of the scalp Elizabeth tuart run down by nn automobile extent of injuries unknown Fred II Grove injured on the head A II Artnond scraped left leg Mrs Harless injured spine Mrs Sellars body bruises A nktnd fractured ribs Davis laceration of the face Mrs Smith right leg broken Mrs Minnie Shaw left leg and arm injured Fingefeld laceration of the head Moore crushed ribs Mrs Davis laceration of the scalp Beryl Stegcll fracture of the right leir I5yant cut finger on the right hand I Delaney finger on the hand cut Floy Delaney same Dick Patricia hotel Miami right foot injured Thomas A Montgomery Henrietta toners laceration of the right leg John Engstron 17 Sixth street scalp wounds Mrs Martha Kruse lacerations of Hie right foot Pickthorn Hialeah fracture of the right leg and lacerations of the head Carter Hialeah bruised hands and ribs Nathan IjCuis 1700 XV Second street lacerations of the left leg Among the injured who have recently been removed to the hot! arc: Stein Mrs Fvclyn Iairsen Leary Porter I Kingston Metter Moore Mrs Pattee Louis Konch Mrs harles Almuilst Rob CamnbeH II XV Crisp Carncnter Miss Margaret Conner Davis Dolan and three children Mr ami Mrs Albert Evcrlc A fireenr GMInnder Mrs Harlcse and Ear! Hudson HOLLX XXOOD Mr Clyde Blow Black Jessie Carnegie Mrs Colwell Colwell infant Mr Duncan Duncan in (nut I eo O'Day Mr Lro O'Day infant Ellis Jr Cdenn Frederick Hudson Maxwell Hall XV Moore THE DEAD AT rHILUKICKS Alton Kush I Jttlc reporter Miami lieaeh Keaeon Mr AT MrCinnib Nig-niond boulevard near Coral Gable Ilattie AAinslutv C7 of 1817 IV Twenty -second street John 18 of Coral Terrace west of Coral Gables Mrs Josephine t'orraft Coral Gables luidentified man found with life preserve around waist on a barge at Collins avenue and Fourteenth street Miami Reach Two women two boys one man unidentified AT AV 11 COMBS COM TAN A' Eydia Brookshire 5822 A' Eleventh avenue Fnidentified man height file feet 11 inrhes weight 175 pounds Had dark hair Found at Miami Beath Frank II Schwarz of 1028 AA' Twenty -seventh court Frank Hoskins 1 nidentitled woman found dead at Miami Ueaeli AA eight 175 age 50 vore a brown dotted dress trimmed in green Iten'amin Watts Hialeah AT KING INDERTAKING COM-1'VN Fred Shnlts 35 1738 AV FJghth street George Maleet 51 Hialeah Venetian Carter 1 year old of Hialeah agan AV Fifth street and Third aienue AA' Twenty-first aienue and Nivty-flfth street I indent ified girl 3 jears old of llialeah Mrs Gluck of Homestead Three unidentified women of llialeah Two unidentified men of llialeah Two unidentified persons of Miami Beach AT GI TIER I LNEBAL HOME 1 indent ified woman Fnidentifh-d man Seien unidentified negroes AT NORTHsinE NEH AL HOME Mrs Tolula A Roberts Filty-nintlt street and Second avenue Sirs Ella Harrison 42 AAhito Belt Dair Mrs Edith Baker AV Seienty-flfth street and Twentieth aienue Mrs A'ictoria Roberts Fifty-ninth street and N' Second avenue Little lhie F'isher 39 of 1109 AV Twenty first street AAilliam AV Fstey GO Miami Shores Miss Ann' Ballou of Da ton Ohio Mr Snmv Biscay ne Park Folates Mr AAhilehurst Seaboard Park A AA innenkerg Biscay ne Park formerly of Burlington I ov a A Harrison AAhito Belt I hi iry A It Harrison AAliite Belt Dairy Coral Ruth Room child 410 Ninety-first street Airs Mary A Hopper 67 of 7 Miami court F'oiir adults have not been identified lour diildren also are unidentified Two of them were 5 ears old and two younger Two lived in Miami Shores one in the Tropics neighborhood and one nt Lemon ity HOI IA AA OOP If Luther Airs Sarah Head I 4 Rogers (ririlfin Bronn Altirlean Broun Airs Riioda laniGe Pri-' A'ick Driver I- Pool Airs I Pool Loretta Helem I eon Ilelein DAM A Annie Csrley 'Irs A cage Airs II AA' Moore Alrora infant Andrew llevelock Airs Coliy MeAili-ter N-tty liitl man 'In II Craft Jemtv Ferral Peter Aiglie- II ALIANDALL Airs If Kimball Kimball infant FORT LAI HERD ALE AA' A Tcllmer 26 OF HOLLYWOOD DEAD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED Numerous Homes Are Destroyed Every Building In Town Js Damaged HOLLYWOOD Sept 7 9-More than 60 bodies of persons killed In the hurricane which laid Hollywood Hallandale and Dania in waste Saturday bad been recovered last night Most of the victims were killed when buildings which they sought shelter collnpred A few were drow ned Only 26 of the dead had been identified last night Fannin funeral director was placed in charge of the bodies All of the bodies were taken to the Administration building of the Hollywood Land and XX'ater Company At Hallandale In Hollywood two deaths were reported A woman and her two-week-old Infant drowned in an attempt to reach the town from a houseboat on the waterfront The bodies of 10 persons who died at Foit Lauiierdale had been recovered last night and search was being made for six more believed to have perished Several persons were reported dead at Pompano but none had been identified One negro was drowned when his houseboat at Ojus sunk Almost every structure in Hollywood was destroyed or damaged by the gale Trees were torn up by the roots automobiles wrecked and telephone telegraph and electric lighting systems put out of commission Wreckage was strewn on the streets and on lawns of homes XVhole Family Js Killed Every member of one family of seven in Hollywood was reported killed Relief quarters were established in the police station Administration budding and several hotels Police were aided In administering relief work by national guardsmen and volunteer workers including sevcial doctors and nurses No estimate had been made last night of the number of injured but it was known that the total Is large More than a score of houseboats launches and other pleasure craft were strewn on the banks of New river at Fort Lauderdale by the storm which raised the waterway several feet One boat was deposited on the front porch of a dwelling facing the river street signs were blown down and pUde glass windows bioken In all parts of the city The second floor of a garags was hwept away by a freak blait leaving 20 or more motor cas stranded on the tp of the building Relief headquarters were extab-h hed at the Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce where hundreds of refugees then relatives and friends gathered seeking news food clothing and shelter A tourist camp was flattened not a building being left standing Dania section of Hollywood was wrecked by the hurricane Not a buddhig the town escaped damage and nearly half of them were demolished The new auditorium of the Dania school just completed was wrecked and tho school adjacent was badly damaged Many persons were killed all of tho bodies recovered being taken to Hollywood i north of Pompano was tot severe as that In the towns south of it Delray and Boynton were not badly damaged and like Deerfield reported no deaths south and carrjwg a steady wind as compared with the heavy jeiky gubts of the earlier passage had reached 33 miles an hour This rose to 33 miles an hour at 9 a and from that time on the hurricane was subsiding the sheltered instruments showed In Miami some of the refugees found shelter Saturday beneath canopies of gasoline filling stations Most cf the persons however who found they were unable to use their homes took iefoe in apartments which had been vacant and at hotels All dealers in building materials have wired to Northern concerns for shipments of roofing and window supplies Shipments ought to reach here by Thursday The budding supply companies are enlisting all available workmen in order that there may be the tit- mot sfeed in making repair especially to roofs Not a cint more will be chusged for supplies or for wotk than In normal times INery possible effort will be made to take care of the more urgent needs In caNs where extreme lox has been occurred to persons without funds a way will be found to make repairs without demanding immediate pajment or Insisting upon credit investigation The budding supply companies are determined to do their utmost night and day to roof every home A nursery and emergency hospital is being organized In the parish house of the White Temple by the Juvenile court through the Dig ilrothers' Federation cf Miami In charge of Maj Nicholson chief probation officer and Dr Johnson ot the Red Cross The Big Brothers Federation Is recognized as Jhe relief agency by general nty relief board now are being made for tfie care of 200 children whose missing About 100 children most of whom Are from the Hialeah district nor are at the White Temple Every being made to bring children and their parents who have be'ome separated together Hits and relatives are county is under military th Major Robert Ward 121th Infantry Florida na-iard in command fooj supply ample to I emergencies for a period of has been placed in chaise The food committee ifh fuTI authority undf if maitial law and has been In-strut rd by Frank Wharton citj rp to seize any food supplier thH may be nccssary and to doc or ike over the operation of anj ft-c I Ung establishment where evi-denf cj of profiteering arc shorn fcirutlar committee tias been op-poifdd to take- over the avai'ohle usipldics of building materials partl-ru irly roofing and window glass Thi wmm tfce will refuse to dts- i any of IIkao matenah until nr-5 rridirs arc mole at hospl- tabl hukenc and similar places ciJcd os soon as hanging and ar 1 The ater supply and gas was re-stord soon as harging and loose wre3 hod been removed end tcmpoi- Contiimed on Tago 3 of a committee Th' has bA'ii verged vi WASHINGTON Sept 19 (AD Weather bureau officials hero announced nt 8:10 in tonight that there were no indications of a second hurricane forming anywhere in the West Indies or Gulf regions XXTEST PALM BEACH Sept The West Palm Beach official relief train left for Miami at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon laden with four carloads of provisions milk and ice and bearing about tyo dozen physicians nurses and Red Cross representatives In addition to newspaper men and photographers Mayor Spencer Jainhart was In charge of the expedition Supplies were commandeered from wholesale groceries and underwritten by the city The first relief train from this section left from Lake XVorth shortly afternoon All except two physician and two nurses left for emergency service were aboard the tram which was laden with provisions and Red Cross suppht Early tonight Coast Guard cutter 297 stationed at Lake XVorth Inlet set out for Miami' Deucy with additional supplies sent by the city Supply Is Sent Fifty men and trucks from tho Thoenix Utility Construction Company here left for Miami this afternoon with water and three trucks and 20 men were sent by the Florida Power and Light Company with ant drums of gasoline and water Relief headquarters were established at the American Legion homu here under the direction of Mrs Meade Dobson chairman of the local chapter Legionnaires were enrolled for emergency service and a list of available rooms for refugees maintained The Palm Beach Hotel Association offeied the use of the hotels of all members for relief woik Addison Mizner announced that the Cloisters at Boca Baton undamaged by the utorm would bo thrown open for relief woik West Palm Beach and Palm Beat were toddy slowly returning to normalcy following a 24-hour hurricane period that had brought all business to a standstill and left the cities virtually cut off from the rest of the world and with seriously crippled public utilities As news of the de notation from the lower East Coast communities began to spread through the city early in the afternoon all thought of local difficulties were engulfed in the appalling reports from localities south of Delray Automobiles and pedestrians thronged the streets through tho afternoon congesting traffic In front of newspaper office as crowds watted for extra editions with frtorm bulb tins to come off the press Although official attention ws largely directed tow aids relief woik in other cities before A Bingham city manager had left for Miami machinery hail been set In motion Continued on Page WEATHER Florida Showers Monday Tucwldj probably fair fresh southeast winds except fresh to strong over extrema north portion Monday diminishing i-f ill be tunc lcfore the damage doae shipping en the mil be determined Many cf the smaller craft were carried Into Pay Front park end rome cf the larger hips were out cf the watr Similar conditions prevailed along the banks of the Miami river Hre av backlash from the wild kjr in the ocean and hay carried a vvave back up the river and when it receded left many ships hich rnd dry and ethers In wreckage in the river lfnes principally while the him lvane eas ing through the city It is otunatei that J9 0o9 of were unroofed or 0thrrkv1se damaged Glass was blown from vniny houses and interior decorations destroyed by water Furnishings in homes also were damage! Observers who viewed the damage done In alt cations of Miami said the average con of rejaring the houres would be thus making the total damage to residences Dami'ge to public utilities Is estimated at an additional $109 0 loss of equipment and supplies in stores $10909 damage to downtown projorty $2009000 and cr the waterfront $1000000 more To this total of $10000000 nvpt be udd the damage done in Haleah mi Reach Coral Gable and other neighboring communities It is believed the damage In none of will exceed $1000000 The damage was general through-cut the Greater Miami area no section seemmglv suffered more severely than another Sheltered Instruments at the veather bureau gave the velocity of wind at its peak as 70 miles an our at 6 a Fttuday 13 fosele afcsi'dint to Mr Gray me-i oroIoKi't in charge said that the md rate prolwibly mounted as high i 123 pules an hour in Miami -ach and 120 miles an hour in iami The apparent difference in the di-i ction of the wind and the lull that curred about 6 a Saturday '-as explained as due to the hurri- ne charging its direction The wind velocity nt 9 ni Fn-y was 29 miles an liour at md-i sglit It had mounted to 35 miles an our 2 a it was 48 mles an our 2:39 a 33 milrs on bcur: a 42 miles an'hotir 320 a irules and hour A a 70 i hour and 6 a 70 miles an hour Thf'C oh ervtions were made cn the shelters I government iirtrummti I to that trne it was Miami was receiving the urrlcare wfnh was coming in from the northeast From until 7 a Saturday the ilk4 velocity was between 10 and safles an hour At the re-T j-ntwa aterm this time from the Governor Takes Charge of Troop Movement Here TALLAHASSEE l'la Kept J9 (AP) Gov John XV Martin will in all probability make a peisonal tour of southeastern Florida wrecked by a hurricane he intimated late today before leaving for St Augustine whm he will speed up movement of state troops in the area Dooming it advisable to got in close touch with the appalling situation the executive said he planned to do possible to alleviate the i sufring3 of the s4orm-tofsed Thieo personal representatives will pi credo the governor info the region They arc: A Kanner Stuart and Fred X'alz and I) Herlong of Jacksonville Mr Kanner was reported here as having already gone to Miami Fort Luuderdale citizens telegraphed the governor that the town hud wiped This message was one of a number which informed the governor of the se-nousne-s of the storm Maj Atkinson assistant to State Adjutant -T Foster will ho placed in direct charge of the soldiers sent into the region the gov- ernor said Mrs AV Moore Robert McNichoI Mrs Jennie Richie Ramsey Mrs AV Ramsey Kui 1 Roaks Mrs Ktorin Mrs Charles Schili George Stein I Strickland Henry Stevens Roaks Airs Ai Beaks Airs AV' Vincent Mrs Tlieil Iaipa Jack Hodgson Jr Alonzo Pridceon Airs Elialielh Leidirin II AleVurl Mrs Wilson FORT LAl'DERDALE Airs Anna Thompson Thompson infant Christina Ilealr shock Alary Melntosli lacerations Melntosli cuts 4 Alartin siiinal injuries Jack Crnist leu fracture Carl Maj broken le" Airs Hazel Simpsaa internal injuries John Ls les ruts Blanche les ruts Earl Bateman skull fracture Airs 1 Mount skull fracture ATrs Kiel McClure skull fracture THANK YOU MR CONKLING The people of Miami today owe a debt of gratitude to Conkling owner of The Palm Beach Post who turned over to The Miami Herald the complete facilities of his newspaper plant in order that Miamians might have comprehensive information concerning storm damage in the Miami and lower East Coast district as compiled by trained experts of The Miami Herald staff The Miami Herald i peaking for Miamians hereby expresses its appreciation of Mr generosity P- -V-i V' 5.