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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
OCTOULK. IQi
view the wreckage that filled the streets. I warned those in the vicinity of the Federal Buiidifcg that the storm -was not over and that it would be dangerous to remain in the open. The lull lastec S5 minutes, and during that time the street? of the city became crowded with people.. As a result, many lives were lost during the second phase of the storm. With the passage of the center o' the storm, the wind shifted to southeast at 6:47 a. m.. and immediately increased to gaie force. A velocity of 50 miles was recorded at 7:5o a. m. and a velocity of 00 raiie? at S:55 &. rr:. These recorded velocities are nearly 50 per cent less than tae actus, velocities. The wind shifted tc southwest at 9 a. m. and eor.-tinued from that direction until C p. m.. with steadily diminishing force.
A Robinson anemometer on the roof of the Allison Hospital.1 Miami Beach, connected witha Weather Bureau type triple register. recorded a velocity of 12b miles per hour at 7 :S0 a. in. Th*-anemometer blew away at 6:12 a. nr... at which time- it was recording 120 miles per hour.
The storm tide on the Miami side of Biscayne Bay was approximately eight feet, and reports indicate i. siiniifc- tide at. Miami Leach. The- water front of Miami vas flooded for two to three blocks back from the bay. and low pans of the city near the Miami River were also flooded. After the storm, the- entire bay front section of Miami was strew:, with boats ranging :n size from small pleasure craft to large schooners. Some o: the boats had beer carried more than two blocks from the bay. "Water rose in hotels and residences near the bay ;.o a depth of three to five feet. Miami Beach was entirely inundated, and. at the height of the tide, the ocean extended to Miami, three and one-half miies across Biscayne Bay. All streets near the ocean at Miami Beach were covered
where the pressure fell to 28.5G inches. Shortly afte ward the center was definitely located as passing on Perdido Bench, Baldwin Co., Ala.. where p. minimui reading of 2S.20 inches was observed between 3 and p. re. with a lull in the wind and a shift from northeast t southwest. It moved thence toward the west passing short distance south of Mobile at" 9:30 p. in. when ti barometer at that station reached it? minimum of 2S.7
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with sand to a depth of several feet, and in some places automobiles were entirely covered. The foundations of some buiidings were washed out. allowing the buildings to collapse. The storm tide occurred with the shift of the wind to the east and southeast, following the arrival of the center of the storm. In the Miami River, the tide came in the form of a bore that left a mass of wreckage from the boats that had sought safe anchorage.
The intensity of the storm and the wreckage that it left can not be adequately described. The continuous roar of the wind; the crash of falling buildings, flying debris, and plate glass; the shriek of fire apparatus and ambulances that rendered assistance until the streets became impassable; the terrifically driven rain that came in sheets as dense as fog; the electric flashes from live wire-have left the memory of a fearful night in the minds of the manv thousands that were in the storm area.
The known loss of life in the Miami district is 11-1. Many more are missing. Several thousand persons were injured, and ‘25.000 were without shelter after the storm.
The property loss in the greater Miami area has been estimated at S7fj.000.000. This does not include damage to Louse, office, and store furnishings. Approximately 4.725 homes were destroved and 9,100 damaged in the area extending from Fort Lauderdale to Miami.
THE HtTREICANE AFTER PASSING MIAMI
Nearing the west coast of extreme southern Florida, the center passed over Bonita Springs, about 20 miles south of Fort. Myers, shortly after noon. It passed into the Gulf of Mexico-during the afternoon, the clisplayman at Punta Rasa, Fla., reporting a calm at 3:15 pi m. and lowest pressure 2S.05 inches at 3:3Q p. ra. After crossing the northeastern portion of the Gulf, the center closely approached, but did not reach Pensacola. September 20.
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inches; continuing thence westward the center passed very short distance south of Pascagoula, Miss... at 5:2 a. m. of the 21st with lowest pressure 2S.99 inches. Tl northern edge of the “eye'1 of the storm passed ov< Biloxi about 8 a. m., with a pressure of 29.03 inches i that time; at 9 a. m., the center reached Gulfport an there was a calm of about 10 minutes during which tt barometer read 29.08 inches. The center passed ov< Pass Christian about 9:30 a. m., and there was s &ali of about 30 minutes. The lowest pressure was about tl