Source

State Archives of Florida, Series s204

Description

A letter from Glenn H. Curtiss to Governor Doyle E. Carlton regarding the flood situation in the Miami area and describing the engineering errors Curtiss feels have caused the situation. Curtiss specifically attributes errors to the chief engineer of the Everglades drainage project, Fred C. Elliot.

Date

1929-10-13

Creator

Curtiss, Glenn H.

Format

Letters (correspondence)

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Topic

Health and Safety

Subjects

Elliot, Fred Cotten, 1878-1963
Floods
Florida. Governor (1929-1933 : Carlton)
Hurricane damage
Hurricanes
Natural disasters

Geographic Term

Dade County
Tallahassee
Leon County

General Note

The flood conditions mentioned in this document were likely caused by the 1929 Bahamas Hurricane, which struck the Bahamas as a Category 4 hurricane on September 25, 1929. The storm later crossed the Florida Keys as a Category 2 hurricane on September 28, proceeded into the Gulf of Mexico, and then made landfall once more as a Category 1 Hurricane before passing near Panama City, Florida, as a tropical storm on September 30. The tropical storm then went on to bring flooding to Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina.