Source

State Archives of Florida, Series s204

Description

A telegram from Louis O. Gravely to Governor Doyle E. Carlton estimating the city of Labelle will be underwater for two weeks or more and reporting roads out of the city are impassable. Gravely requests financial aid from the state government and requests the governor send a representative from the State Board of Health to the city.

Date

1929-10-02

Creator

Gravely, Louis O.

Format

Telegrams

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Topic

Health and Safety

Subjects

Floods
Florida. Governor (1929-1933 : Carlton)
Florida. State Board of Health
Hurricane damage
Hurricanes
Natural disasters

Geographic Term

Labelle
Hendry 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.