Source

State Archives of Florida, Series s204

Description

A telegram from Dr. C. E. Weaver to Governor Doyle E. Carlton reporting that the city of Labelle is under two to six feet of water, families do not have food or money, and the streets will remain flooded for two weeks or more.

Date

1929-10-02

Creator

Weaver, Cleo Earl (1881-1952)

Format

Telegrams

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Topic

Health and Safety

Subjects

Floods
Florida. Governor (1929-1933 : Carlton)
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.