Source

State Archives of Florida, Series s204

Description

A telegram from Mary Hayes Davis to Governor Doyle E. Carlton describing the flood conditions in LaBelle.

Date

1929-10-02

Creator

Davis, Mary Hayes

Format

Telegrams

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Topic

Health and Safety

Subjects

Floods
Floods--Florida--Hendry County--LaBelle
Florida. Governor (1929-1933 : Carlton)
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.