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1928 Okeechobee hurricane....
1928 Okeechobee hurricane....
Item # 720882
September 19, 1928
THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 19, 1928
* Okeechobee hurricane
* Palm Beach, Florida
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "200 TO 400 KILLED IN FLORIDA HURRICANE; STORM, WEAKER, SWEEPS INTO CAROLINAS; FOOD RIOTS IN PORTO RICO; RELIEF RUSHED" with subheads. (see) Lengthy coverage continues inside with related photo and map. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Complete in 60 pages, rag edition, a few small binding slits and residue from disbinding along the spine, nice condition.
AI notes: The Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928, also called the San Felipe Segundo Hurricane, was one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history. It formed in early September 1928 and struck Puerto Rico on September 13 as a Category 5 hurricane, devastating the island and killing over 300 people. After crossing the Bahamas, it made landfall near West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 16 as a powerful Category 4 storm with winds near 145 mph. The hurricane’s worst destruction came when its winds drove Lake Okeechobee’s waters over its low earthen dikes, flooding nearby towns such as Belle Glade, Pahokee, and South Bay. Entire communities were submerged under several feet of water, leading to the deaths of more than 2,500 people, most of them Black migrant farm workers. The disaster prompted the construction of the Herbert Hoover Dike in the 1930s to prevent future flooding. The 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane remains a somber milestone in American weather history due to its enormous death toll and the social inequities revealed in its aftermath.
Category: The 20th Century
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