Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-08-01 | Page 1 | Florida Storm Costs 9 Lives

FLORIDA STORM COSTS 9 LIVES 3 Ships Missing as Hurricane ane Pass Passes s PENSACOLA Fla Aug 1 UP UPA UPA UP- UP A tropical hurricane blew itself ou out over Alabama today leaving in its wake a death toll 1011 tentatively set a anine at nine and property damage estimated at more mor th n r s Northwest Florida bore the brunt brun of the storm Valparaiso and Panama Pana Panama ma ma City vere were th the towns believed to have suffered the most damage Today Louisiana and Georgia were feeling the blow off offo of the disturbance disturbance disturb disturb- ance both states being swept by high winds and rain squalls The tentative fatality list of the storm which swirled through the he Florida keys skirted Miami and then headed toward Pensacola in a ao four day four o r- r ray ay period showed Five m men n missing when the tug sank in bay off oft the Florida coa coast t. t Two sailors missing at Panama City believed drowned when the municipal pier on which they were sleeping collapsed under n er heavy seas A deck hand drowned A lineman electrocuted as he re repaired repaired ye- ye paired wires Three ships with crews totaling about 20 men were unaccounted nt d for I I but it was believed they had pu put I into coves to ride out the hurricane Hundreds who fled their homes returned tod today y as the weather calmed