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Show Florida Storm Adds To Death Toll Florida Florida's latest storm disaster dis-aster is the fourth important visitation visita-tion to strike the region in less than one year. The others were: April 5, 1925 Five killed, homes and business houses at Miami wrecked and the new Hialeah racing club's $1,500,000 plant heavily hit by the hurricane. December 1, 1925 Miami, Tampa, Lakeland, Clearwater, St., Petersburg, Bradentown, Sebring, Avon Park, Sar-astoa, Sar-astoa, Fort Myers and other points swept by hurricane. Tampa hardest hit, with five deaths. July 29, 1926 Seventy killed, $15,-000,000 $15,-000,000 property damage and many ships sunk by hurricane that swept the Bahamas and the south Florida region. Bimini was the center of the disturbance. Other famous cyclonia and and hurricane disturbances in recent years have been. February 18, 1884 Southern states swept by tornado that killed 600. April, 1892 Tornado swept Kansas killing 40. June 14, 1892 Five counties in Minnesota Min-nesota swept, fifty killed. June 20, 1893 Sixteen killed in Kansas Kan-sas river valley. September 20, 1894 Iowa and Minnesota Min-nesota visited by tornado that killed seventy-five. May 27, 1896 St. Louis and East St. Louis, 500 killed, thousands hurt, millions of damage. March 30, 1897 Three-fourths of Chandler, Okla., destroyed. May 18, 1898 Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin swept by storm that killed forty and did $1,000,000 damage. April 27, 1899 One hundred killed it Kirksville and Newton, Mo. June 13, 1899 Town of Herman, S'eb., destroyed and 100 killed in Nebraska Neb-raska and Wisconsin. May 9. 1905 Thirty killed at Mar-luette. Mar-luette. Kan. May 11, 190 Snyder, Okla., de-itroved, de-itroved, ISO killed. March 2, 1906 Thirty-five killed at Vleridnn. Miss. April 24, 1908 Five hundred killed n Mississippi, Louisiana and Alahnn. |