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Florida

Gulf Coast, LA, MS, AL, FL Hurricane BETSY, Sep 1965

HURRICANE BETSY RIPS INTO NEW ORLEANS.

250,000 FLEE BIG STORM IN FOUR-STATE GULF AREA.

TROPIC BLOW PACKS WINDS OF 150 mph.  read more »

Hialeah, FL Towns Threatened By Tornado, July 1926

TORNADO THREATENED.  read more »

Sea Breeze, FL Hotel Destroyed By Fire, Feb 1909

Hotel Clarendon

FIRE DESTROYS FLORIDA HOTEL.

GUESTS WERE WARNED IN TIME TO ESCAPE.  read more »

Milton, FL Fire, Feb 1909

Milton, FL Main Street 1910s

$150,000 FIRE IN FLORIDA.

Town of Milton Is Nearly Wiped Out---Business Section Gone.  read more »

DeLand, FL Business Part Of Town Burns, Sep 1886

DeLand School House Ruins of Town Fire

THIRTY BUILDING BURNED.  read more »

Lake Okeechobee, FL Thousands Die In Hurricane, Sep 1928

HUNDREDS OF KNOWN DEATHS IN FLORIDA; DAMAGE $30,000,000.

200 ALREADY BURIED IN OKEECHOBEE AREA; REPORTS DRIBBLE IN FROM OTHER SECTORS.  read more »

Southern, FL The "Labor Day Hurricane", Sep 1935

MORE THAN 100 REPORTED DEAD IN STORM.

HURRICANE RECURVES TO LASH WEST COAST WITH FULL VIOLENCE.

ST. PETERSBURG AND TAMPA BEAR BRUNT OF BLOW; PRESIDENT ORDERS ARMY, NAVY AND RED CROSS TO AID.  read more »

Central Portion of FL, Hurricane Strikes, Oct 1852

THE GALE IN FLORIDA.  read more »

Quincy, FL Railroad Accident, Feb 1885

RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN FLORIDA.  read more »

Tampa Bay, FL USCGC BLACKTHORNE Sunk by Tanker, Jan 1980

Blackthorne Damaged Hull Blackthorne Damaged Hull

25 MISSING IN CUTTER'S COLLISION.  read more »


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