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A Century Late
Thursday, September 30, 1926
NewsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Watauga DemocratBoone, Watauga County, N.C.

EXODUS BEGINS FROM FLORIDA

Pulling Out in Groups for Homes They Left During Months of the Big Boom

600 LEAVE MIAMI AREA, 200 FROM MOORE HAVEN

Work of Rehabilitation Well Under Way, But Will Take Time

Context - explained by ACL:

Refugees from Miami and its environs moved upstate to Jacksonville to take trains to the homes they had left during the big boom, six hundred leaving Palm Beach in a single day, while some 200 survivors at Moore Haven protested against the order of state health and military authorities to evacuate until sanitary conditions improved.

Residents of southeastern Florida leave after a tropical hurricane and the flooding that followed when the dykes on Lake Okeechobee gave way.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Watauga Democrat, Boone, Watauga County, N.C., September 30, 1926, page 1]

Miami, Sept. 24.—Refugees from Miami and its environs continued to move upstate to Jacksonville, where they entrained for the homes they left during the long months of the big boom in Florida. .Six hundred left Palm Beach during the day and hundreds of others were preparing to get away over the week-end.

Typical of the genera l spirit throughout the storm area was that displayed by some 200 survivors in the village of Moore Haven, who protested vigorously against orders of the state health and military authorities requiring them to evacuate the town and remain away until sanitary conditions had been returned to something like normal.

Their appeals to Governor Martin and other state officers for the rescinding of the evacuation order hav. ing failed, the refugees doggedly began the long trek through flooded streets and roads to points where steamers or trains would take them tj Sebring and other nearby towns.

Many of the refugees loaded their all -upon small boats which they hauled through the water. Some were practically empty-handed, having lost their all when the town' was practically wiped out by the high winds and the deluge of water from Lake Okeechobee which descended after the protecting dykes gave way.

With most of its dead located and buried, its injured and homeless cared for, southeastern Florida tackled with renewed determination today the task of repairing the ravaes wrought by the tropical hurricane which overwhelmed it a week ago.

Weeks, and in some cases, months will be required to restore cities and villages which stood in the pathway of the storm. Millions of dollars will be needed, but state and municipal

Reproduced unchanged from Watauga Democrat, September 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Thursday, September 30, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
NewsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Watauga DemocratBoone, Watauga County, N.C.

EXODUS BEGINS FROM FLORIDA

Pulling Out in Groups for Homes They Left During Months of the Big Boom

600 LEAVE MIAMI AREA, 200 FROM MOORE HAVEN

Work of Rehabilitation Well Under Way, But Will Take Time

Context - explained by ACL:

Refugees from Miami and its environs moved upstate to Jacksonville to take trains to the homes they had left during the big boom, six hundred leaving Palm Beach in a single day, while some 200 survivors at Moore Haven protested against the order of state health and military authorities to evacuate until sanitary conditions improved.

Residents of southeastern Florida leave after a tropical hurricane and the flooding that followed when the dykes on Lake Okeechobee gave way.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Watauga Democrat, Boone, Watauga County, N.C., September 30, 1926, page 1]

Miami, Sept. 24.—Refugees from Miami and its environs continued to move upstate to Jacksonville, where they entrained for the homes they left during the long months of the big boom in Florida. .Six hundred left Palm Beach during the day and hundreds of others were preparing to get away over the week-end.

Typical of the genera l spirit throughout the storm area was that displayed by some 200 survivors in the village of Moore Haven, who protested vigorously against orders of the state health and military authorities requiring them to evacuate the town and remain away until sanitary conditions had been returned to something like normal.

Their appeals to Governor Martin and other state officers for the rescinding of the evacuation order hav. ing failed, the refugees doggedly began the long trek through flooded streets and roads to points where steamers or trains would take them tj Sebring and other nearby towns.

Many of the refugees loaded their all -upon small boats which they hauled through the water. Some were practically empty-handed, having lost their all when the town' was practically wiped out by the high winds and the deluge of water from Lake Okeechobee which descended after the protecting dykes gave way.

With most of its dead located and buried, its injured and homeless cared for, southeastern Florida tackled with renewed determination today the task of repairing the ravaes wrought by the tropical hurricane which overwhelmed it a week ago.

Weeks, and in some cases, months will be required to restore cities and villages which stood in the pathway of the storm. Millions of dollars will be needed, but state and municipal

Reproduced unchanged from Watauga Democrat, September 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Watauga Democrat, September 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Thursday, September 30, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
NewsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Watauga DemocratBoone, Watauga County, N.C.

EXODUS BEGINS FROM FLORIDA

Pulling Out in Groups for Homes They Left During Months of the Big Boom

600 LEAVE MIAMI AREA, 200 FROM MOORE HAVEN

Work of Rehabilitation Well Under Way, But Will Take Time

Context - explained by ACL:

Refugees from Miami and its environs moved upstate to Jacksonville to take trains to the homes they had left during the big boom, six hundred leaving Palm Beach in a single day, while some 200 survivors at Moore Haven protested against the order of state health and military authorities to evacuate until sanitary conditions improved.

Residents of southeastern Florida leave after a tropical hurricane and the flooding that followed when the dykes on Lake Okeechobee gave way.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Watauga Democrat, Boone, Watauga County, N.C., September 30, 1926, page 1]

Miami, Sept. 24.—Refugees from Miami and its environs continued to move upstate to Jacksonville, where they entrained for the homes they left during the long months of the big boom in Florida. .Six hundred left Palm Beach during the day and hundreds of others were preparing to get away over the week-end.

Typical of the genera l spirit throughout the storm area was that displayed by some 200 survivors in the village of Moore Haven, who protested vigorously against orders of the state health and military authorities requiring them to evacuate the town and remain away until sanitary conditions had been returned to something like normal.

Their appeals to Governor Martin and other state officers for the rescinding of the evacuation order hav. ing failed, the refugees doggedly began the long trek through flooded streets and roads to points where steamers or trains would take them tj Sebring and other nearby towns.

Many of the refugees loaded their all -upon small boats which they hauled through the water. Some were practically empty-handed, having lost their all when the town' was practically wiped out by the high winds and the deluge of water from Lake Okeechobee which descended after the protecting dykes gave way.

With most of its dead located and buried, its injured and homeless cared for, southeastern Florida tackled with renewed determination today the task of repairing the ravaes wrought by the tropical hurricane which overwhelmed it a week ago.

Weeks, and in some cases, months will be required to restore cities and villages which stood in the pathway of the storm. Millions of dollars will be needed, but state and municipal

Reproduced unchanged from Watauga Democrat, September 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Watauga Democrat, September 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Thursday, September 30, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
NewsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Watauga DemocratBoone, Watauga County, N.C.

EXODUS BEGINS FROM FLORIDA

Pulling Out in Groups for Homes They Left During Months of the Big Boom

600 LEAVE MIAMI AREA, 200 FROM MOORE HAVEN

Work of Rehabilitation Well Under Way, But Will Take Time

Context - explained by ACL:

Refugees from Miami and its environs moved upstate to Jacksonville to take trains to the homes they had left during the big boom, six hundred leaving Palm Beach in a single day, while some 200 survivors at Moore Haven protested against the order of state health and military authorities to evacuate until sanitary conditions improved.

Residents of southeastern Florida leave after a tropical hurricane and the flooding that followed when the dykes on Lake Okeechobee gave way.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Watauga Democrat, Boone, Watauga County, N.C., September 30, 1926, page 1]

Miami, Sept. 24.—Refugees from Miami and its environs continued to move upstate to Jacksonville, where they entrained for the homes they left during the long months of the big boom in Florida. .Six hundred left Palm Beach during the day and hundreds of others were preparing to get away over the week-end.

Typical of the genera l spirit throughout the storm area was that displayed by some 200 survivors in the village of Moore Haven, who protested vigorously against orders of the state health and military authorities requiring them to evacuate the town and remain away until sanitary conditions had been returned to something like normal.

Their appeals to Governor Martin and other state officers for the rescinding of the evacuation order hav. ing failed, the refugees doggedly began the long trek through flooded streets and roads to points where steamers or trains would take them tj Sebring and other nearby towns.

Many of the refugees loaded their all -upon small boats which they hauled through the water. Some were practically empty-handed, having lost their all when the town' was practically wiped out by the high winds and the deluge of water from Lake Okeechobee which descended after the protecting dykes gave way.

With most of its dead located and buried, its injured and homeless cared for, southeastern Florida tackled with renewed determination today the task of repairing the ravaes wrought by the tropical hurricane which overwhelmed it a week ago.

Weeks, and in some cases, months will be required to restore cities and villages which stood in the pathway of the storm. Millions of dollars will be needed, but state and municipal

Reproduced unchanged from Watauga Democrat, September 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Watauga Democrat, September 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Thursday, September 30, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
NewsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Watauga DemocratBoone, Watauga County, N.C.

EXODUS BEGINS FROM FLORIDA

Pulling Out in Groups for Homes They Left During Months of the Big Boom

600 LEAVE MIAMI AREA, 200 FROM MOORE HAVEN

Work of Rehabilitation Well Under Way, But Will Take Time

Context - explained by ACL:

Refugees from Miami and its environs moved upstate to Jacksonville to take trains to the homes they had left during the big boom, six hundred leaving Palm Beach in a single day, while some 200 survivors at Moore Haven protested against the order of state health and military authorities to evacuate until sanitary conditions improved.

Residents of southeastern Florida leave after a tropical hurricane and the flooding that followed when the dykes on Lake Okeechobee gave way.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Watauga Democrat, Boone, Watauga County, N.C., September 30, 1926, page 1]

Miami, Sept. 24.—Refugees from Miami and its environs continued to move upstate to Jacksonville, where they entrained for the homes they left during the long months of the big boom in Florida. .Six hundred left Palm Beach during the day and hundreds of others were preparing to get away over the week-end.

Typical of the genera l spirit throughout the storm area was that displayed by some 200 survivors in the village of Moore Haven, who protested vigorously against orders of the state health and military authorities requiring them to evacuate the town and remain away until sanitary conditions had been returned to something like normal.

Their appeals to Governor Martin and other state officers for the rescinding of the evacuation order hav. ing failed, the refugees doggedly began the long trek through flooded streets and roads to points where steamers or trains would take them tj Sebring and other nearby towns.

Many of the refugees loaded their all -upon small boats which they hauled through the water. Some were practically empty-handed, having lost their all when the town' was practically wiped out by the high winds and the deluge of water from Lake Okeechobee which descended after the protecting dykes gave way.

With most of its dead located and buried, its injured and homeless cared for, southeastern Florida tackled with renewed determination today the task of repairing the ravaes wrought by the tropical hurricane which overwhelmed it a week ago.

Weeks, and in some cases, months will be required to restore cities and villages which stood in the pathway of the storm. Millions of dollars will be needed, but state and municipal

Reproduced unchanged from Watauga Democrat, September 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Watauga Democrat, September 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.