Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1926, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1926. 17 AR AL SIS R oo Scenes of Chaotic Devastation in the Path of the Hurricane at Miami A VISTA OF DESTRUCTION LOOKING SOUTH THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY. In this view from the steel bridge over the Miami River scarcely a building appears to ha scaped destruction or heavy damage in the fierce storm, which added a heavy toll in human lives I to its property loss. : Copyright by P. & A. Photos. of the upper structure is leit a distorted mass. STORM LEAVES MIAMI BEACH CASINO A SHAMBLES. The cement base walls of the casino baths are crushed in like LEAVES BIG BARGE HIGH AND DRY ON RESIDENTIAL LAWN. One of the grim pranks of the storm is seen in the final resting place FRAME STRUCTURES WENT OVER LIKE CARD HOU! The wreckage of this frame residence is typical of what happened to practi of this barge on the lawn of a palatial Miami residence. Acme Photos. cally every structure of the kind that was exposed to the f of the storm. Acme Phgtos BIG MOTOR BOAT DUMPED INTO THE HEART OF THE CITY. As the water was whirled inland out of Biscayne Bay in the teeth of the ANOTHER RELIC OF THE 130-MILE GALE. This combination residence and garage is twisted entirely from its cement foundation and left gale, this 120-foot craft was swept more than a quarter of a mile into the city, finally resting near one of the hote il iy Aot ’ Acme Photos at a grotesque angle, facing another direction. NGLE| S| v ND DRY. When the Miami River was swept out of its banks scores of yachts, house- ME OF THE STURDIEST BUILDINGS WRECKED IN GALE. Even buildings of strongest construction, ghen exposed to the full of & IA‘\WGILD e Al el PT.mwfiflcAm%flumwbmv' m. ot -Street Bridge. Amg“ nm—\h—u heavilgdamagod, as shown hy collapse of !h‘nm#nm wall of this ldnhn“:!mflm ‘siructure. “g:n- \ i