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1935 Labor Day Hurricane... #210334 08/30/16 03:15 PM
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I just finished a book about the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane on the upper Florida Keys...some incredible descriptions in it about what happened to Alligator Reef Light when a Category 5 hurricane blew through...not to mention what happened to many WW1 vets who were left stranded in tents...now I want to go back to Key West and find a tour...

Re: 1935 Labor Day Hurricane... [Re: Rock] #210337 08/31/16 05:15 PM
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The vets were flooded out of their homes or were they at some kind of facility?

Re: 1935 Labor Day Hurricane... [Re: Rock] #210340 09/02/16 12:16 PM
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They were moved down there to help Henry Flagler build his Florida East Coast Railway and put up in temporary shelters/camps built on the vulnerable, low lying Keys...a rescue train sent to retrieve them showed up way too late...


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