The 1926 hurricane drowns Moore Haven: 150 bodies counted, "colored migrants" listed only as missing (Moore Haven, September 1926)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 1926 · Places: Florida
SUMMARYThe 1926 hurricane drowns Moore Haven: 150 bodies counted, "colored migrants" listed only as missing (Moore Haven, September 1926) [Connections: Miami & Lake Okeechobee, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDStorm surge broke earthen muck dikes about 6 ft tall and put Moore Haven under 13 to 15 ft of water; Red Cross and local reports counted 150 bodies in Moore Haven alone, counts called incomplete because many bodies were swept into the Everglades; estimates near the lake ran as high as 300. The page notes that many people, "including transients and 'colored migrants'" in south Florida, were listed as missing, so the US figures are uncertain, and that the worst damage in Palm Beach County towns was in poorer, mostly Black sections
PATTERNThe official toll did not count the people the record had already classed as "colored migrants."
LENS (WW9)Uncounted in the grave because they were uncounted in life
OPENRed Cross 1926 report; Glades County death records and burials for 1926