Miami: Hurricane Betsy threw her full 140 mh fury at the Florida Keys early 9/8, driving more than 18,000 Floridians from their homes and piling up a mounting toll of destruction. At 6 a.m. EDT, according to the weather bureau, part of the 40-mile-wide calm eye of Betsy had moved over Key Largo, about 40 miles due south of Miami.

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Title:
Miami: Hurricane Betsy threw her full 140 mh fury at the Florida Keys early 9/8, driving more than 18,000 Floridians from their homes and piling up a mounting toll of destruction. At 6 a.m. EDT, according to the weather bureau, part of the 40-mile-wide calm eye of Betsy had moved over Key Largo, about 40 miles due south of Miami.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Weather: Hurricane: Maps: Wire Photos
Photographer:
United Press International
Name on Item:
UPI
Date:
[ca. September 1965]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Hurricanes
Maps
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 182 x 230 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2n49x403b
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001523_0021
Barcode:
39999088103245