1935 HURRICANE HISTORY
 Five Maps Showing Path
By Jerry Wilkinson
       Displayed on this page are five versions of the path of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane. Click the images to slightly enlarge.
       To the right is shown what remains until today the official U.S. Weather Service path.
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     Below and right is shown the storm path as believed on September 1, 1935.
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Below and right is shown the Miami Daily News chart published September 2, 1935.
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Below and right is shown a chart published by the Literary Digest for an article "Shipwreck, Storm, and Florida's Canal." President Franklin Roosevelt had recently approved $5 million of the $4 billion work relief fund for the Army Corps of Engineers for preliminary work on a cross-Florida canal.
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The fourth chart is the most controversal and was published September 8, 1935 by the Miami  Tribune.
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