The worst hurricane since 1928 pounds Florida and sets fire to industrial complexes (1945)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The ninth hurricane of the 1945 tropical storm season slammed north up the Florida peninsula and lashed both coasts with 143 mile-per-hour winds, destroying Miami homes and businesses, and causing fires at a furniture factory and nearby Richmond Naval Air Base Full Description: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: Hurricane Sweeps Florida USA: Florida: Various: EXT AMERICA. FLORIDA swept by hurricane. Sea rough, palms being battered, C.U. of top of palm. Driving rain. Shots of destruction in Miami. Fire raging during storm. BROOKE, Sir Alan. Generals Conference at Sandhurst. HURRICANE also “TORNADO“ “CYCLONES“ Florida Hurricane. Gen. SIR (GOV. MALTA) LAYCOCK, ROBERT & Mrs (Nee Angela Dudley Ward.) At Generals Conference at Sandhurst. MIAMI. . Hurricane in Miami. SANDHURST. Army Leaders meet at S