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PHOTOS: Damage caused by major hurricane from October 1921

Tuesday, October 25, 1921, was the last time Tampa Bay got hit by a major hurricane. A hundred years of good luck? Or is there a supernatural force protecting us?

Tampa Bay was beginning a land boom, and the roaring twenties were in full swing. Only a couple hundred-thousand people lived in the area. Newspaper reports at the time warned of a hurricane churning in the Gulf of Mexico, but no one knew where or when it would hit.

The primitive way of tracking storms in the 1920s would prove deadly for some. The day it roared ashore, the morning edition of the St. Petersburg Times had the headline "City Escapes Big Hurricane." The article went on to say, "the tropical storm which was reported Monday to be moving towards St. Petersburg, failed to reach here with any force Monday night, according to the local weather bureau."

Hours later, Tampa was under 11 feet of water.

View of Palmetto Beach after hurricane.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System View of hurricane-damaged Gulf and Southern Steamship Company at the Hendry and Knight Terminal.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System View of hurricane damage to trees, streetcar tracks, and road surface on Bayshore Boulevard after storm.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System View of hurricane damage to streetcar tracks and utility lines on Bayshore Boulevard .png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System View of flooding to New Suburb Beautiful after hurricane Tampa, Fla..png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System The The Hurricane-Damaged Gulf And Southern Steamship Company At The Hendry And Knight Terminal.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Toppled Utility Poles Line A Brick Road In Ybor City After The Hurricane Of 1921.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System urricane damage to Ballast Point Pavilion Tampa, Fla..png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System View of Bayshore Boulevard showing hurricane damage to streetcar tracks.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System View of flooded South Delaware Avenue and residence of Henry E. 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Garland, and barge washed ashore by hurricane, showing damage to wharf.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System nlookers View Damage To Trolley Tracks And Roadway On Bayshore Boulevard In Tampa, Florida From The Hurricane Of 1921.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Photograph showing aftermath of hurricane on South Delaware Avenue.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Scene of hurricane damage on Franklin Street looking south from Lafayette Street.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Scene of hurricane damage to Bayshore Boulevard and streetcar tracks.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Scene of hurricane damage to the Hays bungalow in Edgewater Park on McKay Bay.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Intersection Of Parker And Eagle Streets Looking South At Flooding From The 1921 Hurricane.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Hurricane-damaged ship Thomas B. Garland tossed onto docks Tampa, Fla..png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Hurricane-damaged house of J. Brown Wallace at 1101 Bayshore Boulevard.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Hurricane damage to Gulf Terminals, viewed from River End.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Hurricane damage to boats on the Hillsborough River.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Boats on wharf in Ybor Channel after hurricane.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Damage to streetcar tracks on Bayshore Boulevard after hurricane.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Favorite aground at Plant Park after hurricane.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Hurricane damage at Starbuck Remilling Company, Hendry and Knight Terminals Tampa, Fla..png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Hurricane damage on 5th Avenue (1200 block), looking east.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Boat, Safe & Sane washed ashore on Atlantic Coast Line freight depot dock by hurricane Tampa, Fla..png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System Bayshore Boulevard brick pavement and sidewalk damaged by hurricane.png Photo by: Tampa Hillsborough Public Library System tbhc - 1921 hurricane - port of tampa.jpg Photo by: Tampa Bay History Center tbhc - 1921 hurricane - palmetto beach.jpg Photo by: Tampa Bay History Center tbhc - 1921 hurricane - hyde park-bayshore.jpg Photo by: Tampa Bay History Center tbhc - 1921 hurricane - bayshore 2.jpg Photo by: Tampa Bay History Center tbhc - 1921 hurricane - bayshore near ballast point.jpg Photo by: Tampa Bay History Center tbhc - 1921 hurricane - bayshore.jpg Photo by: Tampa Bay History Center tbhc - 1921 hurricane - hyde park-bayshore 2.jpg Photo by: Tampa Bay History Center tbhc - 1921 hurricane - ballast point streetcar.jpg Photo by: Tampa Bay History Center tbhc - 1921 hurricane - ballast point pavallion.jpg Photo by: Tampa Bay History Center Screen Shot 2021-08-11 at 2.12.16 PM.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida Screen Shot 2021-08-11 at 2.11.59 PM.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida LHURRICANE5.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida LHURRICANE6.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida LHURRICANE7.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida LHURRICANE3.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida LHURRICANE2.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida LHURRICANE1.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida HURRICANE6.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida HURRICANE7.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida HURRICANE5.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida HURRICANE3.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida HURRICANE2.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida HURRICANE1.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida Cortez Manatee County Public Library System 8.png Photo by: Manatee County Public Library Cortez Manatee County Public Library System 9.png Photo by: Manatee County Public Library Cortez Manatee County Public Library System 10.png Photo by: Manatee County Public Library Ft Brooke State Archives of FL.png Photo by: State Archives of Florida Cortez Manatee County Public Library System 7.png Photo by: Manatee County Public Library Cortez Manatee County Public Library System 6.png Photo by: Manatee County Public Library Cortez Manatee County Public Library System 5.png Photo by: Manatee County Public Library Cortez Manatee County Public Library System 4.png Photo by: Manatee County Public Library Cortez Manatee County Public Library System 1.png Photo by: Manatee County Public Library Cortez Manatee County Public Library System 2.png Photo by: Manatee County Public Library Cortez Manatee County Public Library System 3.png Photo by: Manatee County Public Library

PHOTOS: Damage caused by major hurricane from October 1921

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  • View of Palmetto Beach after hurricane.png
  • View of hurricane-damaged Gulf and Southern Steamship Company at the Hendry and Knight Terminal.png
  • View of hurricane damage to trees, streetcar tracks, and road surface on Bayshore Boulevard after storm.png
  • View of hurricane damage to streetcar tracks and utility lines on Bayshore Boulevard .png
  • View of flooding to New Suburb Beautiful after hurricane Tampa, Fla..png
  • The The Hurricane-Damaged Gulf And Southern Steamship Company At The Hendry And Knight Terminal.png
  • Toppled Utility Poles Line A Brick Road In Ybor City After The Hurricane Of 1921.png
  • urricane damage to Ballast Point Pavilion Tampa, Fla..png
  • View of Bayshore Boulevard showing hurricane damage to streetcar tracks.png
  • View of flooded South Delaware Avenue and residence of Henry E. Snow on 1001 Bayshore Boulevard after hurricane .png
  • The The Ferry Boat The Favorite On Dry Land After The Hurricane Of 1921.png
  • Tampa Tribune Staffers Ready To Deliver The Newspaper After The Hurricane Of 1921.png
  • Sunnybrook Tobacco Company barn no. 3 destroyed by hurricane Dade City, Fla..png
  • Ship, Thomas B. Garland, and barge washed ashore by hurricane, showing damage to wharf.png
  • nlookers View Damage To Trolley Tracks And Roadway On Bayshore Boulevard In Tampa, Florida From The Hurricane Of 1921.png
  • Photograph showing aftermath of hurricane on South Delaware Avenue.png
  • Scene of hurricane damage on Franklin Street looking south from Lafayette Street.png
  • Scene of hurricane damage to Bayshore Boulevard and streetcar tracks.png
  • Scene of hurricane damage to the Hays bungalow in Edgewater Park on McKay Bay.png
  • Intersection Of Parker And Eagle Streets Looking South At Flooding From The 1921 Hurricane.png
  • Hurricane-damaged ship Thomas B. Garland tossed onto docks Tampa, Fla..png
  • Hurricane-damaged house of J. Brown Wallace at 1101 Bayshore Boulevard.png
  • Hurricane damage to Gulf Terminals, viewed from River End.png
  • Hurricane damage to boats on the Hillsborough River.png
  • Boats on wharf in Ybor Channel after hurricane.png
  • Damage to streetcar tracks on Bayshore Boulevard after hurricane.png
  • Favorite aground at Plant Park after hurricane.png
  • Hurricane damage at Starbuck Remilling Company, Hendry and Knight Terminals Tampa, Fla..png
  • Hurricane damage on 5th Avenue (1200 block), looking east.png
  • Boat, Safe & Sane washed ashore on Atlantic Coast Line freight depot dock by hurricane Tampa, Fla..png
  • Bayshore Boulevard brick pavement and sidewalk damaged by hurricane.png
  • tbhc - 1921 hurricane - port of tampa.jpg
  • tbhc - 1921 hurricane - palmetto beach.jpg
  • tbhc - 1921 hurricane - hyde park-bayshore.jpg
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