Debris around Rexall Drugstore after hurricane, 1949

Splintered pieces of wood litter the street in front of Rexall Drugs (Feroe building, corner of Flagler Avenue and St. Lucie Avenue) after the 1949 Hurricane caused damage to multiple properties in downtown Stuart. Car parked next to the drugstore severely damaged by blowing debris.

Similar photo published in the Stuart News (1 Sep 1949) with the caption "Part of the roof that came off the Stuart Villa apartments on the riverfront in downtown Stuart two blocks east of where this red coupe owned by Bernard Hodapp Jr. was parked, struck and demolished the auto shortly after Hodapp and Police Chief Roy Baker had stepped out of it about 6 p.m. Friday as the storm was approaching its crest."

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.

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