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The hurricane washed this eleven car special train off the track soon after reaching the strickened area. The train was trying to rescue 683 World War I veterans in a rehabilitation camp, of which around 250 died as a result of the hurricane. The veterans, a remnant of the Bonus Army that marched on Washington, were employed for highway construction in the federal work relief project.
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Rescue train swept off the tracks by the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. 1935. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/149572>, accessed 8 October 2024.
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Rescue train swept off the tracks by the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. 1935. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/149572>