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"The Mightiest
Hurricane in the Nation's History"
by Martha Rose Scott, age 12, 1926
Read Martha's Story
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Martha R. S. Baum, whose maiden
name is Martha Rose Scott, moved to
Hollywood in 1926 at the age of twelve and
resided in a beachfront apartment just north of the Hollywood Beach
Hotel. Her father, Harold Leroy Scott, owned a men's clothing store in
Indianapolis,
Indiana, before moving to Hollywood in early 1926 and becoming manager
of the Smartclad Men's Shop, located in the Hollywood Beach Hotel.
Martha and her family experienced first-hand the catastrophic events
caused the by the hurricane which struck the evening of September 17,
1926. |
 Martha
Rose Scott |
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Unable to evacuate to the
mainland, the Scotts and other families sought shelter in the strongest
building on the beach, the Hollywood Beach Hotel.
In the aftermath of the hurricane, Martha's family, like
thousands of others, became part of the great exodus that left
Hollywood. Shortly after her return to
Indianapolis, Martha wrote about her experience
during the terrible hurricane in a national newspaper for
children. The
typewritten pages of her vivid memories were later bound together in a
volume entitled "The Mightiest Hurricane In the Nation's History", with
original hand drawn and painted illustrations provided by her mother,
Nell W. Scott. |
 Nell
W. & Martha
Rose Scott |
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Seventy-five years later, Martha Rose Scott Baum donated her original
manuscript, along with over
100 photographs and the original Raggedy Ann doll and story book she
clung to throughout the storm to the people of
Hollywood.
They reside in the collections of the City’s Records and Archives
Division. |
Hurricane Damage 1926 |
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