History of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Fort Lauderdale's first major development began in the 1920s, during the Florida land boom of the 1920s.

Fort Lauderdale, in Dade co., Fla., 30 miles N. by E. of Miami.

Miami, Fla. (UP) - A flight of five navy torpedo bombers disappeared off the southeast Florida coast last night, and today a full-scale search aided by aircraft carrier was launched over a wide area.
The escort carrier Solomons, with 25 or 30 planes which could scour the Atlantic region was called into the search by the navy here. Planes from the carrier were joined by all available coast guard, navy and army aircraft and rescue vessels.

Navy officials here said only that the Solomons "happened to be in the neighborhood." It was not known if it were returning to a United States port from a war area.

All merchant shipping in the coastal waters also was asked by radio to aid in the search, the largest air-sea rescue operation for the stations in this area.

The planes, from the naval air station at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were reported overdue when they failed to return from a routine flight. Each carried two crewmen.

None of the planes sent out distress messages, apparently, ...

In a 24 hour period rains of twenty inches were reported from Deerfield Beach to Fort Lauderdale, with 25.28 inches on the Fort Lauderdale Bahia-Mar Yacht Basin. Flooding that resulted caused considerable damage to roads and streets. The rains inundated numerous newly planted vegetable fields, and some residences. Ten miles away just 4.51 inches of rain was reported.