HUR: N1635 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p.10 (John Winthrop) DAM: "Aug. 16 (26). The wind having blown hard at S and SW a week before, about midnight it came up at NE and blew with such violence, with abundance of rain, that it blew down many hundreds of trees, near the towns, overthrew some houses, and drove the ships from their anchors. The Great Hope, of Ipswich, being about four hundred tons, was driven aground at Mr. Hoffes's Point, and brought back again presently by a NW wind, and ran on shore at Charlestown. About eight of the clock the wind came about to NW very strong, and, it being then about high water, by nine the tide had fallen three feet. Then it began to flow again about one hour, and rose about two or three feet, which was conceived to be, that the sea was grown so high abroad with a NE wind, that, meeting with the ebb, it forced it back again." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum p.12 DAM: The Ship Great Hope out of Ipswich, England was driven aground by the NE wind on Charleston Point and then blown off again when the gale shifted to NW. END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Bristol ME (Pemaquid) SRC: Letters from New England, p.177 (Edward Trelawny) DAM: "A late and sudden, violent, and most fierce storm wrought many evil and woeful effects, generally the land over, to the loss of many vessels and men's lives; that of any great note was of the Angel Gabriell of Bristoll, who was cast away as she rid at anchor at Pemaquidd; others quite lost in other places in the land, no place free." END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Bristol ME (Pemaquid) SRC: New England Hurricanes, p.2 (John Winthrop) DAM: "Gabriel lost at Pemaquid." END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Bristol ME (Pemaquid) SRC: Perley, Historic Storms, p.6 DAM: "Another ship of Bristol, called the Angel Gabriel, arrived on our coast in season to encounter the storm. From the time of setting sail from their native land, it is recorded, the passengers observed many things about the vessel as ominous of some great disaster. The feeling certainly took form and grew into fact when the precious freight reached our inhospitable shores. The storm struck the vessel off Pemaquid Point, and dashed it against the foam covered rocks. The passengers were all saved, but their goods were lost." END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Cape Sable NS SRC: Ludlum, p.10 (John Winthrop) MET: "This tempest was not so far as Cape Sable, but to the south more violent, and made a double tide all that coast." END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Isles of Shoals SRC: New England Hurricanes, p.2 (John Winthrop) DAM: "In this tempest the vessel James of Bristol, having one hundred passengers, honest people of Yorkshire, being put into the Isle of Shoals, lost there three anchors; and, setting sail, no canvas nor ropes would hold, but she was driven within a cable's length of the rocks at Pascataquack, when suddenly the wind coming to NW put then back to the Isle of Shoals, and being there ready to strike upon the rocks, they let out a piece of their mainsail, and weathered the rocks." END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Isles of Shoals SRC: Ludlum p.12 DAM: A similar occurence near the Isle of Shoals endangered the lives of one hundred passengers, including the Rev. Richard Mather, when the James of Bristol drove close to the rocks near Piscataqua on the heels of a NE gale. Then a seemingly miraculous shift of wind to the NW saved the vessels and passengers. END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Isles of Shoals SRC: Increase Mather, Illustrious Providences p.312 DAM: "And I must confess, I have peculiar reason to commemorate that solemn providence, inasmuch as my Father and Mother, and four of my Brethren were then in a Vessel upon the Coast of New England, being at Anchor amongst the Rocks at the Isles of Shoals, when the Storm began; but their Cables broke, and the Ship was driving directly upon a mighty Rock, so that all their lives were given up for lost, but then in an instant of time, God turned the Wind about, which carried them from the Rock of Death before their eyes." END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Isles of Shoals, coast SRC: New England Hurricanes, p.2 (Richard Mather) DAM: "August 15 (25), 1635. The Lord had not yet done with us, nor had he let us see all his Power and Goodness which he would have us take the knowledge of: and therefore about the break of day, he sent a most terrible Storm of Rain and Easterly Wind, whereby we were in as much danger, as I think ever people were. When we came to Land, we found many mighty Trees rent in pieces in the midst of the Bole, and others turned up by the Roots, by the fierceness thereof. We lost in that Morning three Anchors and Cables, one having never been in the water before; two were broken by the violence of the Storm, and the third cut by the Seamen in extremity of distress, to save the ship and their and our Lives. And when our Cables and Anchors were all lost, we had no outward means of Deliverance but by hoysing sail, if so be we might get to Sea, from amongst the Islands and Rocks where we had anchored. But the Lord let us see that our Sails could not save us neither, no more than the Cables and Anchors; for by the force of the Wind and Storm the Sails were rent asunder, and split in pieces as if they had been but rotten Rags, so that of divers of them there was scarce left as much as an hand-breadth, that was not rent in pieces, or blown away into the Sea; so that at that time all hope that we should be saved, in regard of any outward appearance, was utterly taken away; and the rather, because we seemed to drive with full force of wind directly upon a mighty Rock standing out in sight above water, so that we did but continually wait when we should hear and feel the doleful crashing of the Ship upon the Rock. In this extremity and appearance of Death, as distress and distraction would suffer us, we cried to the Lord, and he was pleased to have compassion upon us: for by his overruling Providence, and his own immediate good hand, he guided the Ship past the Rock, asswaged the violence of the Sea and of the Wind. It was a day much to be remembred, because on that day the Lord granted us as wonderful a deliverance, as I think ever any people had felt. The Seamen confessed they never knew the like." FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Naragansett Bay SRC: Ludlum p.10 (John Winthrop) SUR: "The tide rose at Naragansett fourteen feet higher than ordinary, and drowned eight Indians flying from their wigwams." END: HUR: N1635 LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum p.10 DAM: Rev. Increase Mather in his Remarkable Providences (1684), a review of early natural and supernatural events in New England, thought he had heard "of no storm more dismal than the great hurricane which was in August 1635." This was the great meteorological event of the colonial period in New England, coming only 15 years after the settlement of Plymouth Plantation and in the 5th year of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It would be 180 years before another great hurricane of similar importance would strike the area with equal force--The Great September Gale of 1815. Perhaps the historical stature of the 1635 event owes its prominence to the unusual severity of the storm itself, since the accounts of whole forests being leveled would indicate that it was a hurricane of exceedingly great force. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Plymouth MA SRC: Ludlum p. 11-12 (William Bradford) DAM: "This year, the 14th (24) or 15th (25) of August (being Saturday), was such a mighty storm of wind and rain as none living in these parts, either English or Indians, ever saw. Being like, for the time it continued, to those hurricanes and typhoons that writers make mention of in the Indies. It began in the morning a little before day, and grew not by degrees but came with violence in the beginning, to the great amazement of many. It blew down sundry houses and uncovered others. Divers vessels were lost at sea and many more in extreme danger. It caused the sea to swell to the south wind of this place above 20 foot right up and down, and made many of the Indians to climb into trees for their safety. It took off the boarded roof of a house which belonged to this Plantation at Manomet, and floated it to another place, the posts still standing in the ground. And if it had continued long without the shifting of the wind, it is like it would have drowned some part of the country. It blew down many hundred thousands of trees, turning up the stronger by the roots and breaking the higher pine trees off in the middle. And the tall young oaks and walnut trees of good bigness were wound like a withe, very strange and fearful to behold. It began in the southeast and parted toward the south and east, and veered sundry ways, but the greatest force of it here was from the former quarters. It continued not (in the extremity) above five or six hours but the violence began to abate. The signs and marks of it will remain this hundred years in these parts where it was sorest. The moon suffered a great eclipse the second night after it." FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Rockport MA (Thatcher's Island) SRC: Increase Mather, Illustrious Providences p.4-12 (Anthony Thatcher) DAM: "For on the fourteenth (24) of this August 1635 about ten at night, having a fresh Gale of wind, our Sails being old and done were split. The Mariners because that it was night, would not put to new Sails, but resolved to cast Anchor till the Morning. But before daylight, it pleased the Lord to send so mighty a storm, as the like was never known in New England since the English came, nor in the memory of any of the Indians. It was so furious that our Anchor came home. Whereupon the Mariners let out more Cable, which at last slipt away. Then our Sailers knew not what to do, but we were driven before the wind and waves." Description of shipwreck follows, in which only Thatcher and his wife survive. "When we were come to each other, we went and sat under the Bank. But fear of the Seas roaring and old coldness would not suffer us there to remain. But we went up into the land and sat us down under a Cedar Tree which the wind had thrown down, where we sat about an hour almost dead with cold. But now the Storm was broken up, and the wind was calm, but the Sea remained rough and fearful to us." See Thatcher's account for more details. END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Rockport MA (Thatcher's Island) SRC: Ludlum p.12-13 DAM: The hurricane of 1635 gave rise to one cherished New England legend. A small coastal shallop with 21 persons aboard, enroute from Ipswich to Marblehead, was frustrated by southwesterly winds on 14 August in attempting to round Cape Ann. About midnight the sudden shift of wind to the northeast caught the vessels and drove the small ship before the wind until it lodged on a rocky ledge about 100 yards off a small island. One mighty wave lifted ship and passengers onto the ledge smashing ribs and staves of the boat. First to reach the safety of solid land was Anthony Thatcher who had boarded the boat with his wife and four children for what was usually a short and uneventful trip. After some time ashore he discerned the remains of the shallop washing ashore with a body entangled in the wreckage. To his relief and delight, it turned out to be his wife who succeeded in freeing herself and struggled to the beach alive. Anxiously, they kept a vigil on the shore for sight of their children and other shipmates, but none ever made it alive. After a sorrowful 36 hours on the island, a passing boat spotted them and proceeded to the rescue. The place has ever since been known as Thatcher's Island, in memory of that fateful night during the Great Colonial Hurricane. Thatcher later put his experiences into a manuscript which was republished several times and became a favorite New England legend. END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Rockport MA (Thatcher's Island) SRC: New England Hurricanes, p.2 (John Winthrop) DAM: "In the same tempest a bark of Mr. Allerton's was cast away upon Cape Ann, and twenty-one persons drowned; among the rest one Mr. Avery, a minister in Wiltshire, a godly man, with his wife and six small children, were drowned. None were saved but one Mr. Thacher and his wife, who were cast on shore, and preserved by a powder horn and a bag with a flint, and a goat and a cheese, cast on shore after them, and a truss of bedding, and some other necessaries; and the third day after a shallop came thither to look for another shallop, which was missing in the storm, and so they were preserved. So as there did appear a miraculous providence in their preservation. The general court gave Mr. Thacher 26.13.4 L., towards his losses, and divers good people gave him besides. The man was cast on shore, when he had been (as he thought) a quarter of an hour beaten up and down by the waves, not being able to swim one stroke; and his wife sitting in the scuttle of the bark, the deck was broke off, and brought on shore, as she stuck in it. One of the children was then cast dead on shore, and the rest never found." END: HUR: N1635 LOC: Ship N of Cape Ann, England to Boston SRC: Ludlum p.12 (Rev. Richard Mather) MET: Strong SSW winds on the 13th (23) and 14th (24). On the night of the 14-15th (24-25) the wind as "somewhat milder" so that his ship lay quietly until about the break of day when commenced "a most terrible storm of rain and easterly wind." END: HUR: N1635 LOC: St. George SRC: New England Hurricanes, p.2 (John Winthrop) DAM: "and Mr. Witheridge and the Dartmouth ships cut all their masts at St. George." END: HUR: N1638a LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p13 (John Winthrop) MET: 8/3 (13). "in the night there was a very great tempest, or hiracano at SW..." DAM: "... which drave a ship on the ground at Charlestown, and brake down the windmill there, and also did much other harm." NOT: See Ludlum for more details. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1638a LOC: Naragansett Bay SRC: Ludlum, p.13 (John Winthrop) SUR: "It flowed twice in six hours, and about Naragansett, it raised the tide fourteen to fifteen foot above the ordinary spring tides, upright." END: HUR: N1638b LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p13 (John Winthrop) MET: 9/25 (10/5). "Being the third day of the week and two days before the change [equinox?], the wind having blown at NE all day, and rainy in the night, was a mighty tempest..." SUR: "...and withal the highest tide, which has been since our coming into this country..." DAM: "...but through the good providence of God, it did little harm." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1638b LOC: Scarborough ME SRC: America Begins, p.27-28 (John Joscelyn) MET: "The twenty-fourth of September, being Monday about four o'clock in the afternoon, a fearful storm of wind began to rage, called a hurricane. It is an impetuous wind that goes commonly about the compass in a space of twenty-four hours; it began from the WNW and continued till next morning." DAM: "The greatest mischief it did us was the wrecking of our shallop and the blowing down of many tall trees, in some places a mile together." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1646 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Annals of Lynn MET: On the night of the 4th of November "began a most dreadful tempest at northeast, with wind and rain." DAM: "The roof of Lady Moody's house, at Salem, was blown off (Winthrop)." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1646 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Ludlum p.13 DAM: ...another severe November storm did much damage in Massachusetts Bay on 4 November (14). Winthrop relates that the northeast wind, among other things, lifted the roof of Lady Moody's house in Salem and deposited the debris on the ground. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1675 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p16 (John Hull) DAM: 8/29 (9/8). "a very violent storm, that exceedingly blew down the Indian corn and the fruit of trees; did much spoil on the wharves, and among the ships and vessels in Boston, to value supposed a thousand pounds." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1675 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: Bible leaf DAM: 8/29 (9/8). "a very great wind and rain, that blew down and twisted many trees." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1675 LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum p.16 DAM: The evidence of trees blown down along the Connecticut shore and Hull's description of damage at Boston would place the 1675 storm high on the list of New England's most destructive hurricanes, just a notch below the great storms of 1635, 1815, 1938 and 1944. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1675 LOC: New London CT SRC: Ludlum, p16 (Simon Bradstreet) MET: "a dreadful storm of wind and rain at East." END: HUR: N1675 LOC: Rhode Island SRC: Ludlum, p16 (Peter Easton) DAM: 8/28 (9/7). "Much the like storm [to 1635] blew down our windmill and did much harm." FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1675 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Ludlum, p16 (Thomas Minor) DAM: Many ships were wrecked. "Much loss of hay and corn. Multitudes of trees blown down." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1683 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum p. 17 (Increase Mather) MET: "With us in Boston it was then at first an Euroclydon (northeaster); but in the afternoon the wind became southerly, when it blew with the greatest fierceness." FLD: See Mather's remarks (quoted in Ludlum) on the vast flood that innundated the Connecticut River valley. END: HUR: N1683 LOC: Dover NH SRC: Ludlum p.16 (John Pike) SUR: "exceedingly high tide and stormy weather" on August 13 (23). END: HUR: N1683 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Ludlum p.16 (Thomas Minor) DAM: There was a "great storme that blasted all the trees, Wednesday the 15th (25th) August." NOT: Ludlum - "The date is apparently in error by two days as are many of Minor's listings." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1683 LOC: Weatherfield CT SRC: Ludlum p.17 (H. R. Stiles) FLD: On 13 (23) August the Connecticut River rose 26 feet above its usual level as a result of torrential rains. END: HUR: N1698 LOC: Dover NH SRC: Ludlum, p18 (John Pike) DAM: 9/30 (10/10). "Was a violent south-east storm that blew down many fences & Shattered tops of some houses and barns." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1716 LOC: Barnstable MA, Boston MA (Roxbury), Brookline MA, Plymouth MA SRC: The Diary of Samuel Sewall, p.835 DAM: "Was no Meeting at Roxbury, Brookline, Plymouth, Barnstable." END: HUR: N1716 LOC: Bermuda SRC: The Boston Newsletter, 11/12/1716-11/19/1716 DAM: 9/9 (20). "On the 9th Currant we had here a Terrible Hurican, there was not a Vessel in the island but was put on Shore, nor one House but what suffer'd thereby. Three churches were levell'd with the ground, great Trees torn up by the Roots, body's of lighter quality carry'd up into the Air a great distance, Beasts and Fowls kill'd." END: HUR: N1716 LOC: Boston MA SRC: The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1709-1729, p835 MET: 10/14 (25). "Fierce Storm of Rain." DAM: "Many Trees, Fences and c. blown down. Our great Ladder was blown off the wooden part of the House and broken; yet neither I nor my wife heard it." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1716 LOC: Boston MA SRC: The Boston Newsletter, 11/19/1716-11/26/1716 MET: 9/11 (22). "...there was a terrible storm in the Downs, the Wind at southeast..." DAM: "...several [ships] rid it out, but was forced to cut their masts; there was about 20 sail missing, and drove ashore at Ramsgate, 2 whereof lost." END: HUR: N1716 LOC: Eastham MA SRC: Ludlum, p20 (Moses Paine) MET: "Oct. 14, 1716--being Lords Day, and an excessive wind so great that there was no meeting in Eastham." END: HUR: N1716 LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA SRC: Ludlum, p20 (Rev. William Holmes) MET: "violent storm of wind and rain." END: HUR: N1716 LOC: Piscataqua NH SRC: The Boston Newletter, 10/22/1716-10/29/1716 DAM: "Since the last great storm we have 6 or 7 vessels come in here, and every one has lost their masts." END: HUR: N1716 LOC: Ship (Capt. Codner) 30 leagues off Boston MA SRC: The Boston Newsletter, Monday, 10/22/1716-10/29/1716 DAM: "Capt. Codner that went from hence for London, on Thursday the 11th Currant, about 30 Leagues off, met with the violent storm, we had here on Saturday and the Lords Day following, which forc'd him to cut his Mast, and is come in again on Monday last to refit." END: HUR: N1716 LOC: Ship (Capt. Stone) near NYC from Jamaica SRC: The Boston Newsletter, 10/29/1716-11/5/1716 DAM: "...with 17 sail homeward bound, who were standing to Winward, but met with such a hard gale of wind which separated them; and some were forced to bear a way to Leeward." END: HUR: N1716 LOC: Ship (Capt. Thody) 50 leagues off NYC SRC: The Boston Newsletter, 10/29/1716-11/5/1716 DAM: "Capt. Thody who sail'd from hence about Three Weeks ago for Lisbon, about 50 leagues off in a storm lost his Mast, and is returned to Refit." END: HUR: N1727 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p22 MET: Ludlum's summary of William Douglass' analysis: The storm extended from the latitude of Bermuda northward to 43 degrees N, but was not felt farther than that, and extended out to sea about 200 leagues (600 miles). The wind at Boston came out of the east-northeast with it main violence occurring toward evening. "The strength of its central current passed through the county of Essex." He thought it the most violent wind in years... END: HUR: N1727 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p21 (Weekly News Letter) MET: Sat 9/16 (27). "We had here a violent storm of wind and rain, which lasted till about midnight... But it is pleasant to behold very early in the next morning, which lasted a considerable length of time, a very fair rain-bow..." DAM: "...great damage was done to the wharfs and shipping in the harbor, as also to the fruits of the earth, and to many buildings: Many trees blown up by the roots, and chimneys blown down: a kitchen chimney of Mr. Jacob Sheaf's at the bottom of the Common, blew down and beat on the roof, which killed a child of about 7 years of age, wounded two others, and broke the bone of Mrs. Sheaf's leg." NOT: Ludlum reports that the hurricane of 1727 lived long in the memories of residents of eastern MA, and was later compared to the hurricane of 1804. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1727 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Samuel Sewall, p1055 MET: Sat 9/16 (27). "Is a terrible Tempest of wind and Rain, began on Friday night: much hurt was done." 9/17 (28). "Lords-Day morning, a Noble Rainbow is exhibited in the West of long Continuance." END: HUR: N1727 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: Ludlum, p21 (New England Weekly Journal) MET: "The last Saturday we had a most terrible storm of wind and rain, such as has not been known among us, which began about noon and continued to about twelve at night. The wind was at NE and NE by N ..." SUR: "... which brought in a very high tide" DAM: "It blew up many trees by the roots." Great damage occurred among the ships and vessels in the ports northeast of Boston. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1727 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: Ludlum p.22 (William Douglass) DAM: "It drove all of our fishing shallops at Marblehead in Essex ashore, brought down chimneys, overset barns, rooted up a vast number of trees to the ruin of some orchards..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1727 LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum p.22 DAM: The center of the storm must have passed over some land area of southeastern Massachusetts. The east northeast wind at Boston would indicate a close prximity as would the severe destruction noted in Essex County. We have no reports from Cape Cod at this time which would give a clue to the exact track. The evidence of trees torn up by the roots from Connecticut to Cape Ann, northeast of Boston, would indicate that the storm packed a full hurricane punch even on its western side. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1727 LOC: New London CT SRC: Ludlum, p22 DAM: At New London, according to the farm-diarist Joshua Hempstead, the northeast wind was accompanied by rain and many trees were uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1727 LOC: Newbury MA SRC: Ludlum, p21 (Stephen Jacques) MET: "In the month of September on Saturday in the afternoon the wind began to be strong and increased more in the night." SUR: "It raised a great tide, which swept away near two hundred loads of hay that was in swath." DAM: "It blew down and brake six trees in my old orchard and trees all over the woods. There never was the like known. It twisted young walnut trees in the midst." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1727 LOC: Ship (Sheernefs) to Boston MA SRC: The Weekly Newsletter, 9/28-10/5/1727 DAM: "On Monday last the 2nd Currant, His Majesty's Ship Sheernefs, Capt. James Cornwall Commander came in here from a Cruiz, having lost one Man, & all her Masts, in the Storm the 10th of Sept. last." END: HUR: N1727 LOC: Sudbury MA SRC: Journal of Rev. Israel Loring of Sudbury MA, p.127-128 MET: "Sept. 16 and the night following we had a most violent storm, as has been remembered among us." DAM: "The furious Winds Shiver'd the mighty oaks, and Strong Elms, tore off their vast branches as a man Plucks a twig with his hand, and turned up Wide roots of abundance of trees With all their turf cleaving to them into the air, and besides broke down many buildings, and one life was Lost." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1727 LOC: Swansea MA SRC: Ludlum, p22 (John Comer) DAM: "...it blew up trees by the roots in abundance; blew down several chimneys, and blew off the roof of a house, and blew sundry vessels on shore." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Bay of Fundy, Casco Bay ME, Piscataqua NH SRC: The Boston Newsletter, Thurs. 10/29/1761 DAM: "By vessels arrived Yesterday from Bay Fundy, Casco Bay, and Piscataqua, we are informed that the Wind was high that Night; but no Damage done by it that Way." FSC: F- END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Boston MA SRC: The Boston Newsletter, Thurs. 10/29/1761 MET: "Last Friday Evening (10/23) between 8 and 9 o'clock came on the severest NE Storm of Wind and Rain that has been known here for 30 years past, and continued till between 2 and 3 o'clock next morning." SUR: "...and the Mischief 'tis tho't would have been much greater to the vessels at the Wharves, had it not been near low water at the height of the Gale." DAM: "...a Hemp House at the Westerly Part of the Town, the old Wind-Mill on the Neck, and several Chimneys were blown down, besides tops of chimneys, Tarretts of Houses, Trees, Fences, and c. The Shipping in the Harbour also received considerable Damage." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p24 MET: The meteorological history of this storm is not very compete. There is no mention of the disturbance in the press prior to its striking the Rhode Island and Massachusetts coastline. John Winthrop's journal indicates that the severe period of the storm commenced at 2100 on the 23rd, continued to 0200 the following morning, a five-hour period, with remote lightning and thunder lasting for two more hours. Unfortunately, Winthrop failed to record his barometer reading at 1215 on the 23rd, though noting the wind northeast at only force 1. As was his custom, he did take a reading during the height of the storm at 0145 on the morning of the 24th: the pressure stood at 29.57" and the wind was at northeast force 4, his highest rating. END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Boston MA, Connecticut, Rhode Island SRC: New Hampshire Gazette, 11/6/1761 DAM: "But we hear we hear from Boston, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and other Parts, that great Damage and Losses has been sustained in those Places by the above Storm, in their Wharves, Shipping, Merchandize, & c." END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Cape Ann MA SRC: The Boston Newsletter, Thurs. 10/29/1761 DAM: "A sloop was stove to pieces" END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Chelsea MA SRC: The Boston Newsletter, Thurs. 10/29/1761 DAM: A barn was blow down and two horses killed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Dedham MA SRC: Ludlum, p24 (John Whiting) DAM: The northeast gale was "tearing up whole trees by the roots." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: The Boston Newsletter, Thurs. 11/12/1761 DAM: Several vessels were driven onshore but no lives were lost. END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: The Holyoke Diaries (Edward Holyoke) MET: 10/23. "As great a Storm (wth Rain) as I have known." END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: The Boston Newsletter, Thurs. 10/29/1761 DAM: Two barns were blown down and a cow killed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Marblehead, MA SRC: The Boston Newsletter, Thurs. 10/29/1761 DAM: Most of the vessels were drove ashore, but none lost. END: HUR: N1761 LOC: New York NY SRC: New Hampshire Gazette, Fri. 11/6/1761 DAM: 10/26. "...the late hard gales of wind, in one of which, a pilot of this place it is feared was lost, the vessel not being yet heard of." END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Newport RI SRC: The Boston Newsletter, Thurs. 10/29/1761 DAM: "The storm was very severe at Newport, Rhode Island, considerable damage was done to the shipping, wharves, and stores there." Several vessels were driven ashore. The steeple of the Episcopal church was blown down, fell onto a house and stove the roof in to the floor. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Ludlum p.24 DAM: At Newport the steeple of Trinity Church, a favorite target for hurricane winds, crashed to the ground during the blow. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Plymouth MA SRC: The Boston Newsletter, 10/29/1761 DAM: A ship was driven ashore and bilged. END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: New Hampshire Gazette, Fri. 11/6/1761 DAM: "The late NE storm, about a Fortnight ago, thro' Divine Providence, has done little or no Damage in this Province, as has yet been heard of, only blowing down some Fences, & c." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Providence RI SRC: The Boston, Newsletter, Thurs. 10/29/1761 SUR: "and it being High Water there, it got into the Stores and Cellars and damaged Sugars & c to the amount of 12 or 15000 L. their currency; it has also entirely washed away the great Bridge at the place." DAM: Five or six vessels were driven ashore. "On both roads East and West, so far as we have heard, the Roofs of Houses, Tops of Barns, and Fences, have been blown down, and it is said Thousands of Trees have been torn up by the Roots by the violence of the above Storm, and we fear we shall hear melancholy Accounts of Damage done at Sea." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum p.24 SUR: Weybosset Bridge across the head of Narragansett Bay at Providence was wrecked by wind and tide. END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Rutland MA SRC: Ludlum, p24 MET: High winds were felt inland as far west as Rutland in Worcester County, MA. END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Ludlum, p24 (Edward Holyoke) MET: On the 22nd and the 23rd Edward Holyoke noticed very moist air with southerly winds. Late on the 23rd the wind went to northeast with "a most violent storm for six hours" following. END: HUR: N1761 LOC: Ship (Samuel) off Sandy Hook NJ SRC: The Boston Newsletter, Thurs. 11/12/1761 DAM: "He sailed from Sandy Hook the 8th inst. bound to the West-Indies, and the same Night met with a violent Gale of Wind which lasted him six Days, in which he was obliged to throw overboard 43 fine Horses and all the Lumber off his Decks, and was in Expectation of foundering." END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Annapolis MD SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, 9/29/1769 MET: 9/4."On Thursday Night last and all the next Day, without Intermission, we had the most violent Storm of Wind and Rain, from the North-East, ever known in the Memory of the oldest Inhabitant." DAM: "In Lower Parts of this Province, at very moderate Calculation, upwards of One Hundred Tobacco Houses have been blown down, besides other Buildings; an incredible Quantity of Corn broke down, the Blades stripp'd off, and blown away. Fine Crops of Tobacco growing, of which there only now remains some stalks. A great Number of Mills broke down, and carried away by the Current. The Rain beat through many Houses in this City, the Walls of which were 14 Inches thick. In short, scarce anything has withstood the Violence of the Tempest, and the Damage done by the Destruction of Buildings, Corn, Hay, Fodder, and Tobacco, can only be guessed at, but certainly amounts to many Thousands Sterling, and will be severely felt the ensuing Winter." END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Barnegat Beach NJ SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 9/29/1769 DAM: "On Friday the 8th, Wind very high at ENE being near Barnegat-Beach, [the Sloop Sally] attempted to beat off but were soon driven into the Surf and left to the Mercy of the Winds and Waves." "...about 6 in the Evening, the Wind suddenly shifted to NNW and blew a more violent Storm than before, with heavy Rain and Hail." END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Boston MA, Cambridge MA, Dover NH, New London CT, Newport RI, Portland ME SRC: Ludlum, p. 24-25 MET: The storm was felt as a strong northeast gale at these towns. END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Cambridge MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 24-25 MET: John Winthrop's barometer on the Harvard campus dropped to a reading of 29.57" at 2215 on the evening of the 8th during "great storm of wind and rain, Lightning." It was his custom to write down an observation at the time of lowest barometer during a severe storm. If this holds true in the present case, the storm center would have traveled from a point directly east of Williamsburg at 1030 to a point east of Boston at 2215, a period of 12 hours, at a forward rate of about 40mph. Winthrop's rain gage caught a total of 3.69" during the storm. END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Great Egg Harbour NJ SRC: The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, 9/30-10/7/1769 DAM: The wreck of a small sloop came ashore on 9/11. END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: Annals of Lynn, p335 DAM: "In a very great storm, on the 8th of September, several buildings were blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: The Journal of Ashley Bowen, p221 MET: 9/8. "This day much rain and wind at NEbN [NNE]." END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Nahant MA SRC: Annals of Lynn, p.335 DAM: A sloop was driven ashore at Nahant. END: HUR: N1769 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 9/15/1769 MET: "Friday last we had a severe Storm of Rain, with very high Wind..." DAM: The wind "...blew down many Fences, Trees, & c. It also shook down a great Quantity of unripe Fruit. We hear several vessels are ashore, but have not yet learnt who they are." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1769 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum p. 25 MET: New York City was swept by a "violent gale of wind at NE accompanied by a heavy rain which continued without intermission til past 2000." DAM: Trees were torn up in the city and corn crops greatly damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Northeast SRC: The NH Gazette and Historical Chronicler, Fri. 10/6/1769 MET: Report from NYC: "The Storm of Wind and Rain which came on, on Friday Morning the 18th Instant, and continued till 8 or 9 o'clock at Night, has had very melencholy and terrible Effects in all Places from which we have yet had Opportunity to hear, viz, from Philadelphia to Boston." DAM: "On the Land, great Quantities of Corn, Buck Wheat, Fruit and other Trees, Fences, and some Houses were blown down and destroyed, as also Abundance of Mill-Dams and Bridges, so that in many Places, particularly near Philadelphia, travelling was almost impracticable and two Men were drowned in attempting to pass the Bridges." Many boats were blown ashore at Boston and adjacent parts, Providence, Newport, and all along the Coast. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Portland ME SRC: Ludlum, p. 24-25 MET: Rev. Thomas Smith described the storm as "a dreadful NE storm." END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Providence RI SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 10/6/1769 DAM: "...on the 8th instant, being at Anchor in our Bay in the Schooner Ranger, Capt. Pridden, bound to Providence from this place [Port-au-Pee], about One o'Clock the Wind shifted to the Westward, they parted one of their Cables, the Vessel then lying on her Beam Ends dragging the others Anchor, they were obliged to cut away her Mainmast, when she righted, then they cut the other Cable, and scudded out to Sea before the Wind." END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Diary of Ezra Stiles, p23 MET: 9/8. "Violent N.E. storm at night" END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Salem MA SRC: The NH Gazette and Historical Chronicler, Fri. 9/22/1769 DAM: Many ships were driven ashore. END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Ship (Brig Harmony) 25N Antigua to Philadelphia SRC: The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, 9/30-10/7/1769 DAM: "On the 6th instant, in lat. 25, he met with a very violent gale of wind, or rather hurricane, which laid the vessel on her beam ends for four hours..." END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Ship (Capt. Blewer) 34:20N 27 fathoms SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 10/6/1769 DAM: "Captain Blewer, on the 8th inst. in Lat. 34:20, being in 27 Fathom Water, had the Gale very violent for about 16 Hours, which shifted his Cargo, washed his Jib away from the Bowsprit, carried away his Gaff, and Jib Boom, broke the Head of his Rudder, split his Mainsail all to pieces, carried away every Thing off his Deck, except his Boat, and washed one of his Men overboard, who was drowned." END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Ship (Capt. William Combes) 23N West Indies to Newburyport SRC: The NH Gazette and Historical Chronicler, Fri. 9/29/1769 MET: "In Lat.23, on the 2d of September, he met with a violent Gale of Wind, and was obliged to spend (?) 36 Hours, on all points of the compass; and he thinks there must have been a very great Hurricane in the West-Indies." END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Ship (Sloop Mary) 34N Philadelphia to St. Christophers SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 10/6/1769 DAM: "On Tuesday last Captain Benjamin Amory, late of the Sloop Mary, bound from this port [Philadelphia] for St. Christophers, arrived here, and informs, that he left our Capes on Tuesday, the 7th Instant, that the next Morning, about 4 o'clock, the Gale came on at ESE and continued till 3 in the Afternoon, when the Wind shifted to WNW and increased to a mere Hurricane; that about 4 o'Clock he scudded away from the Shore till 10, then hove too, and the next Morning he scudded again; that on the 11th, in Lat. 34, being in the Gulf Stream, the Wind blowing very hard at ESE caused a prodigious high Sea, whereby the Vessel was overset, and turned Bottom up...." END: HUR: N1769 LOC: Williamsburg VA SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 10/6/1769 MET: "Last Friday Morning, about one o'clock, came on at North East a most dreadful Hurricane, attended with Rain which came down in Torrents. It blew most violently from that Quarter until between 10 and 11o'clock, and then shifted to the North West, when the Storm increased, and continued, without any Abatement, until about Dinner Time... The further up the country the fiercer the storm was." DAM: "The Damage done in the Country must be inconceivable, for the Corn is laid level with the Ground, and much of it destroyed; the Fodder is entirely gone. What Tobacco was in the Fields is quite spoiled, and that in the Houses by their falling, and the Deluges of Rain which poured into them, greatly damaged, which may likewise be said of the Wheat. There was not a dry House in the Town that Day, many old Houses were blown down, and a Number of Trees. The Woods are entirely covered with fallen Trees, many of the largest Bulk, which has blocked up the Roads." Ships were driven ashore at Hampton, Norfolk, York. NOT: More info on VA in paper. END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Bedford NH SRC: Ludlum, p. 25-26 (Matthew Patton) MET: ...a very great storm of rain and hail from the northeast that "worked backward to the north." It rained 24 hours steadily there. END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Boston MA SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 10/26/1770 MET: "Last Saturday we had here a very violent Storm of Wind and Rain, which continued most of the Day at about NNE." SUR: "...NNE winds attended at noon with the highest Tide that has been known at this Place for near 50 years past..." Great damage from losses on overflowed wharves. DAM: Ships were driven ashore at Nantasket Road, Deer Island. END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Boston MA SRC: The Massachussetts Spy, Sat. 10/20-10/13/1770 MET: "Last Friday night came on, and continued the most part of the next day, a most terrible storm of wind and rain. The wind was variable from the NW to NE." SUR: "The Tide was swelled to a greater height than has been known for forty-seven years past, by which great damage has been sustained by the loss of sugars, salt and other articles in storm on the wharfs, which were overflowed in all parts of the town." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Boston MA SRC: The NH Gazette and Historical Chronicler, Fri. 11/2/1770 SUR: 10/20. "The tide rose about Noon to such a height that it overflowed most of the Wharves in this Town, The Water came up into Kingstreet as far as Admiral Vernon's-Head Tavern, as also into Dock Square, about the Draw-Bridge, and into the streets at the South and North Parts of the Town that were near the Sea-side." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 25-26 (Massachusetts Gazette) MET: The Boston area lay within the track of high winds...Last Saturday "a most violent storm came on the wind about NNE, attended with rain and hail." SUR: "The tide rose about noon to such a height that it overflowed most of the wharves in this town...it is said that the tide rose higher than has ever been known, except once about 47 years ago, it rose a foot higher." A tide at noon overflowed King Street. DAM: ...the sentry boxes carried away, wheelbarrows, framework, and timber scattered, chimneys downed, and most of boats stove. Wind was NNE there. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Boston MA (Charlestown) SRC: The Massachussetts Spy, Sat. 10/20-10/23/1770 DAM: "We hear that great damage was done by the storm on Saturday last at Charlestown, several stores, which stood upon the wharfs in that town and in this (Boston), were removed, and some carried away and entirely destroyed, by the violence of the wind and seas. Many houses and barns were unroofed, fences thrown down, and trees tore up, in different parts of the country." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Cambridge MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 25-26 (John Winthrop) MET: John Winthrop noted an extremely low barometer of 28.96 inches at 1500 on the 20th. Wind was northeast force 3, one below his highest rating. Temperature 67.7 degrees. "A storm does a vast damage"...Rain and hail continued into the evening for a total precipitation figure of 2.48 inches. END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Isles of Shoals SRC: The NH Gazette and Historical Chronicler, Fri. 11/2/1770 DAM: "Considerable damage was done there in the late storm." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: Annals of Lynn, p336 MET: "A great storm on the 19th of October..." SUR: "...raised the tide higher than had been known for many years." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: The Journal of Ashley Bowen, p257 MET: 10/20. "This day a smart gale of wind at NE..." DAM: Winds "...carried twenty sail of shipping on shore at Riverhead Beach. None lost we hear." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Massachusetts (south coast) SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 11/2/1770 SUR: Much was "destroyed by the tide's rising to a most extraordinary height, so high it is said, as not to have been equaled within the memory of the oldest persons among us." Much flooding because of rising waters. DAM: "From the Southward [of Boston] we hear that great Damage was done along shore." Many boats were driven ashore, including at Cape Ann, Eastham, Hingham, Marblehead, Nantasket, Plymouth, Race Point, Salem, and Tarpaulin Cove. Stores, Sheds, Barns, Fences, Trees were blown down and roofs of houses were blown off at the southward. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat 10/20-10/27/1770 DAM: Ships were cast onto shore at Nantucket and Nantucket Shoals. END: HUR: N1770 LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum, p. 25-26 MET: All winds reported from land stations were from northeast to north; since we do not have any data from Cape Cod or the Islands, we do not know whether the center of the storm cut across any outer land areas there. SUR: A late season storm in October 1770 struck the New England Coast from eastern CT to ME and achieved lasting reknown by bringing in a tremendous tide, said to be the highest since the much publicized harbor flood of February 1723. END: HUR: N1770 LOC: New London CT SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 11/2/1770 DAM: "On Friday Night last, and part of the next Day we had a very severe Storm of Wind and Rain from the NE by which two vessels were drove ashore in this Harbour..." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: New London CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 25-26 DAM: The New London Gazette reported a northeast storm on Friday night the 19th which continued into Saturday and drove two vessels on shore. END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Newbury MA SRC: The NH Gazette and Historical Chronicler, 10/26/1770 DAM: "We hear they have sustained great Damage at Newbury, by the above storm, the Particulars of which we have not heard." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Newport RI SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 10/26/1770 MET: "The latter part of last Friday night and great part of next day we had a violent storm of wind and rain here, from NE to N." DAM: "The spindle of the Trinity Church was broken off a little below the upper ball, two or three stores and stables were blown away and several vessels were driven ashore in different parts of this harbour. Several wind-mills on the island have suffered, and our Wharves are greatly damaged." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Ludlum, p. 25-26 (Ezra Stiles) MET: The storm was described as "a violent hurricane, wind N or NE, Rain violent--hail..." The thermometer dropped to 35.5 degrees by 1900 and a stiff west wind was blowing. The mention of hail...would indicate that a very cold air mass lay to the west of the storm track over western and northern New England, a situation that would certainly intensify the storm circulation. DAM: "...vane of church steeple blown off--cleared up after 1500." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Portland ME SRC: Ludlum, p. 25-26 (Rev. Thomas Smith) MET: "...an exceeding great NE storm." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: CT Journal and New Haven Post Boy, Fri. 11/2/1770 SUR: "At twelve o'Clock at noon, the tide rose higher than has been known for 40 years past, which did considerable damage." DAM: "Last Friday night came on here, and continued the next day, a violent N.E. Storm, which blowed down several Buildings and many fences in this and the neighbouring Towns." Many vessels are feared lost. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: The NH Gazette and Historical Chronicler, Fri. 10/26/1770 MET: "Last Friday Night came on here, and continued the next Day, a violent NE Storm..." SUR: "...about Twelve o'Clock at Noon, the Tide rose higher than has been known for 40 years past, which did considerable Damage in some WhareHouses, by melting of Salt, & c. and fleeting Lumber, Wood, & c." DAM: "Winds blew down several Buildings and many Fences in this and the neighbouring Towns..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, Sat. 10/27/1770 MET: "Last Friday night came on here, and continued the next day, a violent NE storm..." SUR: "About twelve o'clock at noon, the tide rose higher than has been known for forty years past, which did considerable damage in some warehouses, by melting of salt..." DAM: "... which blowed down several buildings and many fences in this and the neighbouring towns" FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: Ludlum, p. 25-26 SUR: A high tide did much damage to wharves and goods. DAM: Several buildings were blown down along with many fences. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Isaac Backus Diary II 1765-1785, p781 MET: 10/19. "Went over to Sturbridge and preacht at Br. Jona. Philips, met with Eldr. Nathl. Green and his wife. Next day was a terrible storm." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Providence RI SRC: The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, Sat. 10/27-11/3/1770 DAM: Boats were cast ashore here. END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Providence RI SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat 10/20-10/27/1770 MET: "Friday Night last came on a terrible Storm of Wind, Rain and Hail, which continued great Part of the next Day." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Rockport MA (Thatcher's Island) SRC: The NH Gazette and Historical Chronicler, 11/2/1770 DAM: A Schooner belonging to Kittery was "stove to pieces on the rocks near Thatcher's Island...the Skipper drowned." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Salem MA SRC: The Massachussetts Spy, Thurs. 11/1-11/5/1770 MET: "Last Friday night came on a NE storm of wind and rain; which the ensuing day increased to a degree of violence scarcely known before by the oldest persons." SUR: "The north river was so swollen as to carry away much timber, boats, and other property... The tide's rising to a most extraordinary height, so high it is said, as not to have been equaled within the memory of the oldest persons among us." DAM: "On the south side of the town, being the principal seat of business, the confusion and destruction was much greater than that above related: Great quantities of boards, shingles, timber & c. with many boats, were drove with the utmost violence and disorder to the shore opposite the town." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Salem MA SRC: The NH Gazette and Historical Chronicler DAM: "A great number of Fences were blown down, and Trees tore up by the Roots, in this and the adjacent Towns." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Diary of Benjamin Lynde, p199 MET: 10/20. "Very great storm..." SUR: "...and highest tide for 30 years..." DAM: "...vessels ashore..." END: HUR: N1770 LOC: Ship (Brig Peggy and Hannah) 35:25N 67:17W Surinam to Boston SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat. 11/10-11/17/1770 DAM: 10/19. "He met with a gale of wind, in which the brig sprang a leak, and notwithstanding all the endeavors of the people on board, gained on them so fast, that on the 21st, at day break, they got out their boat with the intention of quitting her..." END: HUR: N1785 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p.30 (Jeremy Belknap) MET: ...it was "a violent equinoctial storm" which began at the Hub City about 1500 of the 24th and continued until noon of the next day. END: HUR: N1785 LOC: Currituck NC SRC: The New York Journal or the Weekly Register, Thurs. 10/13/1785 SUR: The sloop Nancy rode out the gale at Cape May, after which it went ashore at Currituck to get supplies, "but the gale had been so severe there that the sea had made a breach in the sound, and laid the country under water for two or three miles; washed away many houses, together with all their cattle and ground stock; the inhabitants being obliged to take to trees for safety, notwithstanding which, many lives were lost. The shores for many miles were covered with cattle, household goods, & c." END: HUR: N1785 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p. 30 DAM: A newly-built house in the Bowery was blown down by the force of the wind. NOT: Descriptions of storm at points south found in this account. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1785 LOC: New York NY SRC: Connecticut Journal, Wed. 10/5/1785 DAM: "Last Saturday a very heavy Equinoxial storm did much injury to the shipping in our harbour, drove on shore at Governor's-Island, the Swedish ship Alstromer, but the next day she was happily got off, without any material damage. A new built house in the Bowery-Lane was, from the same cause blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1785 LOC: Portsmouth VA SRC: The Independent (NYC), Wed. 10/12/1785 MET: "On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (21-23), we had the most tremendous gale of wind ever know in this country, from NE to NW." SUR: "The whole town was overflown, and numbers of vessels drove into the cornfields and woods, Store houses drifted from their foundations, and every kind of property floated with the tide." END: HUR: N1785 LOC: Providence RI SRC: The Boston Gazette and Country Journal, Mon. 10/3/1785 SUR: The ship Anastatia at anchor near the Light House: "In the evening a heavy Gale came on, and about two o'clock on Sunday Morning, notwithstanding every Exertion to save the ship, she parted her cables and drove ashore at West-Quague Beach, on Boston-Neck and is entirely lost. The people were fortunately saved." END: HUR: N1785 LOC: Providence RI SRC: The Diary of Ezra Stiles, p190 MET: 9/24. "a N.E. Storm severe & heavy" END: HUR: N1785 LOC: Ship (Philadelphia) off Chincoteague Bay MD SRC: The Independent Journal (New York), Sat. 10/8/1785 DAM: "On Sat. the 24th ult. on soundings of Chincoteague, he met with a violent gale of wind, which he supposes must have been fatal to vessels on the coast, having, after the gale abated, discovered several pieces of wrecks, particularly part of a sloop, which he imagines was Bermudian built." END: HUR: N1785 LOC: Ship (Sloop Delaware) 36:30N SRC: The Providence Gazette, 10/15/1785 DAM: The Sloop Delaware, arriving in Philadelphia from Turk's Island, "in 25 fathoms water, met the gale on the 24th ult. and was laid on her beam-ends about 9 A.M. but by cutting away the mast got her righted by seven in the evening." END: HUR: N1785 LOC: South Kingston RI (Kingston) SRC: Nailer Tom's Diary, p88 MET: 9/24. "r.W.n.E.logged at Farthers last Night." 9/25. "fl. W.n.w. a heavy Storm last Night of both W. & r." END: HUR: N1785 LOC: Virigina (coast) SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat. 10/15/1785 DAM: Reports of boats being driven ashore at Lynhaven-Bay and Point-Comfort. END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Ashfield MA, Conway MA, Whately MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 8/27/1788 MET: 8/19 DAM: In these towns, "several buildings were thrown down, whole groves of large Wood blown up by the roots and many cattle and horses killed thereby...much damage was done to the towns westward of this and the gale extended many miles to the east. The roads in many places were blocked up by the fallen trees, and rendered for some days impassable. It wouild be endless to describe all the effects of the storm, and impossible to ascertain the damage it has occasioned." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Bennington VT SRC: Ludlum, p.33 (Vermont Gazette) DAM: 8/25. "The northern post informs that a great deal of damage has been done in the different towns on his route, to the corn &, many cattle have been killed by the falling of trees during the late heavy storms." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Conway MA SRC: The Diary of Rebecca Dickenson DAM: "... there was a man killed at Conway by the roof of a barn falling Some acres of land Cleared of wood and trees the brush with the rest blown up by the roots the Sad loss of the fruit the apples are Cleared from the trees ..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Deerfield MA, Northampton MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 8/27/1788 MET: 8/27. "About two o'clock the wind arose from the S and continued with increasing force until after three, it then veered to the SW and for about 20 minutes was exceedingly violent there." DAM: "On Tuesday of this last week there was a violent gale of wind, by which the inhabitants of this and many of the neighbouring towns sustained great damage... Three barns and a number of hovels were blown down, several barns unroofed; many apple trees were demolished, and a great part of the apples blown from the trees which remained; considerable damage was done to the fences, stacks of grain, and the Indian corn; but from the kindness of Providence no lives were lost. We are informed from Deerfield that effects nearly similar to those above described, were produced by the storm in that town, and that its violence was still greater in the towns northwest of Deerfield." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Dominica SRC: The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, 9/27/1788 DAM: "It is said to have come on so suddenly there, that but few vessels could put to Sea, and that many were totally lost in the Harbours." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Dominica (Roseau) SRC: The Hampshire Gazette, 10/8/1788 MET: Wed. 8/20. "On Thursday last [14th], early in the day, the weather began to wear a very threatening aspect; at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon came on a very heavy shower of rain, which was succeded by flying drift, when the wind began to blow with much violence from the north west, shifted round all quarter of the compass, and continued with great violence till eleven o'clock at night the latter part chiefly from the westward... The gale seems to have taken a northerly direction, and to have been but of a small extent, (perhaps not above ten or twelve leagues) as Saint Lucia did not, as we understand, suffer. We understand from its direction, the SW end of Saint Christopher felt it, and are under some apprehensions for Barbados." SUR: The sea rose a great height beating with great violence against most of the stores on the bay. DAM: The cane and coffee were much injured. A dwelling house was completely blown away, likewise barracks at Cacheerou were destroyed. NOT: Damage worse in Martinique. END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Dummerston VT SRC: Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME), Thurs. 9/18/1788 DAM: "In Dummerston a young child was killed by the falling of a tree, as it was fleeing with its mother across a wood to the house of the nearest neighbor." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Dummerston VT SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven) Wed. 9/3/1788 MET: 8/19. "The wind blew for about 15 minutes southwardly, and then suddenly varied southwestwardly, seemingly with redoubled violence." DAM: "A young child was killed by the falling of a tree. Scarcely a town in that vicinity, that has not suffered considerably by cattle being killed, buildings unroofed and blown down, and in some places the devastation is marked by acres of sturdy oaks being swept from their places by this terrible besom of destruction." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Dummerston VT SRC: Ludlum, p33 (Mass. Spy) DAM: "Trees two feet in diameter were broken off only a few feet from the ground and many were violently removed many yards distance..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Dummerston VT, Putney VT SRC: Cumberland Gazette (Portland ME), 9/18/1788 MET: "The wind blew for about 15 minutes southwardly, & then suddenly varied southwestwardly with redoubled violence." DAM: "Scarcely a town in that vicinity that has not suffered considerably by cattle being killed, buildings unroofed and blown down, and in some places the devastation is marked by acres of sturdy oaks being swept from their places by this terrible besom of destruction." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Haiti (Port-au-Prince) SRC: The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, 9/27/1788 MET: A hurricane occured here on the 16th. DAM: Many ships were destroyed. END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Haiti (Port-au-Prince) SRC: NH Gazette and General Advertiser, Thurs., 10/9/1788 MET: 8/16. "...about seven o'clock, the wind rose very high, to such a degree, that about nine o'clock, they experienced a most dreadful hurricane..." DAM: "Very few vessels in the harbour escaped without damage; some lost their masts, others were overset, and many of them drove ashore...the tops of...houses [were] carried away, and many of them laid even with the ground. A great part of the coffee trees have been blown out of the ground; the sugar fields equally suffered; and many articles necessary for the subsistence of the slaves were lost." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Hanover NH SRC: NH Gazette and General Advertiser, Thurs., 9/11/1788 DAM: "A new dwelling house nearly finished...was blown down, and a shed in the same town..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Hanover NH SRC: The Hampshire Gazette, 10/1/1788 DAM: 9/17. "We already hear from Hanover, state of New Hampshire, that in the violent gale of wind the 19th ult. a shed in that town, in which were two men and 14 horses, was blown down and the men and horses too much bruised, that they soon expired. In one of the adjacent towns, a number of people were crushed to death by the falling of trees, as they were attempting to pass through a wood to a neighbouring house." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven), Wed. 9/3/1788 DAM: 8/25. "In the gale of Tuesday last windows of the East Meeting-House were drove in. A new store was unroofed and the frame much wrecked, a new dwelling house partly covered was laid to ruin, an almost new barn full of hay and grain was torn to pieces and carried off. Many smaller buildings were damaged, on the west mountain several creatures were killed. A great multiplicity of trees that have stood for ages unhurt, were torn up by the root." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME), 9/18/1788 MET: There was "...a violent gale of wind on Tuesday..." DAM: Some windows were broken in the meeting house. A store was unroofed. A new dwelling partially covered was laid to ruin. "An almost new barn was torn to pieces and carried off. Many smaller buildings were damaged...A great multiplicity of trees that have stood for ages unhurt, were torn up by the roots." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Hatfield MA SRC: The Diary of Rebecca Dickenson MET: Sun. 8/24. "The last week a Tuesday the 19 instant there was a great Storm of wind it began South very hard blew for two hours which time I sat in this house alone thought with my Self that I Could no[t] have no idea of it unless I looked out of Doors I was Surprised to See the Steepel of the meeting house which Shook with the wind which was now a hurricane by the change from south to South west I dare not go back into the old house..." DAM: "... and gave one look more at the Steeple and Saw the roof of this old house begin to arise and before I Could think was buried under the ruins of the roof which was Scattered abroad Six rod Some lodged on a barn which was hard by...." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Hillsdale NY SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 9/17/1788 MET: "The day had passed from morn until about four o'clock P.M. attended by heavy showers, the air remarkable thick and sultry, the wind at southeast, when it chopp'd round, as it were in an instant, and blew a most violent hurricane from the northwest, attended by amazing deluge of rain..." DAM: "The sudden and surprising rise and roar of water, attended by the continual crush of the stupendous pines, which as it were, hung nodding over our houses... oxen, and sheep killed, fences, mill-dams, pot-ash works, species of domestic vegetation is laid level with the ground." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Hudson NY SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 9/17/1788 MET: "The 18th and 19th inst. we experienced in this country an extensive flood of rain, it continued for nearly 48 hours, almost without cessation, and towards the close very fast..." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Keene NH SRC: Upper Ashuelot, A History of Keene NH, p596 MET: "Keene was not hit severely by a hurricane during the 150 years between 1788 and 1938, but several passed by over southern and southeastern New England." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Lee MA SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven), Wed. 9/3/1788 DAM: 8/19. "This day we had the misfortune to be visited with a most violent hurricane. During the forenoon the wind blowing gently from the south, was accompanied with rain; no remarkable appearance, however, was observable, neither was the storm uncommonly tempestuous, till about one o'clock in the afternoon; from that time till about four, there was a steady wind so violent that it tore up many trees by the roots. Then, as we were hoping that the storm would soon abate, and that nothing worse would ensue, we were suddenly alarmed with an uncommon noise in the West like the roaring of thunder: the clouds were all in a most frightful commotion, and the prospect was indeed so tremendous...The wind then shifted about into the West, and in a few minutes we saw roofs torn from buildings the fences blown away the best of our timber broken down and scattered with the wind our corn levelled with the ground and our other fruits destroyed. The hurricane lasted about a quarter of an hour; four cows and several swine were killed, but no person as we have yet heard." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Lenox MA SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven), 9/3/1788 MET: "We have been informed that the storm was no less violent at Lenox, than it was here [Lee MA]." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Litchfield CT SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven), Wed. 9/3/1788 MET: 8/25. "On Tuesday last, a violent tornado, attended with heavy rain..." DAM: The tornado "laid waste many valuable fields of corn, and proved equally destructive to an infinite number of fruit and other trees: Buildings were unroofed, chimneys blown down, and fences laid level: Many cattle were killed and wounded; and incredible damage done for a considerable extent of miles. A man had his horse killed under him by the falling of a tree..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Litchfield CT SRC: Ludlum, p33, (Weekly Monitor) MET: 8/25. "On Tuesday last, a violent tornado, attended by heavy rain..." DAM: "... laid waste many valuable fields of corn, and proved equally destructive to an infinite number of fruit and other trees: Buildings unroofed, chimneys blown down, and fences laid level: Many cattle were killed and wounded; and incredible damage done for a considerable extent of miles." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Martinique SRC: Providence Gazette and Country Journal, 9/27/1788 MET: 8/14. "At nine o'clock in the morning of August 14th, the wind being north-east, the clouds began to collect, the atmosphere to darken, the wind to rise, accompanied with heavy showers...But at twelve the weather moderated, and the sea became much smoother...about three o'clock the wind shifted suddenly to the north, and blew with astonishing fury. The wind hauled by degrees round to the west-ward, blowing hard all the time. At eight o'clock at night it was NW and moderate for half an hour; but instantly shifting to the SW blew heavy again. By nine it hauled to SSW and came on with more than redoubled fury. The scene, being before distressing, was now terrible in the extreme, the heavens appeared to be in on continued glare by lightning, the rain poured down as if from sluices, the wind raging as if it were its last effort and the earth trembling, under the appall'd inhabitants, from the shock of an earthquake. About twelve the tempest abated..." DAM: Not a single boat left in the harbor of St. Pierre. The streets in the town were almost impassable, from the quantity of tiles, timber, &c. that was blown from the roofs of houses. All the north part of the island is nearly laid waste. The town of Trinity is almost level with the ground, in that part of the island, from that town round to the NNW part, there is scarcely a house or tree standing. A house 60 feet square, and one story high was carried off its foundation to the distance of 100 yards. A woman was carried by the strength of the wind against a stone wall breaking both legs. "The young canes were twisted off close to the ground by the fury of the wind...almost totally destroyed [was] potatoes, yams, cassada, plantains..." NOT: This storm thought to be worse than 1766. More information in NH Gazette and General Advertiser, Thurs. 10/2/1788. END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Meredith NH, New Hampton NH SRC: NH Gazette and General Advertiser, Thurs., 9/11/1788 DAM: Damage similar to Sanborton NH. "The sturdiest trees of the forest, fruit trees, fences, corn fields, and some buildings, were torn up and swept away by this irresistable tornado." In a forest between New Hampton and Sanborton several men with their horses had to leap over windfalls which fell on them from all quarters. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Morristown NJ SRC: Ludlum, p. 31 (Joseph Lewis) MET: 8/19. "Rain again this day until 2, and just before it cleared away the wind changed from SE and NW and blew violently..." DAM: "...so that it threw down the corn and buckwheat and fruit considerable." FLD: "The waters were raised above the banks and many dams and forges &c. damaged." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum, p31-34 MET: The storm passed over Martinique on 8/14, Puerto Rico and Haiti on the 16th not hitting land again until Philadelphia on the 18-19th, NJ, NY and New England on the 19th. Ludlum raises the question as to whether or not this is a hurricane, tornado or a Line Squall. He estimates the forward rate of the storm to be 45mph as it hit New England on a forward progression from the southwest to northeast. The severe winds coming from different directions in different locations rules out a squall line, as does the great amount of rainfall in the western sector. Forty-five mph is not unusual for a tornado but there is no evidence of rotary wind movement. He refers to this storm as a tightly knit storm of very small diameter. He estimates the course to have been the following: the storm traversed the length of NJ from south to north, passing very close but just to the west of NYC. Then it followed a slightly curving course with a northeast bearing over the Hudson River highlands near Bear Mountain, into the central Berkshires where the present Mass. Turnpike crosses the ridges near Stockbridge and Lee, downslope across interior Hampshire County, just cutting southeastern VT, and then over south-central New Hampshire on a northeasterly track which took it near Lake Winnepesauke, from whence it passed beyond the area of settlement. The wind action is certainly like no other hurricane which has ever affected this area. The extremely short period of severe wind force, estimated from 15 to 25 minutes at several points, would indicate a very small center, and also a rather fast forward movement. Destruction in eastern New York and extreme western Mass. came on the west or northwest wind, while at NYC, New Haven, and generally in the Connecticut Valley it came with a southwest wind. It is probable that the area of high winds did not exceed 100 miles in breadth, but in about a fifty-mile-wide path the speeds must have been well in excess of 75mph to cause such destruction, especially in the forests. END: HUR: N1788 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven), Wed. 8/20/1788 MET: "Yesterday we had a violent gale of wind, the height of which was from the SE about one o'clock." SUR: "Though the tide was not so full as has been frequent in easterly storms, considerable damage was done to the Long-wharf, by the violence of the waves ..." DAM: "and several vessels parted their sails, but the shipping received no material damage. The Indian corn is much injured, and the trees stripped of their fruit, and some apple-trees blown down." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: The NY Journal and Weekly Register, Friday., 8/29/1788 SUR: Wed. "The storm of last Tuesday was severely felt at New Haven; and the violence of the waves considerably damaged the long wharf." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Ludlum, P32, (New Haven Gazette) MET: "Last Tuesday morning came on a violent gale of wind from South, which about one o'clock P.M. veered to SSW and blew a perfect hurricane." DAM: "Several vessels were driven ashore, and very material damage done to the long wharf." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: New London CT SRC: Ludlum, p 32, (Middlesex Gazette) MET: "Lowry morning, fresh breeze; meridian: squally rain wind S." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p. 32 (Daily Adv.) MET: 8/20. "Yesterday between eleven and twelve o'clock A.M. came on a severe gale, wind at SE. For upwards of 23 minutes it blew with incredible fury; and had the wind not shifted to NW every vessel in the harbor must have been drove on shore." SUR: "The tide rose to a very great height, and most of the cellars...were filled with water." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: New York NY SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven), Wed. 8/27/1788 MET: 8/20. "Yesterday morning, the wind from the SE blew fresh, accompanied with heavy showers, and about noon increased to a most violent gale, attended by a sudden swell of the sea." SUR: "The tide which had ebbed for some time, was driven back with astonishing force, overflowed the wharves, and the streets which were contiguous to the shore, and filled many cellars." DAM: "Several chimneys were thrown down; a house was partly unroofed, and the steeple of St. George's Chapel was observed to totter, in a most threatening manner. Happily no material damage was sustained by the shipping." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: New York NY SRC: The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, Tues. 8/30/1788 MET: 8/19. "The storm that began on Monday, continued on Tuesday, and augmented to a greater degree of violence, wind at SE and ESE. At half past 11 increased to a perfect gale, which raged near half an hour with irresistible fury. Shipping would have been greatly damaged had not the wind shifted suddenly to E.N. [N?] and NW about mid-day." Throughout the city hailstones half the size of an egg fell. SUR: "It was full sea at 6 minutes past 11 A.M. but it still flowed until 12, when there was a rife of water of at least 5 feet higher than usual, which filled all the cellars in Front-Street, besides many in Water Queen-Streets, and on the North-River." Stores and wharfs were damaged. "The walls of the battery, which have for many years successfully resisted the impetuosity of the sea, were torn away in a most surprising manner." DAM: "Two chimneys were thrown down near the battery, and several houses damaged at different parts of the city." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: New York NY SRC: The Independent Journal (NYC), Wed. 8/20/1788 MET: 8/20. "Yesterday between 11 and 12 o'clock, came on a severe gale, wind at SE. For upwards of 23 minutes it blew with incredible fury; and had the wind not suddenly shifted to the N every vessel in the harbour must have been drove on shore." SUR: "The tide rose to a very great height and most of the cellars in Front and Water streets, and a great number in Queen street were filled with water.... The west side of the Battery, which has stood the force of the elements for a great number of years, is almost laid in ruins. The damage sustained will be very considerable." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: New York NY SRC: The NY Journal and Weekly Register, Thurs., 8/21/1788 MET: "Storm continued and augumented to a greater degree of violence, wind at SE and ESE. At half past eleven increased to a perfect gale, which raged near half an hour with irresistible fury... but we cannot learn that great damage was done to the shipping, which, however, would have greatly suffered had not the wind suddenly shifted to E.N. [N?] and NW about mid-day. We further learn, that without the city hail stones fell of half the bigness of an egg..." SUR: "It was full sea at 6 minutes past 11 A.M. but it still flowed until 12, when there was a rise of water of at least 5 feet higher than usual, which filled all the cellars...many of the wharves in the city are much damaged... The walls of the battery, which have for many years successfully resisted the impetuosity of the seas, were torn away in a most surprising manner... Several bridges were washed away..." DAM: "Several houses on the island, have lost their chimneys and roofs; two chimneys were thrown down near the battery, and several houses damaged at different parts of the city." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Norfolk CT SRC: NH Gazette and General Advertiser, Thurs., 9/25/1788 MET: "On the 19th instant about 2 o'clock came on the most terrible gale of wind known in these parts. It began to blow with greater violence than usual from the SE but at once shifted to the SW and blew for about 20 minutes with tremendous fury, continually increasing..." DAM: "Buildings more or less, in every town, unroofed, blown down or otherways injured, Fences leveled with the ground, and many rails carried a considerable distance; flourishing orchards not only stripped of their fruit untimely; but many of the trees blown down, and some nearly ruined. Horses and cattle killed more or less in every town in the upper part of the county, as also in the towns adjacent in the state of Massachusetts. Excellent forests and groves sequestered, consisting of pine and other valuable timber, swept down, so that in some there is scarce a tree standing." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Northampton MA SRC: Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME), 9/18/1788 MET: "On Tuesday of last week there was a violent gale of wind..." DAM: "Whole groves of large wood blown up by the roots, and many cattle and horses killed thereby. A child was killed in Hatfield, and a man at Conway. Much damage was done in the towns westward of this and the gale extended many miles to the east. The roads in many places were blocked up by the fallen trees, and rendered for many days impassable. It would be endless to describe all the effects of the storm..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Northeast SRC: NH Recorder and Weekly Advertiser (Keene), Tues. 9/9/1788 DAM: Keene, 9/9. "The violent Tornado which was experienced in this county, on the 19th ult. extended as far as Philadelphia. Its effects have been truly dismal both at sea and on the land. The sea-shores are covered with pieces of vessels, and the remains of our unhappy sea-faring brethren, who were, by the rage of the elements, hurled promiscuous to their saltry graves. The damage done on shore in the destruction of houses, barns, fences, cattle, &c. is beyond conception...not less than 100 cattle were killed by the falling of trees, four and five acres of excellent timber is entirely level in many places, and the damage done to buildings, fruit trees, grain, &c. is very great." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Norwich CT SRC: Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME), 9/18/1788 DAM: Damage to shipping. END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Norwich CT SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 9/10/1788 DAM: "Several accounts have been received of the melancholy devastations at different quarters, by the late severe wind, or tornado; pieces of vessels have been seen driving at sea, remains of floating castles of unhappy individuals, our sea-faring brethren, who were doubtless, by the rage of the elements, hurled promiscuously to a watry grave." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Petersham MA, Westminster VT SRC: Cumberland Gazette (Portland ME), 9/18/1788 DAM: "The effects of the tornado appear similar [to Putney VT and Dummerston VT] in Petersham, Westminster, and other towns in this county. The roads in many places were blocked up with fallen trees, some of which were two feet in diameter, and were broken off only a few feet from the ground, and many were violently removed many yards distance." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Pittsfield MA SRC: Ludlum, p33 (Berkshire Chronicle) MET: 8/24. "Tuesday last we had the most violent gust of wind which has been known in this town since its first settlement. The fore part of the day had been interchangeable rain and sunshine, until about noon, when it seemed to commence a settled rain, accompanied with a brisk breeze from the southwest, which continued with several variations and incessant rain, until about four o'clock, when the wind suddenly shifted to north west, and almost instantly exhibited a scene truly awful and majestic..." DAM: "...the tallest trees fell before it..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Poughkeepsie NY SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven), Wed. Sept. 3, 1788 MET: 8/26. "Tuesday last we had the severest storm of wind and rain that had been remembered for twenty years at this season of the year. It had been cloudy and rained by spells for three days before, the wind shifted several times in that period. But on Tuesday morning it rained moderately with a light wind from the South-east, which about 11 o'clock shifted to the NE somewhat increased. At 12 got about N still blowing harder, and kept shifting westerly and increasing till one o'clock, when for about an hour it seemed to be fixed at W and blew with such violence..." DAM: "that the largest oaks in the woods could not withstand its fury--Great numbers of fruit trees were torn up by the roots, and fences laid to the ground. Every field of corn, wherever the storm had reached was leveled to the ground." FLD: "and at which time rained so violently, that the creeks in this neighbourhood as well as those twenty miles distance, were raised to such a degree as to take away bridges; and others, being very strong, the water run over the top, and floated away the plank with which they were covered." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Poughkeepsie NY SRC: Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME), 9/18/1788 MET: "Tuesday last we had the severest storm of wind and rain that had been remembered for twenty years at this season of the year. It had been cloudy and rained by spells for three days before, the wind shifting several times in that period. But on Tuesday morning it rained moderately with a light wind from the south east, which about 11 o'clock shifted to the northeast, somewhat increasing. At 12 got about N still blowing harder and kept shifting westerly and increasing untill one o'clock when for about an hour it seemed to be fixed at W and blew with such violence..." DAM: "...the largest oaks in the woods could not withstand [the storm's] fury...Great numbers of fruit trees were torn up by the roots, and fences laid to the ground. Every field of corn ...was levelled to the ground." FLD: "it rained so violently that the creeks in this neighbourhood as well as those twenty miles distance, were raised to such a degree as to take away bridges" FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Putney VT SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven), Wed. 9/3/1788 MET: 8/22. "On Tuesday last week in the afternoon, the back parts of this county were visited with a most furious tornado, which came from the southwest, and in its course extended many miles in width. By accounts from New York, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, we learn that it was severely felt in parts of all those states. As yet we have not been favored with very particular accounts of the damage sustained by this convulsion of nature, but as it extended over a large tract of country it must be great." DAM: A number of barns were unroofed, several cattle killed by the falling of trees, which in some places were broken off, and in others hurled up by the roots--much grain and many fruit trees were destroyed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Putney VT SRC: Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME), Thurs. 9/18/1788 DAM: "At Putney...a number of barns were unroofed, several cattle killed by the falling of trees, which, in some places, were broken off, and in others hurled up by the roots. Much grain and other fruit trees were destroyed." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Region: Albany to New England SRC: Diary of Ezra Stiles, p. 327 MET: 8/19. "A terrible Hurricane-- extensive from Albany thro' N. Engld." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Sanborntown NH SRC: NH Gazette and General Advertiser, Thurs. 9/11/1788 MET: "On Tuesday the 19th of August last, they had a violent gale of wind from the SSE to WNW attended with heavy showers of rain, which at about half past one o'clock, A.M. blew a mere hurricane..." DAM: "Several hundred acres of thick wood land, in different parts of that town, were blown up and hurled to the ground--even the stoutest oaks and rock maples were either broken off or hurled up by the roots---Many barns were unroofed and hardly a shed escaped from being blown to pieces, one in particular, 70 or 80 feet long, was taken up by this powerful element and carried 150 rods from its foundation---Many young and beautiful orchards which teemed almost to the ground with their useful fruit, were suddenly broken off and destroyed, and those which remain unhurt have scarcely an apple left on them. Whole cornfields were blown flat to the ground, and even the pole fences did not escape its fury...many cattle were killed in the woods..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Sanborntown NH SRC: The Hampshire Gazette, 10/1/1788 DAM: 9/17. "In Sanborntown, a shed between 70 and 80 feet long, was taken up by the wind and carried 150 rods from its place." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Ship (Bestsy) off Cape Francois SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven), 9/17/1788 DAM: "Two days after I left the Capes, I had a gale of wind from SE to SSE sprung my bowsprit, lost my jib boom, and some of my lumber off the decks; and on the 16th of this inst. I had the tail of another gale, but sustained no damage." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Ship (Sloop Hanah) off Martinique SRC: Connecticut Journal (New Haven), Wed. 9/17/1788 MET: "The sloop Hannah was blown out of Martinico the 14th of August, in a heavy gale of wind. The gale came on in the morning of the 14th, the wind at NE with very heavy squalls of rain-- at 11 A.M. the wind back'd to NNW and began to blow fresh--at one P.M. it blew a hard gale. The wind than haul'd to N and kept increasing, so that he could not show any sail, till 7 P.M. when it blew a violent hurricane, the wind veering from NNW to NE till 11 P.M. when it shifted suddenly to SW and blowed with redoubled violence till one A.M. when the gale broke." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME), 9/18/1788 DAM: "In the afternoon of Tuesday, last week, was experienced in this and the neighboring towns, a violent gale of wind which totally destroyed a number of dwelling houses and other buildings, and was productive of considerable damage to the corn, fruit trees, & c. Many cattle have been killed by the falling of trees and losses to a great amount have been sustained by many of the inhabitants of this county." FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: The NH Gazette and General Advertiser, Thurs. 9/11/1788 DAM: 9/27. "In the afternoon of Tueday, last week, was experienced in this and neighbouring towns, a violent gale of wind which totally destroyed a number of dwelling houses and other buildings, and was productive of considerable damage to corn, fruit trees, &c.--Many cattle have been killed by the falling of trees, and losses of a great amount have been sustained by many of the inhabitants of this county." FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Topsfield MA SRC: Boston Gazette and Country Journal, Mon. 9/1/1788 MET: 8/27. "A most violent storm of rain detained his Excellency at Topsfield so long, that it was very late in the evening when he arrived at Salem." END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Washington CT SRC: Ludlum, p 33, (Weekly Monitor) DAM: A gentleman "in passing through Washington, had his horse killd under him by the falling of a tree, and himself dangerousely wounded." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Whately MA SRC: The Diary of Rebecca Dickenson DAM: "... every town has suffered and every Place has a mark of Desolation there was a Child of Mrs Suords of Whately aged four years taken up Dead by the fall of a board from Some building ..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Windsor VT SRC: Ludlum, p. 33, (Vermont Journal) DAM: 8/25. "Tuesday last Mr. Pearly Robarts of Plainfield, N. H., was killed by fall of limb from tree." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1788 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME), Thurs. 9/18/1788 MET: "On Tuesday last week in the afternoon, the back parts of this county were visited with a most furious tornado, which came from the south west, and in its course extended many miles in width." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Barnstable MA, Boston MA, Kennebec ME, Nantucket MA, New Bedford MA, Portland ME, Wiscaset ME SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/24/1804 DAM: "the late heavy gale of wind, which in our last, furnished us with the particulars of its destructive effects in this town [Boston] did not reach far on the Eastern or Southern coast. This agreeable intelligence has been communicated in letters from Wiscasset, New Bedford, Nantucket, Portland, Kennebec, Barnstable, &c. To the Northward, Westward, and Southward, its violence has been sensibly felt; and much damage done to property of almost every description." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Berwick ME, Kittery ME, York ME SRC: The NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: "...great damage was done. Many cattle perished in the storm." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Beverly MA SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat. 10/13/1804 DAM: 10/11. "The spire of the Beverly meeting-house has been blown down, and considerable damage done to many of the houses in town." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Courier of NH, Wed. 10/17/1804 MET: "...the distressing and tremendous storm of wind, rain, hail, snow, thunder and lightening, which commenced on the 9th inst. The snow now lies in considerable deposit on the high lands in the neighbouring towns." 10/11. "On Tuesday morning last, a most violent storm commenced in this place, and continued its destructive career, until about 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The wind blew at first from SSE then shifted to E increasing its power until about 3 o'clock, when it abated for a few minutes, and then veered to NE. From this quarter, the gale blew with a violence and fury unprecedented in the annals of this town. The direction of the wind and the intermediate situation of the wharves, were such, as to enable the shipping, of every description to lay with great safety." DAM: "...and which has devastated property to an incalculable amount through the interior country, as well as the whole length of the eastern shore of the Northern States. It is not in our power to give particulars of the damage done in the country: but we learn that many cattle died by the inclemency of the storm and that many fruit and forest trees were broken down or blown up by the roots, and buildings unroofed or otherwise much injured..." Some damage to shipping occured. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat. 10/13, 1804 MET: 10/11. "On Tuesday morning last a most violent storm commenced in this place, and continued its destructive career until about 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The wind blew at first from SSE then shifted to E increasing its power until about 3 o'clock, when it abated for a few moments, and then veered to NE. From this quarter the gale blew with a violence and fury unprecedented in the annals of this town." DAM: "The damage which has been sustained by this tremendous hurricane cannot at present be estimated, but is very great and extensive. There was damage on several wharves...The damage sustained in the interior of the town has been considerable; scarcely a tree particularly the poplars, which ornamented almost every yard and garden, is left standing; many of the houses are unroofed, and some of the new buildings are so much bent and twisted, that if they do not fall of themselves, they must be taken down...The kitchen part of a house was unroofed, the chimney blown down...The roof of the tower of the Chapel was wrenched off by the violence of the wind, and carried above 200 feet before it fell. A large and brick dwelling house has been greatly injured...The North Church steeple...fell on an adjoining house..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/17/1804 MET: 10/10. "A violent storm commenced yesterday...still continued with unabating violence, at NNE...The storm began yesterday morning at SE. In the afternoon it shifted to NNE." DAM: "Before the gale shifted, much damage was apprehended to the shipping... Last night the steeple of Christ (North) Church, was blown down, but from the direction in which it fell only injured the corner of a house. The roof of the tower of the stone Chapel was carried about 200 feet, fell upon a shed and broke two chaises to pieces. Many trees and fences are levelled in the streets; and several chimneys we learn are blown down, one of them fell upon a couple of stage coaches..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p.36 (Boston Gazette) MET: The wind began rising from the south-southeast on Tuesday morning, later shifting to east and increasing in power until about 1500. Then the gale abated for a few minutes, veering to northeast, and blew "with a violence and fury unprecedented in the annals of this town." DAM: The steeple of the North Church fell, and the tower roof of the Stone Church sailed 200 feet through the air. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Jenk's Portland Gazette, 10/15/1804 MET: "The gale commenced on Tuesday morning and continued to increase until Wednesday." DAM: "...a large number of trees were broken off or torn up by the roots; an elm tree...9 1/2 feet in circumference, was twisted from the roots, many of the chimneys were thrown down, and most of the slates were torn from houses covered with them...The steeple of the North Church was overthrown and fell on a house...The roof of the tower of the chapel church was taken off, carried about 200 feet through the air, passing over two dwelling houses, and dropped on a shed...The new brick 5 story house, just erected... was pressed over in such a manner...that it is pronounced necessary to take it down. Partial damage was done to several other buildings. Much injury was also sustained by the shipping at the wharves..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Courier of NH, Wed. 10/24/1804 DAM: "...scarcely a tree, particularly the poplars which ornamented almost every yard and garden, is left standing; many of the houses are unroofed, and some of the new buildings are so much bent and twisted, that if they do not fall off themselves, they must be taken down..." The roof and chimney of one house is down. "The roof of the tower of the Chapel was wrenched off by the violence of the wind and carried above 200 feet, before it fell. A large and new brick dwelling house...has been greatly inujured, and must, it is expected, be taken down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Courier of NH, Wed. 10/17/1804 DAM: "...tremendous storm of wind, rain, hail...thunder and lightning, which commenced on the 9th instant, and which has devastated property to an incalculable amount through the interior country as well as the whole length of the eastern shore of the Northern States..." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Courier of NH, Wed. 10/17/1804 MET: "On Tuesday morning last, a most violent storm commenced in this place, and continued its destructive career, until about 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The wind blew at first from SSE then shifted to E increasing its power until about 3 o'clock, when it abated for a few moments, and then veered to NE. From this quarter, the gale blew with a violence and fury unprecedented in the annals of this town." DAM: Much damage to shipping. END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Rutland Herald Sat 10/20/1804 MET: "...the wind was very high..." DAM: "...[the wind] did great damage to the shipping in the harbor. The roof of the tower of the Chapel was wrenched off by the violence of the wind, and carried above 200 feet before it fell. The North Church steeple fell on an adjoining house..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: NH Recorder and Weekly Advertiser, 10/13/1804 MET: "A violent storm commenced yesterday; and at the hour of putting our paper to press, still continued with unabating violence, at NNE." DAM: "Last night the steeple of North Church was blown down, but the direction in which it fell only injured the corner of a house. The roof of the tower of the Stone Chapel was carried about 200 feet, fell upon a shed, and broke two chaises to pieces. Many trees and fences are levelled in the streets; and several chimneys, we learn, are blown down...Judging from the uncommon violence of the wind here, we are apprehensive that the gale must be very severe upon the coast." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Greenfield Gazette, Mon. 10/22/1804 MET: 10/13. "The storm which raged from Tuesday to Wednesday morning last, is pronounced by the oldest citizens to be the most severe and the most destructive of any that has ever occured in this place since the recollection of anyone..." DAM: "A large proportion of the beautiful trees which ornamented the town, were torn up by the roots, and thrown across the streets. Bricks, slate, splinters, &c. thrown from the neighbouring houses, covered the ground in many places, and a number of valuable buildings were either unroofed, or entirely demolished. The wharves presented a sight still more distressing... Several of the new brick buildings are so twisted, as to render their being wholly pulled down necessary." A principal part of a house was demolished. A furnace was blown down. A stage was upset by the force of the wind, in passing West Boston bridge." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA (Charlestown) SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat. Oct 13, 1804 DAM: 10/11. "Considerable damage has been sustained by this storm. The Baptist meeting-house is partly unroofed, and the spire of the...meeting house very much bent; but being newly and strongly built, the steeple stood the gale..." Two large dwelling houses were blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Boston MA (Charlestown) SRC: Greenfield Gazette, Mon. 10/22/1804 DAM: 10/13. "The Baptist meeting house is partly unroofed and the spire of [another] meeting house, very much beat. The new brick building in U.S. Navy Yard, is so far injured that it must be taken down...a large dwelling house, belonging to Mr. John Harris, and another to Mr. Bolton, are blown down." Much damage to shipping, vessels blown ashore at Gloucester, Manchester Bay and Marblehead. "In the country, the fruit and other trees have been generally blown down, the fences destroyed, and much damage done by the heavy rain which fell during the storm. The chain of mountains running near Peterborough NH, Rindge NH &c. are covered with snow..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Cohasset MA SRC: NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: "Some injury was done to buildings, and many trees were blown down...From the South Shore, we learn that very little damage was done." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Danvers MA SRC: The NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: "The roof of the South Meeting House was partly torn off; the Baptist Meeting house, at the new mills, was unroofed, one side blown in, and the pews ripped to pieces; and other damage in the town." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Dedham MA SRC: The NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: "...the house of Capt. Dowse... was partly unroofed; and it was supposed...there were more than 130 fallen trees on the Turnpike road." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Dighton MA SRC: The NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: "A house was blown down, and other damage done." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Dominique, Guadaloupe SRC: The Connecticut Journal (New Haven), 10/11/1804 NOT: Mention is made of a storm on the 4th in Dominique and Guadaloupe. END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Gilsum NH SRC: Upper Ashuelot: A History of Keene, NH, p. 586 DAM: A group of men heading for Keene from Gilsum but "'a fearful snowstorm came on with a violent wind,' which blocked the road with deep snow and trees, so that many suffered severely..." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Gloucester MA SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat. 10/13/1804 DAM: "Mr. Low, in passing with his stage from Gloucester, yesterday, had to cut his way through in many parts of the road, so destructive has been the gale to the trees and fences throughout that part of the country." Much damage to shipping reported from this town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Gloucester MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/24/1804 DAM: Most ships rode out the gale. END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Gloucester MA SRC: Courier of NH, Wed. 10/24/1804 DAM: Vessels were driven out of the harbor in this town. On the way to Gloucester a stage had to cut its way through in many parts of the road, so destructive has been the gale to the trees and fences throughout that part of the country. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Gloucester MA, Marblehead ME, Salem MA SRC: Rutland Herald Sat. 10/20/1804 DAM: "We also learn that Gloucester, Marblehead, Salem & c. suffered very much." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Keene NH SRC: NH Recorder and Weekly Advertiser, 10/13/1804 MET: "The storm on Tuesday last was very severe...On the highlands, the next morning the snow was about 10 inches deep, & considerable drifted." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: Annals of Lynn p. 366 MET: "One of the greatest storms ever known in New England commenced on Tuesday morning, the 9th of October. The rain fell fast, accompanied by thunder. At four in the afternoon the wind became furious, and continued with unabated energy till the next morning. This was probably the severest storm after that of August, 1635..." DAM: "Buildings were unroofed, barns, chimneys and fences were blown down, and orchards greatly injured. The chimney of the school-house on the western part of the Common, fell through the roof, in the night, carrying the bench, at which I had been sitting a few hours before into the cellar. Many vessels were wrecked, and in several towns the steeples of meeting-houses were broken off, and carried to a great distance. The number of trees uprooted in the woodlands was beyond calculation. Thousands of the oldest and hardiest sons of the forest, which had braved the storms of centuries, were prostrated before it, and the woods throughout were strewed with the trunks of fallen trees, which were not gathered up for many years. Some have supposed that a great storm, at a early period, may have blown down the trees on the marshes; but it could not have buried them several feet deep; and trees have been found thus buried." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat. 10/13/1804 DAM: Twenty to thirty ships were driven ashore on the SW beach. END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: Much damage was done to buildings, and shipping. END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Marblehead MA, Salem MA SRC: Courier of NH, Wed. 10/24/1804 DAM: Vessels were driven ashore in Marblehead and Salem. END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Massachusetts (western) SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/24/1804 DAM: "Accounts from the country, afford additional evidence of the extensive effects of the late storm; scarcely a town, for above a hundred miles to the Westward, but has suffered considerable injury in the demolition of barns, trees, fences & c. In several instances the cattle were destroyed." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Milton MA SRC: The NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: "Several houses were blown down." FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Columbian Courier or Weekly Miscellany (New Bedford), Fri. 10/12/1804 MET: 10/12. "A very severe Storm commenced here on the morning of the 9th, and continued all morning of the 10th inst." DAM: "Although our docks were considerable filled with shipping we are happy to state, that not a single vessel received any injury. From the country we learn, that many fruit and other trees have been blown down, but do not hear of any other material damage, occasioned by the storm, in this vicinity." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: New Hampshire (southern) SRC: The NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 MET: Report from Portsmouth: "The storm began earlier to the northward, than in this town; and was accompanied by hail and snow in the interior country. The mountains running near Peterborough, Rindge, Lyme, &c. are covered with snow; and in many towns adjacent, the snow is said to be by persons from thence from 4 inches to 2 to 3 feet deep! A market man from Ashby MA, mentioned that the hail on Wednesday morning was 4 inches deep. The Amherst stage was considerable impeded by drifts of hail." DAM: "Our information from the country...the storm, extends to upwards of fifty miles, in various directions; and almost every town within that distance, has had trees, parts of orchards, barns, &c. blown down." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1804 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Ludlum, p.36 MET: Thomas Beers' register: "October 9--0600--Hard rain in early part, noon heavy black clouds wild and dark, very heavy rain most of forenoon with considerable heavy distant thunder--wind highest at SE till about 1030, round to SW, W and NW and blew very hard with heavy rain--slacked toward noon, 1300--appears to be clearing off, 1800--wild heavy black clouds driving rain, clouds fly quick, 2100--a high gale of wind this evening and for a part of night." Professor Day's observations on the Yale campus also showed a southeast wind at 0600, but by 1300 it had shifted to northwest. By sunset, with the gale now out of the north, his thermometer read 38 degrees, a drop of 17 degrees since morning. He reported "frequent lightning and heavy thunder. Wind very violent through the night." Rainfall measurement for the period totaled 3.66 inches. END: HUR: N1804 LOC: New London CT SRC: Ludlum, p.36 (Conn. Gaz.) MET: "On Tuesday morning last, a violent gale commenced here, wind at SE, at noon it became suddenly calm, but in the afternoon it recommenced with greater force, wind NE and blew heavy until 10 P.M." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p.36 MET: At sunrise on the 9th rain was falling from a cloudy sky with the wind in the southeast. His barometer had dropped 0.44" overnight. By 1400 the wind shifted to NNW and was high-- weather cloudy--the barometer off 0.18" more to an uncorrected level of 28.87". We do not have information as to the exact hourly character of the wind shift at New York, but the temperature remained high at 55 degrees, off only three degrees from the morning reading. His barometer remained at this low point until the sunset observation, at least; his thermometer, however, had then slumped to 42 degrees and a hard rain from the north was sweeping the city. The rain gage on the 9th showed a total of 2.27"...At New York harbor on the 10th there were not arrivals of ships since a 24 hour gale from the north had been blowing down the bay. NOT: Ludlum provides notes on NJ and the upper Hudson Valley where at Hudson "a wind from the North blew 'with a violence not experienced in this city since its settlement.'" END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Newburgh NY SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/24/1804 DAM: "On Tuesday night, we [NYC] experienced a very severe gale from the northward, which we fear has done much damage along the Hudson River. We have conversed with several captains from Albany who arrived yesterday. They inform us that they were obliged to come down a great part of the way under bare poles. From one of them we learn, that he perceived as he passed Newburgh, several houses blown down. The gale continued here yesterday so severely, that we had not an arrival." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Newbury MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/24/1804 DAM: "The tempest was experienced with equal severity by the farmer in the fields, as by the merchant in his shipping in that vicinity...fences, stacks of hay, and even buildings were demolished..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: The Providence Gazette, 10/20/1804 MET: 10/17. "At that place, the tempest was experienced with equal severity by the farmer in the fields, as by the merchant in his shipping in that vicinity..." DAM: "Fences, stacks of hay, and even buildings, were demolished..." NOT: Information on storm effects in Philadelphia on the 9th and a reference to a storm in St. Martins on the 3rd can be found in this paper. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/24/1804 DAM: Several ships on shore at Plum Island. "None of the houses in town damaged; but many of the trees and fences, blown down." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Columbian Courier (New Bedford), Fri. 10/19/1804 MET: 10/13. "A storm commenced in this town on the morning of Tuesday last, which though not very violent in the day, increased by evening, to the most furious gale we have experienced for many years. The wind varying from S.E. to N.E. and attended with thunder and lightning, was so violent as to excite the apprehension of the inhabitants for their safety..." DAM: "Large trees in various parts of the town were torn up by the roots by the violence of the wind. Fences were blown down, and the boards carried to a considerable distance." Damage occurred to shipping. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Northeast SRC: Upper Ashuelot: A History of Keene, NH MET: "On October 9, 1804, a tropical storm of small size swept the Middle Atlantic states, but it developed hurricane force when it reached New England. A cold air mass was on the western side of the storm which produced a very heavy snowfall driven by a fierce gale...." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Northeast SRC: Ludlum, p.35-38 MET: Ludlum's analysis: A tropical storm of small size, but packing full hurricane force, swept the Middle Atlantic States and New England on Tuesday, 9 October 1804. Its path ran very close to New York City and then across southern New England, with the center probably passing directly over Boston and Salem. Though this storm did great damage and was considered at the time to be the severest blow on record, its memory has all but been submerged in the flow of notoriety given the much larger hurricane a decade later, the Great September Gale of 1815. There is no mention of a hurricane in the West Indies nor in the South. Meteorological data from Norfolk northward indicates that there was a deep trough present along the Atlantic seaboard. It is only over southern New England that we find damage on a hurricane scale. The Norfolk meteorological observations indicate that a trough passed through on the morning of the 9th with a shift of wind from SW force 3 to WNW force 6 by 1400. A ship just off Cape Henry reported a "dreadful squall" from the northwest struck at 1100. This squall was also felt in Chesapeake Bay, Philadelphia and New York City. It appears that the center passed between Philadelphia and Atlantic City (Absecon Beach), very close to NYC, south of Poughkeepsie, certainly north of New Haven and New London, and probably right over Boston. It would seem that the small diameter whirl on the morning of the 9th entered a swiftly-moving trough, oriented from northeast to southwest along the coastline of the Middle Atlantic States. As the northern part of the trough sped eastward more rapidly than the southern, the hurricane track curved northeast and the east-northeast over southern New England as the strength of a strong westerly flow behind the trough dominated. Certainly a great mass of unseasonably cold air was poised over northern NY and Northern New England that morning as evidenced by the commencement of heavy snowfall in those areas about dawn. Our data showed that only the northwesterly and northerly winds following the passage of the center were of whole gale and hurricane force. No doubt the cold air mass was responsible for the steepening of the pressure gradient and the intensification of the whole system. An interesting phase of the storm structure lies in the comments from Poughkeepsie, New Haven, and Boston to the effect that the wind abated for a while or "intermitted" before the heavy blow from the northerly quarter commenced. The trough of low pressure must have maintained a sort of corridor of light winds to the right of the path of the storm's center now in the process of transforming into an extra-tropical disturbance. The "eye" perhaps lost its circular shape becoming an elongated oval as the storm center progressed to higher latitudes and met the resistance of the high pressure over Canada. The storm exhibited an unusually wide precipitation pattern. Reports of a storm from the northeast accompanied by heavy rain and snow were obtained from near Rochester. Snow was reported from the southern CT hills into Canada (see source for more specific info). END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Plymouth MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/24/1804 DAM: Several houses damaged and many of the vessels in the harbor were injured. END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Plymouth MA, Portland ME SRC: Ludlum, p.37 (Rev. William Bentley) DAM: "We have hopes from the news from [these towns], that the storm was much more limited than we have expected from its great severity here and near Boston." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Portland ME SRC: The NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: "The Portland paper, of Thursday last makes no mention of the gale, it is said, however, to have been felt there but with scarcely any damage." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: Ludlum, p.36 (Portsmouth Oracle) DAM: The storm glanced at Portsmouth, NH where "in the town no damage was done, except blowing down some trees and fences, nor was any material injury to vessels in the harbor." It appears that the NH port area comprised about the northern fringe of the high winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Providence RI SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat. 10/13/1804 MET: 10/13. "On Tuesday last we had a tremendous storm of thunder, lightning and rain, accompanied by a strong gale from the SE. At four o'clock, P.M. the wind veered round to the NE and for several hours seemed to threaten us with as terrible a visitation as was lately experienced in the Southern States." DAM: "In this town and its vicinity some trees were blown down, and others broken...great havoc has been made among the rail fences. Several vessels in the river were driven ashore..." A brick house was considerable injured, "...some barns and other buildings damaged and a few chimneys blown down." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Columbian Courier (New Bedford), Fri. 10/19/1804 MET: 10/13. "...the town of Providence experienced the severest storm and gale of wind within the recollection of any of its inhabitants." DAM: "Several vessels were driven from their moorings to the shore. Several barns and other buildings in the town and its vicinity, were considerable injured; some, we understand, were destroyed. A number of chimneys were blown down, and many trees, fenced, &c. were destroyed." NOT: Mention of gale effects in Georgetown SC. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum, p.36 (New York Post) MET: The wind at Providence varied at points between northeast and southeast during the day, and "during the course of the night, this town experienced the heaviest gale within the recollection of any of its inhabitants," though the direction was not mentioned. END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Quincy MA SRC: The NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: "3 or 4 houses were unroofed, above a dozen barns blown down, and several cows killed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Region: Marblehead MA to Nahant MA SRC: Ludlum, p.37 (Rev. William Bentley) SUR: "The quantity of seaweed driven up is beyond any former example... on every part of Nahant." DAM: "This day I rode through south fields and Marblehead to Nahant. Everywhere trees are blown down and barns unroofed and the road in several places would have been impassable had it not been cleared." Part of a barn roof was off. NOT: Older Boston inhabitants say there was a storm like this one in 1727. Bentley has found no other history or tradition of such storms in New England, he believes this is perhaps the most severe ever felt. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Rehoboth MA SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat. 10/13/1804 DAM: 10/13. "On one farm in Rehoboth about 80 trees are down." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Salem MA SRC: The Providence Gazette, 10/13/1804 MET: "...the storm was severely felt during the whole of Tuesday, and until yesterday morning." DAM: "Every vessel in the harbor was driven on shore. Several chimneys were blown down...and considerable damage done to a number of the houses in that town." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Salem MA SRC: The NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: "At Salem, many houses were injured, and many barns, trees, fences &c. were blown down. Many vessels are ashore." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Diary of William Bentley vol 3 1803-1810, p. 111 DAM: 10/11. "The high wind brought down the unfinished Steeple of the new Meeting House..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Salem MA SRC: The Holyoke Diaries: Margaret Holyoke, p145 MET: 10/9. "A violent NE storm with thunder and lightning." DAM: "Philo's chamber window blew in. There was much damage done in this and neighbouring towns. Chimneys thrown down, houses unroofed & several Steeples & meeting houses injured. Mr. Gray's three Chimneys blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/24/1804 DAM: Several ships onshore. END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Ludlum, p.36 MET: Farther northward along the coast the storm hit Salem a severe blow. At Salem there were full meteorologic observations, good coverage in the press and a most complete diary account. On Tuesday morning about 0900 the wind shifted into northeast with rain and thunder following the whole day. Holyoke's barometer dropped to 29.29" at sunset and the thermometer was down 8 degrees, at 44 degrees, from morning. After sundown the wind rose violently and continued through the night. Mr. Atwater Phippen reported that 4 inches of rain fell during the day, and 3 inches the following night, a total of 7 inches, "a greater quantity than has ever been known in the same space of time." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Ludlum, p.36 (Rev. William Bentley) MET: "This morning the wind was in the South and the weather uncertain. About 7 it shut down and it began to rain at SE and soon the wind rose and the wind changed to NE. Its violence increased till sundown and continued all night." DAM: "The barn belonging to Perkins on the Neck, was blown down and one horse killed. Beckets barn down, and all vessels drove from their anchors. Chimneys were blown down, roofs and windows injured and trees destroyed in great number. The fences suffered so much... The damage is so equally divided that few have special cause to complain. It was the heaviest blow ever known in Salem and it will be remembered as the Violent Storm of 9 Oct. 1804. We had thunder and lightning all day. We lost the railing off the top of the house in which I live." There are vessels ashore at Cape Ann, Marblehead and the damage done in Boston in great. "Roads everywhere much obstructed by the fall of trees." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Courier of NH, Wed. 10/24/1804 MET: "On Tuesday morning, October 9th, about nine o'clock, the wind changed to NE with rain, and thunder all day. After sundown the wind rose violently, and the storm continued through the whole night with little abatement... 4 inches [of rain] fell in the day, and 3 inches in the night, a greater quantity than he has ever known in the same space of time." SUR: "On account of the neap tides, little damage was done at the wharves, but the vessels at anchor drove into the upper part of the harbour, where most of them are ashore." DAM: "In town, greater damage was done, than ever had been known in it, by injuries to houses, and in the blowing down chimneys, trees and fences." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Stockbridge MA SRC: The Providence Gazette, Sat. 10/27/1804 MET: 10/13. "It may be worthy of notice, that on Tuesday night last (Oct. 9) snow fell in this town and vicinity about 6 or 7 inches; large quantities may now be seen on the mountain. We are informed that it fell in some of the neighbouring towns about 18 inches on a level, and so large were many of the drifts, that the traveling on turnpikes was impeded, in many places where it was cut through it was 6 or 7 feet." END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Taunton MA SRC: The NH Gazette, Tues. 10/16/1804 DAM: "A large new house was blown down, & many trees destroyed, as at other places." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1804 LOC: Windsor VT SRC: Rutland Herald Sat 10/20/1804 MET: "On Thursday last commenced a severe snow storm, which continued through the day. The snow fell from one to four feet on a level, in this and the towns at the north. Great damage has accrued to the orchards and groves in consequence of it." END: HUR: N1806 LOC: Barnstable MA, Edgartown MA SRC: Ludlum p.39 DAM: From Barnstable on Cape Cod and Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard, much closer to the track of the ocean storm, the reports spoke of a tremendous deluge and winds severe enough to cause structural damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1806 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum p.39 MET: The marine reporter for the Boston Gazette noticed a hard rain and blow in the harbor and mentioned that the wind raged much higher out on Massachusetts Bay on Sunday. END: HUR: N1806 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum p. 40 MET: From Boston, probably well to the west of the heavy rain belt, we have a rain gauge measurement to the effect that 0.40 inch fell in the hour from 1200 to 1300 on Sunday, a respectable figure, but certainly not a record for Boston. END: HUR: N1806 LOC: Brewster MA SRC: Ludlum p.39 DAM: From Brewster came accounts of great destruction to crops and to the valuable salt works from the combined onslaught of wind and rain. FLD: The observer wrote: "It is supposed there is 18 inches of water on the level." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1806 LOC: Edgartown MA SRC: Ludlum p.39 MET: At Edgartown an observer related that Saturday morning dawned with the wind in the southwest and a light rain falling, with flashes of lightning but no thunder. The rain increased, falling in torrents most of the day, but abated toward evening. Early in the night the wind went into the east, then veered to northeast "and increased to one of the severest gales I have ever experienced." He estimated that 36 inches of rain fell during the storm. DAM: There was great crop destruction on the island. Five coasters were driven ashore there. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1806 LOC: Kingston RI SRC: Nailer Tom's Diary p.278 MET: 22d C.W.s.w. Logd at Simeon Olnys last Night. broke fast their morning. Dind at arnols in Est Greenwitch. 23d r.W.n.E Supt and logd at John Hasard last Night in North Kingston. brokefast and Dind their this day. returnd home. 24th r.W.n.E. did not gow to meeting. END: HUR: N1806 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum p.39 MET: The New York City area received a sound lashing from the fringe of the storm, with a northeast gale prevailing from Saturday morning to noon of Sunday, when it shifted to north-northwest, but still blew a gale until dark. A heavy, incessant rain accompanied the wind until the shift occurred. END: HUR: N1806 LOC: Smithfield RI SRC: Medical & Agricultural Register 1806-07, p.141 MET: "The weather continued dry till the 23rd, when we had a copious shower in the morning, and some thunder, followed by gentle rain till night; when the wind shifted from north-west to north and north-east, and the rain continued with considerable wind, till the evening of the following day. The temperature of the air changed very suddenly at the commencement of the shower on the 23rd. At fifteen minutes before nine, A.M. the mercury stood at 78 degrees; but in twelve or fifteen minutes it had fallen to 68 degrees." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Abington MA SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: Barns blown down, houses unroofed, some buildings carried off from their foundations, boards and shingles lodged miles away, hay blown everywhere, whole orchards and fences flattened. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Abington MA SRC: Salem Gazette 9/26 DAM: Houses and barns have been prostrated. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Abington MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: Meeting house totally destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Abington MA SRC: Mass Spy 9/27 DAM: The stage to Boston from New Bedford saw 3 houses and 4 barns blown down when they passed through that town. Trees and vegetation were generally prostrate. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Acton MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 DAM: Damage estimated at $40,000. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Acton MA SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 DAM: "It is stated to us that the damage the little town of Acton sustained, has been estimated at $40,000! and that the fallen wood, including the fruit trees, on one farm, would measure 5000 cords." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Albany NY SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 DAM: No violence of the wind mentioned. FLD: The rains were heavy, the Hudson river rose to an uncommon height, so that the wharves were overflowed, and cellars filled. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Albany NY SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 FLD: "Heavy rains which fell on Fri 9/22 and Sat 9/23 have caused a most unusual rise in the Hudson - Our wharves yesterday 9/24 were overflowed. We fear much damage has been done to the crops inland and other low grounds." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Amherst MA, Brookfield MA, New Beford MA, New London CT, Tolland CT SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Wind SE at 1130. At 1330 it subsided (from Darling's Table). All the country within this place, Brookfield, Tolland, New London, New Bedford, tempest raged about equally. DAM: Great destruction of trees. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Amherst NH SRC: Farmer Cabinet, 9/30/1815 DAM: "Damage done to the interior to timber and fruit trees is incalculable. The crops were too much matured to receive material injury. Very few lives, however, were lost." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Amherst NH SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: Several barns demolished, many buildings unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Amherst NH SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: Barns, sheds, fences, and trees were blown down, and several houses unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Amherst NH SRC: Salem Gazette 9/29 MET: 9/23. "Today at 1130 the severest gale..ever known here, from the SE, was experienced...attended with rain." It continued till 1330. DAM: Sheds, fences, trees, & c. are blown down, buildings unroofed, and fragments of parts(?) of trees strewn in every direction." Several barns have been demolished. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Amherst NH, Concord NH SRC: New Bedford Mercury 10/6 DAM: "We have accounts as far as Concord and Amherst NH at which places the gale was more severe than ever known there before - many buildings were blown down or unroofed, orchards and forest-trees levelled, and many cattle killed by their falling." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Andover MA SRC: Bond diary DAM: 9/23. Entry on Sept. 23: "Witnessed one of the most violent and destructive storms ever felt in this country. Forests were prostrated, buildings were blown down &c &c (etc.)". NOT: The next entry is Oct. 4, which does not provide any details about the storm. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Andover MA SRC: American Advocate 10/7 DAM: Many houses unroofed, and trees generally laid prostrate. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Andover MA SRC: American Advocate 9/30 SUR: Salt spray reached Andover and blighted everything. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ashburnham MA SRC: Sterns, Erza S. MET: "A wind from the SE of unprecedented velocity continued with slight abatement from 0900 to 1100 in the forenoon." DAM: 9/23. "1815. In September there was a remarkable gale that caused great damage in this town... Fences, trees and in some localities whole forests were prostrated. Its greatest force was from Maine to New York and inland from sixty to eighty miles. The Great Blow of 1815 for many years was a subject of frequent remark." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Barnstable County MA, Bristol County MA, Essex County MA, Hampshire County MA, Middlesex County MA, Norfolk County MA, Plymouth County MA, Worcester County MA SRC: Darling 1842 SUR: In all places to leeward of salt water, pastures ruined by salt spray, and whole of trees and vegetables so blighted and changed to appear as though they had been burned. DAM: Damage pretty equally felt in injury of meeting houses, dwellings, chimneys, barns and trees. All fruit shaken off. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Barre MA SRC: Walker 1910 DAM: Hurricane swept through the eastern part of town, prostrating huge trees and almost complete forests. As this was then a heavily wooded region the loss even for those days was a serious one. After the hurricane people worked to save as much timber as possible and every available wood chopper was pressed into service. The trunks of trees were cut into logs and dozens of yokes of oxen engaged to draw the logs to the nearby sawmills, all of them being driven to their utmost capacity night and day to convert the best logs into planks, boards, etc. Many pines were not saved and could still be seen rotting 100 years later. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Barrington RI SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: A distillery was totally destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Block Island RI (New Shoreham) SRC: Palladium 9/29 DAM: The gale was felt severely there. All small crafts were destroyed - several houses were blown down. One man drowned. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Palladium 9/26 MET: 9/23. At about 1300 the wind shifted to SW and the clouds dispersed, the weather began to moderate. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Storm of rain from NE. Increased at night and wind somewhat violent. During night it abated. 9/23. Morning storm renewed its violence. The wind grew stronger from E until almost 1100, when it shifted SE and increased in violence until 1200. Then it began to abate, and between 1300 and 1400 shifted to SW. At 1400 danger from wind was over. Another account: 9/23. Storm began at 0400 from E with slight rain. By 1200 a violent hurricane. At 1400 abated. At 1800 moderate weather. SUR: At 1200, 2 hours before high water, when gale from SE was at its height the tide rose very high, but when the winds shifted the tide rose earlier than normal. Everything covered with salt. DAM: Glass-house blew down at 1100. Trees were thrown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Davis 1992 DAM: 60 vessels went down in the harbor. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Patriot 9/27 MET: 9/22. Storm began Friday with rain out of the NE. Moderate thoughout the day. During the night it became somewhat violent but then abated. 9/23. In the morning the storm renewed its violence, with increasing winds until about 1100. At this time the winds shifted SE and continued increasing in violence until 1200 when it began to gradually abate between 1300 and 1400, when the wind then shifted to SW. At 1400 all danger from the wind was over. SUR: At 1200, 2 hours before calendar high tide, water was very high, but subsided after the wind shifted. DAM: The worst damage was to shipping. The only building damaged was the glass house, blown in on its furnace at 1100, a very rickety building. Some chimneys went down, particularly on Mt. Vernon. Many houses injured, one small one unroofed. The greatest loss is the destruction of the ornamental fruit trees and elms in town, particularly on the mall and the commons. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Columbian 9/27 MET: From the Boston Evening Gazette Sat night 9/23: The storm began at 0400 from the E wind brisk and heavy showers - at 0900 blew a fresh gale from the E with slight rain - at 1045 wind shifted from E to SE without rain and by 1200 had become the most violent hurricane. At 1400 it abated - and at 1800 moderate weather. DAM: Roofs, chimneys, blinds, slate, signs, sheds, trees, branches, fences & c were continually scattered and hurled with great velocity in all parts of town. All the public edifices injured. The trees on the mall (particulalry on the western end), 8 to 12 ft in girth, were torn up by the roots. The lumber wharves lost 200,000 ft of boards. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Columbian Centinel 9/27 MET: 9/23. Sat morning the wind became increasingly violent from the E. At 1100 winds shifted to SE and continued increasing in violence until about 1200 when it began to abate. Between 1300 and 1400 winds shifted to SW. At 1400 all danger was over. SUR: The winds fortunately compelled the water to subside earlier than normal. DAM: Heavy damage sustained by the wind, the worst upon shipping. The whole loss is much less severe than apprehended. Most sunken vessels have been raised. The roofs of a few buildings were removed or blown off; others were unslated, fragments of which caused most of the destruction to windows. 60 chimney tops were blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 MET: Rain from the NE began Friday 9/22. At night it increased and wind became somewhat violent. It abated a while, and then on Sat 9/23 morning picked up its violence from E and kept increasing until 1100 when it shifted to SE, and continued increasing in violence until 1200. The wind stopped rising then. It began abating and between 1300 and 1400 shifted SW. At the close of the afternoon it had entirely subsided. SUR: At 1200, 2 hours before high water the tide was very high. DAM: Only building demolished was the glass house at 1100- a very old rickety building. Damage is not so severe as many thought it would be. Exposed parts of town such as Mt. Vernon, the Neck, & c. suffered material damage, but 2/3's if not 3/4's of the buildings did not suffer any damage. The roofs of a few buildings came off, others were unslated which consequently broke several windows. 3 or 4 chimneys of the State House were blown down and slate blown off. 20 trees on the mall and the Common were torn up by the roots. 5 elms in front of the Granary burial ground blown over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA SRC: New Bedford Mercury DAM: "The accounts, in the Boston papers, of the gale experienced here, are rather exaggerated, and in some instances inaccurate; and must have been penned during the gale or immediately after it had subsided, when the agitated feelings of the moment unreasonably controlled the judgement.." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Independent Chronicle 9/25 MET: 9/23. The storm began at 0400 from E; wind brisk, and heavy showers - at 0900, blew a fresh gale from the E with slight rain - at 1045 the wind shifted from E to SE (without rain), and by 1200 had become a most violent hurricane - at 1400 the gale had abated - and at 1800 moderate weather. DAM: Roofs, chimneys, battlements, railings, turrets, windows, blinds, slate, signs, sheds, trees, branches, fences, & c. were continually scattered and hurled with astonishing velocity. NOT: For more details see source. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Charlestown) SRC: Salem Gazette 9/26 DAM: Upper story of a large brick building blown in. A meeting house partly unroofed, part of a steeple blown away. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester) SRC: Farrar 1818 DAM: It was computed that not less than 5000 apple trees were blown down in that town alone. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester) SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: 17 houses and 40 barns unroofed, some barns demolished, 60 chimneys blown down, 5,000+ fruit trees torn up by the roots. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester) SRC: Boston Patiot 9/27 DAM: "The devastation unparalleled...17 houses unroofed, 68 chimneys blown over, about 40 barns unroofed and demolished, upwards of 5000 fruit and forest trees were prostrated: the South meeting house partly unroofed and the Noah meeting house much injured." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester) SRC: Boston Centinel 9/27 DAM: "The devastation was unparalleled since its settlement. 17 houses were unroofed, 60 chimneys blown over, about 40 barns unroofed and demolished; upwards of 5000 fruit and forest trees were prostrated." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury), Brookline MA, Milton MA, Quincy MA SRC: Salem Gazette 9/26 DAM: "The ravages in (the above) have been dreadful--barns and houses unroofed and destroyed, and fences and orchards prostrated." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Jamaica Plain) SRC: Mass Spy 9/27 DAM: "...the damage has been great, in the total destruction of houses, fences, and fruit trees." NOT: See account for specific buildings damaged FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Roxbury MA), Bridgewater MA, Dedham MA, New Bedford MA SRC: Columbian 9/27 DAM: In these towns and the areas adjacent the roads exhibit an unprecedented scene of devastation. Stacks of hay are scattered, fences, trees and barns prostrated, and dwelling houses half ruined. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Roxbury) SRC: Boston Patiot 9/27 DAM: Damage was as great as at any other place in this vicinity, in the destruction of barns, sheds, chimneys, fences, trees & c. One meeting house partly unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Roxbury) SRC: Columbian 9/27 DAM: A barn full of hemp was said to have been carried 5.5 ft from its original foundation. Considerable damage to trees and chimneys. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boston MA (Roxbury) SRC: Mass Spy 9/27 DAM: "On the north side the stocks of salt hay are principally blown down and scattered in the wind, on the south side, the factories, store, barns and sheds belonging to A.Davis & Co. are much damaged, several chimneys and about 200 feet of shed blown down; a large new barn, having within 40 tons of hay and several horses was moved from its foundation 5 ft. His fences and fruits also entirely destroyed." Several other barns, small buildings and a house were destroyed, and many others injured. The meeting house partly unroofed. "Our correspondent remarks that the damage sustained in Roxbury and vicinity, in fruit trees alone, will take 20 years of industry to replace." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Boxford MA SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: A house and several other buildings were blown down. One boy was literally carried by the wind two or three rods. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Braintree MA SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 SUR: "The tide in the river was kept back 2 hours by the wind." DAM: "In no place we learn has the tempest excercised greater force than in Braintree, where houses, barns, & c. were prostrated, and cattle killed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Brattleboro VT SRC: Perley 1891 FLD: Wind was not severe there, but heavy rain fell during 9/22 night and 9/23 morning, flooding streams in the vicinity and causing destructive floods. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Brattleboro VT SRC: Salem Gazette 10/6 FLD: Heavy rains of 9/22 evening and 9/23 morning raised the streams to an unusual height. Much injury sustained to dams, bridges, mills, & c. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Brattleboro VT SRC: Reporter 9/26 FLD: "The heavy rain of Friday 9/22 night and Saturday 9/23 forenoon, raised the streams in this vicinity to an unusual height, and much injury has been sustained in the destruction of dams, bridges, & c. Considerable damage was done to the grist-mill in this village." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Brewster MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: A schooner driven on shore but no damage done on land. FSC: F- END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: Albany Daily Advertiser MET: "The late storm which commenced on Thursday 9/21, continued with increasing violence until 1100 on Sat. 9/23 morning, the wind during the whole time blew a severe gale, accompanied with rain from the NE..." SUR: "... and had so much increased the waters in the Sound, that the tide, which in ordinary weather would have been full at 1444, attained its greatest height at 1230, and was then near six feet above common flood tides, and had it not fortunately happened that the wind some hours before the tide was at full, veered round to the NW it must have risen to an alarming height. The oldest inhabitants did not remember so high a tide by nearly one foot...boats floated in the streets, considerable damage sustained in the stores along the shore." DAM: "Fruit and shade trees have suffered severely in the borough and its vicinity; most of the large and beautiful weeping willows on the public square were torn up by the roots or wrenched off at their trunks. The railing of the long bridge over the harbor blew off. Between the mill dam and the yellow mill is impassible, though every precaution was used for their preservation before the water had risen to its height." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Wind NE from 0600 until 1045, and was NW at 1100. Account is lost. These figures are from Darling's table. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 MET: 9/21. Severe storm commenced which lasted about 46 hours; during which time the wind continued with little variation from the NE with incessant rain until Sat 9/23 morning, when wind shifted to N and NW, and the wind continued growing more violent. SUR: The tide rose to an uncommon height, which is believed to have never been seen before. The whole of Water St. was inundated, with boats sailing from one end to the other. A considerable quantitiy of salt was lost; one man lost 100 bushels. The bridge was considerably injured by the wind, and a bridge 0.5 mile E of here was destroyed by the tide. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bridgewater MA SRC: Salem Gazette 9/26 DAM: Almost every inhabitant there has suffered a loss. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bridgewater MA, Middleboro MA SRC: Mass Spy 9/27 DAM: A stage from Middleboro to Bridgewater was compelled to unharness the horses and walk them to safety because of the number of trees falling in the road. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Brimfield MA, Haverhill MA, Northampton MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: "Although it was severely felt in this town [Haverhill] and vicinity and proved to be very destructive to the trees, sheds, fences , & c. and if it had not been for the timely and vigorous exertions of our citizens would have materially injured the brick buildings now erecting in this town, yet the loss sustained here dwindles into nothing when we reflect on that which has befallen many other places." "At Brimfield and Northampton, the gale proved itself as violent as here." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bristol RI SRC: Perley 1891 SUR: All vessels were driven a great distance in on land. The tide rose 7 ft higher than was ever known. Wharves completely swept away. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bristol RI SRC: Salem Gazette 10/6 SUR: Nearly all the vessels there driven a great distance on land and injured. The tide rose 7 ft higher than was ever known before, which carried away several buildings. A long range of brick stores of the wharf carried away. Wharves completely swept away. DAM: A great number of trees blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bristol RI SRC: Columbian Centinel 10/4 DAM: Whole loss of property computed at $150,000. 4 people died. NOT: See source for further details about damage to shipping END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bristol RI SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/9 MET: 9/23. Gale began at ESE. At 0900 it blew violently... SUR: ...and the tide was at common high mark, then having three hours to rise. The water rose 3 ft an hour till past 1100. The wind came round as usual at high water, at SW and the sea was such as cannot be described. Immense loss of property due to tides. Loss computed at $150,000. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bristol RI SRC: Vermont Mirror 10/11 MET: From a letter to a man in Middlebury from his son in Bristol: "Storm commenced about 0800. The two days before it was cloudy and cold, but little rain fell. We observed a warm current of air right after breakfast..." SUR: "...and the tide began to rise earlier than usual. By 0900 it was higher than it ordinarily is at 1200." DAM: "The wind at this time rose in violence. Everything was in the most violent agitation. Trees were every moment falling, broken limbs flying through the air, chimneys, railings, tiles, shingles and roofs descended on people in the streets. Only 2 vessels rode out the storm, many wrecked. Several houses carried away. One man lost $100,000. Not a house escaped unhurt. The forest is just prostrated by the wind." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Bristol RI, East Greenwich RI, Newport RI, Warren RI, Wickford RI SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: Loss of property was severe. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Brookline MA SRC: Columbian 9/27 DAM: Considerable damage to trees and chimneys. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Brooklyn CT SRC: Mass Spy 9/27 DAM: Most barns unroofed and most exposed fruit trees uprooted. Many houses damaged by fallen chimneys. Scarcely a shed standing. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Buzzards Bay SRC: Goodwin SUR: Was 8 to 10 ft above the normal spring tides. It mainly did damage to the salt works. Some coasting vessels were floated into the woods. Not much damage except that the grass was entirely killed due to the flood and many trees perished in cedar swamps which were flooded with salt water. Flooding also contaminated many wells and small bodies of fresh water in the area. NOT: See source for more details END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cambridge MA (Cambridgeport) SRC: American Mercury 10/4 DAM: Two meeting houses considerably injured. Two 3-story brick houses and two 3-story wooden houses entirely demolished. Many others greatly injured. A number of families deserted their homes during the gale. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cambridge MA (Cambridgeport) SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 DAM: 2 houses blown down, 40 other buildings unroofed or otherwise injured. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cambridge MA (Cambridgeport) SRC: Columbian Centinel 9/27 DAM: "Several inhabited dwelling houses were demolished. Most of the other buildings were injured and the damage was so immense that many people fled to the fields for safety." FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cambridge MA (Cambridgeport) SRC: Mass Spy 9/27 DAM: One group of houses were blown down and scattered in ruins; 40 other valuable buildings unroofed and otherwise much damaged; and scarcely a chimney, tree, or fence has survived. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cambridge MA (Cambridgeport) SRC: Perley 1891 SUR: Schooner carried up into Main St. DAM: Two houses blown down, 40 others unroofed or injured by the wind. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cambridge MA (Cambridgeport), Danvers MA, Gloucester MA, Newburyport MA, Reading MA, Salem MA, Saugus MA, Wells ME SRC: Davis 1992 DAM: Roofs were ripped from houses in all of these towns. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cambridge MA, Boston MA SRC: Farrar 1818 SUR: The sea had risen unusually high in Boston Harbor 2 hours before calendar time of high water, but the direction of the wind at that time tended to counteract the tide and thus saved the principle seaports. DAM: 9/23. It had rained for 24 hours with moderate winds from the NE when early in the morning the winds shifted to E and began to blow in gusts accompanied with showers. It continued to shift S and increase in violence while rain abated. Between 0900 and 1000 it became alarming - chimneys and trees were blown over, both to the W and N. Shingles and slate were torn from roofs and carried about 3 points W of N. Greatest destruction between 1030 and 1130. Rain ceased when the winds shifted from SE to S. A clear sky visible in many places during the utmost violence. The air had an unusual appearance, and was filled with flying debris. The Charles River raged, and its spray went up 60 or 100 ft. One could not stand in place when fully exposed to the wind. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cambridge MA, Boston MA SRC: Farrar 1818 MET: 9/23. The barometer fell very fast that morning and when the wind was highest had fallen about half an inch. It began to rise as the wind abated and recovered its former elevation about 29.90 by the time the storm was over. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Canterbury CT SRC: American Mercury 10/4 DAM: Reports a dwelling house blew down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Canterbury CT SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: A dwelling house blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Canton MA SRC: Palladium.. 9/29 DAM: 2 or 3 houses were blown down - and a great number of barns, trees, & c. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cape Ann MA SRC: Columbian 9/27 DAM: "...seemed to be the center of the gale's greatest force - six vessels, including a gunboat, went ashore and were stove to pieces- the trees and vegetation nearly destroyed." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: Gale was but slightly felt. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 DAM: Reports from the N side of Cape Cod continue favorable. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Palladium 9/29 DAM: On the north side of Cape Cod the damage done was comparatively inconsiderable. The salt works there received little or no damage. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Palladium 9/29 DAM: On the south side of Cape Cod the destruction was great - nearly all the Salt Works were destroyed. The loss at Falmouth is estimated at $40,000. The vessels were generally driven on shore in the harbours and rivers on that side. 18 vessels driven ashore at Bass river. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Chelsea MA SRC: Salem Gazette DAM: The great elm tree 17 ft in girth which had a portico capable of holding 30 persons was blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Chester MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 9/27/1815 FLD: A bridge and mill swept off by the rains. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Chesterfield MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 9/27/1815 FLD: A saw mill and grist mill swept off by the rains. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Concord NH SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: Destruction of forest trees extensive, and many cattle were killed by trees falling on them. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Concord NH SRC: Salem Gazette 9/29 DAM: The most destructive gale remembered. Loss of orchards, forest trees, and buildings was very great. Scarcely an apple left on the trees, many cattle were killed by falling trees. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Concord NH SRC: New Hampshire Gazette 10/3 MET: 9/23. The wind commenced in the morning at NE - about 1200 it changed to the SE and for 2 hours it seemed to threaten everything with ruin. DAM: The sturdy oak, the stately elm, and the pliant poplar, were alike victims to its fury. The destruction of the orchards and buildings has been great: there is scarcely an apple left on the standing trees. Many cattle have been killed by the falling trees. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Connecticut SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: "The adjacent towns, we learn, have suffered their full proportion. The destruction of fruit and forest trees is immense; and from all quarters we hear of houses and barns blown down, unroofed, or otherwise injured. Great quantities of hay, which had been stacked in the field are blown away and lost. The great number of apple trees destroyed will be felt for years to come. They were generally in full bearing; so that the supply of winter apples and late cider will be diminished. Many farmers have also suffered heavily in the destruction of large quantities of young timber. We have heard the loss of some good farmers to be estimated from 1,000 to 1,500 dollars." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Connecticut SRC: (Norwich) Courier 9/27 DAM: "Of the neighboring towns..the destruction of the fruit and forest trees is immense; and from all quarters we hear of houses and barns blown down, unroofed, or otherwise injured." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Connecticut River SRC: Boston Patriot 9/30 DAM: "Thousands of bushels of apples, shaken or blown from the trees on the borders of the Connecticut, are said to have been seen floating down that river." FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Conway MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 9/27/1815 FLD: Several bridges and mills swept off by the late rains. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Cummington MA SRC: Bryant diary MET: Entries: 9/20. pleasant 9/21. overcast, cool, rained all night 9/22. morning cloudy. Set out from home then began to rain. Halted at Linkfields(?) in Winchester(?), from there to Greenfield. Rained all night. 9/23. very rainy and windy. Rode to Conway, halted at Mar(Mase)(?) Wells journied and hours rain very hard(?) bridges all carried off. Went to Esq. William. Journied over the Sabby(?). Stopped raining in the afternoon - no getting home. 9/24. pleasant, cool 9/25. clear, pleasant. Set out for home. Went through part of Plainfield after many crosses and turns on account of bridges being gone. We arrived a little after noon. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Danvers MA SRC: Smith 1946 DAM: One account states that 100 year old oaks were blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Danvers MA SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: Barns, sheds, chimneys, fences, and trees were prostrated. Orchards and forests suffered severely and 100+ year old oaks torn up. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Danvers MA SRC: American Advocate 9/30 DAM: Storm was violent, but not greatly destructive. 100 yr old oaks were thrown down. "A vernerable pear tree imported and transplanted by Gov, Endicott A.D. 1630(?), though not prostrated, lost half of its branches". FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Dedham MA SRC: Whiting journal MET: Journal entries: 9/23. Came home to take care of things during the gale of wind. It began blowing at east about 1000 in the morning and gradually shifted to the south, and continued blowing till about 1400 in the afternoon. DAM: 9/28. Setting up large apple trees that were blown over in the late gale. 9/29. Mending barn, setting up apple trees blown down by gale. Over the next 2 months he mentions taking logs to a mill, cutting up an oak tree, mending a shed and a fence on his property. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Dedham MA SRC: Dedham Gazette 9/29 MET: The severest gale within recollection of the oldest inhabitants. 9/23. In the morning the rain fell in torrents, with the wind fresh at NE. About 0900 the wind shifted to SE and blew a gale, which increased until about 1130, when it began to abate. DAM: In this vicinity, very considerable damage was done to buildings, fences, fruit and forest trees. One house with 4 and another with 3 stacks of chimneys, had all of them blown down. The wind appears to have been of pretty uniform force for a space of 150 miles. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Dedham MA, Milton MA, Quincy MA SRC: Mass Spy 9/26 DAM: On the road to the above towns, "The barns, trees and fences are generally prostrate, and the houses exhibiting marks of devastation." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: East Greenwich RI SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Gale commenced about 0700 and continued until 1200. SUR: The tide rose 7ft higher than it ever was known. DAM: Meeting house unroofed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: East Greenwich RI SRC: Connecticut Gazette 10/11 MET: 9/23. The gale commenced about 0700, and continued until 1200. SUR: The tide rose 7 ft higher than was ever known before. It carried away all the wharves and stores. Six vessels lying at the wharves were driven a great distance on the land; a new ship of 280 tons, ready for sea, was driven about some hours at the mercy of the winds, and was finally thrown on the remains of a wharf, and considerably injured. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: East Haddam CT, Hartford CT SRC: (Norwich) Courier 9/27 SUR: The tide rose to an unncommon height. DAM: From the Connecticut River. "Gentlemen from (the above towns) state that the gale there was by no means so severe as at this place (Norwich)". A few trees and fences were blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Easthampton NY (Sag Harbor) SRC: Shaw 1936 SUR: Tide rose 6 ft. higher than it was ever seen. All cellars and many houses in lower parts full of water. The sea and wind drove sand into the ponds and covered up much valuable land and meadows. DAM: Trees strewn in every direction about the streets. Much damaged sustained all along the eastern end of Long Island. Mills are destroyed, orchard and forest trees overthrown. Another letter says many houses were unroofed, fences and trees were leveled, timber in the woods a heap of destruction, corn was ruined. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Easthampton NY (Sag Harbor) SRC: Ludlum 1963 SUR: 9/23. Reported a tide 6 ft higher than ever known before. DAM: Trees strewn everywhere about the streets. One house at Southhampton unroofed. Orchards stripped of their fruit, and much timber laid low. At Patchogue one vessel was cast on shore and destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Easthampton NY (Sag Harbor) SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 MET: "Yesterday we experienced one of the most tremendous gales ever known in this climate. It blew a hurricane." SUR: "The tide rose 6 ft higher than it was ever known. All the cellars and many of the houses in the lower parts full of water." DAM: "Trees are strewn in every direction about our streets. A rope walk entirely blown down... Damage sustained all slong the eastern end of Long Island. Mills are destroyed, and orchard and forest trees overthrown." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Easthampton NY (Sag Harbor) SRC: Columbian 9/27 MET: 9/23. It blew a hurricane. SUR: The tide rose 6 ft. higher than was ever seen. DAM: Trees strewn in every direction about the streets. A rope walk entirely blown down. Light house at Montauk so injured no light can be kept in it. Mills are destroyed. Orchard and forest trees overthrown. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Easton CT SRC: American Mercury 10/4 DAM: A tavern partly unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Edgarton MA SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 SUR: 9/23. "At 1030 the sea from the Atlantic broke over the South Beach and the tide flowed into the harbor like a devouring flood. It rose at least 3 ft in 45 minutes; the wind increased with some rain. The wharves torn to pieces. At 1120 the tide suddenly ebbed, about 4 hours before the proper time for high water. All the fresh ponds are laid open to the sea. Large tracts of meadows are cover with sand. The tide two miles west of the harbor was at least 2 ft higher. The wind on the mainland and west of here was much stronger. The tide and not the wind was the principle cause of damage. At 1130 the wind veered W and by 1300 the storm was over." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Edgarton MA SRC: American Advocate 10/7 MET: "9/23. Early morning wind was E with some rain. By 0800 it veered SE. By 1000 it was S and blew extremely hard." DAM: "At 1030 the sea broke over South Beach, and the tide flowed into the harbor. It rose at least 3 ft in 45 minutes (by 1115). The wind increased with some rain. At 1120 the tide suddenly ebbed, about 4 hours before the proper time of high water. At 1130 the wind veered W and by 1300 the storm was over. 13 vessels are on shore. 3 rode it out. Stores and stages floated into the harbor. All fresh ponds are laid open to the sea. The tide only 2 miles west of the harbor rose at least 2 ft higher." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Edgartown MA, Martha's Vineyard MA, Tisbury MA SRC: New Bedford Mercury DAM: The salt works on Martha's Vineyard were considerably destroyed, at Tisbury and Edgartown they were all carried away, and at Edgartown 12 or 15 schooners and sloops were driven on shore but will be got off without much injury. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Essex MA SRC: Essex Register 9/27 DAM: The loss of barns and outhouses, orchards and fences had been severely felt. But few vessels were injured in Salem. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. In the morning blew from SE very hard. About 0900 winds shifted to S. From 0900 to 1100 wind remained a tremendous gale. About 1200 wind was SW and continued so the rest of the day, blowing hard with heavy rain most of the time. SUR: Windows covered with salt water; trees turned black. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 SUR: The salt works and several buildings on the wharves carried away. At least 8 people drowned. DAM: Several dwelling houses more or less injured. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: American Advocate.. 10/7 SUR: The tide rose between 5 and 6 ft higher than was ever known, and 10 to 12 ft higher than is common at full tide. The wind blowing directly up the river, made a tremendous sea. Wharves are destroyed and only one store with a lot of plaster remains. The few vessels left are 1 to 2 miles from water. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: New Haven Gazette 10/2 SUR: Extract from a letter to a friend in NY from a man in New Bedford: "Yesterday at Fairhaven I was witness to the most shocking scene my eyes ever beheld. When I arose in the morning the wind was SE blowing very hard; but at about 0900 it shifted to S and remained there till 1100 blowing a tremendous gale, which sent the tide... 10 ft higher than the oldest person ever knew it to be. It carried everything before... the salt works and other buildings destroyed. Trees were blown up by the roots, fences and walls lay flat in every direction... four people drowned. At 1200 the wind was SW and continued so the remainder of the day. The trees all turned black from the salt water. Buildings entirely destroyed in low lying areas. At least 6 others drowned." DAM: "Many other houses have suffered - perhaps 100 chimneys blown down. The beach is covered with ruins for 2 miles. We hear Wareham and Rochester are nearly ruined." NOT: See source for more details FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Falmouth MA (Wood's Hole) SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 DAM: "5 or 6 vessels driven shore, but not materially injured; and it is expected they will all be got off without much difficulty." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Franklin County MA, Hampshire County MA, Worcester County MA SRC: Franklin Herald 10/3 DAM: "The storm has left many marks of its violence in the counties of Worchester, Hampshire and Franklin." NOT: The rest of the article is about Boston END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Franklin CT SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser 10/04/1815 DAM: Meeting house unroofed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Franklin CT SRC: American Mercury 10/4 DAM: Meeting house partly unroofed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Franklin CT SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: Meeting house partly unroofed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Freetown MA (Assonet) SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 SUR: Water was 3 to 4 ft high in the streets. Two or 3 ships were on the wharves. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Freetown MA (Assonet) SRC: New Bedford Mercury SUR: On the road from Newport to Boston, the water was 3 to 4 ft high in the streets and persons passed in boats. The water was as high as the window stools in the stage tavern. Two or 3 sloops and a schooner were on the wharves. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Gloucester MA SRC: Salem Gazette 9/26 DAM: A block of unfinished buildings blown down. Many buildings injured. Some ships bilged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Gloucester MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: Several ships ashore and bilged. Several stores blown down that belonged to one man. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Grafton MA, Sterling MA, Uxbridge MA, Worcester MA SRC: Salem Gazette 10/10 SUR: Places 30 mile NW of Boston and the towns listed above had their water contaminated with salt carried by the hurricane. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Groton CT SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 DAM: Most severe hurricane ever experienced there. Trees of every description uprooted, barns and houses blown down, almost everything levelled with the ground. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Groton CT SRC: Salem Gazette 10/10 DAM: Two dwelling houses, three barns, a slaughter house and 3 wharves and a tan works destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Groton MA, Shirley MA SRC: Parker family papers MET: Journal entries: 9/22. I and Levi putting up school house chimney. It storms out. 9/23. I and Levi wrought some. The storm increases to a hurricane from 1000 to (20 ?) after. Damage great to B.T.D. lot. 9/24. No meeting. 9/25. I and boys went to Groton after apples. Pleasant. 9/26. I and Levi went to Groton. Path out for bridge water. Good weather. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Hallowell ME SRC: New Bedford Mercury 10/6 DAM: "Hallowell Gazette makes no mention of any unusual storm there." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Hallowell ME SRC: American Advocate 9/30 MET: 9/23. At 0900 rain commenced with wind at NE, not then remarkably powerful. At 1400 the rain subsided and the wind suddenly shifted to E and soon SE form which point it continued to increase until 1530, when it blew almost a hurricane. From this point it gradually subsided, and at sunset was moderate. DAM: Considerable damage to woodlots, fruit trees, fences, sheds, barns, and in some few instances houses. But isn't comparable with the damage on the S and W seabaord and the interior. It was not very severe east of here - a vessel off of Mount Desert has arrived without damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Hanover NH SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 DAM: "A paper there gave some account of the storm on the seaboard, but does not mention anything remarkable there, so it is probable that its force was broken against the high grounds, without extending so far inland as was apprehended." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 DAM: The wind was also very destructive. FLD: All the streams were suddenly raised to an unusual height, causing immense damage. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: 9/23. Many trees blown down and orchards lost all of their fruit. In many instances buildings overthrown, or unroofed. FLD: All the streams were suddenly raised to an unusual height and immense damage has been done to mills, bridges, roads, & c. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: "The damage done in this town and neighborhood to bridges, mills, roads, orchards, &c. was very great, but no lives were lost." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 MET: Meteorological Journal, kept at Hartford. Sept. 22 to 28, 1815. 9/22. Barometer was 29.62 in. Prevailing winds N by E, NE. Weather rainy. 9/23. Barometer was 29.28 in. Winds NE, NW, and SW. Weather Rain and tempest. Clear. 9/24. Barometer was 29.58 in. Winds SW, w. Weather clear, then cloudy. NOT: For more details about the rest of the week see source END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Palladium... 9/29 DAM: 9/23. Many of the tree blew down, and the orchards are almost entirely divested of their fruit. In many instances buildings have been overthrown, or unroofed. FLD: All our streams were suddenly raised to an unusual height, and immense damage has been done to mills, bridges, roads, & c. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Hingham MA SRC: Salem gazette 9/29 DAM: Several barns blown over and houses much damaged. One man killed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Hingham MA SRC: American Advocate.. 10/7 DAM: Several barns blown over and houses very much damaged. Two men severely bruised, one of whom may not survive. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Kennebec ME, Portland ME, Saco ME SRC: American Advocate 9/30 DAM: "Very little damage done." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Kennebunk ME, Portland ME, Saco ME SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: Very little damage done there. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Lebanon ME SRC: Newburyport Herald DAM: "A gentleman from Lebanon observes that the roads in many places were so obstructed by fallen trees that it was rendered difficult passing with a carriage, that the fruit was all blown down from the trees, and trees in many places were demolished; that many barns were blown down and houses unroofed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Lexington MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: Many barns destroyed and trees levelled with the ground. It is supposed that one man's forest containing 2000 cords of wood was blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Lexington MA SRC: American Advocate 10/7 DAM: Damage done to buildings of every description, fruit trees and Mr. Stearns forest; it is computed that 2000 to 3000 cords of wood were blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Lisbon CT SRC: American Mercury 10/4 DAM: A barn blown down, one house partly unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Lisbon CT SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: A barn blown down, a house partly unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Little Compton RI SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 SUR: Salt works carried away, and one farm nearly overflowed. Ten acres of it is covered with gravel, 12 head of cattle drowned. Corn field overflowed. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Little Compton RI SRC: New Bedford Mercury 10/6 SUR: The saw mill was removed from its foundation and nearly destroyed, and the salt works were swept away. 250 rods of stonewall were completely leveled. DAM: Three sheds blown down. Corn and other crops much damaged. The loss of one man estimated at $3,500. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: Shaw 1939 MET: 9/21. Storm of wind and rain from the NE. 9/22. At 0200 wind suddenly shifted to the N and NW, blowing with increasing force. Was a gale all day, when the wind returned to NE and E and this got up an enormous sea. In the evening it began to increase. 9/23. At 0900 was the height of the storm. By 1600 it was over. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: Ludlum 1963 MET: 9/23. The next report of landfall after Turks Island. Ominous ship report made at 0700 off Barnegat Inlet (central NJ) indicating that a dead calm existed as an interim between severe gales of great violence, first from the ENE and then from the WNW. The eye passed over it when it was only 50 miles from Long Island. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Long Island NY (eastern) SRC: Columbian 9/27 DAM: "Much damage sustained along the eastern end of Long Island. Mills are destroyed and forests overthrown." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Long Island Sound SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: "We have heard of but little damage being done to the southward of Long Island Sound." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Lyme CT SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Wind at NE 0600 and 0700, SE at 0800 and 0900. Figures are from Darling's table. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Lyme CT (River Head) SRC: Ludlum 1963 MET: From a first hand account: 9/23. Cool wind and heavy rain from the NE continued till 0800 and then abated a little, when the wind veered to SE and a much warmer wind was felt. Violence of the wind increased gradually until 0900, at which time it blew a perfect hurricane, and continued with utmost fury until 1100. SUR: At River Head the tide rose 6 ft higher than ever known, and carried away bridges &C. Salt water found on the leaves. DAM: Barns were torn down, houses unroofed, carriage houses blown away, tore up the largest trees by the roots, some orchards nearly destroyed. The forests from New London to Connecticut River exhibit the most dreadful destruction ever made by a tornado in this part of the country. Whole forests are either broken down or torn up by the roots. Fences lay level with the ground. No deaths reported. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Lyme CT (River Head) SRC: Connecticut Gazette 9/27 MET: From a letter dated 9/25: The morning 9/23 was cloudy, with a cool wind and very heavy rain from NE which continued till 0800, when the wind veered to the SE and a much warmer wind was sensibly felt by most people who stood in the open air. The violence of the wind increased gradually unitl 0900, at which time it blew a perfect hurricane, and continued with the utmost fury till 1100. SUR: At River Head the tide rose 6 ft higher then ever it was known, carrying away bridges and c. DAM: In its course it tore down barns, unroofed dwelling houses, upset cider mills, carried away chaise houses, destroying the carriages, &c. It tore up the largest trees by the roots; some orchards are nearly destroyed, the trees lay level with the ground; the heart sickens at the sight. The forests from New London to Connecticut River (which is as far as I have heard) exhibit to the eye the most dreadful destruction ever made by a tornado in this part of the country; whole forests are either broken down, or torn up by the roots, and crossing each other; fences level with the ground. I have not heard of any lives being lost. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Lyme CT (River Head) SRC: Vermont Mirror 10/11 MET: An account by V. Utley: 9/23. The morning was cloudy with a cool wind and very heavy rain from NE which continued till 0800 and then abated a little, when the wind veered to the SE and a much warmer milder wind was felt. The violence increased gradually till 0900 at which time it blew a perfect hurricane and continued so until 1100. SUR: At River Head the tide rose 6 ft higher than was ever known, carrying away bridges &c. DAM: No lives lost. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: Columbian 9/27 DAM: "Some barns blown down, &C, but no serious damage." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: 14 vessels went ashore and bilged. 7 chimneys on one house blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 DAM: One man killed by a falling chimney. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: Salem Gazette 9/26 DAM: 14 vessels bilged, 7 chimneys on one house fell which killed a man. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: Of 26 vessels only 3 escaped. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: 9/23. Gale was very severe. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA, Stonington CT SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 SUR: One man drowned on the Vineyard. DAM: "The hurricane was very severe; many small vessels were destroyed, houses blown down, & c." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Massachusetts SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 MET: "This destroyer appears to have been from nearly a SE to NW direction; and its extent in width above 80 miles." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Massachusetts SRC: Mass Spy 9/27 DAM: A report from Boston says that the mail stage driver stated the storm was very severe east. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Middlesex County MA SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 DAM: "A letter from the interior of Middlesex describes the prostration of forest and fruit trees to have been peculiarly severe." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Middletown CT SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 SUR: Much damage was done on the Sound shore, the tide having risen higher than was ever known. It destroyed the corn and potato crops considerably. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Middletown RI SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 SUR: 3 people drowned. DAM: Houses, barns, hay, and corn were injured. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Millbury MA, Shrewsbury MA, Worcester MA SRC: Farmers Cabinet, 10/21/1815 NOT: 9/25. A letter dated Oct. 12 from Worcester stated: "On Monday preceding(?) the late hurricane a very large flock of hen hawks and white headed eagles consisting of not less than 5,000 were seen by persons in Millbury and Shrewsbury flying to the westward." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Minot's Ledge SRC: Snow 1978 DAM: "It may be of interest to note that the two great hurricanes of New England, those of 1815 and 1938, produced no unusually high seas or marine disaster in the area of Minot's Ledge." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Montville CT SRC: Salem Gazette 10/10 DAM: A bridge of a single arch built of heavy stone over a small run of water was damaged. During the storm one side of it gave way (due to the wind), not due to the water because there was very little of it. It is supposed by some that it was caused by an earthquake. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Ludlum 1963 DAM: Trusted weather watcher said "the gale was not severe" there. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 SUR: "...the tide being down, did no injury to the wharves..." DAM: "We are informed, very little damage was sustained ... One barn blown down, and some other buildings a little shattered." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: New Bedford Mercury 9/29 SUR: The tide being down did no injury to the wharves. DAM: Very little damage. One barn was blown down and some other small buildings a little shattered. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Narragansett Bay SRC: Davis 1992 SUR: 9/23. The tides were 12 ft above normal. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Needham MA SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: In Norfolk county the wind was as severe as in any other part of MA. The church there was blown over and several people were killed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Needham MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 DAM: Meeting house blown over and some persons killed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Columbian Centinel 10/4 MET: A letter dated 9/24: 9/23. At 0600 wind blew fresh at SE and had the appearance of a gale. At 1000 it became very severe, and continued to increase in violence until 1200, when it had risen to be the worst gale ever experienced by the oldest inhabitants. SUR: The tide rose and overflowed all the wharves, which were all destroyed. Ships were driven onto the wharves and into the streets. 6 persons drowned. DAM: The large populars in the author's yard were thrown against his house. NOT: See source for more details FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Wind SE at 0600 until 1200 (From Darling's table). END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Ludlum 1963 DAM: A trusted weather man reported a "tremendous gale". END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 SUR: "Several persons were also drowned." DAM: "We learn only one or two vessels of all those that were in the harbor at the time, escaped destruction." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 MET: 9/23. Gale commenced early in the morning and increased in violence until 1200. SUR: The tide rose about 10 ft above the high water mark, and 4 ft higher than was ever known. DAM: The destruction of property by the wind and tide is extensive, and several lives were lost in this and the adjacent towns. Several buildings destroyed by wind or tide. NOT: For more details see source END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 SUR: All vessels but 2 driven ashore or beaten to pieces. Some went a mile above town. The tide was 12 to 14 ft higher than usual. DAM: Many houses injured and chimneys blown down. 5 people died. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Franklin Herald 10/3 SUR: 6 people drowned. DAM: From a letter dated 9/24: Every wharf and store near the the water were destroyed. The north store was completely blown over into the river and immediately crushed to pieces. The author's father's kitchen had its roof and chimney blown off. NOT: For more details see source FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: New Bedford Mercury 9/29 MET: 9/23. Gale began early in the morning and increased in violence until near 1200. SUR: The tide rose 10 ft above high water mark, and 4 ft higher then was ever known. In the south part of town the whole salt works with 100 bushels of salt was carried away. A large range of stores on the wharf were moved 12 or 14 ft from its foundation. At least 5 people drowned. DAM: Several lives were lost in this and adjacent towns. A turning mill nearly destroyed. A boat builder's shop thrown down. A large building containing a bakery and a boat shop thrown down. A man's shop and wood house injured, his barn down. A store with 800 bushels of corn and other property destroyed. NOT: For more details of damage see source FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Connecticut Gazette 9/27 MET: Wind was NE in the early morning. At 0700 was very violent and soon after became almost a hurricane...soon after 1100 the wind shifted to the westward and abated. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Bedford MA, New London CT, Brookfield MA, Tolland CT SRC: Smith 1946 DAM: One account states that there was great destruction of trees in these towns. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New England SRC: New Haven Gazette 11/6 SUR: The author believes that the wind could not have blown such great quantities of salt inland, and therefore theorizes that it arose spontanously out of the air during the storm because the air was so hot and suffocating in some places. Also he believes that an earthquake, occurring at the same time as the hurricane, moved the rocks at Point Judith, as well as several bridge stones in New London, each of which weighed 3-4 tons and were moved upstream several feet. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Hampshire SRC: Portsmouth Oracle 9/30 DAM: "In the country and every direction, as far as we have information, the general effects have been nearly the same - many houses have been unroofed-many barns, sheds, & c. destroyed- chimneys blown down- fruit and forest trees overturned, &c. It is expected the harvest will not suffer greatly, as the corn was ripe and only required drying-the fruit was all shaken from the trees, where the trees remained but the apples were generally in a mature state; and the quantitiy of cider is still expected to be considerable." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Since morning winds from NE. Severe storm of wind and rain at night. 9/23. Storm continued throughout the morning. 6 1/2 inches of rain fell during the storm. Wind NE until 1200 when it shifted W, and in the evening SW. SUR: Wharf inundated. DAM: Did damage to roads and bridges. FLD: Streams much swelled. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Ludlum 1963 MET: President day on Yale campus recorded 6.71 inches of rain from 9/21 to 9/23. 9/23. Temperature was 48 deg, wind NE and rain was falling at sunrise when weather info was recorded. By 1300 the clouds had broken and the temp. had risen to 65 deg. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Ludlum 1963 SUR: "The tide rose an extraordinary height and drifted some...articles from the wharves," DAM: The Columbian Register stated that the damages there were "trifling, considering the violence of the storm ... it appears by accounts from the eastward that the storm raged more severely, and that more disasters were sustained by the seacoast towns between this and Boston." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 SUR: General loss due to the tide. NOT: See story for details END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: New Haven Gazette 10/2 DAM: "In this harbour the shipping sustained no injury, and in comparison with other places the damage done here is not worthy of note." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New London CT SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. During the day and night heavy rain with wind NE. 9/23. Wind increased and at 0700 very violent. Soon after almost a hurricane. During the strength of the wind in the eddies the air was extremely hot and suffocating. SUR: The tide began to flood about 0600 and covered the wharves before 0900. At 1000 it had risen 3 or 4 ft higher than was ever known. Waves rose 4 to 6 ft. in the streets. Soon after 1100 the wind shifted to W and abated. Sea returned with the velocity it came in, though it should have run flood until 1200. Showers of salt water fell on the whole area, which shrunk the leaves of many trees. DAM: Stores were falling, buildings were unroofed, trees fell. The destruction of trees in all towns in the area was immense. Estimates claimed half the best fruit and forest trees fell. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New London CT SRC: Darling 1842 MET: Another account. 9/23. Winds were from NE for 2 or 3 days and then shifted to E at 0800, when its severity commenced. Between 0900 and 1000 veered to SE, when it blew most violent. SUR: Brooks and wells became brackish. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New London CT SRC: Smith 1946 DAM: One account reports, "The destruction of trees in all towns in the neighborhood was immense. Intelligent farmers estimate half the best fruit and forest trees have fallen." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New London CT SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 SUR: "Accounts from N. London, represent the ravages as unprecedented, and the destruction of property by it as immense. That every dock in the harbor has been swept away and also a number of houses and stores near the water side. The value of property destroyed and swept away is estimated at $60,000. No lives lost" END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New London CT SRC: Boston Patriot 10/7 DAM: Destruction of trees there immense. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New London CT SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 MET: 9/22. During day and night heavy rainfall, wind NE. 9/23. Wind increased during the morning and at 0700 was very violent. Soon after became a hurricane. SUR: The tide began to flood about 0600, had covered the wharves by 0900, and at 1000 had risen from 3 to 4 ft higher than was ever known. Waves were 4 to 6 ft high in the streets. The destructive scene was short - soon after 1100 the wind shifted to W and abated. The sea returned with the same velocity it came in though it should have run flood till 1200. Several buildings destroyed from flooding. DAM: Several barns blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New London CT SRC: Salem Gazette 10/10 SUR: 10/4. The brooks continue to run brackish. Some wells are brackish. Some people claim that their wells had plenty of water previously, but were dry while the tempest raged. A stone bridge near by was swept away. DAM: It is supposed by some persons of this city that there was the shock of an earth quake during the storm. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New London CT SRC: Columbian 9/27 MET: From a letter dated 9/25: 9/22. Wind from NE, but not very hard. 9/23. At 0800 wind shifts to E and severity of gales begins. Between 0900 and 1000 it veered to SE when it blew with most intensity. SUR: The sea rose within a few moments and by 1000 was about 9 or 10 ft higher than the ordinary tide on the account of the wind being much more violent then than at 1200 when high tide would normally come in. The gale subsided around 1200. Damage mostly done to stores, the wharves, and shipping. No wharves are left. DAM: In other parts of town several dwelling houses are unroofed, and some laid waste. Wooden fences generally done everywhere. Trees are stripped of their branches and great numbers taken up by the roots. Every kind of vegetation has the appearance of suffering from a frost. No lives were lost. Several lives were lost at Stonington. Adjacent towns, particularly those eastward, suffered equally in many respects, and perhaps more from destruction of buildings orchards, fences, cornfields, & c. Only 2 or 3 vessels rode out the storm. All others sunk or on shore. Of 8 slaughter houses which stood on the river, one is standing. Several dwelling houses, barns, and other buildings unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New London CT SRC: Franklin Herald 10/3 MET: During the strength of the wind the air was extremely hot and suffocating in the eddies. SUR: 6 wharves built on piles entirely gone. Seven wharves built with solid piers essentially damaged. DAM: Nine stores and 5 slaughter houses utterly destroyed. Four dwelling houses nearly destroyed, and 11 houses considerably injured. Two ropewalks blown down, 1 partly. Several ships damaged. Seven small crafts sunk, 4 got on the wharves. Two brigs with horses and cattle on deck washed ashore. Gun boat bilged on the rocks. Damage in the city should not exceed $60,000. No one died. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New London CT SRC: (Norwich) Courier 9/27 SUR: Many buildings on Beach St. are swept away. The wharves are ruined, and the shipping have dreadfully suffered. DAM: Was much more severe than at Norwich supposedly. Some buildings unroofed - and fences and trees blown down in every direction. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New York NY SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/21. At night violent storm of wind and rain set in from NE and continued till about 0200 on 9/22, when it suddenly shifted to N and NW, and blew with increased violence. 9/22. Gale all day from NE and E with heavy and incessant rain. Gale increased in the evening and continued all night. 9/23. At 0200 winds backed round to N, and by 0900 was at NNW, when it was most violent. In the course of the forenoon gradually backed round to SW. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum 1963 SUR: The river wharves were mostly underwater by 1000, 3 hours before flood tide. When the winds shifted to SW, the gale subsided and the water lowered gradually, leaving only minor damage along the waterfront. DAM: 9/23. Was buffeted by very heavy rain and gales from the NE, but escaped with only moderate damage. Gales violence increased in the morning. Shade trees and ornamentals suffered in the city, but overall the damage was very minor, and it was expected that more would be done considering the violence of the gale. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New York NY SRC: Farrar 1818 MET: Storm reached its greatest height there about 0900 when winds were from the NW. The winds were the same direction in Montreal at that time, though they did not reach their greatest height for several hours later. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New York NY SRC: Columbian 10/23 MET: Great deal of rain since 9/21 night. Winds were from NE and E. Gale was more severe in the morning than since it began. Winds have shifted to W. SUR: The tide is unusually high. DAM: Many trees within the city are blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New York NY SRC: Boston Centinel 9/27 MET: From the NY Gazette 9/23: 9/21. A NE gale began. 9/22. Gale shifts to N and NW. 9/23. 0200 wind backs round to N and by 0900 it was NW, when it was most violent. In the course of the morning it backed round to SW and now blows fresh in that direction. SUR: Considerable property damage to the cellars on the E side due to flooding. DAM: Some damage done to the N side of town. Many trees down around the city. Overall the damage is much less than anticipated. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New York NY SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 MET: According to one man, a gale of no uncommon violence was experienced on 9/22 night. On 9/23 from 0600 to 0900 it was most violent from the NW. At 1100 fair weather. DAM: Within those 3 hours some trees were blown down. Only one vessel slightly injured. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: New York NY SRC: Franklin Herald 10/3 MET: 9/22. Storm began in the morning and continued with increasing violence until 1000 on 9/23. At 1000 the wind shifted from NE to SW when it soon diminished. SUR: The flood tide came 2 or 3 hours before high water, and overflowed many of the docks. On the shifting of the wind, the water gradually retreated. Little damage sustained overall, though the wharves in some places are injured. A quantitiy of boards, plaster, & c. washed off. DAM: The devastation among the trees through every part of the city is greater than we have witnessed for 10 or 12 years. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 MET: 9/23. "The storm raged here with considerable violence in the forenoon ... The storm subsided about 1200." DAM: "The streets, some of them, rendered impassible, by the quantities of trees, & c. which were blown down by the severity of the gale. Several fences, roofs and chimneys of the new houses, and some old buildings, were brought to the ground. In general the vessels in the harbor, though many broke their masts, were uninjured." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: Newburyport Herald 9/26 MET: "It (the hurricane) raged most severely in this town from the hour of 1000 to 1300, when it gradually subsided." DAM: "Some of the streets were impassible by fallen trees; and a number of houses, barns, battlements, fences, chimneys, & c. were injured or blown down. The shipping, in general, rode out the gale without much damage, though many broke their masts, and required the greatest care to secure them." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Newfane VT SRC: Reporter 9/26 FLD: The oil mill and clothing works belonging to Capt. Williams, and a grist and saw mill owned by Deac. Hill were much injured and a grist mill owned by Mr. D. Norcross was swept almost entirely away. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Gale began about 0900, wind SE by S. Continued unabated until 1130, when it subsided. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 SUR: The tide rose to about 4.5 ft higher than was ever known, about 8 ft higher than usual. There was great destruction of property along the wharves, and at least 90 other buildings were overthrown or swept away. A house with 5 people was swept away, and all drowned. DAM: Houses and out buildings demolished or unroofed, chimneys thrown down; trees, fences, &c laid prostrate. Many ships driven ashore. Several windows beat in, and roofs torn off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 MET: From the Newport Mercury 9/25: 9/23. Gale commenced early morning from NE and continued increasing until 1030, varying from NE to ESE and SW. SUR: The tide rose to a height never seen. Nearly all houses and stores on Long Wharf carried away, including one family in their home (5 people). DAM: Many dwelling houses entirely demolished, or washed away. Many other buildings damaged. Workshops, store, wharves, bridges, stables, and other outhouses entirely destroyed, swept away, or partly damaged. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 SUR: From a letter written by a man in Newport to his friend in Hartford: "One large store in Rhodes and Cahoon's lower wharf destroyed; a large range of stores with several dwelling houses on the long wharf with their contents entirely swept away, and the long wharf nearly ruined; not one store left on any of the wharves on the point. Five people in a house drowned there. On the beach 3 men drowned... The stone bridge over Howlands ferry is a heap of ruins; where the toll house stood the water is 30 ft deep. At Little River and Point Judith, we have heard of 12 persons being drowned..." DAM: The steeples of the houses of public worship are much injured, and two of them partly unroofed ... and it is reported the light house is blown down." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Newport RI SRC: American Mercury 10/4 MET: 9/23. Began about 0900, the winds blowing SE and S and continued with unabated fury until 1100 when it greatly subsided. SUR: Tide rose 4.5 ft higher than was ever known, 8 ft above usual tides. Great destruction of property on the wharves and lots contiguous to the water. DAM: Two meeting house spires were thrown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Newton MA SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: Many window blown in. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Newton MA, Watertown MA SRC: Columbian 9/27 DAM: Much injury done to houses, tree's, & c. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: North Kingston RI (Wickford) SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 SUR: "All stores and wharves swept away, and their vessels driven high and dry on land." DAM: "Several houses were also destroyed." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: North Kingston RI (Wickford) SRC: Palladium 9/29 SUR: "Was nearly overflowed; all wharves, stores, & c. were destroyed." DAM: "Nearly all the vessels were sunk or destroyed." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Northampton MA SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Storm very severe only on Saturday. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Northampton MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 9/27/1815 MET: 9/23. "This town experienced a severe tornado of wind and rain. Our oldest inhabitants say they never saw rain fall in such torrents." DAM: "Many trees blown down and considerable damage done in the meadows." FLD: "The damage done to roads, bridges, mills, &c is very great - In this town our roads are guiled and the bridges more or less injured." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Norwich CT SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/21. Became cloudy, uncommonly raw and cold. 9/22. Morning it began to rain. At night blew fresh from NE. 9/23. Winds from NE increased until about 0800 when it veered to ESE and blew with tremendous fury to WSW, until about 1200 when it abated. DAM: Many trees were levelled. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Norwich CT SRC: Hampshire gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 MET: Gale blew with great fury about 4 hour... SUR: raised the tide many feet... DAM: drove 4 vessels ashore, destroyed or damaged 22 houses, ropewalks, &c. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Norwich CT SRC: (Norwich) Courier 9/27 MET: Fri 9/22 morning it began to rain, which continued the whole day. At night blew fresh at NE, gradually increasing until 0800 Sat 9/23 morning when it veered to ESE and blew with the most tremendous fury to WSW until 1200 when it abated and the waters receded. SUR: The water on the Wharves and Lower St. was 4 ft higher than ever remembered. The water beat over the wharf bridge with incredible force where the water was at least 6 ft. The market and adjoining store were carried away. DAM: The damage done in this town and neighborhood by the violence of the wind and extraordinary rise of the tide, is great beyond precedent. Immense numbers of trees of every description were levelled to the earth - as also fences in all directions. The strength of the gale was confined to the duration of 3 or 4 hours. No one killed or injured. Amongst the damage includes: At least 7 barns blown down, one house down, 3 houses unroofed, a blacksmiths shop down, another shop down, a slaughter house blown down, a bridge damaged by the wind, several outhouses down, ropewalks down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Norwich CT SRC: American Mercury 10/4 MET: 9/22. Began to rain, and continued the whole day. At night blew fresh at NE. 9/23. Wind increased all morning. At 0800 veered ESE and blew a tremendous hurricane from that point to WSW until almost 1200, when it abated and the waters receded. SUR: Water in the streets was 4 ft higher than anyone can remember. DAM: Immense number of trees levelled and fences in every direction. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Norwich CT (formerly Chelsea) SRC: Perley 1891 SUR: Water rose 5 or 6 feet above Wharf Bridge. Several vessels driven ashore. Several stores swept off the wharves. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Pawtucket RI SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 SUR: Several houses were carried off. One man perished. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Pawtucket RI SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 SUR: "Suffered severely during the late storm. Several houses carried away, in one of which a man named Smith perished." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Petersham MA SRC: Spooner diary DAM: 9/23. Wind very high indeed, and rained very fast. Went out to the orchard and found most of the apples blown from the trees, many of them broken down and blown over. Got my horse and set out for home in the rain a little before 1200. The wind had blown and broken down the trees in every direction - the roads were so covered with broken limbs and trunks of trees thrown in every direction such that in many places it was most impossible to pass. Got home and the water had risen so that all hands had to use utmost endeavor to prevent the water from washing away what little I had done to my waterworks. The weather cleared off a little before night. William Brown and I walked up through the woods to Mr. Curtis and John Negus to see the destruction of the wind which is beyond description. Buildings of all kinds and an immense quantity of timber laid on the ground. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Petersham MA SRC: Stephens 1954 DAM: After excavating a 0.89 square hectare area in Tom Swamp, Stephens found evidence of the 1815 hurricane. There were 8 white pine tree stumps which had most likely been blown over in the hurricane. Tree fall directions were recorded. NOT: See Stephens' thesis for more details END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Philadelphia PA SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Great part of night wind, a gale from NE with heavy rain. 9/23. Early Sat. veered to NW and continued a gale with torrents of rain for several hours. Between 0800 and 0900 wind slackened, rain ceased, and clouds broke away in W and SW. About 1200 weather clear and mild, with gentle westerly breeze. During the greater part of the time obscured with flying clouds from W and NW. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Philadelphia PA SRC: American Advocate... 10/14 MET: While the hurricane was raging in Boston and the vicinity from E to SE, the weather here was much different. During the greater part of 9/22 night, the wind blew a gale from the NE accompanied by heavy rain. Early 9/23 morning it veered around to NW and continued blowing a gale with torrents of rain for several hours. Between 0800 and 0900 the wind slackened, the rain ceased, and clouds began to break away in the W and SW. About 1200 the weather was clear and mild. Sun in the afternoon obscured by flying clouds from the W and NW. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Plainfield CT SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 DAM: Meeting house levelled with the earth. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Plainfield CT SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: Meeting house levelled. Tavern partly unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Plymouth MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: 2 chimneys blown down, but little damage otherwise. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: Buildings considerably injured. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: Salem Gazette 9/26 DAM: "Buildings felt the shock severely, though shipping remained uninjured." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: Nine vessels driven ashore, and one laden with plaster bilged. On the road several houses and barns suffered, and many trees blown down. A small vessel en route from Boston weathered the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: American Advocate DAM: "...gale is mentioned as being uncommonly severe, and some barns, & c. were blown down... no mention of damage to shipping." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: Connecticut Mirror 10/2 DAM: "The gale is mentioned as being uncommonly severe, and some barns &c. were blown down, but the Gazzette of Monday does not mention any damage to shipping." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: Portsmouth Oracle 9/30 MET: The most violent storm ever known to take place. On Fri 9/22 morning wind was at NW, it rained copiously, and continued more or less severe during the day. On Sat 9/23 morning the storm was renewed; the wind was E, and at 0900 had become strong; at 1100 it shifted to the SE, still increasing with alternate rain and susnshine, till it became a most violent hurricane. Before 1400, the wind changed to SE and soon subsided; and before night the air became serene. SUR: Everything was concreted with a fine salt, which was observed for 20 miles in country. DAM: In this town and neighborhood the effects of the storm have not been so destructive as was apprehended when we felt its violence. Some ornamental and fruit trees, several fences, sheds, signs, &c.; part of the side of one man's new brick building, the balustrade on another's house, and a few chimneys were blown down and demolished. The large elm near the tavern on the plains was shattered and broken. In the lower harbor 7 vessels were driven ashore. At the wharves the vessels sent down their top masts and escaped injury. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: New Hampshire Gazette 10/3 DAM: The violent gale at this place was extensive and ruinous in its consequences, but we were lightly visited ... The citizens of other towns had their buildings razed to the ground by the violence of the wind, or swept off by the rising of the water. Though no dwellings were destroyed the effects of the wind were conspicuous in the fragments of trees, fences, signs, &c. Several vessels went on shore at Kittery. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: New Hampshire Gazette MET: 9/23. A severe gale was experienced. It began from the NE and lasted several hours. DAM: In this town the damage was considerable. In the vicinity several barns, sheds &c. were blown down, trees broken off or torn up by the roots, fences demolished &c. A more severe gale is not recollected by the oldest inhabitants. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Poughkeepsie NY SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: Gale, but little or no damage done. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Princeton MA (Mt.Watchusett) SRC: Bentley diary SUR: The salt in the late storm was found as far back as the Grand Watchusett, which is 44 English miles from the sea at the nearest point. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Brown 1895 MET: 9/22. Storm began from the NE. Was moderate through the day, but at night the wind increased. 9/23. Wind blew with increasing severity from the E and at about 0900 it veered ESE, and was SE before 1000. From 1000 to 1100 the storm was most tremendous, far beyond the memory of any living man. Before 1200 the wind veered to SW and greatly abated. SUR: The ebb tide commenced nearly an hour before the regular time of high water, which saved the town from more severe flooding. Two men drowned. Many people were saved from their home by others in boats. Tide was 7ft. 5 in. higher than any of the oldest people in town had ever seen. DAM: The wind drove all but 2 or 3 ships from their anchors. Most stores below Weybosset bridge were gone. Many houses and stores were blown down by the excessive violence of the wind, and many others were removed by the tide and violence of the waves. The wind alone blew down, unroofed, and damaged many houses that stood out of reach of the water. Trees were blown in the streets. Damage in this town est. at one million dollars. Rain was not so heavy, only 2.5 inches. Damage in the country by destruction of timber, fruit trees, fences, sheds, etc., was nearly equal to the damage in town by the violence of the wind. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum 1976 SUR: 9/23. On pp. 36-37 there is a picture of a painting of the flooding there caused by the gale. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. At 0700 winds shifted from NE to SE, at which point it seemed to be settled by 0730. At 0800 the air suddenly became very warm, so much so that standing by the window and looking eastward felt like standing in front of an oven. At 0900 scuds run very low, the sky when visible looked very glassy - like brass. The atmosphere seemed to be impregnated with saline particles. At 0930 it blew a gale, and continued to increase until 1100, when the wind shifted to S and the gale began to abate. At 1200 wind veered to SW by S, when the storm ceased. By another account - it rained Fri. through Sat. morning with little intermission. Between 0800 and 0900 winds shifted from E to SE and continued to blow with increasing violence until 1130, when it changed to W and damage stayed. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Lardner 1894 MET: Sky was full of dark wild clouds whirling about in a terrible way, and they changed to a red, copper color and began to cast a lurid light around... DAM: The wind increased in violence and nothing could stand before it. Trees were uprooted, branches, boards, and shingles were all flying through the air. Fences down, pig pens flattened, out-buildings blew away. The heavy roof of a lead house rolled up like a sheet of paper and flew away. NOT: For more details see story FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Smith 1946 SUR: The only reason for believing that the 1815 storm was less intense than the 1938 is because the high tide in Providence was 2 ft lower in the first. The levels were permanently marked by the city engineers and high tide occured at the height of each storm, so the comparison does not seem unreasonable. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Perley 1891 MET: From 1000 to 1130 it blew a hurricane. SUR: High water was about 1130, and the wind brought the tide 10 or 12 ft above the height of the usual spring tides, and 7.5 ft higher than was ever known. DAM: All the vessels were driven ashore or totally destroyed. 500 buildings total were destroyed. NOT: For more details see source END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Providence RI SRC: unknown #2 1863 MET: 9/23. At 0700 the winds shifted form NE to SE,and was settled in its course by 0730. At 0800 the air suddenly became very warm. At 0900 it was observed from a hill east of town that the scuds were running very low, and at the same time the sky looked glassy, the atmosphere seemed impregnated with saline particles. At 0930 it blew a gale, increasing in violence until about 1100, when the winds shifted S. The gale then began to abate. By another account: The winds that morning were from the E, and between 0800 and 0900 shifted to SE. They continued to increase in violence until 1130 when the wind suddenly shifted W. SUR: The tide rose 10.5 ft, or 12 feet above the common high tides. Only two persons died during the gale (of drowning at India Point). END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Salem Gazette 9/26 MET: From the Boston Gazette: 9/23. Tornado commenced about 0900 with wind at SE. SUR: The tide rose to its greatest height about 1140. The water rose from 10 to 12 ft above its usual height. First effect of the tempest was almost instantaneous demolition of the great bridge which connects the two parts of town. NOT: For more details see source END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Boston Centinel 9/27 MET: 9/23. At 0800 a most tremendous gale from SE commenced and continued increasing until 1200. From 1000 to 1200 was one continual scene of horror. SUR: The Great (Stone) Bridge carried away. NOT: For more details see source END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: Gale was but slightly felt. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: Goodwin DAM: It was only a "hard blow" there. "By no means a hurricane." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: Palladium 9/29 DAM: Some small buildings blown down, and several small vessels driven on shore. No large vessels were there. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Quincy MA SRC: Boston Patiot 9/27 DAM: Part of the roof of the meeting house swept away and some of the house unroofed. At Brent's point nearly all the chimneys blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Quincy MA SRC: American Advocate 10/7 DAM: Meeting house partly unroofed as well as many private buildings; at Brent's Point, almost every chimney was blown over. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Quincy MA, Weymouth MA SRC: Mass Spy 9/26 DAM: People were all over the fields attempting to replant fruit trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Reading MA SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: The old south church was built because the timber on the ministerial lands was almost wholly blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Reading MA SRC: Perley 1891 DAM: A steeple, many barns and sheds blown over. Some houses damaged. Sea gulls were seen trying to descend but could not and they were carried away by the wind. 80,000 feet of boards sawed from the timber that fell there. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Reading MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 DAM: Steeple of the meeting house blown down. Many barns, sheds &c as well. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Reading MA (South Reading) SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 SUR: Leaves on the trees had the taste of salt water. DAM: Steeple of the meeting house blown down. Many barns and sheds destroyed. A remarkably large elm on the common overthrown by the roots. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Region: Brimfield MA to Boston MA SRC: Mass Spy 9/27 DAM: The driver of the Albany stage states that the gale had extended far into the interior country - that from Brimfield to Boston appeared to be one continued scene of devastation, in the unroofing of houses, upsetting of barns, sheds and other buildings, and in the general prostration of fences, trees, grain and very description of vegetation. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Region: Brimfield MA to Boston MA SRC: Mass Spy 9/27 DAM: An Albany stage to Boston arrived late, and driver stated that the "gale extended its ravages far into the interior country- that from Brimfield to this place there appeared to be one continued scene of devastation, in the unroofing of houses, upsetting of barns, sheds and other buildings, and in the general prostration of fences, trees, grain, and every description of vegetation." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Region: New Bedford MA to New Haven CT SRC: Smith 1946 DAM: All the forests on the coast between these two cities were prostrated. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Region: ports from NY to DE SRC: Palladium... 9/29 DAM: We find that vessels in ports on the coast between NY and DE, and vessels near to that coast, weathered the gale without much injury. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Rochester MA SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 DAM: Salt works destroyed. Several vessels driven on the wharves, others at Mattapoisett were driven into the streets. Meeting house unroofed and several other buildings damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Rochester MA SRC: Columbian Centinel 10/4 DAM: 5000 bushels of salt destroyed, several vessels driven ashore, a ropewalk carried away, and a meeting house unroofed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Rowley MA SRC: Newburyport Herald 9/26 DAM: Two barns were blown down, and other material damage sustained. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Violent gale began about 0900 at SE. Greatest fury about 1130 when winds shifted to SW and did the greatest damage. Afterwards winds shifted to SSW, and before 1500 the sun appeared. Another account: 9/23. Morning wind at E, about 1100 shifted to SE, between 1300 and 1400 got SW, and soon subsided. SUR: Air filled with salt particles during the storm. DAM: Losses of barns, out-houses, orchards and fences severely felt. Not suffered as much as our neighbors. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Bentley diary MET: 9/23. About 1000 the wind began to rise and gave us a terrible gale at the SE. SUR: 9/26. The progress of the salt water in the gale many miles into the interior is certain. It cakes the windows and left the leaves wilted [writes about direction of the wind and exposure] DAM: Many chimneys, trees and fences and small buildings were prostrated, and several vessels ashore. Damage done to houses is not great except in chimneys. A ropewalk range, several barns and stores suffered. No vessels with great injury. Our meeting house was stripped of its fences and one window blown in. 9/27. The two schooners that were ashore got off with no injury. Several arrivals prove that no vessels probably suffered near our coast. NOT: For more details see dairy FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Salem Gazette 9/26 MET: 9/22. At 0300 the wind was at NE, it rained copiously. After sunrise the clouds broke, but they soon thickened again and by afternoon the wind strengthened, and some rain fell. The night was moderate. 9/23. Storm was renewed in the morning. About 0900 it became very strong, and by 1100 it shifted to SE, still increasing though without much rain, till it became a violent hurricane. Between 1300 and 1400 the wind got around to the SW, and soon subsided. Before night pleasant. DAM: Storm has not been so destructive as was apprehended during it. Some ornamental trees, a number of chimneys, sheds blown down. All vessels are safe. No one was hurt. One summer house on a hill was overthrown. Several small buildings in North Fields blown to pieces. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Salisbury MA SRC: Newburyport Herald 9/26 DAM: Two or 3 buildings were blown down, the fences and trees sharing in the general calamity. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Sanbornton NH SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 DAM: The loss is estimated at $15,000. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Sandwich MA SRC: Goodwin MET: 9/23. About sunrise storm had risen to a hard gale, but not as severe as previous gales. It increased, however, till about 1000, from which time until 1400 it was extremely high. Gale was not a uniform current, rather it was a series of sudden gusts at short intervals. Most severe around 1100. It susbsided in the course of the afternoon, and by night weather was quite moderate. SUR: Height was at 11:40 when the tide rose 8-10 ft. DAM: Some trees were torn up, but those were mostly in loose soil or in exposed areas. Some old or feeble buildings were prostrated. No chimneys broken off or much damaged. When compared with the damage of forests and property in counties to north and west, the gale in this region was light. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Sandwich MA SRC: American Advocate.. 9/30 DAM: "From the Cape towns we have no accounts of any severe damage, excepting at Sandwich." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Saugus MA SRC: Salem Gazette 9/29 DAM: A 70 ft and a 50 ft barn, both full of hay, blown to pieces. Two other 70 ft sheds nearby levelled. Fences much injured. Whole window frames blown in at a new house. 12 or 14 large apple trees blown up by the roots. Many other houses, barns, trees, and corn crops suffered. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Saybrook CT SRC: Ludlum 1963 MET: 9/23. Landfall was probably a short time before 0900 near the mouth of the Connecticut River. At this point the hurricane was moving approximately 50 mph. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Saybrook CT SRC: Connecticut Gazette 9/27 DAM: At Saybrook and Lyme the gale did a great deal of damage on land and water. Some vessels were sunk. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Sharon MA SRC: Palladium.. 9/29 DAM: Steeple of the meeting house partly blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Balloon) 39N 72W from Amsterdam to Philadelphia SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Experienced severe hurricane from SE to SW. Was in the location above on 9/24. DAM: Lost main and top foremasts END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Abaellino) 15 leagues W of south shoals of Nantucket SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Severe gale. DAM: Carried away bulwarks. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Amigo) 39N 71:30W for NY SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Was at the above location on the 24th. Had a violent gale for 4 hours on the 23rd. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Carolina) 200 miles NE of Boston SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Fresh breeze from NE to S. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Connecticut) 39:45N 72:17W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Experienced heavy gale DAM: Lost her bowsprit, &c. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Fredonia) 36:51N 73:20W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Was at above location. 9/24. Tremendous gale commenced at ENE, but shifted to NW. 9/25. Was by Cape Henlopen WNW 50 miles. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig George) 34:21N 71:37W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Experienced a tremendous gale from SE which lasted 12 hours. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Henrico) 40N 72:50W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Experienced gale most violently. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Morgiana) 36:30N 74W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Experienced heavy gale which swept the decks. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Morgiana) Sandy Hook WNW 20 leagues SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. At about 0830, or between 0800 and 0900, was in a violent hurricane. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Othello) 40N for New York in 40 fathoms of water SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Gale began from ESE and veered round to WSW, blowing a storm from 0400 until 1200. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (brig Othello) 40N in 40 fathoms of water SRC: (Norwich) Courier 10/4 MET: 9/23. It blew hard from 0400 until 1200. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Polly) off Capes of Delaware SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Night(?). Was nearly on soundings when she experienced a heavy gale from SW. DAM: Cut away foremast, lost sails &c. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Sarah) 33:10N from St. Pierre's to New London SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. A very hard gale and tremendous sea from SE to SSW. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Brig Statira) 37:30N 72W in the Gulf Stream SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: 9/23. experienced a violent gale which carried away mainmast, yards, sails, &c. On her beam ends a considerable time after the gale. 9/23. (Another account). Commenced with strong gales from SE, closed reefed topsails, &c. At 1500 took in fore topsails; at 1600 took in main topsail, gale increasing hove to; at A.M. brought her more head to the wind; at 0100 balance reefed the topsail; at 0200 deck load shifting, cut away mainmast and she fell before the wind; at 0300 sea swept the deck, at 1000 gale abated, sea continued very high and irregular, being in Gulf Stream. Wind now shifted to WSW as judged, for compass would not stand at any point during the gale. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Mandarin) 41:51N 63:45W 150 miles from Boston SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Heavy rolling sea, but little wind. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Minerva) off Cape Hatteras SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. In 15 fathoms of water, encountered a tremendous gale form SE to NW. At 0300 winds shift to N and become more moderate. DAM: Main topmast carried away. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Phoenix) off Cape Hatteras SRC: Darling 1842 MET: Experienced a most violent gale, which began at SE and ended in 4 hours at ESE. DAM: Lost top masts, yards, etc. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Prudence) 20 leagues SE from St. George's shoals SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Tremendous swell from SW and lay to under reefed mizzen stay-sail, expecting a gale, but had nothing more than a balanced reef breeze; at 2400 set balanced reefs again, with strong westerly winds. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Ruby) off Cape Hatteras SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: Ship capsized. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr Return) 33N 74:55W SRC: Darling 1942 MET: 9/22. At 0600 gale commenced at SE, which continued with great violence till 1900. DAM: At 1500 cut away foremast. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (schr) 24 leagues SE of Cape Ann SRC: (Norwich) Courier 10/4 MET: 9/23. "when the weather was so moderate that she carried all sail." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Alexander) off Barnegat SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Severe gale began from ENE which continued till 0700, when it calmed and directly afterwards came from WNW with great violence. DAM: Stove in bulwarks. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Archer) 100 miles E of Montague Point SRC: (Norwich) Courier 10/4 DAM: 9/23. About Capt. Gaylord of Middletown: "Experienced a very heavy gale at SE and SW in which he lost his boat and sundry small things." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Comet) from St. Bartholemew to Baltimore, in the edge of soundings SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Experienced a heavy gale; lay to 10 hours. 9/25. Took a pilot. 9/26. Was in Bay. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Fair American) 39:36N 70:40W for Alexandria SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Was at the above location. 9/23. Experienced a tremendous hurricane. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Gov. Shelby) 39:40N 43:30W going to NY from Bordeaux SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/18. Experienced a gale within 2 days of port, but received no injury. Since then (10/5) there has not been at sea one knot of breeze. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Indian Queen) 34:20N 70:50W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Tremendous gale from about 2400 from E. Lasted till about 0400. Another account says 0500. DAM: Knocked on her beam ends. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Leopard) 5 leagues off Cape Ann SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: 9/23. Experienced the gale very severely- thrown on beam ends. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Merino) 37:18N 74W from Port au Prince to Boston SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: 9/24. Experienced heavy gale, carried away deck load and bowsprit. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Return) 32N 74:50W SRC: Darling 1942 DAM: 9/22. Experienced tremendous gale from SE, which compelled us to cut away foremast. About 1600 very heavy sea struck her and carried away bowsprit, bulwarks, etc. If the gale had not abated, she must have gone down. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Rising States) 40:10N 70W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Heavy gale from ENE to WSW; heavy cross sea running. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Sally) 37N 76W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Experienced heavy gale from NE to W, which lasted 7 hours. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Spartan) between 35:58N 38W and 37:32N 72:14W SRC: Daling 1842 MET: 9/23. In the night experienced a very heavy gale from SE and S. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Thetis) 36:44N 73:17W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Heavy gale from NNE. DAM: Lost fore and main topmast, &c. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Traverse the Ocean) off the Capes for Baltimore SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: 9/23. Was driven a long way S; split her sails &c. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Schr. Two Sisters) 16 leagues off Cape Ann SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Felt nothing of the gale. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Shcr. Phoenix) 17:54N 63:10W St. Bartholemew SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/18. Violent gale at island lasted 30 hours from NWW and S. DAM: 40 vessels driven ashore. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Sloop Experiment) 32:25N 70:10W SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: 9/22. Upset in a heavy gale from NW which lasted 8 hours and remained on beam ends 22 hours and then righted. 9/24. Captain and mate taken off the wreck by Schr. Nelson in lat 38d2m lon 75d15m. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (Thomas) 42:28N 66W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Wind from NW to E and S; part of the day moderate, and part fresh breezes. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (two vessels - no names) 41:41N 60W SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Did not experience a gale. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Ship (William) 21:18N 71:05W Turks Island SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/20. Violent hurricane on that island from NE to SW. Lasted from morning to 1600. DAM: Unroofed and blew down houses, etc. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Somerset MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: "A store with the rigging of a ship was blown into the river, and a ship was blown on shore. Two ships and some small vessels were on the banks of Taunton River." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: South Kingston RI SRC: Boston Centinel 9/30 SUR: Barns, hay, corn, & c swept away. 6 men drowned at Narrow River, and a house there with 9 people was swept away. 7 of them died. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: South Kingston RI (Kingston) SRC: Nailer Tom's Diary MET: 9/23. Rained, wind SE. SUR: Several people drowned in the Narrow River &c. DAM: Wind blew part of the roof down and a great deal of fencing, and the outhouse. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Southampton NY (Center Moriches) SRC: Ludlum 1963 MET: 9/23. Landfall believed to have been there; which incidently is only 5 or 10 miles from the 1938 hurricane's landfall. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Southampton NY (Center Moriches) SRC: Ludlum 1976, p. 41 MET: 9/23. Says the gale landed there. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Spencer MA SRC: Draper MET: 9/23. This part of Massachusetts experienced the most powerful wind that has yet occurred in the present century. It commenced late in the morning, and increased rapidly in violence, and soon became a hurricane. DAM: Vast quantities of wood and timber prostrated, small buildings blown down, and others in many cases seriously wrecked. Indian corn and other vegetables levelled with the earth. Fruits were torn from the trees which were seriously damaged. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: St. Bartholemew SRC: Ludlum 1963 MET: 9/18. The first report of landfall by the gale. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: St. Bartholemew SRC: Farmers Cabinet, 10/21/1815 DAM: "Another Gale In St. Bartholemew: Capt. Greene of the Phoenix, in 17 from St. Bartholemew, has furnished an account of a second disastrous storm at that island, which experienced on the 18th of September, more violent than the one in August. It lasted more than 30 hours during which time upwards of 40 vessels were driven ashore and many totally lost." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: St. Bartholemew SRC: Tannehill 1938 MET: 9/18. Gale began there on Sept. 18, reached NY by the 22nd, and RI by the 23rd. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Thomson 1958 DAM: An old stand of oaks and hickories that grew on a hill near the shore there was studied in 1913 and then again in 1938 after the hurricane. While studying the stumps they found that the annual rings on the tree on the seaward side of the woods bore a clear record of the 1815 gale. Working backward from 1938, tree after tree showed good annual growth since 1816, and the rings for that year were especially wide. For a dozen years or so before that right back to the seedling infancy of the trees the rings were very narrow. The landward side of the forest appeared to have suffered less from the wind in both hurricanes. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/23. Wind NE at 0600 until 0900, and SE at 1000 (from Darling's table). DAM: Storm raged with great violence there. Every vessel went ashore. 30 buildings destroyed or injured. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 SUR: One house swept from its foundation and 4 occupants drowned. DAM: Every vessel in the harbor went ashore. 30 buildings large and small destroyed or considerably injured. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Salem Gazette 10/3 SUR: At 1000 the tide had risen high enough to sweep all of the wharves. One family drowned when their house was swept away. DAM: 21 buildings blown to pieces and washed away by the sea. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: American Mercury 10/4 SUR: 5 people swept away and perished. DAM: A number of vessels bound eastward had to put in there for a harbor, and every one of them was driven ashore. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Connecticut Spectator 10/4 SUR: 3 people drowned when their house was swept away. DAM: Every vessel went on shore. 30 buildings, large and small, destroyed or considerably injured. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Perley 1891 SUR: The tide rose 17 ft higher than normal. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Sturbridge MA SRC: unknown #1 SUR: From his diary: 9/21. Thur. it was cloudy and stormed all night. 9/22. Fri. it rained all day. 9/23. Sat. a very hard storm from the northeast and west, a hurricane ... 9/24. Sun. went somewhere(?). DAM: Put up some fence that blowed down. 9/25. Mon. mended fence. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Suffolk County NY SRC: Shaw 1936 MET: An account from Griffin's Journal (1857) states that on 9/23 "..was one of the severest storms of wind and rain that has been known for the last 50 years or so." SUR: The tide rose in Orient Harbor to an alarming height. DAM: "At 1100 the wind blew so violently that houses were unroofed, barns blown down, and trees torn up by the roots... Several vessels lost and sunk in the sound that night and in some instances every soul on board perished!" FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Tolland CT SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: Meeting house was unroofed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Troy NY SRC: Darling 1842 FLD: Great rain, sudden and unusual rise in Hudson River. 9/24. Most of the wharves covered several feet. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Turks Island Bahamas SRC: Tannehill 1938 MET: 9/20. A severe hurricane was there on Sept. 20. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Turks Island Bahamas SRC: Ludlum 1963 MET: 9/20. Landfall. Forward movement of the storm was relatively slow, which is characteristic of big hurricanes at this stage. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: Steeple of the meeting house blown over and fell on a house. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Warren RI SRC: Darling 1842 SUR: 9/23. Tide rose 7 ft. above the common spring tide. DAM: Trees and building's, &c demolished. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Warren RI SRC: Columbian Centinel 10/4 DAM: Two buildings destroyed and several buildings beaten down. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Wellfleet MA SRC: Darling 1842 DAM: Gale was but slightly felt. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Wells ME SRC: Smith 1946 DAM: Damage to trees occurred as far east as this town. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Wells ME SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 DAM: One man killed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Wenham MA SRC: Bentley diary DAM: The steeple and tower fell here. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Wenham MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser, 10/04/1815 DAM: Steeple and tower of the meeting house blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Westport MA SRC: Franklin Herald 10/3 SUR: Four men drowned. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Weymouth MA SRC: American Advocate.. 10/7 DAM: People fled from their houses in Middle-street, to the neighboring hill. Many buildings laid prostrate, and more or less every building damaged. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Woburn MA SRC: Baldwin diary MET: 9/23. He was in Boston on the 23rd and only wrote, "terrible hurricane." DAM: 9/29. On the 29th he went to Woburn MA via Carn(?) and wrote "Woods were injured by late gale on the 23rd." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: National Aegis, 9/27/1815 MET: 9/23. "The day and night before it rained incessantly. Wind was from the NE. On Sat. morning the violence of the storm increased between 1000 and 1100 as the rain having ceased the winds shifted to the SE and blew a violent hurricane. DAM: Effects upon the sea coast were terrible, and perhaps equally terrible for 50 miles back into the country. In this town and vicinity incalculable damage has been sustained, the fruit trees generally uprooted, the largest oaks of the forest twisted and broken off in the middle. Some dwelling houses and many small buildings overthrown, barns unroofed, etc. We are happy to learn that no human lives have been lost in this neighborhood. The beauty of the village has been injured by the destruction of several venerable elms and a great many smaller ornamental trees. The gale we fear has extended far into the east and we dread to hear of its effects at sea and upon the coast. As far west as Northhampton it was fiercely felt. And we learn it did not extend into New York." FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Burnside diary MET: 9/23. "Remarkable tempest." END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Darling 1842 MET: 9/22. Heavy storm (rain) began with strong NE wind. 9/23. Early morning the wind increased, and rain descended in torrents, and continued with but short intermissions until about 1030, when the rain abated and the wind suddenly shifted to SE and blew a hurricane ... Period of destruction until about 1130. A suffocating current of air accompanied the middle stage of the tempest. SUR: Grapes had the taste of salt on their surface. Flocks of gulls were seen after the storm on 9/23 in a meadow near Worchester and others in Grafton. Salt water fell in Uxbridge, Grafton, Worchester and Sterling. DAM: ... blowing down trees and chimneys. Destruction of the forest trees is incalculable. We have traced a column of nearly 60 miles with nearly the same devastation. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Perley 1891 MET: It rained hard from 0900 to 1100 and the gale was severely felt. END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Merrimack Intelligencer 9/30 DAM: Several houses destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Mass Spy 9/27 MET: 9/21. Evening a heavy rain commenced, accompanied by a strong wind, which had been blowing from that quarter for 24 hours prior. 9/23. "Early morning the wind began increasing in violence, and rain descended in torrents, and continued with short intermissions until 1030, when the rain abated and the wind suddenly shifted to SE and blew a hurricane ... The period of destruction lasted until about 1130. The wind came in gusts with increasing violence until its utmost height, when it gradually subsided to a gentle breeze...Extensively noticed was a hot suffocating current of air which accompanied the middle stage of the tempest." DAM: "... prostrating in its course orchard and forest trees, some of which had withstood the storms of a century. Chimneys and some whole buildings were blown down, and others injured by the falling trees. Many windows were broken by the seed balls of buttonwood or sycamore trees. We have traced a column of more than 60 miles in width with nearly the same devastation... The loss of fruit trees and ornamentals is great, but the destruction of forest trees is incalculable. From the best information we can obtain, it may be estimated that the ordinary consumption of 10 years of the whole town will not exhaust the wood which is now prostrate." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: National Aegis 9/27 MET: 9/23. We were visited by the most furious tempest within the recollection of any person. The day and night before it rained incessantly, wind from the NE. On Sat 9/23 morning the violence increased, and between 1000 and 1100, the rain having ceased, the wind suddenly shifted to SE and blew a violent hurricane. Before 1300 the fury of the gale abated, and by 1500 it was utterly calm. DAM: In this town and vicinity incalculable damage has been sustained. Whole lots of valuable timber trees are prostrated, the fruit trees are generally uprooted, the largest oaks of the forest twisted and broken off in the middle, some dwelling houses and many small buildings overthrown, barns unroofed, & c. We are happy to learn that no one has been lost in the neighborhood ... As far as Northhampton it was scarcely felt and we learn it did not extend into NY. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1815 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Essex Register 9/27 DAM: In Worcester several houses were destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Bennington VT SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 MET: Benjamin Harwood thought the weather "threatening" and "very gloomy" but mentioned no wind. It's possible the storm had commenced to lose its tropical structure when over coastal NJ and its passage over western New England completed its transformation to an extra-tropical type. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Boston MA SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/7/1821 DAM: A ship was found sunk just 2 and a half miles outside the lighthouse with three reefs in the main. It was suspected she sank in the severe blow of Monday night. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Boston MA SRC: NH Sentinel, 9/15/1821 DAM: In Boston and vicinity, the damage was principally confined to fruit trees and the fruit, prostration of cornfields, and in some instances, fences. The shipping in the harbor was not much injured. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Providence Gazette, Wed. 9/19/1821 DAM: "At Boston the gale was not so severely felt. Shipping remains in the bay and harbour uninjured, but prostrated fences and scattered limbs of trees, there as well as in this vicinity, exhibited traces of its powerful energies." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 MET: A short but severe blow was noticed in the late evening. DAM: Damage was limited to fruit on the trees awaiting harvest. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Boston MA SRC: NH Sentinel, Sat. 9/15/1821 DAM: "The damage was principally confined to fruit trees and the fruit, prostration of cornfields, and in some instances, fences." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Wed. 9/5/1821 MET: "A heavy wind blew for several hours on Monday night, beginning at about 10 o'clock." DAM: "We hear that very serious damage has been done in the orchards in this vicinity, by the premature shaking of a great part of the fruit from the trees." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Boston MA (Roxbury) SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Fri. 9/7/1821 DAM: 9/5. The storm of Monday has stripped many apple and pear trees clean. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Boston MA, Worcester MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 (Conn. Mirror) DAM: "...the gale was not violent and did but little damage." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: NH Sentinel, 9/15/1821 DAM: "...several buildings and the spire of the Meeting-house, were blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: The Franklin Herald, Tues. 9/18/1821 DAM: "...several buildings were blown down and unroofed, together with the steeple of the Meeting-house. At Black Rock the light-house was blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 (American Farmer) MET: The high winds commenced about 1800 from the southeast, to reach a climax at 2100 "when the tempest raged with a degree of fury the most awful and destructive." SUR: Shipping along the sound near Bridgeport was spared complete destruction by the happy coincidence at 2100 of low tide at the time of the peak wind gusts. A shift to southwest occurred soon after 2300, and then the tidal threat commenced to subside. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 (American Farmer) MET: "The storm at this place lasted until near 11:00 o'clock at night." DAM: "Several buildings have been blown down and unroofed, chimneys and windows demolished, the largest trees torn up by the roots, fences destroyed and the roads rendered impassable in many places by the trunks and branches of prostrate trees. The spire of the steeple of the Presbyterian meeting house, together with the lightning rod, vane and ball, were blown down. On the water the scene of desolation is yet more appalling..." The light house at Black rock was destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: NH Patriot and State Gazette, Mon. PM, 9/17/1821 MET: "The gale continued with unabated force till near 11 o'clock." DAM: "Several buildings have been blown down and unroofed, chimneys and windows demolished, the largest trees torn up by the roots, fences destroyed, and the roads rendered totally impassable in many places by the trunks and branches of prostrate trees. The spire of the steeple to the...Meeting-House...was blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Bristol RI SRC: Providence Gazette, Wed. 9/19/1821 DAM: A vessel was driven ashore. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Canaan CT, Middletown CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 82, 86 DAM: William Redfield noted that the trees in the vicinity of his home in Middletown had fallen toward the northwest, while in the northern reaches of Litchfield County near Canaan the tree trunks were all pointing toward the southeast. Redfield's conclusion: "This storm was exhibited in the form of a great whirlwind." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Concord MA SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/14/1821 DAM: 9/6. "On the night of the recent gale, which was so violent that it forced two stage-coaches over the top of our church steeple. To be sure the steeple was lying upon the ground, prostrated by the wind, across the public road." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: East Hartford CT SRC: NH Sentinel, 9/15/1821 DAM: Mather's glassworks totally demolished. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: East Hartford CT, Windsor CT SRC: The Franklin Herald, Tues. 9/18/1821 DAM: "...a number of buildings were blown down or unroofed and one glass factory totally destroyed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Ellington CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 (John Hall) MET: "...a most violent south wind from 8 o'clock till 2 at night with some rain." DAM: "A great deal of damage by it to fences, orchards, & forests & considerable to many buildings. Almost all fruit blown off fruit trees. Great scarcity of winter apples in consequence." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Epping NH SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 MET: Governor Plumer's records told of a gale from the southeast commencing at 2200 and lasting five hours. DAM: It blew down corn, but spared trees as the soil was dry and the roots held. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Fairfield County CT, Litchfield County CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 (Litchfield Misc.) MET: "The gale of wind on Monday night last was probably the severest ever experienced in this vicinity." DAM: "It blew from the South East, and everywhere left marks of its rage in prostrate fruit and forest trees, fences, sheds, etc...it blew down five or six sheds in a short distance of each other." FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Greenwich CT, Stamford CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 DAM: Several houses were blown down. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: NH Sentinel, 9/15/1821 DAM: "Many chimneys were blown down, and small buildings scattered. Scarce an apple or peach is left on the trees." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: The Franklin Herald, Tues. 9/18/1821 DAM: "In Hartford, several chimneys, trees, and out-buildings were demolished, also a new building in the upper part of the town. Seven or eight vessels, lying in the harbor, were considerable injured." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 (Conn. Mirror) MET: "We were visited by a gale of wind on Monday evening which was more severe than any which we recollect to have witnessed before, not excepting the gale of 1815. It began to blow in this city at 7 o'clock in the evening, the wind to SE" END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Haverhill NH SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/21/1821 MET: 9/12. "On Sunday afternoon last, about 5 o'clock, this town was visited by a heavy shower of rain, accompanied by heavy wind from the south east. About two miles from this village, on the Coos Turnpike, a most violent tornado commenced..." DAM: "The 'tornado' laid barns, trees, fences, &c. prostrate. It began its ravages on the farm of Gen. Montgomery, of this town---blew down his barn, killed a horse which was in it, tore a beautiful young orchard of about a 100 apple trees up by the roots, injured the dwelling house, &c. It then passed through the wood land, and as far as we have heard, laid nearly 100 acres even with the ground. The air was literally filled with rails, trees, &c. The tornado took a north-east direction, and it is probable has done considerable damage." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Hudson River Valley SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 SUR: There were strong winds and extremely high tides along the river. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Keene NH SRC: NH Sentinel, 9/15/1821 DAM: "The severe blow on Monday night of last week, we did not particularly notice, in our last, as it was not attended in this vicinity with other material damage, than relieving the fruit trees prematurely of a portion of their burden, and generally levelling cornfields." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Litchfield County CT (northern) SRC: Ludlum, p. 81-87 DAM: Fallen tree trunks all pointed towards the southeast. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Sat. 9/8/1821 DAM: "The corn, many trees, fences, &c. are levelled, and the winter apple trees have been stripped of their fruit." FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: Providence Gazette, Wed. 9/19/1821 DAM: "The shores on Long Island have been strewed with lifeless bodies and with fragments of wrecks..." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 MET: DAM: To the eastward on Long Island, in the violent eastern semicircle of the storm, the scene was "the most awful and desolating ever experienced." Damage in the City of Churches was on a par with that across the river in NYC, and eastward in Nassau and Suffolk Counties the havoc increased. All along the South Shore, exposed to the southeasterly hurricane, ships were either completely wrecked or driven high and dry on the sandy stretches of Long or Rockaway Beaches...Many barns and smaller buildings were laid completely flat by the wind blasts. Crops suffered severely. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Middletown CT SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Mon. 9/10/1821 MET: 9/6. A severe wind storm was experienced in this town on the evening of the 3d. "So far as our own observations have extended we have never known a wind of equal duration, by any means so violent. The wind commenced about 7 o'clock and continued till nearly 12." DAM: "It blew down the high spire steeple of church, it took off about one half of one side of the roof of the meeting house, it partially unroofed and blew down several barns and outhouses in this city and its vicinity." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Middletown CT SRC: NH Sentinel, 9/15/1821 DAM: "The spire steeple of the church in [this town] was blown down, and a part of the roof of the meeting house is missing. Several barns and outhouses were also demolished." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Middletown CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 (Haverhill Gazette) MET: "So far as our own observation has extended, we have never known a wind of equal duration, by any means so violent. The wind commenced about 7 o'clock and continued to nearly 12. The gale was principally from the south-east quarter, veering ocasionally to different points between south and east." DAM: "It blew down the high spire steeple of the Episcopal Church, it took about one half of one side of the roof of the Methodist Meeting House, it partially unroofed and blew down several barns and outhouses in the city and its vicinity." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Middletown CT SRC: Rutland Herald, Mon. 9/17/1821 MET: "The oldest inhabitants of this place do not remember a more severe Wind Storm, than was experienced on the evening and night of the 3d of September inst...The gale was principally from the southeast quarter, veering occasionally to different points of the compass between south and east." DAM: "It blew down the high spire steeple of the Episcopal Church. It took off one half side of the roof of the Methodist Meeting house. It partially unroofed and blew down several barns and out-houses in this city and its vicinity." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Middletown CT SRC: NH Sentinel, Sat. 9/15/1821 DAM: "The spire steeple of the Episcopal church...was blown down, and a part of the roof of the Methodist Meeting house is missing. Several barns and out houses, were also demolished." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Morris CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 (Litchfield Misc.) DAM: "The South Farms Meeting House was almost blown over. The top of it was bent some six or seven feet, so that the whole appeared considerable jostled from its fastening." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/14/1821 DAM: 9/12. "It is mentioned that the late gale, which proved so destructive to the shipping &c. in New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, &c. was not felt in Baltimore, nor at Eastport, Maine. We have not heard of any damage being done in this vicinity, except to the orchards." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/7/1821 MET: Short but severe gale from SE. DAM: "On Monday night a short but severe gale of wind, from SE, did considerable damage to the trees and fruit in this vicinity." Whole orchards were without fruit. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New England SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Thurs. 9/6/1821 DAM: "The Southern mail, due here [Boston] on Tuesday night, did not reach town until 2 pm yesterday. The way-bill contains the following note: 'The mail did not arrive at Hartford till 5:15 pm--the gale, fall of trees, & c. supposed to be the cause.' We learn that the Albany stage was also delayed by the gale. It is to be feared that much damage has been done to the fruit. We are told that in this vicinity three fourths of the apples are blown from the trees, and that many trees are blown down or injured." FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum, p. 81-87 MET: On the late afternoon of 3 September 1821 a tropical storm of full hurricane intensity smashed across extreme western Long Island with the center moving onshore partly within the limits of present-day NYC. The landfall appears to have been near Jamaica Bay close to the present site of NY International Airport (Idlewild). Crossing through Nassau County, the center of lowest barometric pressure traversed Long Island Sound on approximately the Oyster Bay-Stamford axis, and then raced northward through the hill country astride and to the east of the NY-CT border. Available weather records indicate that this is the only major hurricane whose center actually passed over a part of NYC in the last 200 years. NOT: Because there were many skilled observers within the area through which the hurricane passed it was possible to accomplish the first careful analysis of an American hurricane. Ludlum makes many detailed notes about the storm track before it reached New England. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: The Franklin Herald, Tues. 9/18/1821 DAM: "...the new meeting-house was blown down, the roof of which was finished but a few hours before the gale commenced. The walls were swept away to within three feet of the ground. This was a large brick building. The shipping in the harbor sustained but little damage. About 50 chimneys, and a great number of trees experienced the fate of the meeting-house, besides these, most of the stores buildings on long wharf were considerable injured." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: The Hampshire Gazette, Wed. 9/19/1821 MET: The following are the notes from the steam boat, Connecticut: "She left New Haven on Monday evening at half past six...the sky was overcast and lowering, the wind fresh, and every appearance of a stormy night. The wind freshened, and coming on to blow a gale, the boat was anchored in the bay within the light, & about three fourths of a mile from land. About 10 o'clock the wind became violent, and a very heavy sea running, fears were entertained that she would part her cables. The stern and bower anchors holding steadily, when the wind shifted suddenly four or five points, blowing with increased fury heavily upon the land; the anchors yielding to the force of the wind and waves, began to drag..." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 (Benjamin Silliman) MET: "...the southeast gale...gradually increased from noon to dark, when it raged with tremendous violence, and continued until nearly midnight. It terminated very abruptly, and passed in a very short time from hurricane to a serene and starlight night. The wind shift there also was through south to southwest." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: NH Patriot and State Gazette, Mon. PM, 9/17/1821 SUR: "Fortunately it was low water at the height of the gale; else not a vessel would have been left seaworthy." DAM: "The new brick Methodist Meeting House erected on the Green, and which had but just been covered, was laid prostrate! Several dwelling houses and stores were much injured...Chimneys, trees, signs, fences, & c. are scattered in all directions." Nearly all the vessels in the harbor were blown by the wind. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New Haven CT, New London CT SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/7/1821 MET: 9/6. A boat, "when plying between [these two cities], on Monday night, the storm of wind was so violent, that the boat was compelled to put back, and to anchor for safety, until the storm was over." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New London CT SRC: Rutland Herald, Mon. 9/17/1821 MET: 9/5. "On Monday night last we experienced a severe gale from the South-East." SUR: "The tide rose several feet above its ordinary level, and some damage was done to our wharves and boats..." DAM: "...fences and out-houses were blown down. The light house, on Fayerweather's Island at the entrance of Black Rock harbour, is blown down and completely demolished." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New London CT SRC: NH Patriot and State Gazette, Mon. PM, 9/17/1821 SUR: "The tide rode several feet above its ordinary level." DAM: "...fences and outhouses were blown down." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Fri. 9/7/1821 MET: "On Saturday, Sunday and Monday, we had an almost continual succession of fine showers of rain... The wind from East and rain, increased yesterday afternoon, and by sunset was a hurricane. We fear much damage has been done to our shipping..." SUR: "Such was the power on the water that last evening at 7 o'clock, the time of low water, many of our docks were inundated, and many vessels were on their beam ends...About 8 o'clock, the fury of the hurricane subsided, and the wind shifted to the Northward and Westward, but continued to blow with considerable violence, and the water again receded, almost as suddenly as it rose." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Fri. 9/7/1821 MET: 9/4. "We were last evening visited by one of the most tremendous hurricanes ever experienced in this city..." DAM: "All the wharves on the south side of the city have been very much injured, and all the vessels at the wharf, have been more or less damaged. A large number of chimneys have been blown down in the Bowery..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Sat. 9/8/1821 DAM: 9/5. The hurricane, "in about two hours on Monday evening, [did] more damage in this city and vicinity, than was ever before witnessed. The greatest part of the poplars and weeping willows at Hudson park were blown down." Damage to shipping. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/14/1821 SUR: "...and some idea of the strength of the gale may be derived from the fact that though it occurred at the time of low water, the tide almost immediately rose to such a height as to overflow the wharves, in the East river, and entirely cover South Street." 9/6. "In one hour during the [hurricane] of Monday evening, the water was forced into the East River 13 feet 4 inches above low water mark. On the sudden shifting of the wind, the water went off in half the time that it came in. The regularity of the tides had no effect upon the water, which yielded entirely to the force of the wind." DAM: "We have heard of numerous accidents, such as chimneys blown down, vessels drifted from their anchorages, and injured of the decks, cellars overflown, &c. 9/5. "the sudden and extraordinary gale experienced here on Monday last...commenced in the afternoon and very soon became almost a hurricane. It raged for about three hours...There are a number of chimneys blown down...A large wide plank was taken by the force of the wind from a lumber yard and carried into the fore-top-gallant rigging of a brig lying about 200 feet distant, from which it was taken yesterday morning. Several houses that were building near Corlaer's Hook, were entirely prostrated. The large brick house corner of Murray and Washington streets is unroofed." Three barns were reported blown down and the Battery embankment was washed away. "Many of the trees at that promenade at the Park and in the streets are prostrated. A new building...was partly demolished, and the front of a store...was blown down. The destruction to windows is great, the rattling of glass was continual during the gale. The whole of the chimneys in Schermerhorn...were blown down...Along the East river, some small houses and barns, and many trees were blown down and several houses unroofed. The eastern Beacon Light on Sandy Hook was blown down. The steeple of the brick Meeting-house was observed to rock, as near as could be ascertained, to the distance of three feet each way." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: NH Sentinel, 9/15/1821 MET: "The gale was most severe about sunset..." SUR: "When the gale was the most violent, it was the hour for low water, yet such was the force of the wind that the wharves were covered from one to four and five feet with water!" DAM: "...and more damage it appears, was sustained in the city, in the vicinity, and among the shipping, 'than was ever before witnessed'. Chimneys blown down, roofs wholly and partially stripped off, trees and fences prostrated, wharves injured and some ruined, and bridges carried away. A vast number of wooden buildings were made a heap of ruins. 'The extreme violence of the wind, shaking steeples, uprooting the trees, toppling over the chimneys, unroofing and dashing in the sides of the houses...'" FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: Providence Gazette, Wed. 9/15/1821 SUR: "The tide rose unusually high, and threatened a destructive deluge; such having been the violence of the wind, that at the time of low water, the sea had so been forced in as to bury the wharves more than one foot below its surface. Many cellars were filled with water..." DAM: "A new house was partly demolished, the lead on the roof of another was ripped up, the windows in many buildings badly broken, and several chimneys and wooden frames blown down. Some rope-walks were much injured, and others entirely destroyed, and trees in various parts of the city were broken down or uprooted. Much of the shipping at the wharves and at quarantine is injured--some having been driven ashore with loss of masts, rudders, bowsprits, rigging and valuable cargo." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: The Franklin Herald, Tues. 9/18/1821 MET: "the gale was still more violent and destructive. The wind during the time veered and shifted to almost every point of compass, and when at its height, presented a most awful spectacle." SUR: "The tide, although at low water at the commencement of the gale, rose to an unusual height, overflowing all the wharves." DAM: "A number of houses were unroofed and blown over." Many vessels were driven ashore. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p. 84 (Centinel of Freedom) MET: The NYC Metropolitan area lay directly in the path of the onrushing hurricane. "Rain commenced at 0900, wind was fresh from the south to southeast all day, about 1700 a shift to northeast took place, and it 'blew violently' until 1830 when the gale was at its peak, there was little diminution until about 1930 at which time the wind suddenly veered to northwest and quickly swept away the clouds, and presented the stars brightly twinkling in the face of heaven." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p. 84 (Centinel of Freedom) MET: "From Saturday morning till 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon (Monday), we were visited with repeated and copious showers of rain, accompanied by some loud peals of thunder and lightning, and an extreme dense atmosphere; the wind during the time veered and shifted to almost every point of the compass, when about half past four o'clock yesterday afternoon it came out from almost east, with all the violence and fury of a hurricane, and continued to about half past 8 last evening...One barometer droped from 30.13" at 0600 to a low of 29.38" at 1930. Rainfall for the day measured only 0.87 inches in the Laight records." DAM: "...throwing down chimneys, unroofing buildings, and prostrating trees in various directions. When the gale was at its height, it presented a most awful spectacle. The falling of slate from the roofs of buildings, and broken glass from windows, made it unsafe for anyone to venture into the streets." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 (NY Post) SUR: A brief summary condensed from press reports follows: "All wharves along the North River were damaged and many of their frames pulled from their foundations, the steamboat dock at Marketfield Street destroyed, the Battery inundated and the earth along the embankment washed away back to the first row of trees, Mr. Rabineau's bath houses on White's wharf were torn to pieces..." DAM: "...in the upper part of town some houses were unroofed and others blown down, ten cows were killed on Broadway when a building collapsed, one wing of the Ball Alley crumbled before the wind pressure, many trees in the Park were prostrated." FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: The Eastern Argus, Tues. 9/11/1821 MET: "After three days of most welcome rain, the wind, about sunset yesterday afternoon, blew a hurricane from East to ENE and occasioned in a short space of time, (for it scarcely lasted more than two hours) an incredible amount of mischief." SUR: "The force of the gale happened fortunately when the tide was nearly out, even then, the water was raised so suddenly as to inundate the lower part of town." Much of the embankment at the Battery was washed away. DAM: Many trees uprooted and limbs snapped. Fruit trees were bare. Many vessels were injured. "Many of the trees at that promenade, at the Park, and in the streets are prostrated. A new building...is partly demolished...The destruction to windows is great... Chimneys were down. At Bloomindale, and along the East River, some small houses and barns, and many trees, were blown down and several houses unroofed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: Rutland Herald, Mon. 9/17/1821 MET: "The destructive gale...occurred on Monday, the 3rd inst. Its ravages appear to have been confined to the sea board between Narragansett Bay and the Chesapeake. It was not severely felt either at Boston or Baltimore. At New York the storm commenced about 7 in the evening, and continued with increasing violence, till 8 or 9 o'clock, when the wind veered about to the northwest." SUR: "The water suddenly rose above the wharves, many of which were demolished, and produced a promiscuous wreck of property." DAM: "Buildings, chimneys, fences and trees, were blown down in all parts of the city and its vicinity." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Sat. 9/8/1821 SUR: "The force of the gale happened fortunately when the tide was nearly out, even then, the water was raised so suddenly as to innundate the lower partion of the town." DAM: "...we saw the limbs of trees, as big as a man's body, broken with the facility of glass; and trees themselves, of the growth of half a century, uprooted in an instant by the force of the tempest. The roads and fields, as well as some of our streets, are strewed with fallen trees, and the anticipations of the gardener and the fruiterer are vanished, not a bough sustains its golden fruitage." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: NH Patriot and State Gazette, Mon. PM, 9/17/1821 MET: The storm raged for about three hours. DAM: "...a wide plank was taken up by the wind from a lumber yard and carried into the foretop gailant rigging of a brig lying about 200 feet distant..." The steeple of the brick meeting house was observed to rock. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY SRC: NH Sentinel, Sat. 9/15/1821 MET: "...the gale was most severe about sunset..." SUR: "When the gale was most violent, it was the hour for low water, yet such was the force of the wind that the wharves were covered from one to four and five feet with water!" DAM: "Chimneys blown down, roofs wholly and partially stripped off, trees and fences prostrated, wharves injured and some ruined, and bridges carried away." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: New York NY (Jamaica/Queens) SRC: The Eastern Argus, Tues. 9/11/1821 DAM: A barn was blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Newington CT SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/21/1821 DAM: The steeple of the church was blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Newington CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 (Haverhill Gazette) DAM: "The steeple at the Episcopal Church was blown down." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Newtown CT, Trumbull CT, Washington CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 (Amer. Farmer) DAM: Reports say that destruction in these towns was equal to that of Bridgeport. "The destruction of fruit and forest trees was immense." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: North Haven CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 DAM: The Methodist Church was partially destroyed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Northampton MA SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Sat. 9/8/1821 MET: 9/5. "A heavy storm of wind and rain from the South and South East, passed over this town on Monday evening last." DAM: "One of the Court House chimneys was blown down, and a barn belonging to Mr. Enos Cook. Considerable injury has been done to orchards--trees uprooted or shattered to pieces--cornfields are prostrate." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Northeast SRC: various NOT: See New Bedford Mercury 9/14/1821 for reports on NJ, Norfolk, and Portsmouth VA. See Boston Daily Advertiser 9/8/1821 for reports on Philadelphia; 9/14/1821 for reports on Norfolk and Richmond. See Rutland Herald 9/17/1821 for reports on points south of New England. See NH Sentinel 9/15/1821 for reports on NJ, Philadelphia, and Norfolk. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Northeast SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 (Conn. Mirror) MET: "In New Haven it begin an hour earlier [6 pm], in New York it commenced at 5 o'clock with the wind to NE. In Philadelphia the storm began as early as 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It appears not to have been very severe farther south than New Jersey, nor farther east than New London... We have heard from most of the towns on the Connecticut River for the distance of 50 to 60 miles and the storm seems to have been about as violent as it was here [Hartford]." FLD: "In the western part of CT there was very little wind, but a very heavy fall of rain which did great damage to bridges and roads." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Poughkeepsie NY SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/21/1821 MET: 9/11. "About half past five o'clock on Sunday afternoon, the village of Poughkeepsie was visited by the most awful hail storm that has ever been in that part of the country. It lasted about 10 or 15 minutes--an unusual quantity of hail fell, and many of the ice-balls measured from eight to fourteen inches in circumference, and weighed from three to fourteen ounces." Much glass was broken. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Poughkeepsie NY SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Sat. 9/8/1821 MET: Poughkeepsie experienced the gale. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Powles Hook NY SRC: The Franklin Herald, Tues. 9/18/1821 MET: "..the gale was most awful and tremendous. The wind was from the NE accompanied with hail and rain, which fell in torrents." DAM: "The docks and wharves and piers were all swept away. Several vessels were lost and a number badly injured." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Providence RI SRC: NH Sentinel, 9/15/1821 SUR: "The tide rose to an unusual height and drove several vessels from their moorings..." DAM: "...no material damage was sustained. A part of a rope walk, and one unfinished building was blown down." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Providence Gazette, Wed. 9/19/1821 MET: "The late tremendous gale was extensive in its progress, long in its duration, and destructive in its consequences." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Providence RI SRC: NH Patriot and State Gazette, Mon. PM, 9/17/1821 DAM: "...damage was not extensive." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Providence RI SRC: NH Sentinel, Sat. 9/15/1821 SUR: "The tide rose to an unusual height and drove several vessels from their moorings, but no material damage was sustained." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Region: Amherst MA to Brattleboro VT SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 (Noah Webster) MET: "..a violent hurricane from the SE commenced in evening." DAM: "It prostrated trees and overset some sheds and houses. It was violent at Amherst and as far north as Brattleborough." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Rocky Hill CT SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/21/1821 DAM: "A distillery and several other buildings were blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 MET: Edward Holyoke listed "a most violent squall" at 0300 on the 4th but made no mention of storm damage. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Ship (schooner) a few leagues N of Cape Hatteras SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/21/1821 MET: "On the 2nd, a schooner, a few leagues to the north of Cape Hatteras, hove to in a violent gale from ESE. About 9 o'clock AM on the 3rd she was struck by a sea." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: South Kingston RI (Kingston) SRC: Nailer Tom's Diary MET: 9/2. Foggey. W. s. w. 9/3. C. W. s. W. ...a very hard wind last Night. I was unwell last Night. I helpt pick up windfall appels and workt in the Shop. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 (NY Spectator) MET: The storm lasted there from 2100 to 2400, as "principally wind there being little rain during the night." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Stratford CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 85 MET: A minister living on the Sound described how all of his many poplar trees fell almost due north towards the conclusion of the storm which came there "a little before 10 P.M." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Wethersfield CT SRC: New Bedford Mercury, Fri. 9/21/1821 DAM: "We are told there are no less than forty buildings blown down, unroofed, or otherwise materially injured. The doors of one house...were forced open, and the fire blown from the hearth, and the building consumed. A brick schoolhouse standing on the green was unroofed and the two end walls blown down, leaving the side walls which were parallel with the wind standing upright." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Wethersfield CT SRC: The Franklin Herald, Tues. 9/18/1821 DAM: "...it is stated, there were not less than forty buildings blown down, unroofed, or otherwise materially injured." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Williamstown MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 (Ms. Met. Reg.) MET: A "violent rain in the evening" fell on the 3rd with wind at both 1400 and 2100 out of the southeast, 2.97 inches of rain fell during the storm period which lasted two days. END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Windham CT SRC: The Franklin Herald, Tues. 9/18/1821 DAM: "The doors of a house in Windham were blown open, the fire scattered, and the house consumed." END: HUR: N1821 LOC: Windsor VT SRC: Ludlum, p. 86 (Vermont Rep. & Am. Yoeman) MET: "In this vicinity the wind did not blow so violently, as there described [Brattleboro]..." FLD: "...but the rain fell in great abundance, and the roads were much damaged." END: HUR: N1825 LOC: Cape Hatteras SRC: The Providence Gazette, June 15, 1825 MET: Notes about the storm off Cape Hatteras on 6/3-6/4 and other points along the Atlantic shoreline. END: HUR: N1825 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 88 MET: Rain all day Saturday with falling barometer and northeasterly winds. At sunrise on Sunday, however, the barometer had reached its lowest point at a stated observation, 29.57", and the wind had shifted into the southeast and by noon was at south-southeast. Temperatures had risen from the mid-50's on Saturday to 61 degrees at sunrise. All would indicate that the center of the June hurricane passed well to the west of that island outpost. END: HUR: N1825 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p. 87 MET: The storm came into NYC and Long Island as it swept northward along the NJ coast. In NYC the press reported the storm as commencing at 0700 on Saturday morning, reaching its most violent phase between 1900 and 2300, and not subsiding until 0400 on Sunday morning. A heavy rain fell constantly throughout. One editor commented about the unusual phenomenon: "We never recollect a storm in June of equal severity or duration...." SUR: The height of the gale just preceded the time of high water, though the indicated rise of two feet above normal was not exceptional. DAM: Nevertheless, considerable damage to shipping in the harbor came from the combination of wind and tide. Throughout the NYC area countless trees were prostrated by the hurricane force winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1825 LOC: New York NY SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, June 9, 1825 MET: "A northeast storm commenced here on Saturday morning, and continued until yesterday afternoon. During most of the time the wind blew hard, and the rain fell in heavy showers. From 9 o'clock on Saturday night, until one in the morning, (the time of high water) the gale was unusually violent." SUR: "The tide, however, rose only about two feet above the usual height, and we have not learnt that any great damage has been sustained at the wharves." DAM: "Some trees were prostrated, and others stripped of their branches, the tops of some chimneys were blown off and some windows were broken by the wind." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1825 LOC: New York NY SRC: Franklin Herald and public Advertiser, Tues. 6/14/1825 MET: "On Saturday the 4th inst. a storm from the NE commenced here and continued till last night, the wind having blown with more violence than we ever experienced at this season of the year." SUR: "The tide rose two feet over the wharves in the East River, sweeping off lumber, filling the cellars and doing other damage." DAM: "The injury to the shipping was less than could be anticipated, but we expect to hear of serious losses on the sea-board." END: HUR: N1825 LOC: Northeast SRC: Ludlum, p.87 MET: This storm did damage all the way from Florida to NYC. Reports from Santo Domingo, Cuba, St. Augustine, Charleston, Fort Johnson, Cape Fear, Elizabeth City, Norfolk, etc. END: HUR: N1825 LOC: Region: Worcester MA to Cambridge MA SRC: Diary of Charles Francis Adams, p. 466 MET: 6/4. "Leave Worcester, rain and uncomfortable, Westborough to Framingham, good dinner, return to Cambridge, evening..." END: HUR: N1825 LOC: South Kingston RI (Kingston) SRC: Nailer Tom's Diary, p. 634 MET: 6/4. Rain W.n.E. 6/5. rain. W.n.E. END: HUR: N1830 LOC: Barnstable MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 88 DAM: Damage to trees, fruit, and buildings also was reported. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1830 LOC: Barnstable MA SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Wed. 8/23/1830 DAM: A ship was reporting ashore at this town due to the blow. END: HUR: N1830 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Daily Advertiser, Wed. 8/25/1830 MET: Boston reported NW changing to N winds with Fair skies on the 17th and NE changing to NW winds with Cloudy changing to Fair skies on the 18th. END: HUR: N1830 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Diary of Charles Francis Adams, p. 302 MET: 8/17. "Weather cloudy and warm." 8/18. No mention of the weather on this day. END: HUR: N1830 LOC: Montpelier VT SRC: Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald, Tues. 9/7/1830 FLD: Severe floods were visited upon this town around 8/18. END: HUR: N1830 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 88 MET: The gale force winds swept the islands and capes...on the 17th-18th. The Nantucket Inquirer thought the storm "one of the most severe gales experienced for a long time." The peak winds occurred from midnight to 0100 and "almost amounted to a hurricane." Winds backed from NE to NNE, and to N. The lowest barometer at an observation time occurred at 0700/18th with a reading of 29.66. DAM: Some small buildings were blown down and trees uprooted. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1830 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 88-89 (New Beford Currier) MET: "We have seldom been visited with a more severe gale than was experienced here last night. It commenced blowing fresh from about 9 o'clock and continued to increase to about 12, when it blew a heavy gale." DAM: "Roof blown off house." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1830 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p. 88-89 MET: Redfield "noticed at the height of the gale there in the late afternoon that the western horizon was clear and that the setting sun shone on the canopy of clouds to the eastward, making a fine spectacle. This observation furnished his first intimations as to the inland extent of a typical coastal northeaster." END: HUR: N1830 LOC: Northeast SRC: various NOT: See Boston Daily Advertiser 8/21/1830 for news about Philadelphia, same paper 8/27/1830 and 8/28/1830 for Charlestown. See Hampshire Gazette 9/1/1830 for Wilmington DE, Charlestown, and Elizabeth City NC. See Ludlum p.88-89 for Redfield's account of the hurricane hitting Nova Scotia. END: HUR: N1830 LOC: South Kingston RI (Kingston) SRC: Nailer Tom's Diary, p. 720 MET: 8/17. "C.W.E. and Rain" 8/18. "c.W.n.w." END: HUR: N1830 LOC: Stratford CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 88-89 MET: Although promising cloud banks appeared, no rain fell at this time to alleviate a growing drought. END: HUR: N1839 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum p.90 DAM: Boston Harbor, fortunately, escaped any serious damage to shipping. END: HUR: N1839 LOC: Kingston RI SRC: Nailer Tom's Diary p.802 MET: 29th C.W.n.E. I went to the funeal of E. R. Potter Kinyon. Son Benja finsht bringing brush. 30th r.W.n.E. wind very heard. 31st. C.W.n. END: HUR: N1839 LOC: Machias ME SRC: Ludlum p.90 DAM: Down East it was another matter. The course of the storm and the curving coastline tended to converge. Whole trees were blown down and the fine Maine apple crop beaten from the trees. Corn and other crops were laid low. The Maine Farmer was of the opinion that the storm caused more damage than any since 1815. NOT: Data on specific towns in Maine was unavailable; for mapping purposes F1 damage was assigned to the town of Machias. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1839 LOC: Mattapoisett MA SRC: Ludlum p.90 MET: Rev. Thomas Robbins noted "the wind last night was very severe ... cold and had fire in my room. The late storm has been severe and disastrous." END: HUR: N1839 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Ludlum p.90 MET: Out at Nantucket, much closer to the path of the tropical whirl, the wind came out of the northeast all day on the 30th with heavy rain falling and the temperature hanging in the cool fifties. William Mitchell thought: "we have not had so severe a gale for many years." The Inquirer reported a long list of marine disasters with many ships driven ashore both on the Islands and on Cape Cod. At his 0700 observation on the 31st, Mitchell's barometer was down to 29.48", the temperature stood at 54 degrees, and the wind had backed to north-northwest with a drizzle continuing to fall. DAM: "On land the trees, shrubbery, corn, and other vegetables have suffered greatly" commented the Inquirer. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1839 LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum p.89 DAM: A vigorous hurricane moved up the Atlantic Coast on the 28th, 29th, and 30th of August 1839. Though it did not cross the coastline at any point, its path was not far offshore and the sweep of winds in its western semicircle were of such force to cause considerable crop damage in North Carolina and eastern New England, in addition to buffeting coastal shipping from Charleston to Nova Scotia. On Cape Cod the storm was "the most severe in years," and in eastern Maine it was thought the greatest blow since the Great September Gale of 1815. END: HUR: N1839 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum p.90 DAM: There were no accounts of damage at either Philadelphia or New York, but exposed places on Delaware Bay such as Lewes and Cape May reported ships ashore. At Sandy Hook the floating light or lightship was set adrift on the 30th when its anchoring cables snapped under the stress of wind and wave. Galord noted that the high winds were confined to the coastal plain, that "eighty miles inland it was scarcely felt." END: HUR: N1839 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum p.90 MET: At sunrise of the 30th a cold mist was falling at Providence with a chill east wind. Rain began at 1000 as the wind freshened. With the rain continuing throughout the afternoon the wind became "very heavy" and at night reached "almost a gale." Alexis Caswell's barometer on the Brown College campus dropped as low as 29.64" by sunrise of the 31st. His rainfall catch totaled 3.00". END: HUR: N1839 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Ludlum p.90 DAM: The Salem historian, J. B. Felt, witnessing the scene while compiling his monumental account of local events, thought it "a more violent northeast storm than has been experienced for a considerable period. It was destructive to trees, fences, and shipping." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1839 LOC: Yarmouth NS SRC: Ludlum p.90 DAM: Farther along in Yarmouth in Nova Scotia strong easterly gales did their work of destruction and drove several ships ashore. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Bangor ME SRC: Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), 10/9/1841 DAM: "The late gale was not felt at Bangor. The storm there was very moderate, being only a fresh breeze, with gentle rain." NOT: Notes from Halifax in Daily Evening Transcript 10/6/1841. FSC: F- END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Barnstable MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/13/1841 (from the Barnstable Journal of Wed.) SUR: "...the tides flowed to such an unusual height as to sweep [the wharves] of almost every moveable article, beside overflowing our salt meadows, and carrying off hundreds of tons of hay." DAM: "The effects of the wind are everywhere around us. Buildings have been injured, trees, some of large size, fences, corn, &c., have been prostrated in many places and vegetation generally has suffered more or less damage. Saltworks have also suffered severely in this vicinity and a considerable damage has been done about our wharves..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Boston MA SRC: NY Tribune, Wed. 10/6/1841 (The Boston Transcript) MET: "...from Saturday night until Monday morning the wind blew a hard gale from the East and North-east, and that a considerable sprinkling of snow fell by way of variety." DAM: "Limbs were blown from the trees; the awnings were torn to tatters; two sloops were sunk on the flats..." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), 10/4/1841 MET: "The wind has blown a hard gale from the E and NE since Saturday night and still continues, accompanied with rain, and this morning a considerable sprinkling of snow fell by way of variety." DAM: "Limbs were blown from some of the trees, and awnings which had not been taken in were torn to pieces." Some damage to shipping. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 (Maine Farmer) DAM: A strong northeast gale prevailed outside on Sunday night but "no damage of consequence was done in the harbor." END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Cape Ann MA SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: Cape Ann received strong northeast gales. DAM: The Rockport breakwater gave away. Many ships were driven ashore. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Cape Cod MA, Martha's Vineyard MA SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 DAM: Both experienced the same type of destruction as was meted out to Nantucket. Much damage to shipping. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Chatham MA SRC: Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), 10/13/1841 DAM: Many bodies found dead on shore. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Concord MA SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: Three inches [of snow] accumulated. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Connecticut (eastern) SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: Eastern Connecticut, favorably situated in the cold sector and close to the source of moisture, received the greatest covering of snow. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Gloucester MA SRC: Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), 10/5/1841 MET: "The gale was very severe at Gloucester..." DAM: The shipping suffered considerable damage in this harbor. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Gloucester MA, Rockport MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/13/1841 (from the Boston Transcript) MET: "The late gale raged with great violence at Gloucester and Rockport." END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Harwich MA SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 (Yarmouth Register) MET: 10/3, "A very severe storm of wind and rain from the north-east which has continued through the day, steadily increasing in violence." 10/4, "Storm raging with dreadful fury. Wind NNE, constant rain. Clouds driving over have a remarkable appearance low, black, rolled together like wisps of hay, or fleeces of wool, or more like the waves of the sea in a gale." 10/5, "Wind entirely subsided, but cloudy and wet. We survey the effect of the storm..." DAM: "Trees, fences, and small buildings prostrated.... All vegetables of any height laid flat to the ground; even the large leaves of cabbages torn off and strewed about fences. Everwhere the ground is covered with the green leaves of fruit and forest trees. Roads leading through woods are thickly carpeted with leaves and small branches. Everwhere are seen trees uprooted, or large limbs hanging by a few splinters. But the great disaster is among the shipping..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Isle of Shoals SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: The waves were thought to have been the highest in the memory of the oldest residents of that exposed spot. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Kent CT SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: Kent in western CT received a 12 inch covering as did most of the hill towns in that area. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Mansfield MA SRC: Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), 10/4/1841 DAM: "The frame of a large building, which had just been raised, was entirely prostrated." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Middletown CT SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: Middletown, located in a singular snowbelt only a dozen miles inland from Long Island Sound, had a fall of 12 inches with depths to 18 inches reported in the surrounding highlands. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Middletown CT SRC: New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Thurs., 11/4/1841 MET: Snow "fell six inches deep in Middleton CT on Sunday night." END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: One of the most intense hurricanes of the century raced northward through the shipping lanes off the Middle Atlantic seaboard on the morning of 3 October 1841, and arrived almost unheralded soon after noon on that fateful Sunday to catch a large portion of the Cape Cod fishing fleet on their favorite grounds southeast of Nantucket. The easterly gales, quickly rising to full hurricane strength, prevented the small vessels from turning the Cape and making safe port behind Provincetown. Nantucket, the closest land mass to the path of the storm, bore the full brunt of the hurricane winds on the 3d and 4th. Hon. William Mitchell, with his daughter Maria, took good meterologic records of the storm: Oct. 3 0800 30.00 51 ENE Very squally 0900 29.91 50 ENE Gale 1000 29.80 51 ENE Gale increasing 1200 29.74 52 ENE Gale very high 1300 29.72 52 ENE Increasing 1400 29.70 51 ENE Unabated 1600 29.68 50 ENE Unabated 1700 29.63 49 ENE Unabated, heavy rain 1800 29.63 49 NE Unabated, heavy rain 1900 29.64 49 NE Gale incr. heavy rain 2000 29.59 48 NE Unabated, heavy rain 2100 29.58 48 NE Increasing heavy rain Oct. 4 0200 NNE Gale terrible 0600 29.18 49 N Gale terrible 0800 29.32 50 N1/2W Abates 1000 29.42 51 N1/2W Abates 1200 29.50 52 N1/2W Ordinary heavy 1400 29.55 50 N1/2W 1600 29.68 49 NbyW Now moderate 1800 29.73 49 NbyW Abating 2000 29.80 48 NbyW Terminates "It commenced at 8 A.M. of the 3rd, and its termination may be stated at 8 P.M. of the fourth. The height of the wind, the duration of its violence, & its disastrous effects are without parallel in this region. Sixteen wrecks have already been described from the observatories, though the weather is still very thick." The center of the hurricane remained offshore during its entire advance along the Atlantic coast. It passed close to the Outer Banks of NC. The storm track ran parallel, but many miles to the east of the course of the Gale of 1815. Thus no major New England city received the full force of the intense disturbance. But Cape Cod, the Islands, and Cape Ann, all suffered severely. SUR: Nantucket Inquirer: "The tide rose to a height almost unprecedented, reaching from two to three feet above the surface of the wharves, and extending into most of the lower streets, strewing in various directions quantities of lumber, cord wood, and other buoyant objects." DAM: Nantucket Inquirer: "A great number of chimneys, some of them from buildings nearly new, were thrown down by force of the wind. The walks upon the roofs of some thirty dwelling houses in various quarters of the town were blown off. Trees of large dimensions, flag-staffs, fences, and other exposed objects, were prostrated." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Thurs., 11/4/1841 MET: "The wind blew a perfect hurricane from the east." DAM: "Immense damage was done to the wharves and shipping. Many chimneys and trees were blown down." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), 10/4/1841 MET: "The gale was very severe." DAM: "Some damage was done to the shipping, and many chimneys were blown down. A large unfinished stone building, intended for an oil and candle factory, was blown entirely down, and one or two small houses were destroyed. Much of the zinc with which the roof of the building in which is the Merchants' Bank, was torn off, and some of it blown half a mile." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: Samuel Rodman's barometer had sunk to a sea level reading of 29.53" at sunrise of the 4th with a cold north wind blowing. Rainfall there, too had been heavy, 2.87. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Thurs., 11/4/1841 MET: "The gale was very severe." DAM: "...many chimneys were blown down. A large unfinished stone building, intended for an oil and candle factory, was blown entirely down, and one or two small houses were destroyed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 (Columbian Register) MET: Snow fell even at tidewater. In New Haven the rain turned to a "violent storm of snow and sleet" on Sunday evening when the wind hauled to northwest. On Monday morning, although rain had again fallen for several hours preceding, the snow and slush lay three inches deep on the Yale campus and did not entirely disappear until Tuesday morning. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: New York NY SRC: NY Tribune, Wed. 10/6/1841 MET: "The gale on Sunday, which in this city was by far the severest of the season, it appears was no less uncomfortable at the East than here." END: HUR: N1841 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 (NY Tribune) DAM: The wind at NYC "blew a complete gale all day and night, carrying away awnings and branches of trees like feathers, and doing much damage to shipping at the wharves and in the harbor." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: William Redfield reported snow mixed with the rain on Sunday night, 3 October, for the earliest snow in the New York records. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: New York NY SRC: New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Thurs., 11/4/1841 DAM: Trees and awnings & c. damaged. The harbor sustained little damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: New York NY (Erasmus Hall/Flatbush) SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: At Erasmus Hall in Flatbush the two day storm brought 3.05" of rain with cold northeasterly winds. The mercury stood at 38 degrees on Sunday night. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Northampton MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/5/1841 MET: "A severe northeast storm set in on Sunday afternoon, and continued with considerable violence through the night. The wind was high and the atmosphere very cold. In the morning the hills west and north of us were white with snow. At the time of writing this, (Monday afternoon) the storm has not entirely ceased..." END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: (Alexis Caswell) At sunrise on the 4th, the thermometer read 34 degrees. "Rain and snow. Wind a little west of north and very high. Snow in the air, and also on fences, and the roofs of houses." END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette, 10/19/1841 (from the Salem Gazette) DAM: "A young friend...has examined the shipping lists, since the late storm, and finds 192 vessels reported as injured by that disastrous tempest." END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: The storm raged for three days without let-up. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Sandisfield MA SRC: New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Thurs., 11/4/1841 MET: "...on Monday the 4th, the snow was ten inches deep." END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Ship (Caledonia) Boston MA to Halifax NS SRC: Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), 10/12/1841 DAM: A ship which left Boston, arriving in Halifax on the 7th was badly damaged in transit. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Somerset MA SRC: Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), 10/4/1841 DAM: "Two brigs dragged their anchors and were driven high and dry on the beach." END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Taunton MA SRC: Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), 10/4/1841 DAM: "A large brick grain store was blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Taunton MA SRC: New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Thurs., 11/4/1841 DAM: "A large brick grain store was blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Thompson CT SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: People in the vicinity of Thompson made the event memorable by attending Monday's town meeting in sleighs. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: Waltham MA SRC: Ludlum, p.91-94 MET: One inch of snow was measured. END: HUR: N1841 LOC: White Mountains SRC: New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Thurs., 11/4/1841 MET: The Mountains of NH were whitened with snow during this storm. END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Barnstable MA SRC: Ludlum p.95 MET: The Barnstable Patriot thought it the "most severe and extensive in five years since the great gale of October 1841." At Barnstable the mounting wind reached gale force by 1900/13th and continued high until midnight when it commenced to lull away and wear to the south. END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum p.95 DAM: In the Boston area the principal destruction occurred to trees, many being prostrated or uprooted by the dry gale. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "The storm was also severe in the neighborhood of Boston ... The walls of a new brick house at South Boston were blown down. The sawing and planing establishment of H. H. Herrick & Co., East Boston, was demolished." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Canton MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "Twenty feet of Schenk's new factory at Canton was blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Cape Cod SRC: Ludlum p.95 MET: The wide extent of the eastern sector is shown by the comment of the Yarmouth Register out on Cape Cod: "The South East gale on Tuesday night was very severe, but we have heard of little loss sustained from shipping." END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Grafton MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "Nearly all the sheds belonging to the Worcester Railroad Co. at Grafton were blown down." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Ludlum p.95 DAM: At Hartford the force of the wind was sufficient to pick up the railroad bridge crossing the Connecticut River, set it down on the surface of the water, and then continue to blow the structure upstream until it grounded. END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Malden MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "In North Malden a large unfinished dwelling with a number of smaller buildings were prostrated." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Monson MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "In Monson a dwelling-house, building for Merick & Fay, was blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Ludlum p.95 MET: At New Bedford the rainfall on the 13-14th amounted to only 0.33 inches. The low point of the barometer there was reached at 2200 when the wind was raging out of the south-southeast at force 9. By sunrise it had dropped away to a mere southwest force 1. END: HUR: N1846 LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum p.94 MET: Wind reports at the peak of the storm at Norfolk, Baltimore, and Philadelphia were from the southeast, indicating that the storm track passed to the west of those points. The New York Sun gave a timetable for the commencement of the gale at northeastern points: Washington at 0200, New York City at 0800, and Boston at 1400 on the 13th. END: HUR: N1846 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Ludlum p.95 MET: Farther east at New Haven the mercury column dipped to 29.30" at 1800 as the wind veered from northeast to southeast and south and finally around to west later in the night. The highest winds occurred around 1800 from the southeast. END: HUR: N1846 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum p.94-95 MET: Though New York City lay well to the east of the storm track, the wind there was judged the greatest in seven years. Wind conditions reported in the Metropolitan area indicated that the storm center might be in the process of becoming extra-tropical in structure. It seemed to be speading out latitudinally in much the same manner as Hurricane Donna in 1960. The observer at Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn on the 13th noted in his weather log: "violent gale in the afternoon from the Southeast. Lulled somewhat at sunset. Blew very hard again at 1900 and continued for an hour." END: HUR: N1846 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum p.95 MET: Barometers in the Metropolitan area dropped to relatively low readings during the storm's passage, even though at a distance of 100 to 125 miles east of the supposed path of the center. At Erasmus Hall the lowest pressure of 29.15" was observed on the evening of the 13th. END: HUR: N1846 LOC: New York NY SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "In New York City the storm was no less severe. Chimneys were prostrated, trees blown down, and a number of canal boats, laden with provisions, sunk at the piers." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Newark NJ SRC: Ludlum p.95 MET: At Newark, where the wind was "more violent than any experienced in years," the gale commenced at southeast. William Whitehead, the local weather observer, called it "a disastrous gale." The low mark of 29.15" occurred at 1700. DAM: Trees were uprooted at the height of the gale throughout the city. END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Northampton MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "The storm on Tuesday evening last was terrific. The wind, which came from a southerly direction, blew a hurricane, uprooting trees, prostrating fences, and doing other serious mischief." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Norwich CT SRC: Ludlum p.95 DAM: At Norwich in eastern Connecticut the railroad was blocked by numerous downed trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Palmer MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "At Palmer, a large two-story school house in Thorndike Village was prostrated to the ground and broken to pieces. It was not wholly finished, but the roof and sides were covered." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: South Hadley MA SRC: Ludlum p.95 DAM: On the road from Springfield to Amherst, just east of the Connecticut River, there is a notch north of the town of South Hadley through which present Route 116 passes northward. Trees on each side of this natural defile were either felled, pulled up by the roots, or their trunks broken off by the funneling effect of the strong southerly gale. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Southboro MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "The factory building of Wm. B. Wood in Southboro, a long wood building, as broken in two and partly removed from its foundation." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "About one third of the tin covering of the large machine shop at the Western Railroad Depot in this town was stripped off by the wind. About one quarter of the roof itself was blown off with it, and came to the ground. The tin roofing on a part of the Superintendent's new house at the Armory was also torn off by the violence of the gale." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Stoughton MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "The new brick railroad depot at Stoughton was also blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Wilmington MA SRC: Hampshire Gazette 10/29/1846 DAM: "A house in Wilmington owned by Mr. Durgin was dashed to pieces." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1846 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Ludlum p.95 DAM: At Worcester several factories were blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Amherst MA, Framingham MA SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 MET: The storm also extended inland--Amherst and Framingham in Massachusetts noted it. END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 MET: Boston had a severe gale on Sunday. DAM: Trees were uprooted and chimneys blown over. All telegraph communication to the southward went out as wires were downed by the winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Boston MA SRC: NY Daily Tribune, Mon. 11/12/1849 MET: 10/9, "A severe gale from the eastward commenced yesterday, raged with much violence during the night and continues though with some abatement, up to the present time of writing (noon). Rain has fallen in torrents." DAM: "Awnings exposed to the wind, have as usual suffered and the trees have been generally denuded of their variegated fall garb." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Boston MA, New Haven CT, New York NY, Providence RI SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 MET: New York City, New Haven, Providence, and Boston reported a severe northeasterly windstorm on Saturday night, October 6th, with very heavy rain falling, especially on the New England coast. DAM: In shipping channels the usual losses were chronicled in the press. END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Cohasset MA SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 DAM: A brig foundered off the coast in the storm. END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Easthampton NY (Sag Harbor) SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 MET: 10/7. Winds backed from east-by-north at sunrise, to east-northeast, north-northeast, and to north at the stated observation times. Successive barometer readings were 29.14", 29.13", 29.35", the lowest being at 1500. Rainfall for the 33-hour period totaled 6.50 inches. Thus the storm center must have passed near the eastern tip of Long Island. END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Long Island Sound SRC: NY Daily Tribune, Mon. 11/12/1849 MET: The gale was very severe here. END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: Annals of Lynn, p. 423 MET: "A great storm occurred on the 6th and 7th of October." SUR: "The sea was driven in with such fury that in several places it made breaches entirely over Long Beach." END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 MET: The storm was reported as "very severe" for an hour or two after midnight of the 6-7th. Heavy rain fell. It continued windy all day Sunday as the barometer continued to slump, though the main part of the blow had already passed. DAM: No material damage occurred to structures on the island. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1849 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: NY Daily Tribune, Mon. 11/12/1849 DAM: At twelve o'clock last night a house was blown over. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1849 LOC: New London CT SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 MET: The same meteorologic conditions as found at Sag Harbor were found here. Northeast winds mounted to force 6 during the day and a total of 6.15" of rain fell. END: HUR: N1849 LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 MET: The rain storm set in about 1000/6th and increased in severity during the day. At Erasmus Hall, with a wind out of the southeast increasing from fresh to strong, the barometer declined steadily to 29.60" at 2100. The height of the gale lasted from 2000/6th to 0200/7th. By Sunday sunrise the Erasmus barometer read 29.30" and wind overnight had backed into the northeast. Rainfall there for the two days amounted to 2.43 inches. DAM: Considerable structural damage resulted throughout the city. The new Presbyterian Church on 29th Street and 4th collapsed under the wind pressure. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 MET: Northeast gales were experienced on the night of 6-7th with the heaviest part of the storm coming during the early morning hours of the 7th, though the barometer did not reach its lowest point of 29.09" until 1500 in the afternoon, the same condition as reported at Sag Harbor. END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 DAM: A severe easterly storm on the 7th took a toll of small fishing vessels which broke loose from their moorings. END: HUR: N1849 LOC: Temple NH SRC: Ludlum, p.95-96 MET: All reports mentioned the cold temperatures accompanying the storm. Two inches of snow fell at Temple NH on the 7th. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Daily Evening Transcript, Sat. 7/19/1850 MET: The effects of the storm were partially felt here. "After three days of excessive hot weather...a beautiful sight appeared in the East at 10 o'clock last evening, a heavy, heavy-headed white cloud, with the moon beams playing on its apex, which all who saw it, hailed as an indication of a change for the better. Previous to the change of the vane from the southwest, the air was heavily charged with the fragance of sea weed, and the briny ocean. During the night the breeze from the East had sensibly cooled the atmosphere, and persons who had retired for the night, with all windows open, slept in the Park with the gate open, or hung themselves out to dry, awoke this morning with the snuffles, or a very bad cold. We are now having a copious rain, which was much needed by vegetation. The health of the city continues good." END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Boston MA SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME), Tues. 7/23/1850 MET: "The storm of Friday was severe south and west of us. In Boston the gale was high and much rain fell doing incalculable good to the parched up vegetation." END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Cedar Groves SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME), Mon. 7/22/1850 DAM: "The storm of Friday was very severe through to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, &c. and much damage was done by it." A boat went ashore at Cedar Groves. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Connecticut River SRC: NYD Tribune, Sat. 7/24/1850 FLD: Great flooding occurred on the Connecticut River. NOT: Notes on severe flooding in NY. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Cutler ME SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME), Fri. 7/26/1850 DAM: The schooner Wm. Penn of Bath went ashore night of 19th inst., in the SE gale E of Little River, Cutler ME. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Eastport ME SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland ME), Fri. 7/26/1850 MET: The gale was severe at Eastport and vicinity. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Greenfield MA SRC: (Greenfield) Gazette and Courier, 7/22/1850 DAM: "We had a severe rain storm on Friday. It appears to have extended to Hartford, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, &c., and throughout the State of New York, where large quantities of rain fell and considerable damage was done." FLD: 7/29 has reports of floods throughout New England and New York State. Further reports in the Hampshire Gazette on 7/23. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Islip NY (Fire Island) SRC: NYD Tribune, Sat. 7/27/1850 DAM: A ship was wrecked on this island's shores, presumed to be related to the storm. NOT: Notes on damage to the south. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Islip NY (Fire Island) SRC: NYD Tribune, Sat. 7/24/1850 DAM: A ship wreck on Fire Island. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: NYD Tribune, Sat. 7/27/1850 DAM: "Some destruction of crops is reported." FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum, p. 96-99 MET: The track of the storm carried westward and northward over PA and central NY State. All stations in New England reported southeasterly winds and gales and a great rain. DAM: There were property and crop damage reports from CT but not in eastern MA. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 96-99 MET: Very high winds had commenced to abate soon after 0900/19th with moderately high winds the remainder of the day. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: NYD Tribune, Sat. 7/27/1850 MET: 7/20 "It's violence began to abate about 9 o'clock yesterday morning." SUR: "The tide last evening was very high..." DAM: Awnings were split, large limbs wrenched from shade trees. Not less than 300 shade trees were mutilated. Much damage to the crops and flooding. Considerable damage was done to the shipping in the harbor. NOT: Notes on flooding in NY state and on effects of the storm to the south and in Canada. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New London CT (Fort Trumbull) SRC: Ludlum, p. 96-99 MET: A "great storm & heavy rain" on the 19th. Rain had commenced at 0200, by sunrise the wind was coming out of the southeast at force 5, rising at 0900 to force 8. It remained high from the southeast the remainder of the day and evening with temperatures in the middle and low 70's. When the rain had ceased by 1700, a total of 3.24 inches had collected in the rain gage. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p. 96-99 MET: Ludlum compares 1850 to 1954 when the hurricane belt was shifted northward. Three storms occurred in New England in 1850 and above average temperatures were experienced. The period of highest winds had lasted from 2200/18th to 0600/19th and heavy rain had accompanied the southeasterly blasts. DAM: Houses were unroofed and trees stripped of branches. In the harbor all ships dragged anchors. At Coney Island all the bath houses were demolished by the driving force of wind and tide together. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYD Tribune, Sat. 7/20/1850 MET: 7/18, "Shortly after 12 o'clock at night the wind, which had until then blown moderately, increased to a hurricane and so continued until last night. During the night the rain poured down in torrents and aided the wind in its work of destruction. There were frequent showers during the forenoon." SUR: "In the afternoon yesterday, the tide, forced up by the wind, rose so high as to run over several piers in the First Ward." DAM: "A general sweep of awnings, chimney tops, and trees was made, and much injury was done to the shipping by the tossing of the tide and violent force of the wind... all the Telegraph lines leading to this City were deranged. Immense damage has been done to crops and trees. The corn generally is prostrated; oats, rye and wheat are badly injured. Fruit trees suffered badly. Only one or two [trees in the Battery] were upset; and the breaking of limbs was less than in other Parks." Other parks reported several large trees down, and a large number of shade trees throughout the city were lying in the streets. Three to four nearly finished houses were blown down. Several tin roofs were rolled up like paper. Many chimneys were down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYD Tribune, Sat. 7/27/1850 DAM: Two or three new houses were blown down. Many trees were blown down. NOT: See reference for storm effects in NJ and points south. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYD Tribune, Mon. 7/22/1850 DAM: A four story brick building was entirely prostrated. The roof blew off of a building on 8th Ave. Several trees were torn up in Harlem and many fruit trees were torn to pieces. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New York NY SRC: Boston Daily Evening Transcript, Sat. 7/20/1850 MET: "One of the severest storms that have occurred for years commenced in New York, Thurs. night about 10 o'clock, and continued without intermission up to last evening." DAM: Many trees were blown down and branches twisted off. Chimneys and framed houses blown down. NOT: Notes from NJ FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New York NY SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME), Tues. 7/23/1850 MET: "In NY the storm commenced about 10 o'clock on Thursday evening, and continued with unabated fury up to half-past 2 P.M. on Friday...it was one of the most severe storms which has been experienced in that vicinity for years." SUR: "The tide in the harbor was very high, and some of the cellars in the vicinity of the docks were filled with water." DAM: "The wind made...havoc with the trees in the Park and other Squares, stripping some of them of their branches, and twisting others entirely off as though they had been saplings." Awnings and supporting poles were ripped down. Several chimneys were prostrated by the storm. Several unfinished brick buildings were blown down. NOT: There is mention of much damage to the south. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: NYD Tribune, Sat. 7/27/1850 DAM: Two thirds of the trees in the city park were levelled. Several building frames were blown down. The front part of another house was blown out. Chimneys were toppled. "A general destruction of trees, fences, and plants" can be found. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME), Tues. 7/23/1850 DAM: "...considerable damage was done to the shade trees, seriously mutilating many of the most beautiful." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New York NY (Staten Island) SRC: NYD Tribune, Sat. 7/27/1850 SUR: "The tide rose and overflowed the road along the shore doing considerable damage." DAM: "Many large trees are blown down. Most of the corn is prostrated. Fruit trees suffered badly." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: New York NY (Williamsburg) SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME), Tues. 7/23/1850 DAM: "...it is reported that several houses were unroofed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum, p. 96-99 MET: The rain commenced between 0500 and 0600 at a moderate rate, but became heavy accompanied by high winds between 1000 and 1400. By sunset the clouds had broken with patches of clear sky visible. Winds remained in the southeast at all three observations on the 19th. Total rain was given as 1.00 inch. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Vermont SRC: Ludlum, p. 96-99 (Vermont Chronicle) MET: Burlington had 3.23 inches of rain, Montpelier had 5.00 inches of rain. FLD: "In this section of the coutry, it appears that North and East the flood was somewhat less than in 1830. South and southwest it was much heavier, and thus was therefore, taken together, the greatest storm and flood that ever occurred here within the memory of man." Floods occurred up and down the Connecticut. NOT: Notes can be found on the effects of the hurricane in the Carribean and southern portion of the US. END: HUR: N1850 LOC: Vermont SRC: Boston Daily Evening Transcript, Thurs. 7/23/1850 MET: "The rain storm was severe in Vermont on Friday last." DAM: "Crops were very much injured, and large quantities of hay lost." FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Ludlum, p.99 MET: Winds were east-northeast to northeast, at gale force. END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Danby NY SRC: The New York Daily Tribune, 9/13/1854 MET: 9/11, "We have had a heavy rain for the last three days..." END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Easthampton NY (Sag Harbor) SRC: Ludlum, p.99 MET: Winds were east-northeast to northeast, at gale force. Sag Harbor had force 6 at the 1500 and 2100 observations on the 10th. The barometer there read 29.60" at 2100, the lowest at any of the three daily observations. END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Farmington CT SRC: Boston Evening Transcript Thrs. 9/14/1854 MET: "...six inches [of rain fell] at Farmington CT." END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Gay Head MA SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME), Thurs. Sept. 14, 1854 DAM: A schooner sprung a leak in the SW gale 9th inst. off Gay Head. END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Ludlum, p.99 MET: Winds mounted on the 10th to force 8 from east-northeast at 2100. The barometer stood 29.78" at that time, also the lowest at any observation time. By next morning it was still blowing force 6 out of the northeast though the rising barometer now stood at 29.95". The 10th on Nantucket was described as a "stormy day." Thunder occurred around 1400. DAM: A ship on Nantucket Shoals about 40 miles east of the island was thrown on its beam-ends at 2300/10th by the northeast hurricane then raging. END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Boston Evening Transcript Thrs. 9/14/1854 MET: "At Nantucket on Saturday and Sunday, nearly six inches of rain fell." END: HUR: N1854 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Boston Evening Transcript Thrs. 9/14/1854 MET: "During the same time [last Saturday and Sunday], 61/2 inches [of rain] fell." END: HUR: N1854 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Boston Evening Transcript Thrs. 9/12/1854 MET: "During the storms of last Saturday night and Sunday, eight inches of rain fell at new Haven..." END: HUR: N1854 LOC: New York NY SRC: Ludlum, p.99 MET: A strong northeasterly hurricane sideswiped the Middle Atlantic and New England coasts. Winds at all points in the northeastern area were easterly. DAM: The gale uprooted trees in NYC and littered streets with limbs. A building was flattened at the height of the blow in the Williamsburgh section of the city. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1854 LOC: New York NY (Staten Island) SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME), Wed. Sept. 13, 1854 DAM: "Schooner Peru Mason...anchored off Staten Island 9th inst. and during a gale next day, dragged both her anchors and went ashore below Van Wagners dock..." END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Northeast SRC: Boston Evening Transcript Thrs. 9/14/1854 MET: "The storm of last Sunday reached as far west as Chicago, and the papers state that the vegetable kingdom has greatly improved in appearance since the rains." END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Northeast SRC: Diaz, Part I: 1851-1870, p.27-29 MET: Indications are that a cold front reached the New York area late on September 9. The maximum temperature at Brooklyn Heights was 93 degrees Fahrenheit on September 9 and then cooled off and came down to 48 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning of September 11. Rain started falling at 7 P.M. Sept. 9, lasted till noon Sept. 10, and a gale was blowing the whole day of September 10. However, some gales had been affecting vessels off the northeastern U.S. coast the evening before due to a cold front. NOT: See reference for estimated track from Carribean northward. END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum, p. 99 MET: The wind effects of the offshore storm did not reach far inland. Providence had a heavy rain all day the 10th, but force 3 from the northeast (on a scale of 1 to 4) was the highest wind rating achieved in Alexis Caswell's records. His rainfall, amounting to 3.45 inches, had ended by 2100/10th. END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Rockport MA (Thatcher's Island) SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME), Thurs. Sept. 14, 1854 DAM: A schooner was capsized off this island on the afternoon of the 10th. END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Rockport ME SRC: The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME), Thurs. Sept. 14, 1854 DAM: A schooner wrecked off Hardings Rocks and drifted to Robinsons Ledge while trying to make Rockport harbor. END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Ship (Beethorea) 70 mi. SE of Sandy Hook NJ SRC: Boston Evening Transcript Thrs. 9/14/1854 DAM: 9/12, "The ship Beethorea, of and from Bremen, 94 days passage, arrived this morning, and reports that on the 11th inst., 70 miles southeast of Sandy Hook, fell in with schooner Nile... [The captain] reports that on Sunday evening, in the N.E. gale, while lying to, carried away both masts, sprung a leak, and when taken off, had three feet of water in the hold." END: HUR: N1854 LOC: Ship (Brig Reindeer) 60 mi. NW of Abaco SRC: Diaz, Final Report, p. 13 MET: 9/7. "intense hurricane, barometer 27.70 inches, 60 miles NW of Abaco" END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Bangor ME SRC: Ludlum, p. 101 (Bangor Times) MET: The storm at Bangor proved "one of the heaviest in years." DAM: As it continued until midnight, trees were uprooted, chimneys blown down, and awnings rent at the Maine city. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Belfast ME SRC: Ludlum, p. 101 MET: Apparently central and eastern Maine felt the strong sweep of the gales in the eastern sector of the storm that had passed over Nantucket earlier. DAM: The gale was reported as "heavy" with much minor damage to shipping. END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Boston MA SRC: The New York Times, Sun. 9/17/1858 MET: 9/16, "The heavy northeast rain-storm commenced here at 12 o'clock last night, and still continues." END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 100-101 MET: Boston's highest winds were experienced early in the morning of the 16th when the direction was east-northeast. By 1000 a shift to southeast had taken place, but thereafter the intensity of the gusts decreased although the barometer continued to drop to a low of 29.03" reached early in the evening. A comparison of the Boston and Providence reports illustrates the complexity of organization that a tropical storm can have when it passes inland over southern New England. DAM: In the Boston area minor damage resulted to shipping in the harbor, and much fruit was blown off trees. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Evening Transcript, Wed. 9/15/1858 MET: "The gale in the harbor last night was quite severe...The weather of late has been most changeable, and a great quantitiy of rain has fallen, which has greatly retarded the progress of the harvest and caused considerable damage to the cut grain." DAM: There was damage to shipping. END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Evening Transcript, Fri. 9/17/1858 DAM: Damage was done in this vicinity and to the northward. "Several of the ornamental trees on Boston Common were badly injured by branches being broken off by the force of the wind, and many fruit and other trees in the suburban towns were similarly despoiled. Considerable damage was also done by the prostration of small buildings, fences, &c." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Boston MA SRC: The Massachusetts Spy, 9/22/1858 DAM: "...the storm of Thursday was quite destructive to the fruit trees in the vicinity of Boston, in many cases the heavily laden limbs breaking away from the parent stem. The ground beneath the trees was covered on Friday morning with large quantities of the unripe fruit." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Cape Cod MA, Nantucket MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 101 (SI) MET: "The greatest force was from 3:30P.M. to 4:30 P.M., wind S-by-E to SSW." The Nantucket barometer at the 1500 observation was down only to 29.42", indicating the center lay much farther to the west. DAM: "A terrible gale on the 16th prostrated chimneys and fences throughout the town." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Chelsea MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 100-101 DAM: The only structural damage noticed in the press was the leveling of an unfinished house in Chelsea. END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Easthampton NY (Sag Harbor) SRC: Diaz, Final Report, p.14 MET: 9/16. Lowest barometer 28.87 inches at Sag Harbor at 3 pm. END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Easthampton NY (Sag Harbor) SRC: Ludlum, p. 100-101 MET: The storm center made a landfall somewhere in central Long island. At Sag Harbor the wind was out of the northeast all daylight on the 15th, but during the evening it commenced to veer to east and by sunrise next morning, the 16th, was out of the southeast and blowing strong. By 1500/16th his barometer had dropped to the very low point of 28.87" with the wind still out of the southeast. A 22-hour rain ended soon after that time. By 2100 the wind was around to the west and the sky clearing. The storm center had passed to the west of Sag Harbor and was now in New England. END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Harwich MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 100-101 SUR: An unusually high tide accompanied the peak winds driving many small vessels ashore that afternoon. DAM: The gale was "very severely felt." END: HUR: N1858 LOC: New York NY SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/17/1858 MET: "Yesterday everybody thought the Equinoctial storm had come...But by 3 o'clock the weather repented, the sun came out cheerily...All that dreadful threatening of the muggy air and cold east wind of Wednesday went for nothing." END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Newton MA SRC: The Massachusetts Spy, 9/22/1858 DAM: "...one fruit grower of Newton estimates the amount [of fruit] blown off from his trees to be 150 barrels. The fruit in that vicinity is very large and fair." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1858 LOC: North Kingston RI (Wickford) SRC: Boston Evening Transcript, Fri. 9/17/1858 MET: "The gale was very severe in Wickford RI..." DAM: "...much damage was done to fruit trees, and a great deal of growing fruit destroyed." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum, p. 100-101 (Alexis Caswell) MET: "At sunrise the wind was very heavy at about ESE and raining. The wind was fitful, very heavy at intervals, hauling to SE. At 1700 barometer had fallen to 28.90" and the wind had lulled. Before 1800 wind came to NW with blustering and heavy gusts, and the barometer rose very rapidly." The center of the disturbance must have passed very close to Providence. END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Ships SRC: Diaz, Part I: 1851-1870, p.12-13 NOT: Extensive notes available from ship reports which have helped to locate the storm track. END: HUR: N1858 LOC: Wentworth NH SRC: Boston Evening Transcript, Tues. 9/21/1858 MET: "The greatest freshet for many years...occurred on the 17th inst." FLD: It is thought that the water in Bakers River was never so high as during the evening of the 16th inst." Much property was swept away and fields damaged. END: HUR: N1861 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum p.102 MET: The storm in the Boston area did not commence until about 2100/2d when an east-northeast wind reached force 4. The blow increased to "very strong" in the early morning and remained so at sunrise. Though the night had been stormy, it was mild. Heavy rain fell until 1000/3d, with a very heavy downpour coming between 0800 and 0900. The meteorological conditions during the remainder of the day were as follows: at 0900 the wind suddenly changed to southeast and soon subsided to a good breeze (force 2), and after noon to light southwest to south. The rain ended at 1000, and it was nearly clear by 1130. Nevertheless, the barometer continued to fall, not reaching its lowest point until 1400 - an even 29.50". The gale during the night of the 2-3d was judged to be the worst northeaster since 1858. SUR: The damaging tides in the Boston area came at noon on the 3d, well after the high winds had subsided. END: HUR: N1861 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Ludlum p.102 MET: Rodman's barometer at 0700/3d read 29.52" with wind ESE force 5. SUR: Samuel Rodman at New Bedford had "a severe gale from the southeast causing a very high tide morning of the 3d submerging all the wharves." END: HUR: N1861 LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum p.101-102 SUR: The Expedition Hurricane proved noteworthy for the excessive tides produced from Hatteras northward to Maine. In New York City the harbor waters rose to the highest point since 1833; at Newport they were last exceeded by the Great September Gale of 1815; at Boston they approached the record heights of the Minot Light Storm of 1851; and at Portland only the tremendous tide accompanying the March 1830 storm proved superior. END: HUR: N1861 LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: Ludlum p.102 MET: In New York City the storm commencing on Saturday morning, the 2d, continued for about 20 hours. SUR: The wind was mainly easterly and northeasterly and raised a tremendous tide. When the normal high water came at 0837, the waters overflowed the wharves along both the East and North rivers. DAM: In Brooklyn the force of the wind on Saturday knocked out the telegraph wires connecting the City Hall with police and fire systems. A number of trees were uprooted there. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1861 LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: Ludlum p.102 DAM: Out at Provincetown over 150 fishing boats sustained injury from the southeasterly gale and 20 were driven ashore. END: HUR: N1861 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: Ludlum p.102 SUR: At Wareham at the neck of Cape Cod the gales shifting from northeast to southeast drove the waters of Massachusetts Bay into the village and cut the railroad. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Abington MA SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "...three church steeples fell. A large nail and tack factory in South Abington was unroofed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Abington MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: A church lost its steeple in this town. Churches at North and South Abington were much injured. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Abington MA (North Abington, South Abington), Braintree MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: Steeples were blown down in these towns. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Abington MA (South Abington), Boston MA (Dorchester), Braintree MA, Bridgewater MA (North Bridgewater), Marblehead MA, Somerville MA SRC: The New York Times, Sun. 9/12/1869 DAM: All of these towns had church spires that were demolished or seriously damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Acushnet MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Wed. 9/15/1869 DAM: "In the woods east of Acushnet village the trees have been swept off in streaks, leaving alternate wood lots comparatively uninjured. Many large and strong trees are broken off." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Acushnet MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: Six prostrated barns were seen in this town. Five chimneys were down and many trees uprooted. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bangor ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Sat. 9/11/1869 MET: "...the storm was the most furious in that vicinity within the memory of the oldest inhabitants." DAM: "Giant trees were snapped off like pipe stems or torn up by the roots. The sidewalks, where they were not obstructed by overturned trees were carpeted by the twigs and branches..." Damage to fruit trees was beyond calculation, awnings were torn down, slate was torn from roofs and windows smashed. A stable lost a portion of its roof. A new house just getting the finishing touches was levelled to the ground. Chimneys were blown to the ground. A shop was blown down, a barn unroofed and several dwelling houses badly injured. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Barnstable MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 104 (Barnstable Patriot) DAM: "The storm will long be remembered as the great gale, and the injury it has caused will not be speedily repaired." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bath ME SRC: The New York Times, Sun. 9/12/1869 DAM: "There was a great destruction of valuable property in Bath ME." Much damage to shipping. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bath ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: The church lost its steeple along with other damage. "A story and a half dwelling house...was blown down. Numerous workshops and other small buildings were demolished, the greatest loss being that of a two story building, 100 by 40, in the ship yard... which was blown into the dock...In every part of the city chimneys were prostrated...Many beautiful trees in the streets and in gardens were torn up." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Biddeford ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: The steeple of the second parish church was blown over. Trees and fences were blown down in abundance. The roof and side of a barn were blown off. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Block Island RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: Reports regarding the wreck of the Courser: "She had a pleasant passage until struck by the gale when off Block Island, which soon increased to a hurricane, blowing away all the sails, foreyard and topmast with all attached." NOT: Reports of boats going ashore all along the southeastern shore of New England including Long Island and the Cape. Reports also state that much damage was done to shipping all along the Atlantic coast north of the Cape. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Block Island RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Tues. 9/14/1869 DAM: "The Free Will Baptist Church on the west side of the island was blown down...Several dwelling houses and barns were blown down and also a great many hay stacks. The walls and fences are down for rods. Corn fields levelled with the ground." Some ship damage. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Boothby ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: A two story unfinished house...was blown down. A two story house at Hodgdon's Mills was blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 MET: There had been some light rain in the morning with a southerly flow. At 1400 the temperature stood at 85 degrees with a light breeze from the south-southwest still prevailing. By 1500, however, it had become overcast with a shift of wind to an easterly quarter, and heavy rain squalls soon struck the city. By 1645 the gusts of wind had become 'severe' from the east-southeast; the mercury tumbled to 70 degrees. A shift to south occurred at 1750 as the center moved to the west. The observer thought the heaviest blast of wind came at 1812, the time of the lowest barometer, 29.02", the trace had dropped to 29.14" at 1800, bottomed at 29.02" twelve minutes later, and had risen to 29.25" by 1900, all pointing to a very small, yet extremely intense pressure center. The heavy gusts at Boston ended by 1900, and by 1930 the wind had veered around to south-southwest with heavy rain squalls still continuing. Rainfall that afternoon was measured at 1.22 inches. SUR: The tide in Boston Harbor had been full at 1400. By the time of the greatest wind force four hours later it was at half ebb, a fact which greatly lessened damage to shipping and harbor installations. DAM: The raging gale blew out the east gable of the Coliseum exposed to the wind, and then rushed through the structure to force out the west gable; the roof at each end then collapsed. Many churches through the city also suffered with spires and roofs being blown off. In the public gardens several trees were torn out by the roots. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Boston MA SRC: New York Times, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: The church steeple of the Hanover street church was blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Boston MA SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 MET: 9/10, "It began to rain in Boston shortly after 4 o'clock, and continued until about 7. For two hours, from 5 till 7, the wind raged with tremendous fury, while the rain came down in torrents." DAM: "Amid this mad fury of the elements, buildings were blown down, signs were torn from their fastenings and chimneys were prostrated with frightful violence...The telegraph wires in every direction were prostrated." There was much damage to churches, steeples and roofs were blown off. The Coliseum was unroofed. " A car was brought to a standstill...and some men getting out were speedily blown to the ground." The roof was removed from the skating rink and bricks from a school. "In many portions of the city houses were unroofed, chimneys blown over, trees prostrated and in some cases uprooted, and there was a state of disorder and confusion generally." NOT: This storm is compared to the 1815 storm when Minot's Ledge Lighthouse was destroyed, though many contend that the 1869 storm was more severe. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Boston MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 MET: "The gale reached its height in Boston at 5:30 continuing until 7..." DAM: The storm "...was very destructive to trees, chimneys, &c." A few churches lost their steeples. Several chimneys were unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Boston MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 MET: "About half-past four yesterday afternoon a gale came on from the southward, and presently began to give demonstrations of violence; a steady blow for an hour gave place at half-past five to violent gusts and squalls, and a hurricane of the most positive nature ensued. Overhead the clouds gathered and rolled, surging northwards..." DAM: "...so thick and sudden were the showers of bricks from chimneys, fired walls and copings, and so furious the dash of loosened signs and broken awnings...Great damage was done to shade trees on the common and elsewhere, and fruit trees were entirely stripped of their fruit, many of them blown down, and almost all badly injured...The Coliseum was pretty thoroughly wrecked; the Methodist church...lost its steeple...Shipping in the harbor seemed to escape with less injury." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Boston MA SRC: Diaz, Part I: 1851-1870 DAM: "Great loss of property at Boston. The Colliseum greatly injured and the Jubilee Organ injured. Church steeples prostrated and trees torn up by the storm." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Boston MA SRC: Eastern Argus, Fri. 9/10/1869 MET: The impact of the storm was more disasterous in Boston than in Portland. It is reported that nothing so terrific has occurred since 1815. DAM: The spire of the Methodist Church was thrown over about 7 o'clock. The vane of the church was thrown a distance of one hundred feet. The roof of the Coliseum was almost entirely blown off. A new Methodist church being constructed had its tower blown off. Houses were unroofed and trees prostrated. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Boston MA (Charlestown) SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "The roof and side of the lower ship-house were blown over, and a building near the main entrance, used for the storage of oil, was unroofed. Throughout the city of Charlestown trees were prostrated, buildings unroofed, and other damage done." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Boston MA (Hyde Park) SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "Eight houses were blown down..." FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bowdoinham ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: The half of the schoolhouse roof blew off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Braintree MA SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: A steeple of a church was carried off. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Braintree MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: A church lost its spire in this town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bridgewater MA (North Bridgewater) SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: The church steeple was blown over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bridgewater MA (North Bridgewater) SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: The church in this town lost its roof and steeple. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bristol County MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 DAM: The storm was judged as strong as the 1815 storm in this county. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bristol ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: "The wind had prostrated trees by the acre." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bristol RI SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 SUR: The tide rose 6 feet above normal high water mark at 1730 and "had the wind held southeast two hours longer the damage by water would have been immense." DAM: In addition to much structural damage from wind there, some shade trees known to be a century old were uprooted, and at nearby Poppasquash orchard trees were blown over which had been subjected to the same indignity in 1815 but righted after that storm to bear fruit through the intervening years. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bristol RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 SUR: The wharves are gone. DAM: The grist mill at Bristol Ferry was blown over. The rubber works chimney went over, the Baptist Church steeple is also down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Bristol RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 MET: 9/9, "Yesterday afternoon there came up the most fearful south-east gale I ever saw. Some of the old settlers about here say that it blew as hard as it did during the great 'September Gale', only not as long." DAM: Fallen trees completely blocked the roads. "Great damage has been done by the blowing down of fences, walls, barns, corn cribs, sheds in general, chimneys, and in several cases that I have seen today of houses." FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Brunswick ME, Topsham ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: The principal damage was in the blowing down of trees, fences, &c..." Two hundred trees in one man's woods. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Cambridge MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: Many trees were demolished by the gale, the roots snapped like pipe stems. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Cambridge MA (East Cambridge) SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "...two large blocks of new tenement-houses were blown down..." Many trees were down. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Cambridge MA, Chelsea MA, Brookline MA SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "Not a little damage was done by the storm in [these towns] and other places in the vicinity." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Chelsea MA SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 DAM: The winds flattened a large tenement house. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Chelsea MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: Buildings prostrated, uprooted trees and toppled chimneys, twisted steeples and prostrated fences. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Dartmouth MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: Barns were blown down. Crops were prostrated. Many fruit trees were prostrated. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Dartmouth MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "A great many trees were blown down in Dartmouth...[A] barn was unroofed, and an old barn at Macomber's corner demolished." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Dartmouth MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Wed. 9/15/1869 DAM: "The trees on the old Tucker homestead...suffered severely." NOT: "On the highest lands in this vicinity, the damage is least." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Dighton MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: "The new town house and a number of barns were demolished." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Dorchester MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: A church lost its spire in this town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Durham ME (South Durham) SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: The Friends Meeting house, a large brick structure was unroofed and had one side blown in. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Duxbury MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: "A number of barns were blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: East Greenwich RI SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 SUR: "The water rose eight feet in the docks of Apponaug and Greenwich in two hours, threatening to wash away..." supplies. DAM: "Telegraph poles are blown down, trees uprooted, houses demolished, and ruin everywhere. Large trees that have stood for scores of years...are leveled...A large barn...is entirely demolished." Another is blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Easthampton NY (Montauk) SRC: The New York Times, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: "The house of the keeper of Montauk Light was badly damaged, the chimneys being blown down and the windows dashed to pieces, and the foundation disturbed." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Easton MA (North Easton), Fall River MA, Taunton MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: Car-houses of the Old Colony and Newport Railway Co. were blown down at these towns. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Essex County MA SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 MET: From Lawrence, the hurricane took a path on a Lawrence-Dover-Lewiston line. The blasts of the gale continued to spread terror and injury over Essex County in the northeastern corner of MA. Its many bays and promontories were open to blasts from a southeasterly quarter. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Fairhaven CT SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 MET: "The storm does not appear to have been felt in New York...It appears to have struck the coast on the CT shore, and to have swept along the coast not extending far into the interior, Concord, New Hampshire, being the farthest point inland of which we have accounts of it. We hear of it as far east as Bath, Maine, and it probably extended considerably further. The storm was at its height on the coast of CT about half past four, in Providence about five, and at Portland about half past eight o'clock." DAM: The church here lost its spire. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 MET: Samuel Rodman measured the barometric pressure at 29.51 and rainfall at 0.74". DAM: "...the beautiful spire of the Congregational Church crashed to the ground about 1630." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: The church spire fell and several windows were blown in. Many trees and limbs down. A large shed was blown over. Damage was done in the harbor. Chimneys were blown down. A barn was blown off of its foundation and blown over. A tin roof was stripped by the wind. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Wed. 9/15/1869 DAM: Chimneys and trees down. Shipping damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: The church in this town lost its steeple. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Fall River MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: Chimneys were blown over and buildings were unroofed. The ferry buildings across the river were wrecked and vessels lost their masts. NOT: The Sound steamers from NY did not feel the gale until Point Judith where it was exceedingly rough. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Fall River MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: Four houses and two or three barns were destroyed. The church steeple is gone, and the roofs of some mills were partly carried off, along with the chimney on a factory. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Fall River MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: "Chimneys without number were prostrated...The spire of the...church was blown down...the house of James Foster was blown down and his furniture broken." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: "...many chimneys were blown over, and also much damage was done to fruit trees." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Falmouth ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: A two story brick house was completely unroofed, two large chimneys were thrown down along with a large outbuilding. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Fitchburg MA, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Worcester MA SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 DAM: These towns reported only minor or no damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Freetown MA (Assonet) SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: A dye house and a newly built house were demolished and a machine shop was unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Gardiner ME SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 MET: The rising east-southeast wind became a gale at 1900 and "almost a hurricane at 2000." Soon after 2200 the wind lulled, and by 2300 was blowing strong from the southwest as the center moved into central Maine. The Gardiner barometer had fallen 0.60" in the evening, reading 29.14" at 2100, a rise of 0.30" took place in the two hours following 2200." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Hamilton MA SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 DAM: A large barn 100 feet long collapsed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: A mill was unroofed, a church steeple was blown down. "Probably a hundred buildings were unroofed and fruit and shade trees were destroyed. " FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Hingham MA SRC: The New York Times, Sun. 9/12/1869 DAM: "...the streets were blocked with fallen trees, barns and chimneys blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Hull MA SRC: The New York Times, Sun. 9/12/1869 DAM: "every boat in the harbor was driven ashore or sunk, the windows of the Mansion House were blown in and all the outbuildings were unroofed." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Hull MA (Nantasket) SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: The bowling alley connected with the Bockland house was blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Lewiston ME SRC: Boston Daily Evening Transcript, Sat. 10/9/1869 FLD: Floods. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Lewiston ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: The stables at the trotting Park were blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Lisbon ME SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 MET: A severe gale (southeast force at Lisbon at 2100). DAM: Trees blown down, but no major damage to buildings. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Little Compton RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: Orchards were much damaged. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Little Compton RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: Damage was done to shipping. "The balustrade and fans upon the church were blown away like chaff." Another church spire hangs at a 45 degree angle. "Buildings were unroofed, chimneys blown down, trees uprooted, and any valuable orchards have lost half their number, as well as many ornamental trees." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Lunenburg MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 DAM: Little damage at this place, but great destruction 20 miles to the south. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Lunenburg MA SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 MET: This town was located along the western fringe of devastation. The town experienced strong winds, but failed to attain the strength to cause trouble. The peculiar structure of the eye of this storm is well brought out by observations in this town. The barometer there fell rapidly from 29.31" (uncorrected) at 1100 to a low of 28.60" (uncorrected) at 1815. Heavy rain commenced at 1545, with a rising wind fluctuating between northeast and southeast. "The heaviest puffs came from 1730 to 1930 from the east southeast...at 1930 wind very suddenly shifted to northwest and continued fresh." Lunenburg was on the western side of the path of lowest pressure. The prevalence of east-southeast winds at the peak of the blow again illustrates the unusual transformation that was taking place in the physical character of the western portion of the storm. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Lynn MA SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 DAM: The first Baptist Church lost its steeple. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Lynn MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: "Trees were blown down and uprooted, filling the streets with their branches...Quite a number of buildings were unroofed..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Maine (coast) SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 DAM: Southeast gales caused havoc along the Maine coast. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Mansfield MA SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: A carhouse was blown into an adjoining pond. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "...several summer houses were blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: One house in a small summer village was completely blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Marion MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Wed. 9/15/1869 DAM: "Over a hundred large trees in Hall's grove...were uprooted by the late gale...The damage to property in the town as a whole is quite large." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Marshfield MA SRC: The New York Times, Sun. 9/12/1869 DAM: "The Agricultural Hall...was leveled." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Marshfield MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: The agricultural hall was destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Marshfield MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/17/1869 DAM: A large number of trees were prostrated. The orchard was nearly stripped of fruit. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "The full strength of the gale probably came by the west end of the Vineyard, as but little damage is reported on the island." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: The damage to the island is confined to the north side. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Mattapoisett MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: The train was detained by many trees on the track between this town and Fairhaven, MA. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Mattapoisett MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: A roof was blown from a shop. Sheds were demolished and the spire of the church was nearly twisted off. Windows were blown in and many chimneys and trees were down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Mendon MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 MET: Southeast gale force 8. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Mendon MA, Milford MA SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 MET: The hurricane rushed on into east-central and eastern Massachusetts, with the axis of the center close to the Milford-Framingham-West Concord-Lawrence line. At both Mendon and Milton, the wind was blowing at force 8 as early as 1400 when the Smithsonian observers took their regular afternoon observation. At Milton the barometer fell from 29.50" at 0700 to a low of 28.75" at 1800, a rise commenced at 1810 and the wind began to abate immediately. Rainfall amounted to 1.40 inches. DAM: Some damage occurred to buildings, and trees were uprooted by the southeasterly near-hurricane winds at both places. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Middleboro MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: The train was detained by trees on the tracks. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Middleboro MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Wed. 9/15/1869 DAM: A house nearly finished was laid flat. The meeting house steeple was blown down along with the chimney. Countless trees were down. Fruit and corn suffered. Several buildings were damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Middleboro MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/17/1869 DAM: A house in the process of being constructed was taken from its foundation. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Middleboro MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: The church spire was down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Middletown RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: "...a house and mill were blown over and several barns unroofed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Monhegan ME SRC: The New York Times, Mon. 9/13/1869 MET: "The steamer [Cambridge] left Rockland...at about 5:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the weather being calm but foggy. This continued to be the condition of things till toward 8 o'clock. At 7:45 she passed Monhegan Light. Soon after the gale struck her and continued with increasing violence, checking somewhat the progress of the vessel, but not causing serious apprehension till the hour of 9:45." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Nahant MA SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "...a large dwelling and stable were blown down, and the depot on the steamboat wharf was blown into the sea." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 MET: "Nantucket, lying about 80 miles to the east of the storm track, had its most violent gale since the coastal hurricane of 2 August 1867. On the morning of September 8th the wind from the southeast increased steadily until 1900 when it veered to the southwest." DAM: "No wrecks were reported in the vicinity." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: The New York Times, Sun. 9/12/1869 MET: "On Nantucket Beach the gale was terrible." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: Nantucket escaped damage. FSC: F- END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: The gale was described as more violent than any since 1867 but no damage was reported. NOT: Notes on hurricane in the waters of the Gulf coast. FSC: F- END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Naragansett Bay SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: All boats are ashore END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Nashua NH SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 MET: It was considered an ordinary rain and wind storm. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 SUR: Water damage was less since the gale commenced at low water. DAM: Many boats were cast adrift by wind and waves. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 MET: The storm was compared to 1815. 9/9, "Yesterday there was a fresh breeze from the southeast all day, which rapidly became more severe in the afternoon, with rain, and between 5 and 6 o'clock blew with tremendous force, surpassing all the gales that have been experienced in this vicinity since...1815. The barometer was at its lowest point at 4:30, indicating 29.2" of pressure. Soon after six o'clock the wind veered to south-southwest and began to blow with less violence." SUR: "The tide was then [6:00] level with the wharves and it wanted three hours of time of high water. But the change in the wind checked the flow, and soon after it fell about two feet in twenty minutes. This change was very fortunate for the owners of shipping..." DAM: Corn and pole beans were prostrated. Apple and pear trees were stripped of their fruit. Telegraph lines were down. Hundreds of trees were down. Many chimneys and several partially built buildings were blown down. Windows were smashed. "Most of the damage to the trees is in the south-west part of the city..." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: There was great damage to trees in this town. Chimneys were blown down. Apples were shaken from the trees in surrounding towns. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: Many pines prostrated. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 MET: On the late afternoon of 8 September 1869, a hurricane of unique size and structure raised full hurricane blasts over parts of southeastern New England. It was the first time since 1815 that inland points had experienced the full fury of a tropical storm. The central path of the northward-rushing storm probably cut across the extreme eastern tip of Long Island before striking the mainland close to the CT-RI border near Stonington and Watch Hill. Continuing north-northeastward, the path traversed the length of western RI, to the west of both Newport and Providence, moved through eastern MA between Worcester and Boston (probably on a Milford-Framingham-Concord-Lawrence axis), rapidly crossed southeastern NH, and rushed into western Maine. The center and path of destruction seemed to be unusually narrow. Estimated width of the path of destruction was 40 to 50 miles, all to the east of the apparent path of the center. Lowest pressure over land ran close to 29.00". Five to ten miles west of the center there was not only no destruction, but no winds of storm strength were noted. And the circulation in the western sector hardly conformed with the classical conception of a tropical storm structure. The highest winds reported anywhere in the western semicircle were only force 5, and wind flow throughout much of central New England continued at southwest apparently unaffected by the great disturbance a few miles to the east. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: New England SRC: The New York Times, Sun. 9/12/1869 DAM: The storm's effects were felt "all along the Atlantic coast from Bath ME to Stonington and New London CT. In all towns around Boston, and through Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth and Eastern Essex Counties in MA the gale wrought most disastrous effects." NOT: News of a pouring rain in Frederickton, New Brunswick on 9/8. Woodstock, New Brunswick reported a tremendous storm on 9/8. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: New England SRC: Diaz, Part I: 1851-1870 MET: The estimated width of the path of destruction was 40-50 miles, all to the east of the apparent path of the center. Lowest pressure over land was about 29 inches. Five to ten miles west of the center there was no destruction but also there was no wind. The center probably cut across the eastern tip of Long Island, striking the CT-RI coast near the interstate border and then continuing towards the NNE over RI to the west of Newport and Providence. The storm entered eastern MA between Worcester and Boston and then moved to SE NH and rushed to western ME. At Milton, to the S of Boston, the barometer fell to 28.75 inches at 6 P.M. (Sept.8). At Boston, the weatherman for the Evening Traveller kept a log for that day. By 4:45 P.M. the gust of wind had become severe from ESE. The observer thought that the heaviest blast occurred at 6:12 P.M. with the lowest barometer of 29.02 inches. At Gardiner, 50 miles NE of Portland, the wind blew almost a hurricane from the SE by 8 P.M. Soon after 10 P.M. the wind lulled and by 11 P.M. was blowing strong from SW. Minimum pressure was 29.14 inches at 9 P.M. NOT: Extensive notes available from ship reports aiding in track definition END: HUR: N1869a LOC: New Hampshire SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 MET: Inland over eastern NH only light northwesterly winds prevailed. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: New London CT SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 MET: Fort Trumbull near New London also lay in the western side of the storm system. Here the wind at 1400 was coming out of the east at force 5; a heavy rain fell during the afternoon. Other CT points make mention of heavy rains, but no wind damage. Nor do their wind roses show any effect of the disturbance to the east. DAM: A reporter leaving New Haven heading east reported the following: Leaving New Haven on the 9th, he first observed "while passing on the Shore Line railroad to New London the corn fields showed signs of a violent storm, and the farther I went east, the stronger the wind had been seemingly. At New London considerable damage had been done, but not until I neared Providence RI did I comprehend the gale had been so powerful." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: New London CT, Stonington CT (Mystic, Stonington), Westerly RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: Vessels were ashore in these towns. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 MET: "At Newburyport and towns further east the gale was less violent." DAM: "The damage to fruit trees, shrubbery and corn is immense in all directions." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Newport RI SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 MET: The local observer recorded the commencement of a rainstorm with wind from the southeast on the early afternoon of September 8th. By 1500 the wind had increased to a "violent gale," reaching a peak about 1600 when considerable structural damage occurred. SUR: The tide at Newport would not have been full until 2200, or five hours after the peak gusts subsided, greatly lessening the destructive surge of the water. DAM: The steeples of the Emanuel and Unitarian churches were toppled, the roofs of the railroad car house and depot torn off, and forty-eight vessels cast high and dry on shore. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Newport RI SRC: The New York Times, Sun. 9/12/1869 MET: "The storm of Wednesday has been unrivaled... since...1815." DAM: "All parts of the island suffered severely. Fences and chimneys were torn down, cornfields laid waste and buildings blown over." Church steeples were down. "A house...and several buildings...were overthrown. A barn full of hay was blown down and other buildings were greatly damaged...One hundred and thirty three bathing houses were entirely destroyed. A portion of the depot was blown down." Chimneys were down and trees all over town were down. NOT: Reports can be found in this paper on the effects of the storm in western and southern NY state. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Newport RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: A chimney has fallen. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Newport RI SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: A chimney was toppled. All but three of 133 bathing houses were demolished by the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Newport RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: A few of the churches in town lost their steeples and many buildings were unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Newton MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: The roof of the Seminary boarding house was blown off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Old Town ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: The Town House was blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Pawtucket RI SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: A church steeple was blown over. A chimney and roof of a house were blown off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Pawtucket RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: The steeple of the church was blown off level with the roof. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Pawtucket RI SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: Two churches were missing their steeples in this town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Peabody MA SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 DAM: "A large building 200 feet long collapsed under the pressure." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Phippsburg ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: Three barns were blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Portland ME SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 DAM: A boat was wrecked at the entrance to the harbor. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Portland ME SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 MET: Downeast in Maine winds at all reporting stations were southeast. Coastal points suffered severely. DAM: Portland had major structural damage. When the wind was at its peak at 2030 (two hours and 15 minutes after the maximum in Boston), the spire of a church crashed to the street. Many awnings and chimneys were demolished, and the streets of the city littered with fallen trees and limbs. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Portland ME SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 MET: "About 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning...the wind was out SSE. At that time fog had closed in all around...the rain was pouring in torrents and the wind blowing a hurricane." DAM: The Marine hospital had one-third of its roof blown off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Portland ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Fri. 9/10/1869 MET: "The gale on Wednesday evening was the most furious that has occurred on our coast in many years..." SUR: "Many of the wharves were washed by high water and will require repairs." DAM: "...trees uprooted, chimneys blown down, buildings in process of erection prostrated, sheds and fences upset, &c. Upon land...the destruction of the beautiful cathedral spire in this city and the crushing of Capt. Choates's house, form the most serious disaster..." Damage to ships at sea. A shed, barn and ice house were blown down. Half of the roof of a barn and part of the Marine Hospital were blown off. A number of small buildings were prostrated. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Portland ME, Saco ME SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: Ships went ashore. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Portland, ME SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 MET: The gale was at its height at 8:30. DAM: The spire of the new chuch fell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Portsmouth RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: "...four grist-mills were badly injured, two barns were blown down, and a house and barn unroofed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 DAM: Fields of corn were flattened. Damage to shipping. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum, p.105 (The Great Sept. Gale of 1869 in Providence) MET: "The 8th, Wednesday, opened with a very heavy fog, wind very light, southerly, barometer 29.900, with appearance of rain. But about 9 a.m. the fog cleared away and the sun came out. Before noon the wind hauled toward the southeast, and increased in force, with occasional heavy clouds. At 1 p.m. it began to rain, the wind still increasing. At 2 p.m. the barometer had fallen to 29.660. At 3 p.m. the wind had become heavy at southeast, with copious rain: at 3:30 it was blowing a gale, and from that time to 5:30 the violence of the storm was fearful ... The extreme violence of the wind was, I think, from 5 to 5:30. At 4 p.m. I observed that the barometer had fallen a good deal, but did not take the reading; at 5 it read 29.106, thermometer attached, 74 degrees; at 5:30 it read 29.026. A few minutes later I looked at it, and it seemed to be rising; at 5:40 it had risen to 29.100; at 6 to 29.206; at 8 to 29.550; and at 10 to 29.608, the thermometer continuing at 74 degrees. This morning at 7 it stood at 29.712, wind moderate at southwest. On noticing the rise at 5:40p.m. I at once inferred that the wind had changed. On examination, I found it had hauled to southwest. The violence soon abated, and every one felt a sense of relief. It has been many years...since we have had a storm of equal violence; very probably not since the 'Great Gale' of September, 1815. My rain gauge showed the quantity of rain to be 1.38 inches. But...I suspect the [actual] quantity to have been much greater." DAM: "... uprooting trees, prostrating fences and buildings, as if they were nothing and less than nothing before it." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Providence RI SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 (from published pamphlet) MET: "On Wednesday morning the sky was overcast, and occasionally a slight shower fell over the city; in the forenoon the clouds were dispelled somewhat and the sun came out for a short time. About noon the wind sprung up quite fresh from the southeast, blowing up large masses of dark clouds. Between two and three o'clock, p.m., it commenced to rain quite freely, the wind, in the meantime, blowing still heavier. At four p.m., the wind was blowing a perfect hurricane and the rain coming down in torrents. The combined power and fury of the elements were beyond all description." SUR: "The water in the harbor rose to a great height, and poured over the wharves and into the streets, in the lower portion of the city, with appalling swiftness... at one time rising two feet in twenty minutes....If the violence of the wind had continued for half an hour longer, it is probable that the waters of the harbor would have united with those of the Cove, in the very busiest portions of the city. The rise was at the rate of a foot every ten minutes. The hurricane abated somewhat in its fury about 5:45, and very soon afterwards the water rapidly receded, leaving South Water and Dyer Streets covered with the wrecks of the gale." DAM: "Mighty trees bent and bowed before the tempest, some of them being torn up by the roots, while others were snapped off like rotten twigs. Boards, bricks, shingles, broken boughs, portions of gates and fences, shutters, signs, and fragments of all kinds filled the air. Massive buildings rocked like toys, roofs of tons in weight were lifted and carried rods away, or torn into minute pieces. Huge strips of tin and metal were torn from places where they had been securely nailed, and blown like sheets of paper, for long distances. Steeples rocked and fell; huge buildings were crushed in like egg shells; vessels were swept like chips upon the shore; dwellings were overturned and carriages blown along the street like feathers...Windows and doors were forced in, and blinds and scuttles wrenched off, and strewn far and near." All telegraph lines were down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Providence RI SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 MET: "About 4 o'clock the wind increased to a hurricane, from the south-southeast..." The intensity of the wind was compared to the 1815 storm, the only difference being in the duration (1815 was longer). SUR: "The tide rose very rapidly from 4 to 5 o'clock, when the gale was at the highest, and soon after 5 it overflowed the wharves and filled cellars...until the wind lulled at about 6 o'clock, and at 6:30 the water began to recede, and fell rapidly from that time, although it was not high water until 9:15..." The tide was out at the time of the most severe winds "but the wind sent the surges up through the Great Bridge with the rapidity of a torrent. For more than an hour the tide rose a foot every ten minutes, until, three hours before the time for high tide, the water stood within a few inches of the floor of the horse railroad depot on Weyboset Bridge. At this time the wind shifted to the westward and abated its fury, and soon the flood began to subside. Had the gale continued another hour at its highest force, the water would probably have touched as high a point as at the great flood of 1815." DAM: "Every citizen of Providence suffers in the loss of hundreds of beautiful trees in the streets; while scarcely a garden or orchard escaped. The loss in buildings is large...Chimneys were blown down, houses unroofed, and trees uprooted in...all...parts of the city. The instances are so numerous that we can only make this general allusion...The damage to trees is very great, and in many cases the loss is almost beyond calculation." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Providence RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: The steeple from the Chestnut St. church fell. Many other buildings were also unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Providence RI SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: One church lost its steeple, another its roof. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Providence RI SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 MET: "The gale seems to have been even more violent and destructive than in Boston, though, perhaps, not of so long duration...as well as the fury of the wind, was proportionaly more severe than in the larger city...The weather had been fitful and squally all day, with rain at intervals. About 1 o'clock the wind increased to a hurricane from the south south-east, and for an hour spread havoc and devastation on every side." SUR: The tide was out when the gale hit. But the wind sent surges up the bay quite rapidly. "For more than an hour the tide rose a foot every ten minutes, until three hours before the time for high tide, the water stood within a few inches of the floor of the horse railroad depot on Weybosset bridge. At this time the wind shifted to the westward, and abated its fury, and soon the flood began to subside. Had the gale continued another hour at its highest force, we see no reason why the water would not have touched as high a point as at the great flood of 1815...the tide came no nearer than about six feet of that famous high water mark. The gale continued about one hour; that in 1815 continued its fearful severity for three hours." DAM: "Every citizen suffers in the loss of hundreds of beautiful trees in the streets; while scarcely a garden or orchard has escaped...Two men were killed at India bridge by falling buildings." NOT: This storm was comparable to the 1815 storm in force but not in duration. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Providence RI SRC: Diaz, Part I: 1851-1870, p.54 MET: The weather had been fitful and squally all day (Sept. 8). About 4 P.M. the wind increased to a hurricane from SSE and for an hour spread havoc and devastation on every side. SUR: The tide rose very rapidly from 4 to 5 o'clock when the gale was at its highest and soon after 5 overflooded the wharves and filled the cellars on Dyer Street. The wind lulled at about 6 and 6:30 the water began to recede and fell rapidly afterwards. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Providence RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: A falling chimney killed a man. A sign on North Main street struck a passing boy and killed him. "Two men were also killed at India Bridge by falling buildings." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Raynham MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: "A shoe factory, and...[a] barn...were blown down." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Raynham MA (North Raynham) SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "...three barns were demolished and a house unroofed." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Region: Acushnet MA to Taunton MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "The storm is said to have been more disastrous...between these towns than in New Bedford. Many good strong buildings having been razed or unroofed." A few barns were lost in Acushnet. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Region: Freetown MA to Taunton MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: "Persons returning to Taunton on the County road from...Freetown, counted 478 trees, five barns, and the roofs of two houses flat on the ground." FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Region: New York NY to Boston MA SRC: New York Times, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: "All telegraph wires between New York and Boston are prostrated." FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Rochester MA (North Rochester) SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Wed. 9/15/1869 DAM: Sheds capsized. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Salem MA SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 DAM: The storm was judged here by "severity at its height, although shorter in duration, its destructiveness was probably greater than in 1815." The same type of havoc as had been meted out to the southward occurred in most towns and villages close to the sea. In addition, many vessels in the small harbors dragged their anchors and piled up onshore. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Seekonk MA (Hebronville) SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: The tower of the mill in this town was blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Seekonk MA (Hebronville) SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: A tower at a mill was blown over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Ship (Bark Hannah H.) SRC: Diaz, Final Report p. 20 MET: Estimated track: 9/8, "intense hurricane, lowest barometer 28.04 inches reported...at lat. 37.7N., long. 73.0 W." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Ship 72N 40W SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 MET: One vessel experienced a severe hurricane from 0800 to 1200 with the wind veering from southeast to south-southwest; this is directly south of Moriches on Long Island and would indicate that the disturbance was moving east of north. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Somerville MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: The church had its heavily slated roof torn off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: South Kingston RI (Kingston) SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "The woodsheds at Kingston were blown on the track...The roof of the Yazoo Mills, below Kingston is off." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: South Kingston RI (Kingston) SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: The chimneys of the iron works were overturned, and the trees in large tracts of woodland stand at an angle of 45 degrees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Southampton NY (Moriches) SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 MET: An observer watched his "wind vane back steadily from southeast in the morning, to east by noon, and into northeast in the early afternoon. From 1530 to 1630, for a short time, the heaviest wind came out of the northeast, varying from force 4 to 6. By 1700 it had backed farther, into the northwest, and become quite moderate; sunset witnessed the air flow down to force 2 and coming from the southwest. His notes mentioned at that very time a severe hurricane was raging in RI and MA." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Steuben ME SRC: Ludlum, p.103-108 MET: The gale commenced at 2200 and continued until 0100/9th. It was thought that the heaviest part of the blow passed well to the west of this location. DAM: Trees and fences were prostrated, but little major structural injury occurred. Farther downeast the storm was believed to have been "of unprecendented severity" but again little material damage resulted on land. At sea over thirty wrecks were reported as the southeasterly gales drove many small vessels onto the rocky stretches of the Maine coast. NOT: A few notes on the storm systems movement into Canada can be found in Ludlum's notes. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Stonington CT SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "The depot at Stonington was unroofed and two church spires there are missing." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Stonington CT SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: Two church spires are missing in this town. The depot was unroofed along with several other buildings. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 9/24/1869 DAM: Two churches in this town have lost their steeples. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Taunton MA SRC: The New York Times, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "Part of the iron roof of the passenger depot...was blown off." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Taunton MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: The depot building was unroofed as was the new church. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Taunton MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "...five houses mostly not finished were blown down in Taunton; also as many barns. The roof of [an] iron foundry fell in, and both ends of [another] foundry were blown out. The roof of a [factory] was blown off..." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Taunton MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: "...a pine grove of several hundred trees was...uprooted and lay upon the ground like mowed grass." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Taunton MA SRC: Massachusetts Weekly Spy, Fri. 10/1/1869 DAM: "Upwards of 5000 cords of pine and oak timber were prostrated in Taunton by the great gale on the 8th." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Taunton MA (East Taunton) SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: "...three chimneys of the rolling mill were blown over, and several sheds ...were demolished. The steeple of the... church was blown away." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Tiverton RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: A barn was unroofed. A shed blown down and much damage to fruit trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Tiverton RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 DAM: "Several barns were unroofed...and orchards were devastated. The damage is heavy." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Wareham MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 SUR: The storm coincided with high tide. The wind-driven waters funneled up the bay to its head at Wareham where it was said they reached the highest point in 234 years, or since the legendary Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635. Though this cannot be confirmed on any scientific basis, the flood tide at its height did enormous damage along the bay shore, moving buildings, undermining trees, and washing out highways and railroad tracks--all communication was seriously disrupted for several days over the narrow isthmus there. Much damage was done from the tides. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Wareham MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 SUR: "The tides came into the houses, and people escaping from them were up to their waist in water." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Wareham MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Sat. 9/11/1869 SUR: "...the water rose high enough at the Franconis iron-works, and at the Poles, to put out the fires in the furnaces." DAM: The steeple was thrown from the Catholic Church. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Warren RI SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: One new house was leveled to the ground. Chimneys were blown down. Many trees were down and barns as well. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Waterville ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: A chimney was blown down. The steeple of the church was blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: West Bridgewater MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: Two to three hundred trees were blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Westport MA SRC: New Bedford Evening Standard, Thurs. 9/9/1869 DAM: The meeting house spire was blown over. A barn was blown down and another one was unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Winslow ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: A barn was unroofed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Winterport ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Fri. 9/10/1869 DAM: Two storehouses were blown down, vessels sunk and other damage done. On one side of a barn the slate had been entirely removed as if it had never been slated. NOT: Much information to be found on vessels sunk and ashore along the coast at Winterport, Castine, Hampden, Belfast, Searsport, and Boothbay harbor. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Wiscasset ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: An elegant residence was unroofed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Woolwich ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: "A two story unoccupied house...was blown down...A blacksmith shop near the ferry was also demolished." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 103-108 MET: Southwest winds force 4. All afternoon Worcester reported "steady rain with fresh southwest breeze," while a full gale was raging only 20 miles to the south. END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Worcester MA SRC: New York Times, Thurs. 9/9/1869 MET: 9/8, "A heavy rain-storm prevailed here all day, accompanied by a high wind. The storm was very destructive to property between here and Boston." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: Yarmouth MA SRC: Ludlum, p. 104 (Yarmouth Register) MET: In Yarmouth the storm of the 8th was "of great severity, rivaling in violence and destructiveness, the great gale of September 1815. It commenced to blow in this vicinity about 2 o'clock from the SSE and by 4 o'clock the wind had increased to a furious gale, which continued two or three hours." END: HUR: N1869a LOC: York ME SRC: Eastern Argus, Mon. 9/13/1869 DAM: A new house in the harbor was blown down and destroyed. A large number of elms were torn up by the roots. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Bangor ME SRC: Ludlum p.111 (George Boardman) MET: "There was very little wind at Bangor and not much at St. John." END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Boston MA SRC: Ludlum p.109 MET: Shortly after 1500/4th the wind at Boston backed from northeast to northwest. The minimum pressure of 29.34" (sea level) was noted at 1700. END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Calais ME SRC: Ludlum p.111 DAM: The hurricane scene was visited by George A. Boardman, the naturalist of the St. Croix River area: "Nothing like it ever took place here. It appeared like a whirlwind. It took the roof off my long woodshed, my old store, and part of the roof from the barn on the hill. The Universalist Church was a perfect wreck ... in our cemetery more than one thousand trees were uprooted and broken." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Calais ME SRC: Ludlum p.111 (George Boardman) DAM: "The great loss to this country from the Saxby gale will be to the woods. We have had some of our men up exploring and they say they can walk ten miles at a time on the trees that are down without stepping on the ground. In some places for half a mile about every tree is down. The bridges and buildings can easily be put back, but the woods all down will soon get on fire and burn all over the down district. The wind did not reach very far up the river, only about thirty or forty miles - it was heaviest about the shores." FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Calais ME, Eastport ME SRC: Ludlum p.111 DAM: On the day following the storm a man driving from Eastport to Calais, a distance of 30 rural miles, counted ninety houses either blown down or damaged seriously. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Dunbarton NH SRC: Ludlum p.110 MET: Dunbarton had a wind shift about noon from southeast to northwest accompanied by a cloudburst that dropped 4.27 inches in three hours. END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Eastport ME SRC: Ludlum p.111 DAM: The Eastport Sentinel summarized the destruction: "This town was visited by a fearful hurricane last night, vessels, wharves, stores, and fish houses were smashed to atoms. Great quantities of fish and oil were destroyed ... Grand Menan is swept with all its wiers and smoke houses. The towns of Lubec, Pembroke, and Perry lost heavily." END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Eastport ME SRC: Ludlum p.111 (George Boardman) SUR: At Eastport and St. Andrew and about the islands the tide was very high and damaged the wharves much. DAM: "At Eastport about forty buildings were destroyed or unroofed, several lives were lost, and most all of the fishing craft were wrecked ... Sixty-seven vessels were ashore ... The blow did not last but about an hour and was heaviest at eight o'clock in the evening." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Gardiner ME SRC: Ludlum p.110 MET: R.H. Gardiner's barometer stood at 29.70" at 0700/4th, but dropped rapidly thereafter to reach a minimum of 28.99" sometime around 1900 (the exact time was not given, but by 2100 it had rebounded to 29.21" with the wind veering from southeast to south). END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Lisbon ME SRC: Ludlum p.110 MET: At Lisbon force 6 out of the south was registered at 0700 and force 8 from the southeast at 1400. DAM: No unusual wind damage was reported in the Lisbon vicinity. END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Maine SRC: Ludlum p.110-111 MET: Wind speeds along the southern Maine coast, though higher than in Massachusetts mainland points, were not of sufficient strength to cause material damage to buildings and structures. The farther Down East one progressed, the higher the wind speeds. In Washington County the combined force of tide and gale caused unprecedented havoc. Northeastern Maine experienced the full brunt of the hurricane with the southerly and southeasterly wind flow producing tremendous tides. There is no evidence of any center or eye of the hurricane as it swept over Maine and New Brunswick - all the damaging winds came from southeast to southwest with no mention of any sustained northerly or westerly flow of any strength. END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Ludlum p.109 MET: The always weather-conscious Nantucket Inquirer informed us that the barometer had fallen to a low point of 28.70" (uncorrected) at 1500/4th when the wind veered around from southeast to southwest. We do not have any meteorological estimation of the force of the "gale" at Nantucket. The editor of the Inquirer thought "the gale of Monday last (the 4th) was much more violent here than that of Sept. 8th, but did not do material damage." The main forces of the hurricane were expended eastward. END: HUR: N1869b LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Ludlum p.109 MET: Though southeasterly winds prevailed in early afternoon at New Bedford and the barometer dropped to a sea level pressure of 29.03", the local observer reported: "the gale was not very severe in this locality." The minimum pressure at New Bedford came at 1515. END: HUR: N1869b LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum p.109 MET: This wind behavior placed the center track of the tropical disturbance between the two localities (Boston and Nantucket) - probably close to Martha's Vineyard and across outer Cape Cod. There were many reports in the vicinity of Nantucket Shoals and off Cape Cod of full hurricane blasts from the southeast which later veered to the south and southwest. There were no reports from any quarter of a northeast hurricane, evidence which again leads to the belief that the deep eastward-moving trough had caused the western part of the tropical storm to become highly disorganized, with its former eye dissolved as cold air entered the circulation. It now presented, in its western part at least, a rather broad area of very low pressure but relatively light winds. END: HUR: N1869b LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum p.109 MET: Back on the mainland wind forces appear to have reached their peak in the southerly flow preceding the cold front passage. The highest wind mentioned in the available Smithsonian reports, force 6, occurred well inland in southeastern Worcester County. At New Bedford, where "the gale was not severe," there are no press reports of damage on land, nor at Boston or elsewhere in eastern Massachusetts. NOT: See Ludlum for more info on inland stations. END: HUR: N1869b LOC: New England SRC: Ludlum p.110 MET: The main story of this storm period for most land stations in the Middle Atlantic and New England states concerned rain, more rain than had fallen over this area in a single storm in recorded meteorological history, before or since. END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Saint John NB SRC: Ludlum p.108 MET: The timetable of events there was noted by the local weather observer: 1700 - wind increasing to gale 1800 - rain began to fall 2030 - blowing hurricane from south by east 2100 - reached maximum force, rain almost ceased 2200 - wind began to subside and shift to southwest END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Saint John NB SRC: Ludlum P. 111 (George Boardman) MET: "There was very little wind at Bangor and not much at St. John." END: HUR: N1869b LOC: St. Stephen NB SRC: Ludlum p.111 (George Boardman) DAM: "More than one hundred buildings in St. Stephen were ruined." END: HUR: N1869b LOC: Steuben ME SRC: Ludlum p.110 MET: The observer at Steuben noted: "about 6 p.m. wind increased till it blew a perfect gale from about 7 to 8 p.m." By 2100 his wind had veered around to southwest as the hurricane's main force was being expended in the Province of New Brunswick directly north. SUR: " ... the tide rose beyond all precedent." DAM: "cutting off chimneys, blowing down barns, moving buildings from their foundations, driving vessels on shore ... There was never such a gale hereabouts as this since the country was settled." FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1878 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: NYT, 10/24/1878 DAM: A load of lumber blew off of a train. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1878 LOC: Mt. Washington NH SRC: Diaz, Final Report, p. 28-29 MET: Estimated track: "...moderate hurricane, lowest barometer 28.80 inches at Washington at 7:15 A.M. Oct 23; 120 mph winds at the top of Mt. Washington were not representative of the storm intensity..." END: HUR: N1878 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 10/24/1878 MET: The storm reached NYC at 5am on the 23rd when the wind was blowing 25-28mph. By 8:00am it had reached 50mph. DAM: One man was injured by falling bricks of a chimney. Some people were injured by falling signs. A portion of a front wall of a 5 story brick building fell over. A tree fell over injuring a building. The plate glass window at Tiffany's blew in. Trees and telegraph poles were blown down in large numbers throughout the city. Several craft were blown onto shore. Brooklyn and Coney Island were hit badly. Many shanties and wooden bathhouses were blown away. A partially constructed house was blown over. An old homestead at Stapleton was unroofed. NOT: The storm was severe in Philadelphia. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1878 LOC: Newport RI, North Kingston RI (Wickford), Providence RI SRC: NYT, 10/24/1878 MET: A heavy rainstorm with high winds buffeted Providence along with Newport and Wickford. END: HUR: N1878 LOC: Poughkeepsie NY SRC: NYT, 10/24/1878 DAM: Telegraph wires were down in every direction. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1878 LOC: Tisbury MA (Vineyard Haven) SRC: NYT, 10/24/1878 DAM: Ships were blown ashore. END: HUR: N1888 LOC: Biddeford ME SRC: BG, 11/27/1888-pm SUR: Much erosion on the beach here. END: HUR: N1888 LOC: Block Island RI SRC: BG, 11/28/1888 MET: Wind blew at 84mph. The storm is the worst ever known. END: HUR: N1888 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 11/27/1888-pm MET: The total rainfall since the storm began is 2.14 inches. The wind at 8am was blowing out of the northeast at 24mph, and has averaged this rate ever since the storm began on Sunday morning. The storm is predicted to last another 12 hours. END: HUR: N1888 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 11/27/1888-pm MET: At 2am Sunday the storm struck Boston and has continued ever since. At midnight Sunday the storm was centered (or rather the lowest barometer reported) was off Rhode Island, and last night it was off Cape Cod, the real center of the storm of course being possibly several hundred miles out at sea. END: HUR: N1888 LOC: Hingham MA SRC: BG, 11/27/1888-pm DAM: Chimneys have been blown down and trees uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1888 LOC: Hull MA (Nantasket Beach) SRC: BG, 11/27/1888-pm DAM: Much shipping debris and wreckage washed up on shore. END: HUR: N1888 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 11/27/1888-pm MET: All of New England received rain from the hurricane that passed off shore over Nantucket. SUR: Much coastal flooding and ship damage. END: HUR: N1888 LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: BG, 11/27/1888-pm MET: At 1:00am the storm was raging fiercely and the wind blowing at a rate of over 30mph. END: HUR: N1888 LOC: Ocean Spray MA SRC: BG, 11/27/1888-pm MET: The storm is said to be the fiercest in 35-40 years by old timers. END: HUR: N1888 LOC: Revere MA, Winthrop MA SRC: BG, 11/27/1888-pm SUR: The beaches in these towns suffered much erosion. END: HUR: N1888 LOC: Sandy Hook NJ SRC: BG, 11/27/1888-pm SUR: Much erosion at sand cliff. Buildings damaged and washed onto shore. END: HUR: N1891 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 10/14/91 MET: The weather report mentioned storm warnings on the 13th and "more or less stormy weather" for the day. Probable easterly winds, with rains and slowly rising temperatures. END: HUR: N1893a LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 6/19/1893 MET: The weather report indicated that the eastern half of the country was controlled by an anti-cyclonic area of pressure bringing with it very warm air. No further mention of any storm. END: HUR: N1893b LOC: Babylon NY, Islip NY (West Sayville), New York NY (Long Island City/Queens) SRC: NYT, 8/25/1893 DAM: Boats were torn from their moorings. END: HUR: N1893b LOC: Jersey City NJ, New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 8/25/1893 DAM: These cities suffered more substantially because of the poorer construction of the buildings. END: HUR: N1893b LOC: Long Island NY, New York NY (Staten Island) SRC: NYT, 8/25/1893 DAM: Staten Island, the NJ coast and the Long Island shore caught the full brunt of the storm. Many small vessels were washed up on the beaches of Long Island. END: HUR: N1893b LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 8/25/1893 DAM: Much damage to shipping and loss of lives. END: HUR: N1893b LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 8/24/1893 MET: A cyclone struck the city just before midnight on the 23rd. The rain fell in torrents. A light breeze began at 11pm and soon picked up to a violent gale whisking away every light object in its path, a hat, a newspaper, etc. DAM: No mention of wind-related damage. END: HUR: N1893b LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 8/25/1893 DAM: Hundreds of trees in Brooklyn were torn up by the roots. Roofs were ripped off, windows blown in and chimneys fallen down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1893b LOC: New York NY (Coney Island/Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 8/25/1893 SUR: Coney Island bathhouses and other buildings were wrecked as beaches were swept clean. Much beach erosion. DAM: A church spire fell over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1893b LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: NYT, 8/25/1893 MET: From 8pm Wednesday to 8am Thursday morning 3.82 inches of rain fell. The cyclone was over the city at 7:00am on the 24th. It was traveling 30-36mph as it passed along this portion of the coast. The storm was followed by bracing breezes from the southwest. At 7am on the 24th the barometer read 29.23. SUR: The tide was unusually high. DAM: With the city as its center and fifty miles on either side the path of damage included tumbled chinmeys, broken windows, unroofed buildings. More than 100 trees were torn up by the roots. Trees were down in all of the parks, Central, Madison, Mount Morris Park and all the parks in the annexed district. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1893b LOC: New York NY (Rockaway Beach/Queens) SRC: NYT, 8/25/1893 DAM: The East End Hotel was unroofed and the bathhouses were destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1893b LOC: Southold NY (Greenport) SRC: NYT, 8/25/1893 MET: The wind was accompanied by a heavy fall of rain. Early in the morning the wind veered to the southeast and south. DAM: The storm caused much damage to the farmers, the corn being blown down and the fruit trees relieved of a large portion of ripening fruit. The wind caused much damage to shipping between Orient Point and Riverhead. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1893c LOC: Boston MA SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 MET: The storm hit Boston and is the worst in 20 years. END: HUR: N1893c LOC: Haverhill MA SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 MET: The winds here and in southern NH reached 50mph. DAM: Shade and fruit trees were blown down. Crops were flat upon the ground. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1893c LOC: New Haven CT SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 DAM: Trees were uprooted at Yale. 100 Elms went down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1893c LOC: New Rochelle NY SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 MET: The wind struck here at 2:00. END: HUR: N1893c LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 8/29/1893 MET: Exceedingly heavy rains accompanied winds. The eastern wing of the storm did not project very far out into the Atlantic. END: HUR: N1893c LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 MET: This storm was much like the one last week except for its approach over land. It is reported that the wind reached a maximum velocity of 54mph. The wind gradually increased in force during the early hours of the 29th, reaching its highest force about 6:00 when it was blowing along at the rate of nearly a mile a minute. The general direction of the wind was from the southeast. At 8:00am it settled down to 36mph. For a few hours there were heavy gusts of wind, sometimes blowing as hard as 48mph, but the general trend was toward slowing down and at noon there was only a pleasant gale, going 30mph. SUR: Cellars in the low-lying districts were flooded. DAM: There were roofs blown off, trees uprooted by the hundreds and houses denuded of chimneys and shutters. The telegraph system was damaged more than it had been since the 1888 blizzard. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1893c LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn, East New York, Williamsburg) SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 DAM: Thirteen buildings were destroyed and several others were badly damaged. Many of them were under construction. Plate glass window was smashed and telegraph wires were blown down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1893c LOC: New York NY (Coney Island/Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 MET: The storm began around 3:00am on the 29th. DAM: Roofs were lifted in the wind and buildings collapsed. Windows were broken. Hundreds of trees blown over. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1893c LOC: New York NY (Far Rockaway/Queens) SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 DAM: Many boats were torn from their moorings. END: HUR: N1893c LOC: New York NY (Long Island City/Queens) SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 DAM: This storm nearly duplicated the effects of last week's storm. A row of shaky brick walls were blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1893c LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 SUR: The Battery had the highest tides in 7 years. DAM: Central Park had trees uprooted and branches strewn in every direction. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1893c LOC: Northeast SRC: NYT, 8/30/1893 MET: By 1am on the 29th the northern edge of the storm had advanced to the upper part of the Hudson River Valley. DAM: Before the night was over telegraph communication had been destroyed as far west as Rochester and east as New Haven, CT. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1896 LOC: Amesbury MA SRC: BG, 9/10/1896 SUR: Some beach cottages got their foundations loosened by storm wave action. END: HUR: N1896 LOC: Block Island RI SRC: BG, 9/10/1896 MET: Winds reached 76mph. END: HUR: N1896 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/10/1896 MET: Maximum winds in Boston were 40mph with gusts as high as 50mph. At 11:00am today it was blowing between 35mph and 40mph. A boat sailing into Boston Harbor from Cape Sable did not hit bad weather until off of Thatcher's Island. DAM: Blinds were torn down, chimney tops blown away, signs and posts whirled out of place and swept along by the gale. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1896 LOC: Hull MA (Nantasket) SRC: BG, 9/10/1896 DAM: No serious damage has been reported. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1903 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/17/03 MET: The storm reached the city shortly after 8:00am and the high winds prevailed for about two and one-half to three hours. The height of the storm was reached about 11:45am when the wind blew with a velocity of about 63mph. When the storm was at its height the wind blew from the east. About noon it shifted and became southeasterly changing to southwesterly and later westerly. When it blew southwesterly it freshened and blew 48mph. The wind maintained its highest velocity for about fifteen or twenty minutes. END: HUR: N1903 LOC: New York NY (Bath Beach to Sheepshead Bay) SRC: NYT, 9/17/03 MET: At 9:00am the sea was calm with a slight drizzle. The wind was out of the northeast by 11:00am, the same sea was lashed to a surf running mountain high, and a 70mph wind was driving spray and sand into needle showers. By 4:00pm the skies were warm and sunny. DAM: Scores of crafts on the beach. END: HUR: N1903 LOC: New York NY (Bronx) SRC: NYT, 9/17/03 DAM: Much damage done to trees and shrubbery. Planks from the church steeple came off. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1903 LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 9/17/03 SUR: Cellars were flooded. DAM: Buildings were damaged. Trees and poles, and telegraph, trolley, and telephone wires were blown down. The church steeple was badly weakened by the wind, another lost its roof as did the Polytechnic Institute Building. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1903 LOC: New York NY (Coney Island/Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 9/17/03 DAM: The Ocean Beach Hotel's tin roof was lifted off. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1903 LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: NYT, 9/17/03 MET: The most violent portion of the storm lasted four hours here. The winds blew at least 63mph in the city and at least 70mph on the shore. From 11:00am to 3:00pm the wind shifted from east to southwest. DAM: St. Bartholomew's Church steeple swayed but did not fall. Wagons tumbled over on the Brooklyn Bridge. Houses were unroofed and plate glass windows were blown in. Trees fell in the parks. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1903 LOC: New York NY (Staten Island) SRC: NYT, 9/17/03 DAM: The roof of the school blew off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1904 LOC: Nahant MA SRC: BG, 9/16/04 MET: The storm came on at 3pm. No more mentioned except the trials of one vessel off the Boston coast. END: HUR: N1904 LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/16/04 MET: No mention of storm other than its passing into the Canadian Maritimes. END: HUR: N1908 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 8/1/08-8/2/08 MET: No mention of landfall or high winds from the tropical storm on these dates. END: HUR: N1916 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 7/20/16-7/21/16 MET: No mention of hurricane winds reaching land. Brief mention of storm passing. END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Barnstable MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: The roof of a barn blew off. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Beverly MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: Trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: Trees are uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Braintree MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: Trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: Cape Cod got the brunt of the storm. Trees were uprooted and fences and sheds blown over. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Dedham MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: Trees and limbs were down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Easton MA (North Easton) SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: 100 trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Everett MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: Trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: All roads were clogged with fallen trees. Several houses and barns collapsed and show windows were broken. The chimney of the Falmouth Arms Hotel collapsed. The shore is strewn with more than 100 boats and yachts. Trees and poles fell for about a mile up Palmer Ave. carrying all the telephone and telegraph cables. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: A chimney was blown over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Falmouth MA (Woods Hole) SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: Many roads blocked by downed trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Foxboro MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: The heavy downpour of rain and terrific wind littered the ground with trees and poles, fruit blown off the trees and corn and other crops laid low. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Franklin MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: Trees fell and corn crops were damaged. Many apple and pear trees were stripped of their fruit. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Hull MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: Winds were reported at 70mph causing great damage to trees, shrubbery and gardens. Hundreds of limbs were snapped off. Many smaller boats were sunk at their moorings. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: Scores of trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Mansfield MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: Trees were down. Fruit was off trees. A chimney was blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm MET: Compared to 1898 storm and said to be worse. DAM: Several trees down in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Middleboro MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: Some elms were down in town. Twenty trees down in town. All crops are laid low. All ripened fruit has fallen off the trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Nahant MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm MET: Winds reached 40mph here. DAM: Hundreds of trees were broken and the limbs tossed around. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: 500 trees were uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: New England (southern shore) SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: The damage done by the storm to the New Haven RR was not particularly impressive at any one given point, but it was widespread in the way of poles down, trees blown across tracks, washouts and so on. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: Streets were strewn with branches torn from shade trees. There was considerable damage to fruit trees from which a large amount of fruit was blown. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Newfoundland SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm MET: The storm had moved over Newfoundland and seemed to be moving towards Labrador. END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Peabody MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: Tree limbs down. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Plymouth MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm MET: Winds reported to be at times 80mph let up just before dark last evening. DAM: The streets are strewn with leaves, branches and big limbs. Several of the big elm trees were blown down across the highway. There is no communication with other districts. All lines have been taken down by fallen trees. On the waterfront many of the small boats were sunk at their moorings. The Hotel Pilgrim had windows on its third floor blown in. One of the small cottages near the hotel had its roof completely blown off and a row of cottages along the bluff lost piazzas, blinds and screens. All over the town chimneys were blown from the roofs and blinds torn from fastenings. Several automobiles driving along at the height of the gale had the tops ripped off. Roads were covered with branches and limbs. Much of the orchard fruit was on the ground. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm MET: The wind yesterday at times reached a velocity of 80mph. DAM: Ten trees were down in town. The streets and yards about town were littered with broken limbs and branches. No damage has been reported along the water front outside the sinking of some small boats. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Randolph MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am MET: The storm hit this town shortly after 1pm. DAM: Trees were uprooted and an iron fence was blown over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Rockland MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: A few trees toppled over in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Scituate MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am MET: 50mph winds blew here. DAM: Trees were down. Crops and orchards were damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Tisbury MA (Vineyard Haven) SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am MET: The island was swept by 60mph winds. DAM: Many houses lost porches and roofs. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: Big trees fell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-am DAM: Trees were uprooted and sheds blown flat. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1924 LOC: Winthrop MA SRC: BG, 8/27/24-pm DAM: Trees and telephone poles down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1927 LOC: Bristol County MA, Plymouth County MA, Providence RI, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Worcester MA SRC: BG, 8/25/27-am MET: These areas suffered the heaviest losses from the torrential downpour brought by a hurricane which passed miles out to sea. Boston suffered very lightly. Had it come in closer New England would have suffered more damage from its gale winds. END: HUR: N1927 LOC: Concord MA SRC: BG, 8/25/27-am DAM: Besides rain, Concord had some winds which flattened corn fields. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1927 LOC: Eastport ME SRC: BG, 8/25/27-am MET: At midnight last night the storm center was reported off Eastport ME with a barometer reading at 29.34 inches. This was low for August and suggested that the hurricane at sea had winds of tremendous velocity. END: HUR: N1927 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: BG, 8/25/27-am MET: Nantucket reported the worst lashing from the storm. The official rainfall was 2.44 inches and the wind at times reached 68mph. END: HUR: N1927 LOC: Plymouth MA SRC: BG, 8/25/27-am DAM: Fields of corn and gardens were beaten down by winds. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1927 LOC: Providence RI SRC: BG, 8/25/27-am SUR: Damage due to flooding and rains. END: HUR: N1927 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: BG, 8/24/27-pm MET: The heaviest rain in years fell on this city beginning soon after midnight, lasting through the morning until 1:00 in the afternoon. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Becket MA, Lee MA (East Lee), Tyringham MA SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am FLD: Flood damage was most severe in these Berkshire towns. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Bolton MA, Concord MA, Harvard MA, Lancaster MA, Sterling MA SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am DAM: Unharvested fruit was blown from trees. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am FLD: The total damage amounted to interruptions in electric service, transportation and shipping due to heavy rains and some washouts. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Hull MA (Nantasket) SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am DAM: This area has felt the growing fury of the storm but little damage has resulted. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Massachusetts (eastern) SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am MET: There were two days of heavy rainfall, but the storm was only moderate, both on land and sea. The wind rarely exceeded 40mph. On the north and south shores the wind blew off the land. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am MET: In early evening a 60mph northeasterly gale came upon the island. Shortly after 7pm the wind shifted to the northwest. At 11pm the wind had decreased to 50mph. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am MET: The Outer Cape and Nantucket were the only sections of New England to receive the brunt of the diminished tropical hurricane. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Newton MA SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am DAM: A few limbs and wires down from winds. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am MET: The storm started raging again yesterday noon after a brief interlude of several hours. Torrential rains fell in the afternoon and 60mph winds blew in the evening. SUR: There were abnormally high tides but no damage. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Quincy MA SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am DAM: Many small boats were forced ashore. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Ships offshore Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am MET: Ships 50 miles and 200 miles from Boston radioed in that they were encountering severe weather with wind velocities reaching from 50-75mph. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Tisbury MA (Vineyard Haven) SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am FLD: The heaviest rains in the memory of the oldest inhabitant of Martha's Vineyard fell there yesterday, causing several small streams to become raging torrents. END: HUR: N1933 LOC: Wellfleet MA SRC: BG, 9/18/33-am SUR: A few small boats were swept from their moorings but the tide was not unusually high. There was a threat of cranberry losses due to flooding. DAM: Despite a heavy gale that blew all today along the Cape from here to the Canal, damage was reported to be slight. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1934 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: NYT, 9/9/34 DAM: A wind and rain storm lashed the NJ and Long Island coasts last night disrupting land and water transportation. END: HUR: N1934 LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 9/9/34 MET: 4.8 inches of rain fell in NYC in 24 hours. SUR: Cellars filled with water. DAM: The storm did considerable damage here. Trees were blown down, store windows and signs destroyed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1934 LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: NYT, 9/9/34 DAM: A tree was blown over on a car. Windows were blown out at the Woolworth's store. Several large signs were blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1934 LOC: North Hempstead NY (Port Washington) SRC: NYT, 9/9/34 DAM: An easterly wind, gale force, closed the races today. END: HUR: N1934 LOC: Southampton NY (Westhampton) SRC: NYT, 9/9/34 DAM: An easterly wind made the sail of the final regatta a challenge today on Moriches Bay. END: HUR: N1936a LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: NYT, 9/19/36 DAM: Wires were blown down by the wind, cutting off telegraph and electrical services. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1936a LOC: Halifax NS SRC: NYT, 9/20/36 MET: This area was whipped by high winds form the tail-end of the storm. END: HUR: N1936a LOC: Hempstead NY (Long Beach) SRC: NYT, 9/19/36 DAM: Trees uprooted by the gale snapped electric lines supplying the north side of Long Beach. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1936a LOC: Long Island NY SRC: NYT, 9/20/36 DAM: Long Island did not suffer as severely as other places though fruit crops and truck gardens were damaged. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1936a LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: NYT, 9/20/36 MET: At 8am yesterday the storm center was east of the island moving northeastward. END: HUR: N1936a LOC: Narragansett Bay, Narragansett RI (Point Judith), Westerly RI SRC: NYT, 9/20/36 DAM: More than 100 boats were grounded and smashed along docks and jetties by the winds but there was no major property damage. END: HUR: N1936a LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/20/36 MET: The southern hurricane that raged up the Eastern seaboard on Thursday and Friday swung eastward early yesterday morning and was dissipating itself over blue water in the Atlantic after giving New England a mild sample of its force. END: HUR: N1936a LOC: New Haven CT SRC: NYT, 9/19/36 DAM: No damage was reported along the coast. FSC: F- END: HUR: N1936a LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/20/36 DAM: NYC was pelted with 4.14 inches of rain in 24 hours and whipped with gusts of wind but suffered only minor damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1936a LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 9/19/36 DAM: The upper half of the side wall of a two-story frame dwelling in Brooklyn was ripped away by the wind. A chimney was blown onto a roof. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1936a LOC: Oyster Bay NY SRC: NYT, 9/20/36 DAM: A tree fell crushing the hood of a car. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1936a LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: NYT, 9/20/36 MET: Winds reached a velocity of 75mph. END: HUR: N1936a LOC: White Plains NY SRC: NYT, 9/19/36 DAM: Several trees down throughout town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1936b LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/24/36 MET: Gales mentioned as being off the coast but nothing on land. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Adams MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Flooding. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Adams MA, Williamstown MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: The roads between these two towns were washed out. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Alfred ME SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Although Maine generally escaped the full effects of the storm and no deaths were noted, considerable damage to crops and property was reported last night from several sections of the state. Apple orchards and timberlands were severely damaged. Trees were uprooted and flung across the highways. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Amesbury MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Cottages were demolished or unroofed by falling trees and wind. The Lake Attitash district was the center of the damage. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Athol MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Route 21 impassable. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Athol MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: The grove and cottages at Packard Heights were destroyed. The front of the Peckham factory was blown off. The old Craigin Farm was wrecked by falling trees. The roof of the grandstand at the fair grounds was blown off. Hundreds of chimneys and trees were leveled. FLD: The home of John Swan was washed into the Millers River and lodged against a bridge. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Athol MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Baptist church steeple blown down. NOT: Houses and stores flooded. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Attleboro MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Downed trees and blown out windows. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Babylon NY (Cap Tree Island) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Forty scattered houses were viewed from the air to be largely inundated. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Barre MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Junction of Rt 22 and Rt 122 underwater. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Barre MA (Barre, Barre Plains), Hardwick MA (Gilbertville) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: These towns were isolated, their only transportation was by boat. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bayonne NJ SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by a falling telephone pole. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bedford MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: An engine house had been leveled by the wind. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Belmont MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Temporary fence set up for races was blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bernardston MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Flooded END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Block Island RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Some homes have been washed into the sea. Roads were washed out. DAM: The fishing fleet there has been wrecked. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bogota NJ SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was blown down by the storm winds. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 MET: One hundred mile an hour winds blew for one minute at 6:47pm and averaged an official maximum of 88mph over a period of five minutes at that time. This broke all local weather records. The hurricane was forced inland from its normal NE course out to sea by a high pressure system sitting over Nova Scotia. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Fallen trees and debris shut streets off from immediate aid. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The windows at the hospital were blown out. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 SUR: Scores of yachts were raked by combers and found ashore. Shortly before midnight the downtown was buffeted by one of the highest tides in years, dangerously weakening pilings. DAM: A section of a falling roof critically injured a women. A section of the roof in the maternity building of the hospital was carried away. A large plate glass window shattered. Cars found their passage blocked at every turn by fallen trees and piles of debris. Plate glass windows were smashed everywhere. A section of metal cornice from a roof was blown off of a woman's house in the Back Bay region of Boston. It went into her living room smashing windows. The Boston waterfront was badly lashed. The USS Constitution was found listing badly. Many boats in the Charles River were also torn from their moorings. Downtown, pebbles flew from rooftops hitting pedestrians on the streets. Part of the roof at the Boston Anthahaeum fell, barely missing a policeman. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The Boston Yacht Club suffered severe damage. There were only 3 boats left of an expensive fleet of 40 that were moored outside the club. The entire fleet at the Columbia Yacht Club, mostly power boats, was also ruined. There was not a street in the Bay View section that did not have debris from fallen chimneys, great chunks of slate, tar, paper, and other roofing material as the storm took its effect on the upper parts of houses. Many plate-glass windows were broken in stores along East Broadway and also on Dorchester St. Political banners made beautiful material for the gale. Hundreds of trees were down in other parts of the section. Fallen trees caused many injuries. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The RR float broke loose from its mooring with eight unloaded cars on the float in East Boston. A 40 yr. old elm fell on a house causing structural damage. Most of the huge shade trees were uprooted in the South End. Fallen trees blocked roads. The steeple in the old South Church was swaying, pieces of the roofing fell. Windows were blown in throughout downtown causing injuries. At no time was it possible to estimate the injuries caused by the storm. High tension poles were swaying. Reports of fallen chimneys, fences, sides of buildings, trees and wires were so numerous that it was impossible to report all of them. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 MET: According to the Weather Bureau this was the first hurricane to hit New England. Because of a high pressure system in Nova Scotia this storm was pushed inland. DAM: Many windows were burst by the hurricane at the Commonwealth Pier. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: BU's athletic field was wrecked in the storm. The stands were demolished, the baseball dugout already weakened by rain was a mass of debris, and the east side of the football stands was severely damaged. Trees were down, wires were grounded and there was no electric power or telephone service. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 MET: In Boston the wind hit hurricane velocity when it reached 75 mph in the late afternoon on the 22nd. At 6:47 the velocity reached 90mph but after that it began to taper off and by 7:30 it was 45mph. The direction of the wind at the height of the storm was SE. It had been ESE while the storm was gathering its fury and after it had spent itself it swung into the SW. Gale force of 45mph was attained in the middle of the afternoon and from then until the middle of the evening the wind gained in velocity very rapidly until it reached its peak of 90mph. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: There's more plate glass broken in Boston than whole glass to repair it. Hundreds of trees were down throughout the city. 131 trees on the Common, 71 on the Public Garden and 71 on Commonwealth Ave alone have been uprooted, split and damaged. Many others have been so weakened that it will be necessary to remove them. On Thompson Island the school's grounds were seriously damaged but little damage was done to the buildings. 200 to 400 yachts were capsized or blown onto the beach at City Point. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A top section of a grain elevator was blown off. The roof of St. Mary's church was blown off. Many chimney's were blown over. A brick wall of a stable was blown over onto an automobile. The roof of a house on Henley St. was blown off and the roof of the potato shed on Spring St. was badly damaged by the wind. The wooden structure on the roof of the First Baptist Church was loosened and hangs threateningly over the edge of the roof. Many windows were smashed. A fence was blown down and scattered about the street. Part of the side of a building was blown in. Trees were blown down throughout town. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Allston, Brighton) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Falling trees and downed trolley wires killed five people creating severe conditions. A woman was injured when her fence was lifted into the air and struck her on the head. Portions of a slate roof fell injuring another person. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A large tree fell on a garage damaging a man's car inside. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: More than 600 pleasure craft wrecked, yacht clubs damaged. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: All main arteries in this town were blocked by trees. At least 1500 trees were leveled and many roofs of dwellings were weakened when the trees hit the structures. The Dorchester High School for Girls' roof was weakened and threatened to collapse. The old Neponset station of the New Haven RR was flattened and much of the wreckage landed on the tracks. At least 50 yachts and motor boats were badly damaged. Dozens of boats were submerged, all of the boats were forced to shore against the rocks. The gale was of "tornado proportions." Two huge wooden structures atop a 4 story apartment building blew to the ground. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester, Roxbury) SRC: BG, 9/23/38PM DAM: Generously strewn with fallen trees. Several pieces of slate were torn from the roof of the Mission church in Roxbury. Many churches throughout the South End reported that the crosses on the top of steeples were bent or blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (East Boston) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A 21 passenger plane attached by heavy cables to the field was swept about 2700 feet from the east area of the airport, narrowly missing the corner of the National Guard Building and tore down 100 feet of wire fence which encloses the west section of the field. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (East Boston) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 SUR: Windows smashed along waterfront by waves. DAM: The roof was lifted off one of the largest grain elevators on the shore. A tug was caught broadside to the wind and sunk. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (East Boston) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 MET: The Boston Airport recorded winds at 100mph during the hurricane and the weather service reported 99mph wind for a brief period. The barometer fell to 29.02 inches at its lowest at the height of the storm. Heavy surf and high tides accompanied the storm but very little rain fell, 0.09inches. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Forest Hills, Jamaica Plains, West Roxbury) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: People ran from the streets when trees, wires and sections of roof tops were blown in all directions. Traffic was hampered in sections of town due to downed trees. Small boats in Jamaica Pond were blown from the water clear onto the banks of the Pond. Sections of roof tops, including slate and large wooden partitions were hurled into the streets. Several windows were blown in causing injury. Several people were injured by falling trees. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Greater Boston) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Trees, posts and wires were down in streets and highways. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Greater Boston) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 MET: Whole area swept by winds reaching maximum of 100mph. DAM: Buildings wrecked, trees and wires down. Windows blown out. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Jamaica Plains) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The wind blew in four windows and uprooted several trees at the home of Mayor Tobin. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Roxbury) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Trees were uprooted in practically every street in the section. Plate glass windows were broken. Trees crashing in one section caused a fire. Hundreds watched the fire as trees fell down around them. The fire trucks were unable to get to the site quickly. The huge gold cross on the top of St. Patrick's Church was badly bent and seemed in danger of crashing to the street. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (South Boston) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Considerable damage had been done to the rear of the Gaston School. The Quincy school had also been damaged. Many reports of damaged schools throughout the city were received. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (South Boston) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The storm swept in just after 4:10pm. Never in the history of the district had so much damage been done in one storm. Every street had marks of damage. Hundreds of chimneys fell down. Windows in homes and stores were broken. Practically the entire fleet of yachts moored in Dorchester Bay were destroyed as the gale cut them loose from the moorings and dashed them against the stone wall near Kelley's landing. Hardly a tree was left in the Marine Park and the Strandway. Portions of roofs were torn off. An electric sign was found wavering. The entire fleet of racing boats at the South Boston Club were ruined. The floats were also ruined. A chimney toppled off of the Franklin Square House. A portion of the top of the steeple of a church was reported to have fallen into the street. A man hole cover blew up and injured a passerby. Two persons crossing the Congress St. bridge narrowly escaped being blown off by the force of the wind. Other roofs were blown off or partially blown off. Fallen trees blocked traffic. All the boats in the Charles River lower basin not taken to shore before the storm were sunk or on shore. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Boston MA (Thompson Island) SRC: BG, 9/23/38PM MET: Winds were at their height between 5:30 and 8:30. DAM: Twenty-two large trees were uprooted and twelve broken beyond repair. Literally hundreds of others were missing limbs and branches. A few windows were blown out and the weathervane was blown down. Hundreds of boats were blown up on shore nearby. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bourne MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: The 12 ft tidal wave pushed up Buzzards Bay by an 80 mile wind made three breaches across the land. DAM: Cape Cod, isolated by a tidal wave that cut the RR tracks just above Bourne and hurricane winds that laid low all telephone and telegraph communications, has 15 known dead in Bourne and Falmouth, scores homeless and property damage incalculable. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bourne MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Swept by tidal wave. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bourne MA (Grey Gables) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: A house was swept from its foundation and landed eventually against the Bourne Bridge in the Cape Cod canal. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bourne MA (Sagamore) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Five persons were killed when a house was hurled into the Cape Cod Canal during the hurricane. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bourne MA, Fairhaven MA, Marion MA, Wareham MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: The worst damage from the 15 foot tidal wave appeared in these towns. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bow NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Two people were killed as barns collapsed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bow NH SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was crushed and killed in a barn collapse. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Bradford NH, Hopkinton NH (Contookcook), Pembroke NH (Suncook) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Rising flood waters washed over these towns. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Brandon VT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Flooding, dams and bridges washed out. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Branford CT SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was killed when struck by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Branford CT (Stony Creek) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Some cottages and houses entirely ruined. Many vessels driven inland, found in town streets. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Branford CT, North Branford CT (Northford) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: A small bridge between the two towns was washed away and tossed up on the bank a half a mile away. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Brockton MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Brookfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Passengers were marooned amid a desolate scene of unroofed buildings and partially submerged homes. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Brookfield MA, East Brookfield MA, Ware MA, West Brookfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: These towns were isolated by water, fallen trees and wreckage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Brookline MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Fallen trees raised havoc with power lines. A woman was tossed against the side of a building by the wind and rendered unconscious. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Brookline MA (West Brookline) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The steeple was partially blown off of the church by high winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Brooklyn CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Two churches lost their steeples and many trees were down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Buxton ME SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: The Saco River was rising rapidly. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Buxton ME (Bar Mills), Waterboro ME SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Electric wires were down. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Buzzards Bay SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Twelve feet of water overtook homes in less than 5 minutes. A 250 ft. bathhouse at the Woods Hole beach was carried the length of a city block inland and lodged in the front yard of a cottage. Yachts were torn from their moorings. The town bathing pavilion at Old Silver beach was reduced to splinters. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Buzzards Bay, Narragansett Bay SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Bays swept by tidal wave. In Buzzards Bay houses were demolished, boats wrecked, RR washed out and a house and family of 5 were toppled into the canal. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Cambridge MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Historic elms were uprooted or snapped off all over Harvard Yard and other trees were down throughout campus. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Cambridge MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A man was killed by falling debris. Streets were rendered impassable by falling trees. Windows were blown out, roofs were torn away, and billboards by the hundreds were leveled as Boston and its terrified population felt the full brunt of the storm. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Cambridge MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by bricks from a toppling chimney. Trees fell in all sections of town especially in the Mt. Auburn and North Cambridge sections of the city. A huge cupula blew off and landed in the street at a church. Doors were shattered. A section of roof and a chimney came off of a house in one section of town. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Cambridge MA (East Cambridge) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: All that was left of the St. Hedwig's Church was the altar unharmed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Canton MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Windows blown out in the business section. The spire on the town church was damaged FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: At 3:45 all power, lights, radio, phones and virtually all transportation ceased, isolating Cape Cod residents. Live wires, gas escaping from lines and fallen trees added to the danger from Wareham to Woods Hole. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Charlemont MA (Charlemont Center) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: The new bridge was out and great distances of the road have been washed out. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Charleston MA, Leicester MA, New Braintree MA, Oxford MA, Spencer MA, Sturbridge MA, Warren MA, West Warren MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: These towns were cut off. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Cheshire CT SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was killed when she was crushed against a building by gale winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Cheshire MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Water over the roads. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Chicopee MA SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: The swollen Chicopee River carried a bridge away. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Chicopee MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Roads are under water. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Chicopee MA (Chicopee Falls) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Town bridge washed out. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Chilmark MA (Menemsha), Gay Head MA (Lobsterville) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: These towns were wiped out by the hurricane. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Clinton CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Cottages torn entirely off of their foundations and hurled against other houses. Many were completely demolished. Telephone poles laid at a 45 degree angle. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Clinton MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A man was killed with the collapse of a roof. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Clinton MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Concord MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Many trees and poles were downed by hurricane winds. Many of the old shade trees in the cemetery were uprooted. A large grove of pines was leveled at White Pond. FLD: Little property damage expected due to flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Concord NH SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Roofs were blown off of the B&M RR shops and one small building was demolished by the wind. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Concord NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Many of Concord's streets were blocked by uprooted trees. Hotline Park practically ceased to exist. Pine trees that had stood for many years were either uprooted or broken and this practically wiped out an historic forest known as Old Pine Woods. Fully half of the famous elm trees in the State House yard were blown down. The fragments of the roof of a garage struck a man causing an injury leading to his death. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Concord NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: The Merrimac is rising slower than the Connecticut. Concord NH, Haverhill MA, Lawrence MA, and Lowell MA likely to get more flooding. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Concord NH SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A person was killed by a falling roof. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Connecticut (shore) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad reported its operations were at a standstill beyond New Haven. Its worst washouts were at East Lyme CT, New London CT, Mystic CT, and Stonington CT. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Connecticut River Valley SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Bridges have been closed at Williamstown MA, Palmer MA, Chicopee MA, and Shelburne Falls MA. Old Deerfield MA is reported submerged. Hatfield MA is inundated and boats are being rushed to the stricken people. Dams and bridges all along the CT River and its tributaries were either broken or in danger. The town of Ware is among the worst hit in MA. At one point the only means of access was by ferry. The town was without many services. Northampton MA was without means of communication or power and homes were evacuated as the river speedily rose. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Danvers MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: The slate of the state hospital came off in hurricane winds as did parts of other barns and cottage roofs. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Dedham MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: An estimated 1000 large trees and 25 miles of telephone and electric wires were down. Almost 300 trees are lying across houses and streets. Many chimneys damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: East Brookfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Isolated by flood. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: East Hampton CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Flooding. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: East Hartford CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Major flooding inundated homes with water. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: East Lyme CT (Niantic) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Cables and trees down. A house destroyed by large fallen tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: East Providence RI (Riverside) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was struck and killed by a falling chimney. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Easthampton MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was struck and killed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Easton MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A woman was killed when a chimney fell on her. All communication facilities in the town were halted while fallen trees, telephone poles and roofs from several houses and barns made nearly all the main roads impassable. One house was lifted a distance of 12 feet from its base. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Easton MA (North Easton) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A women was struck by a flying brick and killed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Edgartown MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: The keeper of the lighthouse requested to be taken off as the heavy seas were undermining the foundations of the lighthouse. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Enfield CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Huge trees snapped mid trunk. Tobacco barns flattened. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Enfield CT (Hazardville) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Many trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Everett MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was crushed to death under a fallen roof. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fair Harbor NY SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: Two hundred houses were destroyed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: A man was drowned when his cottage was swept away at Pope Beach. DAM: More than 300 cottages were wiped flat at several beaches. Practicaly every cottage at Sconticut Neck in Fairhaven was washed away or blown over. A boat house collapsed and caught fire. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38PM SUR: For a twelve mile stretch summer homes were hurled hundreds of yards back from the ocean front, many of them totally demolished. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fairhaven RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Four bodies washed ashore. DAM: Heavy damage. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fall River MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 SUR: The Fall River Yacht Club was washed away. A large ship was washed onto the dock and many business establishments on the waterfront were submerged. Many of the houses along the state bridge area were washed out. DAM: Streets were filled with crashing trees and debris. The roof was taken off of the two story plant of the Davis Screen Co. A large section of the roof of the City Hall blew off and many roofs and signs thundering into the streets narrowly missed cars and buses carrying passengers. Large trees were down blocking the main highway to Newport. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fall River MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when blown from his roof. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman's car was tossed by the wind 30 feet off the road into a salt pond. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Falmouth MA (New Silver Beach) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Some 30 houses were reduced to matchwood and laid in windrows of driftwood along the waterfront. A couple drowned when their house was destroyed. The man's body was found 100 yds inland among uprooted trees and debris. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fire Island NY SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: The greatest devastation on the Island was on the south shore and Fire Island. At Ocean Beach 300 houses were crushed and scattered about. At least 100 houses had been demolished at Fair Harbor and about the same number at Saltaire. Sand beaches and white caps were seen where several Fire Island communities had been. Many houses at Saltaire were reduced to kindling. The rolling waves had reduced what formerly were broad sections of Fire Island to tiny reefs or nothing at all. The Fire Island light house that had stood for 75 years was cracked at the base. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fire Island NY SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Six hundred houses were destroyed. It was estimated that between 500 and 700 small craft were destroyed off Fire Island. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fire Island NY SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: Three new channels were broken through from the ocean to Great South Bay. DAM: Most of the buildings were destroyed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fire Island NY SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: Three hundred houses were destroyed at Ocean Beach. A channel 8 feet deep was cut through the very center of the colony. Another 8 foot deep channel was cut about 2 miles west of Saltaire at the naval station and a third 4 more miles west at the Coast Guard station. The foundation of the Fire Island light house was cracked. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fire Island NY (Fair Harbor) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Six buildings remained standing. It was hard to tell where others had been. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fitchburg MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Many trees and debris littered the streets of Fitchburg. The roof of an hotel was blown off as was the porch, skylight and part of the roof of the hospital. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Fitchburg MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Flooding by the Nashua River has damaged property and the sewage treatment plant. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Framingham MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A 225ft. antennae was blown to the ground. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Framingham MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: The church steeple crashed during the hurricane. The Day Hill School was demolished and new quarters were being sought for the seniors of the high school. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Gay Head MA, Chilmark MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Washed out. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Glastonbury CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Many trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Glastonbury CT SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed by a falling chimney. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Glastonbury CT, Stonington CT, Wethersfield CT, Wilson CT, Windsor CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: These towns were reported to be under several feet of water. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Grafton MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by flying debris. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Grafton MA (North Grafton) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A man was caught by the wind and hurled 25 feet to his death from the roof of his barn on his farm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Granby CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Flooding. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Gravesend Bay NY SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: A man's yacht was smashed into kindling on the beach. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Great Barrington MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Water on the road between Great Barrington and the CT line. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Groton MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: The road to Ayer was blocked by fallen trees. Many main roads were impassable due to many of the largest trees falling. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Guilford CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Many trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Guilford CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: House completely wrecked by fallen tree. Many other trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Haddam CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Highway washed out between Haddam and Middletown when the Bible Rock Brook swelled to a rushing torrent. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Hamden CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Trees down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Hampstead NY (Freeport) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Heavy losses to boats here. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Hardwick MA (Gilbertville) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: This town was unreachable because of flood damage. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Many trees down. Many snapped mid-trunk. FLD: The Connecticut River overflowed its banks reaching flood stage two days after the passage of the hurricane. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Downtown section flooded. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was killed by a falling tree. Two men were crushed by a falling garage wall. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: This city like practically every other city and town in the state was rife with tumbled trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Haverhill MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Hundreds of trees were felled throughout town. Windows were shattered. FLD: At least 25 yachts were swept from their moorings FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Haverhill MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads blocked by trees, wires and poles. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Hempstead NY (Atlantic Beach) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: Thousands of cabanas and many private boardwalks maintained by the clubs were washed away. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Hempstead NY (Oak Beach) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: About 25 houses were washed away during the storm. The beach was badly damaged undermining Lido Boulevard from Long Beach to Point Lookout. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Holden MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed by the collapse of a hen house. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Holliston MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: First Baptist church was blown from its foundation. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Holyoke MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Many hundred shade trees were lost throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Hopedale MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by a flying brick. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Islip NY (Great South Beach) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Many houses were viewed by air to be standing merely on piles. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Jaffrey NH (East Jaffrey) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Heavy flood damage. Bridge out. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Jamestown RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: An entire fishing fleet of thirty vessels were wrecked beyond repair and almost all roads were disrupted. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Keene NH SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: There was other hurricane related damage. Some trees down. FLD: Floods were high. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Keene NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Streets flooded. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Killingly CT (Danielson) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Many trees down. Some snapped mid-trunk. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Lawrence MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Water on roads. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Lebanon ME, Sanford ME, Waterboro ME SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Barns and homes were damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Leominster MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A person was killed when struck by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Leominster MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Lexington MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Many poles and wires were down. Some trees were also down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: One could see roofs floating without walls, walls without roofs, and whole houses afloat. DAM: A flight over the island showed a scene of desolation and wreckage. Bodies were seen clad only in shoes and socks, the wind had blown off the rest of the clothes. One thousand small boats capsized, tossed on shore, or wrecked. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Lowell MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by a falling utility pole. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Lowell MA, Methuen MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Roads are under water. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Ludlow MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was crushed to death under an overturned auto. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Lyme CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Many cottages entirely destroyed on beach front. DAM: Trees and powerlines down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Lyme CT (South Lyme) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: A house was torn in half and removed from its foundation along the beach. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Madison CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Houses demolished. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Madison CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Severe damage done to boardwalk. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Madison CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Trees snapped and uprooted on common. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Madison CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Many trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Madison CT (East River) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Cottages on ocean front completely destroyed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Maine (central, western) SRC: BG, 9/23/38PM DAM: Apple growers and woodlot owners saw acres of timber lying on the ground. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Malden MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by a falling tree, and another by a falling chimney. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Manasquan NJ SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: With the passage of the storm, ocean waters rose to a height of more than thirty feet for an hour. Porches were torn away and windows smashed open. Ocean Avenue was buried in sand its entire length. DAM: Serious crop damage especially to apples in the state. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Manchester MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Trees down blocked RR tracks. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Manchester NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: A brick wall the entire length of the third story crumpled and caused the roof to cave in. The shoe factory lost the windows on one side. The cemetery resembled a desert waste as scores of choice trees and large areas of shrubery were destroyed. Several hundred dwellings in the area lost roofs and porches were stripped of slate. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Manchester NH SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was killed by a falling roof. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Mansfield CT (Storrs) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Many trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Mansfield MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: More than 30 boats large and small were driven from their moorings, many were blown onto the rocks. Hundreds of trees were down in sections of town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38PM DAM: Although more than a score of yachts were cast ashore here, Marblehead fared far better than almost any other New England yachting port. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Marion MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: The Beverly Yacht Club was destroyed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Marlboro MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The roof of the Dennison Manufacturing Company caved in and ruined many thousands of dollars worth of paper. The Towers of the Immaculate Conception Church on Main St. and the Congregational Church on High St. toppled over. The main highway to Framingham was choked off by fallen trees and wires. Power and communication was disrupted. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Marlboro MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: There was much storm debris and trees needing to be cleared after the hurricane. Two church steeples in town fell to the ground. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Marlboro MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Streets littered with debris. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Mattapoisett MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Houses swept into sea. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Medford MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: An overhead highway bridge near Tufts College was partly destroyed by the wind. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Methuen MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A man was killed as he was struck by a board flying off of the roof of his greenhouse. The Methuen drive-in picture screen fell on top of three men. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Methuen MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by flying timber. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Middletown CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Much flooding of the Connecticut. Two spans of the old Middletown-Portland bridge were washed away. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Milford NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: A dwelling was crushed and torn apart by the wind. A steeple of the Baptist Church was badly damaged and stained glass windows crushed in. All rural roads were impassable. Brick work in the china mill began to crumble. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Milton MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38PM MET: Blue Hill Observatory measured winds at 186mph. DAM: There were also bands of great destruction of trees. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Milton MA SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. MET: Winds were officially clocked at 186mph at the edge of the storm. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Mohawk NY SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 FLD: The Mohawk River flooded 4 feet deep in town. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Monponsett Lake MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Many cottages damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Nahant MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Boats broke loose from their moorings. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Only slight damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Narragansett RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: The Whale Rock Lighthouse was carried away killing two people. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Nashua NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by a falling tree, another when a flying missile struck him on the head. Others were injured by falling signs, trees and debris. The roof of a factory was torn off and sailed over 300 feet crashing through the rear of an Auto Fender shop tearing a hole big enough to drive a truck through. A big chimney at the Nasha Grain Co. toppled. The roof of the Universalist Church was ripped. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Nashua NH SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was crushed and killed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New Britain CT SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed by a falling foundry roof. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New England SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: The shore front of Long Island and New England was beset with a tidal surge (at some places recorded as 30-40 feet high) that carried as far as a mile inland in some places. DAM: The hurricane struck Long Island and the New England coast with terrifying force about mid-afternoon, tearing a wide swath extending approximately from NYC on the west to Boston on the east, ripping its way northwards, tearing down trees, buildings, telephone and telegraph poles and wires and leaving behind a toll of death and destruction seldom if ever before equalled. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 9/23/38 MET: The course of the storm was as follows: At 8:30 the morning of the 22nd the center of the storm was 75 miles east of Cape Hatteras. Traveling then at the rate of 55 mph the storm headed straight across the western end of Long Island, constantly increasing in velocity and at 4:35pm it was just west of New Haven. The barometer reading was 28.17, the lowest point reached in New England. At 8:30 last night the center of the hurricane was at Burlington VT, where the barometer was 28.74. Thence the storm traveled towards Ottawa where at 8:30 this morning the barometer reading was 29.26 indicating that the storm was diminishing in its intensity. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: The worst reports of disaster came from southeastern MA which is still suffering from the effects of a tidal wave and from the valleys of the Connecticut and Merrimac Rivers. DAM: 50-60% of the apple crop was still on the trees when the hurricane hit blowing them all to the ground. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: The New Haven RR headquarters received news of more than 20 washouts or slides at widely scattered places as a result of heavy rains before the hurricane arrived. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Trees down. House "B" of the New Haven RR collapsed as the wind reached hurricane proportions. The spire of the Lithuanian Church was blown out of plumb. FLD: Extensive flooding. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Beach front cottages ruined, ripped open, moved off of foundations, caved in, or entirely washed away by wave action. Boats washed inland. DAM: Many trees down on every street throughout the city. Church spire ripped and torn. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 MET: Storm hit about 1pm on Wednesday. DAM: Heavy damage. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New Haven CT (New Haven Harbor) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: An 800,000 gallon tank was floated off of its foundation with rising waters and blown by hurricane winds into the Quinnipiac River and against the Ferry St. bridge. Heavy hoisting machinery at the coal dock was blown over into the harbor. Hundreds of streets in town had numerous trees down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New London CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Major erosion dropped RR tracks six feet. One building found standing on end as a result of tidal action. Docks ruined. DAM: Perhaps the hardest hit town. Many entire roofs off buildings. A few large vessels were blown ashore, one causing a fire when its galley stove upset. Brick buildings reduced to piles of rubble. Trees laid down in a row. Many large trees with good root systems snapped off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New London CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38PM SUR: Six miles of water front property was completely wrecked. Boats large and small were scattered among the streets. DAM: A pullman car weighing 67 tons was rocking back in forth in the wind despite the fact that it had been moved so as not to be broadside to the wind. One factory had its roof blown off just before the flood waters and a fire demolished the rest. Some said it was worse at Westerly, others said Block Island. Trees were uprooted all over New London, many of them crashing through houses and cars. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Thousands of trees were destroyed and the damage to buildings was extensive. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Throughout the city trees were uprooted, sometimes damaging buildings in their fall. Along the waterfront many small boats were torn from their moorings and driven ashore or smashed by the waves. Basements were flooded and windows blown out at some city hospitals. All along the Brooklyn waterfront boats were torn from their moorings. More than thirty trees at the Brooklyn botanic gardens had been uprooted or damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Much of the destruction was done to trees in all the five boroughs. Hundreds of mature trees were hurled down and an even greater number of younger trees were ruined. In Central Park alone 100 trees were downed and forty more were damaged in Tompkins Square Park. At Battery Park the damage to trees reached its height with few escaping damage or destruction. Two of the oldest trees in City Hall Park, English elms, on the Warren St. side were wrecked. One was torn up by the roots and the other next to it so badly damaged it will be removed. The total number of trees killed was 2,700 and 4,250 more were damaged. Brooklyn's trees were hit hardest with 1,000 wrecked and 900 damaged and in Staten Island 500 trees were destroyed and 1,500 more damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New York NY (Bronx) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: In the Bronx, the Clason Point section bore the brunt of the storm. More than twenty bungalows in Harding Park were demolished when the water of Eastchester Bay rose twenty-five feet above the usual level. Fifty other houses in the section were damaged so seriously that they were abandoned by their occupants. Small boats were cast high onto shore. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New York NY (Queens) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when he was blown from the roof of an oil tank. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: New York NY (Staten Island) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when knocked down by strong wind while working in his yard. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The steeple was swaying dangerously, nearly toppling, and the weathervane did actually fall to the ground. Hundreds of trees throughout town were leveled. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Smashed rooftops, flattened piazzas and fences, damaged church steeples, and hundreds of broken windows in business blocks bore evidence of the passage of the hurricane. Some historic elms were uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Bailey's beach at Newport felt the full brunt of the hurricane and tidal wave. The bathhouse at Bailey's beach was destroyed. Major erosion and wave action completely destroyed the RR passing through Newport. At one location nearby 1,500 carloads of fill will be needed to restore service. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Newport RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Beaches were a mass of wreckage. Ocean drive was a mass of twisted debris and many of the favorite shore resorts were almost completely wrecked. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Newport RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38PM SUR: The tidal wave which rose to a height of 25 feet and struck this island without warning Wednesday afternoon, demolished 500 homes at Island Park alone. It flattened 8000 of Newport's most beautiful trees. It scattered boats and yachts around the streets, destroyed three famous beaches, one amusement resort, and poured salt water into the Newport reservoir. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Newport RI SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was killed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Newton MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads completely blocked by downed trees. A man's automobile was crushed by a fallen tree a few feet from his garage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: North Adams MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Much flooding. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: North Haven CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Major flooding from the Farm river stranded home owners on roof. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: North Hempstead (Manhasset Bay) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: The bay was strewn with the wreckage of large and small yachts and pleasure boats. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: North Hempstead NY (Port Washington) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Most craft rode out the storm but about 400 tore loose and some of them were tossed on the shore or blown out to the Sound. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Northboro MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A falling tree killed two men. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Northfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Flooded. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Northfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Chimney fell through dining room roof. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Northfield MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Two women were struck and killed by a falling chimney at Northfield Seminary. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Norway ME SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Elm trees were down and a total of 150 uprooted trees filled the streets. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Norwich CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Water was up to the floors of freight cars as a result of heavy rains before the hurricane arrived. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Norwich CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Several trees in a row down on houses. Some buildings were collapsed on the waterfront. The roof of the New Haven RR freight station was severely damaged. FLD: The Quinebaug River overflowed leaving some boats high and dry on city streets. Snow plows had to be used to clear the sand and silt from the streets after flood waters receded. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Norwich CT (Thamesville) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: A garage blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Oak Bluffs MA, Tisbury MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: One person was dead and several missing from about a dozen homes on the north side of the island which were wrecked by the wind. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Orange MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Orange was one of the hardest hit towns in Worcester County. The rear end of the Orange shoe factory on East Main St. was blown down. The wind took the restaurant building of Tony Frank on West River St. and deposited it 100 yards away in front of the new post office. FLD: Severe flooding. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Orange MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: This town is cut off. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Oxford ME SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: An uprooted elm tree in the village square fell, narrowly missing a fully loaded vehicle. The main roads are blocked with fallen trees and branches and the main gate at the Oxford Fair Grounds was blown off. About 9pm most of the blow was over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Oyster Bay NY (Glen Cove) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: At 3:40pm the Long Island Lighting Co. was hit by a tidal wave that rose 10 feet above the normal level of high tide, causing area power outages. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Pawtucket RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: The steeple and clock of a church crashed to earth from hurricane winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Pawtucket RI SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was struck and killed by a falling utility pole. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Peabody MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Roofs tumbling off tanneries and other buildings endangered many persons as the storm hit with all its violence. Trees were down. The cupula of the city fell off. The clock tower from the City Hall was hurled 400 feet. Orchards in the neighborhood are ruined causing the greatest damage in the city's history. At least 500 trees crashed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Peterboro NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: The largest fire ever experienced by this city took five buildings. FLD: One residence was swept down the raging Contoocook River. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Peterboro NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: This town appeared to be the worst hit town in NH. The only means of access was by airplane. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Petersham MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Rt 32 under water. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Phillipston MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Three islands on Lake Ellis were leveled, cottages, trees and all, while all cottages at Queen Lake were destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Plainfield CT (Wauregan) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: A haystack was left in the middle of a highway after the barn had blown down around it. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Plymouth MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: The shore line is changed by storm battering. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Portland CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Many trees down blocking roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Portland CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Much flooding. Two spans of the old Middletown-Portland bridge were washed away. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Portland ME SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Except for wire damage and ruined boats on the waterfront, Portland escaped with comparatively little damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Portland ME SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Portland was hit by the edge of the storm. Trees and wires were down but no serious damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Little damage done here and in nearby beach communities. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: An enormous tidal wave swept over low-lying land. Hundreds of cottages were demolished. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Portsmouth RI (Island Park) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 SUR: About 100 acres of this region is low-lying and completely inundated. Residents were trapped there. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: A twisted mass of lumber washed up during the tidal surge. DAM: The new bridge was wrecked, highways and docks were blocked, the roof of the New Haven RR's big Union Station blew off, and hundreds of buildings suffered severe damage or were totally destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Providence RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Much damage viewed from the air. A large hanger and two planes were destroyed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Providence RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: The streets were under 12 feet of water. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Providence RI SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 MET: The hurricane hit this city shortly after 4pm. SUR: With little or no warning, the waters of Narragansett Bay flooded downtown Providence to a height of twelve feet. DAM: Trees fell on moving automobiles and the drivers were killed or injured. Store fronts were damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Providence RI SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was killed when struck by a falling wall. Another person was killed when struck by a blown door. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Putnam CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: The river at Putnam had overflowed washing out tracks and a bridge as a result of heavy rains before the hurricane arrived. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Putnam CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: The Quinnibaug River overflowed its banks washing out the RR bed of the New Haven RR. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Putnam CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Industrial plants crippled by flooding. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Putnam CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Two dead. Heavy damage. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Quebec SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Debris littered a large area of Quebec province in the wake of a gale-borne rainstorm. A 50mph wind brought down trees and telephone poles, whisked away signboards and wrenched roofs from housetops. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Quincy MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The new fire station was crushed beneath fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Quincy MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Fallen trees and debris were found throughout the town. Windows blown out. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Athol MA to Greenfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Roads between these two towns are under water. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Brimfield MA to CT line SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads are impassable. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Deerfield MA to Hadley MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads are closed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Gardner MA to Greenfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads were closed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Gardner MA to Templeton MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Severe washouts between these two towns. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Milford MA to New Bedford MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Traffic is difficult with hundreds of trees down. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: New London CT to Providence RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38PM SUR: In New London, a good size steamer was thrown up on the RR tracks. DAM: Complete devastation. Factories and stores were either flooded or burned and flattened to the ground. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: North Adams MA to Vermont SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Washouts on the roads were found from North Adams to the Vermont Line. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: North Otis MA to Sandersfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Roads are under water between these two towns. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Palmer MA to Worcester MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Roads washed out. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Peterboro NH to Jaffrey NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Trees were down along with wires between these two towns. FLD: The river cut a huge swath in the highway 200 ft long and 50 ft. wide. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Sturbridge MA to Springfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads impassable. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Warren MA to Ware MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads were closed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Worcester MA to Springfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads are closed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Wrentham MA to Plainville MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads are blocked between these two towns. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Region: Wrentham MA to Rhode Island SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads are obstructed by trees and poles. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Rochester NH SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: More than 100 trees were down. A 200ft cattle shed was blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Rochester NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Hanson Pines, one of the city's largest recreation centers, was badly damaged by the storm, 256 trees were toppled. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Rochester NH (East Rochester) SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Several trees fell, a large maple crashed through an automobile, a large tree crashed the doorway of the Adventist Church and several others fell damaging homes and breaking windows. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Rocky Neck CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Houses destroyed into piles of kindling. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Rutland VT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: This town was cut off by floods. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Rutland VT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Swept by flood and gale. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Saybrook CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Large trees uprooted in town. Powerlines down. House found standing on head, torn from its foundation by the wind and washed up by the tidal surge. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Saybrook CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Stories of terrible devastation along the shores of Saybrook. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Sharon MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: A fifteen year old boy is killed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Somers CT (Somersville) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Huge tobacco barns were torn down by the hurricane. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Somerset MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: A barge cut loose in the Taunton River and hurled itself against the bridge. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Somersworth NH SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: One hundred trees were down. The roofs of many houses were blown off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Somersworth NH SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Homes were wrecked and mills closed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Somerville MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Somerville suffered high property damage. The roof of St. Joseph's Church, the oldest Catholic church in the city, collapsed with a roar. Debris flew in all directions. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Somerville MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The roof of the oldest church in the city collapsed causing the entire top to sag. Store and house windows were smashed. The slate roof of the theatre was badly ripped by the gale. The rear brick wall of the three story Elementary School caved in during the gale. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Somerville MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: A man died of a heart attack shortly after witnessing the uprooted trees outside his home. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Somerville MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38PM DAM: A chimney was blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Somerville MA (West Somerville) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Trees and wires down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: South Hadley MA (South Hadley Falls) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Business section flooded. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southampton NY SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Few if any of the estates on the dunes along the beach escaped serious damage and virtually all the large homes were affected to some extent. The old Southampton Beach Club was badly damaged by wind and water and the new building was split in two when its foundation gave way. It was estimated that about 50% of the massive trees, some hundreds of years old, that dotted this village, have been ruined. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southampton NY SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Property damage was heavy. The roof of Mrs. J. C. Thaw was partly blown off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southampton NY (Center Moriches) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: Hundreds of old shade trees were uprooted and destroyed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southampton NY (Moriches Bay) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: About 40 houses were swept into the ocean along that stretch of beach which lies between Westhampton and Quogue bridges. DAM: Houses and people were toppled into the water. Other houses lost roofs. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southampton NY (Westhampton) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 MET: Reference is made to the lull of the storm. The eye probably passed directly over this town. SUR: A woman waded out of her home just before it collapsed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southampton NY (Westhampton) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Houses and automobiles lay broken and warped. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southampton NY (Westhampton) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: One family left their house on the beach as it began shaking and filling with water. They reported that there were doors flying through the air and all sorts of stuff swirling in the waters about them. Another person's car was overturned with the force of the wind. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southampton NY (Westhampton) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 SUR: Whole summer estates had been swept out to sea leaving hardly a trace behind. Boats were deposited inland. Inlets were carved into the beach where they had not been before. DAM: The worst stricken of the Long Island communities. Store windows were shattered. Houses blown onto Albee Rd. are a pile of matchsticks. FSC: F3 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southbridge MA SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: High flood waters caused much structural damage. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southbridge MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: The Quinnebaug River is covering about half of the town. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Southold NY (Greenport) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when he was struck by a roof of a house. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Spencer MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was crushed by the collapse of a barn. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Flooding of the Connecticut near 1936 flood stages. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Springfield was the worst hit by floods and was completely cut off from Boston and Hartford. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roads on all sides were clogged with trees and other debris. FLD: Four Square miles of the city were under water at one point. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Flood damage heavy. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: St. Albans VT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Flooded by rising streams. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: St. Johnsbury VT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Streets were cluttered with torn trees, broken wires, roofs, and destroyed chimneys. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Stafford CT (Stafford Springs) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: A road washed out. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Stafford CT (West Stafford) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Gaping holes were left in highway. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Stamford CT SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was felled and killed by gale winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: A train carrying 275 passengers at Stonington slid into a washout. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Boats left high and dry from tidal wave. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Rail cars laid low by tidal wave after being engulfed. Boats left high and dry by the tidal surge. Beach front houses ruined, walls ripped off, houses pushed off of foundations. One found upside down. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Stonington CT (Mystic) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Powerlines down. Many trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Stonington CT (Mystic) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman fatally cut by a falling window. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Stonington CT (West Stonington) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Twenty-six miles of RR line had to be rebuilt between Saybrook CT and Westerly RI. DAM: Shingles off houses. Top portion of cottage sheered off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Stratford CT SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by a falling roof. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Sunderland MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: This village is under water. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Swampscott MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: The entire Yankee dory class at the Swampscot Yacht club was destroyed. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Swansea MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: 40 cottages demolished. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Swansea MA, Somerset MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: A bridge is washed out between these two towns. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Taunton MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roofs of the large hen house, dairy barn and milk house were blown off and considerable damage was done to the director's home and to the orchards. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Templeton MA (Baldwinville) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Bridge out. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Thomaston CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: A house was destroyed by a fallen tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Thompson CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Many trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Tolland CT SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed when struck by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Topsfield MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Hundreds of trees fell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Tyngsboro MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Many trees were uprooted by the hurricane and flooding occured. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Vermont (northern) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Practically all of northern VT is isolated from the outside world. Homes were damaged and fruit and sugar orchards flattened by the hurricane. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wallingford CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. FLD: Buildings swept away by flood waters of the Quinnipiac. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Walpole MA (East Walpole) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was struck and killed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Ware MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Ware was deemed the hardest hit town in the area. At least one-fifth of the community's valuation was lost. One hundred dwellings were under water, industrial plants were wrecked and hundreds of refugees were in temporary shelter. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Ware MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Rt. 9 under water. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Roads leading into Wareham were under water. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: At Swift's beach 500 cottages and homes were demolished or damaged. This included the first four rows of cottages. Tormeset Point was wiped out by the tidal wave and every house at Briarwood flooded or swept sway. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: The tidal wave reached up to second floors. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Hundreds of cottages were demolished at Swift Beach. DAM: Trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wareham MA (Onset) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Onset Island was swept by mountainous seas. A handful of inhabitants saved themselves only by climbing to the top of trees. Twelve cottages on the island were washed away and the remaining 30 were badly damaged. Half of the dollar amount of damage was attributed to the yachting fleet that was virtually destroyed. Record breaking tides washed 30-ft. cruisers into Main St. The water stood 20 ft deep in places. Joseph Kenney's Wharf and all its buildings were destroyed. DAM: Damage to houses and cottages was tremendous, roofs and piazzas being blown away. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wareham MA (Onset) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: There was major destruction of houses, shacks, and barns along the shore. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wareham MA (Onset) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Roofs, poles and trees littered the streets. Many yachts were ashore and smashed. Many automobiles could be seen in the sea, where they had been pitched by the furious wind. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wareham MA (Onset) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Gale winds carried a house 50 yards leaving the fireplace standing. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wareham MA (Onset) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Boats left high and dry by tidal wave. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Wareham MA (Onset) SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Tidal wave swept waterfront bridge out. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Warren MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 FLD: Rt 19 underwater. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Waterboro ME SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Traffic was stopped. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Watertown MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Many trees fallen as well as fruit. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Watertown MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was struck and killed by a fallen tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Waterville ME SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Other than some fallen trees and damage to apple orchards, Waterville escaped the brunt of the hurricane. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: West Haven CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Smaller houses toppled by waves, trees down. Porch damage to larger house. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Westbrook CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: Cottage almost cut in half by tidal wave. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Westbrook CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. SUR: A rooftop found a mile inland carried there by the tidal surge. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Westerly RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38 SUR: Hundreds of cottages were washed away. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Westerly RI SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: 30 dead. One of worst hit spots in New England. END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Westminster VT SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was struck and killed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Weymouth MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Trees in streets in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Winchester MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A woman was struck and killed by a fallen tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Windham CT (Willimantic) SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: A mill roof was blown off. A church steeple was toppled. FLD: The dam burst resulted in cutting off the city's water supply. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Windham CT (Willimantic) SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed by a falling factory wall. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Windsor CT SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Tobacco sheds destroyed by winds and fire. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Windsor Locks CT SRC: Tyler,The NE Hurricane,1938. DAM: Many trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Woburn MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: The church steeple in town oscillated and was feared to fall. Several pieces of the steeple had loosened and fallen to the ground. Trees and poles were down in town and many windows were blown in. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Worcester County MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: The scene from the air showed farms by the hundreds with damaged roofs of dwellings lying many yards away. The bodies of cattle lay in fields. Forest land was laid in waste with pines and other softwood trees suffering most of all. Roads through the forests were practically blackened by the trees. FLD: Unparalleled emergency flood conditions in Worcester County. In the western part of the county dozens of bridges have been washed away and dozens of highways are under water. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Buildings were leveled. With fire, flood and hurricane, hardly a house escaped the triple onslaught. Windows were broken and chimneys were hurled to the ground by the hundreds. Church steeples were torn down and the roof of the high school was whisked off cleanly, as if by the hand of a giant. The steeple on the City Hall was teetering back an forth with the gusts of wind. Until their towers were blown down, two radio stations devoted themselves to assisting in the mobilization. Windows were shattered and portions of roof were off of the hospital. Two men were blown to their death, one off of a roof, the other closing a window. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Hospital roof blown off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: NYT, 9/23/38 DAM: A man was killed as he was blown through a window. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: BG, 9/22/38 DAM: Several church steeples were demolished. A man was struck by a piece of flying timber. The Southworks branch of the American Steel and Wire Company was almost totally destroyed by the wind. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1938 LOC: York ME SRC: BG, 9/23/38 DAM: Little damage done on the beach. END: HUR: N1940 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 9/3/40 MET: The storm passed off shore but New England got heavy seas, high winds and rain. DAM: Most of the damage was inflicted on Nantucket and the Cape. On the Cape's southern shore trees, chimneys and light poles were felled. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1940 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: BG, 9/3/40 MET: The storm passed off shore but New England got heavy seas, high winds and rain. Nantucket was lashed by winds at velocities of 75mph. DAM: Most of the damage was inflicted on Nantucket and the Cape. Considerable damage was done to the trees and light poles around the island. A large chimney was felled by winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1940 LOC: Plymouth MA SRC: BG, 9/3/40 SUR: The storm caused minor damage to a number of pleasure boats. More serious injury was prevented by the low tide, the protection of the flats, and the quick change of wind to the northwest. DAM: The wind blew limbs and fruit off trees and the camp ground had its tents torn down along the shore. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Amherst MA SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 MET: This storm was 55mph up until 11:45pm but at midnight the instrument went out of commission. From 8pm to 2am the rainfall totaled 2.78 inches. DAM: Trees fell in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Amherst MA SRC: The Amherst Record, 9/20/44 DAM: Widespread damage to trees about town. Many trees were split and a number of trees were uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Arlington MA, Newton MA, Watertown MA, Winchester MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: All are mainly residential districts with hundreds of trees which caused damage to the power circuits. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Atlantic City NJ SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 SUR: Mountainous waves struck the boardwalk sections of these cities. Both the Million Dollar and Steel piers suffered heavy damage from high seas and smaller piers were almost totally destroyed. DAM: Atlantic City and neighboring NJ coastal resorts appeared to have suffered the greatest damage. A 90-mile wind tore off roofs of some apartment houses and damaged other dwellings, leaving hundreds homeless. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Atlantic City NJ SRC: Springfield Republican, 9/15/44 SUR: This was the hardest hit town. The storm split the famous steel pier in town. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Atlantic City NJ SRC: Providence Journal, 9/15/44 SUR: The city was waist deep in water. DAM: A man was killed by a piece of cornice torn from a building. At least 50 others were injured as timber was tossed about like matchsticks and glass showered down. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Barnstable MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: Trees, poles and telephone wires down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Barnstable MA (Centerville) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: Trees, telephone, telegraph and power lines were down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Barnstable MA (Craigville) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: Trees, telephone and power lines are down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannis) SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 DAM: Nearly 20-30 fishing vessels were dashed ashore. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannis) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Bathhouses were levelled and 25 summer homes cracked up or moved off their foundations. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannis) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Houses were twisted and boathouses strangely tilted, garages were torn from foundations, and scores of tiny cottages strewn as if a giant had tossed them from his hand in jest as he might a handful of jackstones. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannis) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 SUR: Jetty section flooded by 6 feet of water. DAM: Thirty large store windows broken. Boat houses demolished. Roads were passable except for trees and wires. Twelve houses hit by trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannis), Falmouth MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: Many stores had their windows blown in. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannisport) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Eight mansions were nearly ruined. The exclusive Hyannisport West Beach Club was split in two and the famed golf club atop a hill was half blown away. Of 40 yachts anchored only two were found undamaged. The rest were sunk or carried 200-300yds. into streets. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannisport) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: Summer homes were flattened along Hyannis beach. The Union Chapel suffered severe damage. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Bethel CT SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: Damage was caused by the uprooting of trees. The late crops of apples, peaches and sweet corn were virtually ruined. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 MET: Just before the swift change of course, wind velocities in the city reached a peak of 55mph with gusts of 98mph. But the storm's shift had spared the city from the hurricane's full violence. DAM: A tree was blown down at Arlington St. Fallen trees and toppled power lines occupied emergency crews throughout the night. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 MET: The Weather Bureau reported 32mph winds as early as 8:45am with gusts up to 40 mph. An hour later it reached gale force of 40mph with gusts up to 50mph. The barometer dropped rapidly from 30.56 to 29.52. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: 180 trees were reported down in the city. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Boston MA (Brighton, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, South Boston, West Roxbury) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Heavy rain and wind felled telephone poles and wires. Trees were uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Boston MA (East Boston) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 SUR: The tide was reported at two feet above its normal high tide. DAM: A window was blown in and a door torn off of its hinges in the traffic control tower at the East Boston Airport. The wind reached a peak gust of 98mph at midnight. The barometer reached a low of 29.09 inches which was lower than the 1938 records for Boston. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Boston MA (Greater Boston) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Reports of lights out and trees down came in from all communities. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Boston MA (South Boston) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Falling trees short-circuited electric wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Bourne MA (Camp Edwards) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Several barracks lost their roofs when winds reached 100mph. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Bourne MA (Cape Cod Canal) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: RT 6 passable except for fallen trees and debris. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Bourne MA (Cape Cod Canal) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 SUR: Water was found to be 6 feet above normal high tide. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Brookhaven NY (Patchogue) SRC: NYT, 9/15/44 DAM: A tree blew down onto a parked car. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 DAM: Highways 6 and 28 were blocked by fallen trees. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: The Cape and its offshore islands bore the full brunt of the storm's fury, along with New Bedford, causing more damage than in 1938. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: From the air the Cape looked like a realtor's ad, showing the interiors of buildings, while the more affected forests appeared like rows of tall trees, all felled in neat rows. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: More than 50% of the large shade trees of the Cape were reported uprooted. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: An estimated 50% of Cape Cod shade trees were uprooted. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Charlestown RI (Charlestown), South Kingston RI (Matunuck), Westerly RI (Misquamicut) SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: Scores of summer cottages at these beaches were tossed around like doll houses. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Chatham MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 SUR: Six oyster shacks washed away. Eight yachts washed ashore. DAM: Trees, telephone and telegraph wires and poles down. Two church steeples knocked off. About 1400 windows broken. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Chilmark MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 SUR: A cottage from Stonewall Beach washed up to higher ground. DAM: Three other cottages removed from foundations. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Cohasset MA, Duxbury MA, Marshfield MA, Scituate MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Damage was confined for the most part to that caused by falling trees, many of which were more than a century old. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Coonamessett MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: Power lines, telephone lines and trees knocked down. Forty-five cottages were knocked off of foundations. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Danbury CT SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: Danbury was believed to have received the brunt of the blow for CT. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Dennis MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: Trees uprooted. Two steeples toppled through roofs of churches. Twenty-five cottages completely destroyed on south shore. One hundred trees down, tearing up roads in Toy Village. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Dennis MA (Dennisport) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: Badly inundated with flood waters. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Dennis MA (West Dennis) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Ten large summer homes were moved off foundations and dumped, like rubble, some yards away. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: East Lyme CT (Niantic), Stonington CT, Wallingford CT SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 FLD: Washouts on the RR lines. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: East Lyme CT, Meriden CT, Noank CT SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 FLD: RR rails were washed out. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Edgartown MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Boats torn from moorings. Waterfront damage. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Edgartown MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: Docks, bulkheads and seawalls were demolished. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Fairfield CT, Milford CT, Stamford CT SRC: NYT, 9/15/44 DAM: Electricity was out in these towns because of trees blown down onto power lines. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Many stately elm trees were knocked down in the hurricane. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Some falling trees ripped up pavings and crushed automobiles. The 150-year-old First Congregational Church had holes in the roof and tiles were blown off, together with numerous smashed windows. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 SUR: Three yachts and many smaller craft were stranded atop the Fairhaven-New Haven Bridge which was under 5 feet of water at one time. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 SUR: Twelve houses washed ashore intact. DAM: In the center section of town all the plate glass windows were broken. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 MET: Falmouth was blacked out at 10:00 and the wind reached a velocity of 90mph. SUR: Streets were inundated with more than a foot of water. DAM: Trees were toppled. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: In the Seipett section of town 70 cottages were rendered unlivable. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 SUR: A 300ft stretch of road between Falmouth Heights and Menauhant was washed out and a bridge carried 300yds away. DAM: Scores of cottages along Falmouth Beach were levelled. An estimated 200 dwellings were damaged, with many more swept away. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Falmouth MA (Falmouth Heights) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 SUR: Still 12 feet of water in some parts of town. DAM: Park Beach Hotel partially damaged by wind and fallen trees. Extreme damage to hotel tower. Several large buildings partially destroyed. At Seipett, 70 cottages partly damaged and knocked from foundations. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Falmouth MA (Woods Hole) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: The storm here was worse than the 1938 storm. Winds reaching 90 mph left streets filled with sand, bricks and debris, seriously damaged the docks of the US Bureau of Fisheries and those of the Marine Biological Laboratories. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Falmouth MA (Woods Hole) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: The windows were blown out of the Woods Hotel. Four cottages were demolished at Silver Beach. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Greenwich CT SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Debris on ground. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Greenwich CT, Norwalk CT, Westport CT SRC: NYT, 9/15/44 DAM: These towns had roads blocked by fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Hadley MA (North Hadley) SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 DAM: A tobacco barn was blown flat and two trees were felled. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Hampstead NY (Long Beach) SRC: NYT, 9/15/44 DAM: Forty-five windows were caved in by hurricane winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Hampstead NY (Long Beach) SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 SUR: Boats on docks. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Hampstead NY (Roosevelt) SRC: NYT, 9/15/44 DAM: A gable of a shed housing short wave receivers at the listening station of the Columbia Broadcasting System was torn off by the gale, resulting in the station's power failure. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Hartford Courant, 9/15/44 DAM: Fallen trees were reported in Hartford. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 MET: The highest winds ever recorded in Hartford to date were measured at 109mph for 4 seconds at 11:07pm. The barometric pressure was 28.94" at 10pm. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Harwich MA (West Harwich) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: The Hotel Belmont lost all bathhouses and the front porch was swept away by surf. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Islip NY (West Islip) SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: Fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Little Compton RI SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 DAM: Several persons suffered injuries from flying glass. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Little Compton RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/15/44 DAM: Sakonnet Yacht Club was known to have been demolished by the storm. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: The worst hit communities in Suffolk and Nassau Counties were Huntington, Hempstead, Hicksville and Floral Park. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Trees toppled and telephone wires were crippled. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Small boats in the harbor were torn from their moorings and washed ashore. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: A schooner was found on shore. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Marshfield MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Fairground ticket booth upside down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Marshfield MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: In Green Harbor, a three-story house was discovered which had lost the entire ocean-side veranda and the roof had blown to where the porch had been. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Marshfield MA (Green Harbor) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: A cherry tree was split in two. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Marshfield MA, Plymouth MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: Boats were wrecked and in Marshfield a large cabin cruiser rested 40 feet above the high tide mark. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Three quarters of the boats anchored there were either driven ashore or sunk. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Mashpee MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: The Popponessett Inn was blown down and the road in front of it made impassable. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Mattapoissett MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 SUR: A tidal wave destroyed 25 houses. DAM: All roads impassable. Houses demolished, number not known. Houses and telephone poles knocked flat. Six boats ashore. At Crescent Beach, 50 cottages demolished. Eight permanent homes destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 SUR: The high tides washed away the Coast Guard station. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 SUR: Six boats, three yachts washed ashore. DAM: Twelve farm buildings destroyed. Sixty percent of fruit crop damaged or destroyed. Roof of a public garage blown off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Napeague NY SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 SUR: Two miles of track were washed away. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: This city experienced destruction far surpassing that of 1938. Old parks full of elms were potential logging camps, scores of summer cottages were in splinters. Crescent Beach was a flattened mass of shingles, chimneys and plywood. Some falling trees ripped up pavement and crushed automobiles. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: This is the hardest hit section of New England. New Bedford was a whirling mass of falling bricks, wires, trees and cane. Roofs were blown off houses or caved in and trees collapsed by the hundreds. Several houses were blown off their foundations. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: A three-story brick building had its entire roof blown off along with the sidewalls to the overhead of the second floor. Several boats were sunk or lost at sea. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New Bedford MA, Wareham MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: Hundreds of smashed store windows had to be replaced. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New England SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 MET: The storm hit around 10:45pm (EWT) marked by wind gusts close to 100mph, hit Westerly RI at 11:10pm, continued across RI to reach Providence at 12:10 am and then swung into southeastern NA through Attleboro and Brockton, passing out to sea at South Weymouth, MA at 1:05am. Hugging the coast the storm center skirted Rockport MA at 2:30am, passed Portland ME at 5:30am and BarHarbor ME at 7am to roar on into Canada. The Boston weather bureau estimated that strong winds were felt along a belt possibly a hundred miles wide. Approximately four inches of rain deluged much of the area in the path of the storm. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/15/44 MET: Moving up the coast from Long Island the center of the hurricane passed over RI early this morning, then veered sharply northeastward to Boston, hitting the MA coast at a point seventy miles south of the city, near Brockton. From there it was expected to pass out to sea. Although lashed by drenching rain, which was turned almost into sheets of spray by gusts of gale force, NYC was spared the worst of the West Indian storm, the center of which apparently passed over eastern Long Island somewhere between Patchogue and Southampton. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Providence Journal, 9/15/44 DAM: The storm snapped off two-thirds of one of the 400-foot high transmission towers of Station WPRO. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New London CT SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 SUR: The tide was 7 feet above normal. DAM: There was a north wind instead of a south wind. Along the beach many cottages were lifted from the beach and hurled into adjacent meadows. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New Milford CT, Norwalk CT SRC: NYT, 9/15/44 DAM: Roads were blocked between these towns due to downed trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New York NY SRC: Springfield Republican, 9/15/44 MET: Gusts reached 95 to 100mph. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New York NY SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 MET: All records for wind velocity in the city were broken when gusts as high as 95mph were recorded. Previous velocities had been recorded as high as 73mph in 1912. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: The Park Department said that 15,000 trees were toppled, their roots having been loosened by the rains that, starting Tuesday, preceded the hurricane. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/15/44 MET: The center passed the city at 9:20pm, though all wind records had been broken when the average velocity reached 80mph at 8:25pm. DAM: Subway service was repeatedly disrupted and countless windows were broken by the raging northeaster. Trees were toppled in hundreds of outlying sections of the city. A portion of roofing on the police station was ripped up. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New York NY (Little Neck Bay/Queens) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: Boats were driven inland by the hurricane. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: Providence Journal, 9/15/44 DAM: Trees on Rockefeller Plaza were uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Plate glass windows were smashed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: New York NY (Queens) SRC: NYT, 9/15/44 DAM: Trees are uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Newark NJ SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: 2000 trees fell. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 SUR: Bath houses on Bailey's Beach were swept up onto the road and the club house floor covered with two feet of sand when waters receded. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: The roof was blown off of the Marine Corps garage and its recreational building. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Newport RI, Westerly RI SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: These towns were the hardest hit. Cabanas and club houses were destroyed or badly damaged. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Northampton MA SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 DAM: A tree was down at the corner of State and Center St. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Northampton MA SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 DAM: Large branch down. Peach and apple orchards damaged. Wind lifted porch roofs, blew in some windows and several signs were ripped from their locations by the storm and hurled in many instances for some distance. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Northampton MA (Florence) SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 DAM: A few trees were reported down in Florence. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Northeast SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 SUR: High water in Providence RI streets. DAM: Atlantic City and other NJ resorts hard hit, Long Island not as badly as was expected. CT got off lightly. Winds of 80-100 miles an hour lashed blinding rains, ripped buildings, tore down power and telephone lines and uprooted thousands of trees. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Northeast (coast) SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: There were reports of heavy hurricane damage to the apple crop along the Atlantic Coast from MD to NH. 50-80% loss of fruit, blown to the ground. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Norwalk CT SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: Factory sheds were unroofed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Oak Bluffs MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: The New England Steamship Co. pier at Oak Bluffs was partially demolished. Many cottages were destroyed, along with a small shipyard and scores of boats. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Oak Bluffs MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: The wharf was damaged and could not be used. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Oak Bluffs MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: The steamboat wharf was nearly all washed away. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Old Lyme CT SRC: Hartford Courant, 9/15/44 DAM: Beach front houses devastated by storm. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Oyster Bay NY (Hicksville) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 SUR: Water five to six feet deep all from rain blocked highways in the vicinity of Hicksville. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Oyster Bay NY (Hicksville), Riverhead NY SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Trees up to 60 feet were toppled in the area. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Pawtucket RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/15/44 DAM: Fallen trees, wires, billboards and several broken store windows were the major damage in town. The large WWII Honor Roll was toppled from its base near City Hall. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Plymouth MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: Everwhere along the Pilgrim shore boulders lay in strange spots. DAM: Tree damage was appallingly apparent. Fifteen fishing boats and yachts were sunk at their moorings and a dory was blown 200 feet through the air and smashed against a tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 SUR: Flood waters rose two feet in downtown streets. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/15/44 MET: Providence received 3.78 inches of rain from 5:55pm to midnight. The eye of the storm passed over Fisher's Island, Westerly and Providence. As the storm came onto land at Long Island and reports were finally obtainable they were confusing. Long Island reported winds not of hurricane force and no alarmingly high water levels, the storm was on a north-northeast track. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/15/44 DAM: Windows are smashed by the wind. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 MET: 100mph winds made choppy waves throughout the business district which was flooded. Rainfall was measured at nearly four inches in the city which brought the three-day precipitation to nearly eight inches. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: Driving through Provincetown was like driving through a tortured forest. Over the roads in all kinds of fantastic patterns trees and limbs were strewn. Most of the damage on the Cape was on the southern shores. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Rhode Island SRC: Providence Journal, 9/15/44 MET: The storm hit RI on the nose, but because it hit at low tide less damage was done than otherwise could have been expected. RI got winds up to 75mph with gusts up to 100mph. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Sea Isle City NJ SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 SUR: 25 homes were washed from their foundations. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: Springfield Republican, 9/15/44 DAM: Trees were blown down, tree limbs blown off and rolled along streets. Buildings were flooded, store windows were smashed in and blown out, awnings ripped to tatters, signs torn from buildings and flung into the street. The path of the storm was likened to 1938. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Swampscott MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Many windows were broken. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Tisbury MA (Vineyard Haven) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: A section of shipyard making small boats for the Army and Navy was destroyed and roads in the vicinity buried under tons of sand and shale. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Topsfield MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Traffic was blocked when a tree crashed into a Boston-bound bus on the Newburyport Turnpike. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Topsfield MA SRC: NYT, 9/15/44 DAM: A tree fell onto the top of a bus, injuring two men. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Wainscott NY SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: A freight car was blown across the tracks. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Wallingford CT SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 FLD: There were bad washouts on the RR tracks. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: RR bridges were washed out in Wareham. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 SUR: Twenty powerboats washed ashore. DAM: Trees have torn up road. Thirty-five cottages destroyed at Swift Beach, 25 at Swift's Neck destroyed. Twelve cottages on Hamilton Beach destroyed. Four houses on Pinehurst Beach demolished. The Point Independence Yacht Club was destroyed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Wareham MA (Buzzard's Bay) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: The Buzzard's Bay theatre and a large defense plant stood roofless. Their roofs had been blown quite a distance. Trees and telephone poles down. Windows were broken. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Wareham MA (Onset) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: Boats were onshore. Part of a pier was deposited on the porch of the adjoining taffy shop. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Wareham MA (Swift's Beach) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: Another house was lifted 25ft from its foundation. Boats were swept inland. DAM: A house was shorn away exposing the Franklin stove by the chimney. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Wareham MA (Swift's Neck) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: A cottage, still intact except for broken windows, was lifted from its foundation. More than 40 cottages were swept away. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Westerly RI SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 DAM: Roads were blocked by blown-down trees and power lines. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Westerly RI (Misquamicut) SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 DAM: Scores of cottages were demolished. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Westerly RI (Watch Hill) SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/15/44 DAM: Bath houses and cabanas at the Beach club were totally destroyed. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Westerly RI (Watch Hill) SRC: NYT, 9/16/44 DAM: The beach club, bathhouses and cabanas were wiped out. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Westport CT SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 SUR: This city was badly hit with 10 feet of water. DAM: All power and telephone lines down. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Westport CT (Southport) SRC: Springfield Republican, 9/15/44 DAM: Trees were reported blocking highways. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Weymouth MA (South Weymouth) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/15/44 MET: The storm passed over at 1:05am and the stars were visible for a few moments. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Wiano MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: Tree uprooted, falling on main highways and streets. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Yarmouth MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/17/44 DAM: Trees uprooted, electric wires down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Yarmouth MA (West Yarmouth) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 SUR: 30 medium sized summer cottages were bowled over and carried more than a mile inland where they piled up on the Parkers River Bridge. END: HUR: N1944 LOC: Yarmouth MA (Yarmouthport) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/16/44 DAM: The elm arch over the main street was almost completely destroyed. Most of the felled trees were more than 100 years old. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1950a LOC: New England SRC: BG, 8/20/50 MET: Predictions were that the storm would pass out to sea not affecting New England. DAM: No report of the hurricane was found in the paper of 8/21/50. END: HUR: N1950b LOC: Chatham MA SRC: NYT, 9/12/50 DAM: Small boats in Chatham and other southern shore communities were endangered by the winds. END: HUR: N1950b LOC: Long Island NY SRC: NYT, 9/12/50 MET: The tip of Long Island also felt strong winds. END: HUR: N1950b LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: NYT, 9/12/50 MET: The storm center passed east of Nantucket. The weather Bureau correctly predicted that New England would not experience anything greater than 45mph fringe winds. END: HUR: N1950b LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/12/50 MET: The storm was born off Puerto Rico. As it approached New England it still had 100mph winds near the center. Even 200 miles from the center it was blowing a fair-sized gale. The center of the disturbance never came more closer than 160miles from the coast of New England. It was moving at about 20mph as it approached New England. END: HUR: N1950b LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/12/50 MET: The strongest wind felt in NYC was only 28mph. END: HUR: N1950b LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: NYT, 9/12/50 MET: The Cape and Nantucket caught the heaviest blows from the big wind. Gusts of 50mph were felt at Provincetown. Cape Cod got fringe winds of 65mph. DAM: Some small trees and electric wires were downed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1953a LOC: Block Island RI SRC: BG, 8/15/53 DAM: Coastal damage was confined to a small village on Block Island. END: HUR: N1953a LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 8/15/53 MET: Winds reaching 51mph hit the Cape, which missed hurricane force winds towards the center of the storm by only 30 miles. At noon today the storm was reported to be 300 miles due east of Boston moving east-northeastward at 25mph. END: HUR: N1953a LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: BG, 8/15/53 DAM: Some tree branches and a utility pole were down in Falmouth. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1953a LOC: Long Island NY (eastern) SRC: BG, 8/15/53 MET: This area experienced strong winds and tides. END: HUR: N1953a LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: BG, 8/15/53 MET: The storm passed within a short distance of Nantucket at 4:30am today. Shortly after that the winds reached 60mph in gusts at the station. END: HUR: N1953a LOC: New York NY SRC: BG, 8/15/53 MET: The city was buffeted with 44mph winds last night. END: HUR: N1953a LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: BG, 8/15/53 MET: At 5:30 this morning winds were reported at 50mph with the storm moving rapidly eastward. END: HUR: N1953a LOC: Southampton NY (Shinnecock Bay) SRC: BG, 8/15/53 MET: Gusts of winds up to 65mph were reported until about 4am. END: HUR: N1953b LOC: Maine (northern coast) SRC: BG, 9/8/53 MET: Fringe winds of 51mph lashed the northern coast of Maine early in the afternoon. END: HUR: N1953b LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: NYT, 9/8/53 MET: Fringe winds of 50mph swept over Nantucket. Most of New England had only gusty winds. Hurricane Carol was reported to have central winds of 75-100mph with gales extending out 250 miles eastward from the eye of the storm. DAM: Boats off shore reported trouble. END: HUR: N1953b LOC: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island SRC: BG, 9/8/53 MET: Sambro lightship at the mouth of Halifax Harbor reported gusts of 80mph. DAM: Fringe winds tossed broken trees into the streets and cut power and telegraph services. END: HUR: N1953b LOC: Nova Scotia SRC: BG, 9/8/53 DAM: The 70mph winds left untold damage in apple orchards of Annapolis Valley and the grain fields of central Nova Scotia. Plate-glass windows were blown in at a dozen stores and doors were ripped off of two waterfront warehouses. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Amherst MA SRC: Amherst Journal/Record, 9/2/54 DAM: As the wind increased branches and trees began falling throughout the town and lines went dead everywhere. Damage to peach crops was severe while corn and tobacco were well flattened in exposed areas. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Amherst MA SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/1/54 MET: 2.09 inches of rain were recorded to have fallen during the storm at UMASS. DAM: Fruit growers report a 15-20% loss. Trees and branches fell to the ground all over the county. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Arlington MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Ten main roads were blocked by fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Arlington MA, Belmont MA, Winchester MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: These towns were particularly hard hit. Giant trees were felled bringing power wires down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Attleboro MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Tree damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannis) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Trees were reported down in all sections of town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Block Island RI SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: The island escaped the brunt of the hurricane winds. About 20 small boats were sunken or grounded. Most of the roof was torn off of the Ocean View Hotel. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Block Island RI SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/1/54 SUR: Water and sand swept through the Bullard Inn. DAM: Block and Fisher's Islands escaped the brunt of the storm. On Block Island most of the roof was torn off the 250 year old Ocean View Hotel. About 20 small boats either sank at their moorings or were pulled off and beached. Only one residence was seriously damaged, with many sustaining minor damage. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/1/54 DAM: The Old North Church steeple toppled to the ground. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 MET: Harvard U observatory reported sustained winds of 93mph and gusts of 125mph. DAM: Hit hard. Church steeple felled. Old elms on commons downed. Scores of yachts dashed ashore at South Boston. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 MET: Blue Hills Observatory recorded at its metropolitan station wind velocities of 93mph at 12:20pm and a maximum gust of 125mph. DAM: The Old North Church lost its steeple. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: In addition to the Old North Church losing its steeple, a building at 301 Congress St. was unroofed. Trees were down, boats wrecked and utilities interrupted. Routes 128, 28, 6, 3, 3A, 2 and West Roxbury Parkway and Memorial Drive were closed due to fallen trees. A small piece of roofing from the Boston Garden building fell onto the tracks behind north station. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: The WBZ radio tower collapsed. Official wind speeds were recorded at 84mph with gusts exceeding 100mph. The peak winds passed over at about 12:17pm. Window panes were also broken at the studio. All over Greater Boston felled trees, billboards, telephone poles and even rooftops spasmodically knocked out the MTA. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: 2500 trees down on park land and city streets. Fifty of the city's 231 schools suffered damage to their roofs, windows and skylights. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA (Allston) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Persons were injured by flying glass. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA (Ashmont, Mattapan) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Falling trees stopped service between these towns. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA (Charlestown) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: A grain elevator and a freight shed were badly damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA (East Boston), Cambridge MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Trees, roofs and billboards blocked the MTA track. Bus service over the Mystic River Bridge was cancelled after a truck was blown over on the bridge, blocking it. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA (Mattapan) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Many parked cars were crushed by fallen trees. Plate glass window was blown in. Signs were ripped away. Shingles were blown from the roofs of houses on River St. Trees were felled in Old Calvary Cemetery. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA (Roxbury) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: A young boy was blown against a wall by the wind. Others were injured by flying glass. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA (Roxbury) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Flying glass from blown in windows injured persons. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA (South Boston) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Several yachts were blown ashore. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA (South Boston) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Trees blocked roads. The roof of the MDC building unhinged and was hurled against a police cruising car. Plate glass was blown in. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Boston MA (South Boston) SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: 300 boats were wrecked. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Bourne MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: In the Taylor's Point section 198 homes were destroyed or badly damaged. Only two homes were untouched. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Bristol RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 DAM: Winds ripped to pieces the Lobster Claw Restaurant and Newport Creamery. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Brookline MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Persons were injured by flying glass. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Cape Ann MA, Gloucester MA, Ipswich MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Many boat casualties END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Roofs of many buildings were said to have been lifted off by hurricane winds. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: The fury of the storm was concentrated between the canal and Falmouth, although there was considerable damage all the way to the tip. As far down as Dennis, the picture was one of awesome destruction. Getting into Chatham, the scene changed for the better. Damage at the Cape's elbow was little more than one would see after any hard Northeaster. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm MET: Barnstable had 32mph winds an hour before 10 while Hyannis Airport had 75mph gusts at the same time. The barometer read 29.36 and was still falling rapidly. DAM: Winds had blown down trees and utility wires all along Cape Cod. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Chelsea MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: RR crossing gates were blown off. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Concord NH SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm MET: Peak winds were 63mph. The storm hit in the afternoon and the worst of it was over in two hours. DAM: "The hurricane was not quite as bad as that of 1938." END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Connecticut SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 DAM: No telephone poles were reported to have been felled by the wind. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Connecticut SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 SUR: RR under 6 feet of water at New Haven. Service disrupted between New London and Westerly. DAM: Small boats wrecked, trees down. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Darthmouth MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: A man was blown into the water while salvaging his boat. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Dartmouth MA (South Dartmouth) SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Boats wrecked. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Dedham MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Fallen trees. A dance hall was torn apart. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Dover NH SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/1/54 DAM: Snow plows were brought out to clear streets of debris. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Duxbury MA, Hingham MA, Norwell MA, Scituate MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Thousands of trees cluttered the roads in these towns. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: East Hampton NY SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: 300 trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: East Hampton NY (Montauk) SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 SUR: Montauk was isolated along a fifteen mile strip from Napeague to Montauk Point when the ocean overran the Montauk Highway at 10:30am to join with Napeague Bay less than a mile to the north. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: East Hampton NY, Southampton NY SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 DAM: Hundreds of families were evacuated from homes that had been unroofed or damaged in the Hamptons. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: East Hartford CT, Hartford CT, Manchester CT, Rocky Hill CT, Simsbury CT, West Hartford CT, Wethersfield CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 DAM: Hurricane winds set trees toppling across power lines. These communities suffered power outages 92% of which were caused by downed trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Easthampton NY SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 DAM: Three hundred trees were uprooted and many windows were broken. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Epping NH SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: A man was killed when a tree fell on his auto. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Everett MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: A utility pole fell across a woman's car. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Fairfield CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 DAM: Trees fell on power lines. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Fairfield CT SRC: NYT, 9/2/54 DAM: Ten percent of the apple crop had been blown to the ground. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Boatyards were virtually wiped out. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Fall River MA SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 Providence Journal, 9/1/54 DAM: A man was killed by a falling tree. Windows broken downtown. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Fall River MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Church steeple fell. Glass was blown in. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Fall River MA, New Bedford MA SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 DAM: Radio towers blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 MET: Winds exceeding 115mph were recorded at Otis Airforce Base. DAM: Tents on the tactical flight line were blown down and roofing on the air guardmen's barracks was ripped off and blown all over the campsite. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: The drive-in theatre screen disintegrated. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Fitchburg MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Streets were impassable because of floods and fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Framingham MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Falling trees and wires and floods blocked many strees. Windows were blown in downtown. A smoke stack fell at a rubber factory. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Greenwich CT SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 DAM: Trees falling downed power lines. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Hartford CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 DAM: A 73 year old woman was blown from one side of the street to the other. Another woman was lifted by the wind. Glass was blown out on Main St. TV antennae were toppled. 50 large trees are down. Many others lost as well. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Harwich MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Damaged cottages. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Islip NY (Fire Island) SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 SUR: Waves had cut inlets across several weak points. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Lexington MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54am DAM: Many streets jammed with trees. A 15 foot spire toppled from a church. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Long Island NY SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 DAM: Inland serious damage was reported to corn, cauliflower and potato crops when fields were flooded and plants buffeted by the winds. Winds also caused losses in apple, peach and other fruit orchards, tearing the fruit from the trees. Trees across roads forced motorists to detour to service roads. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Long Island NY SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm MET: The storm center passed over Long Island between Hempstead and Westhampton after 8:30am. Gusts of 90mph were reported. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Lynn MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm SUR: Numerous boats were washed ashore. DAM: Trees were down and sewer basins clogged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Maine SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 DAM: Trees down in southern and central portions. Scores of craft adrift or smashed. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Maine SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Seaside properties weathered the storm for the most part losing only shingles to the wind, though lobster pots have been found everywhere on lawns, beaches etc. Many lobster boats were battered when they left their moorings. The counties of York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo were declared disaster areas. Crops and farm buildings were also damaged. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Malden MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Bus service was blocked by falling trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Manchester MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Boats left moorings. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: At least 50 boats were overturned and some washed up. At least 9 plate glass windows were blown in. Many trees were felled. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Boats damaged. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Marion MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm MET: At the peak of the blow the winds were 60mph with gusts of 70mph. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Marion MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm SUR: Many homes washed out to sea. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA, Nantucket MA SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 DAM: The islands escaped the worst impact. Nantucket retained full power and had very little damage. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Massachusetts SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Heaviest damage to facilities was in the five eastern counties, Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth. Damage in the area from Worcester county to the New York state line amounted to not more than is normally encountered in a windstorm. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Mattapoisett MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Roads were already blocked by trees and branches at 10:30am when police issued an evacuation of shore front cottages. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Mattapoisett MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Boats and homes were destroyed. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Medfield MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: A tree was across the RR tracks. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Medway MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: A tree came down on an auto. Thousands of others were down. The softwoods seemed to have suffered the most in nearby towns, and ornamentals, especially the ornamental spruces. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Melrose MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Trees fell across RR tracks. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Middleboro MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Twelve large trees blocked Rte 128. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Milford MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: A plate glass window blew out. Many felled trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Milton MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Trees were blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Mt. Hope Bay RI SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm SUR: Cottage swept out to sea. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Narragansett RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 SUR: Bathhouses were destroyed as waves leaped the beach and gutted stores and taverns. DAM: The roof of the Ocean View Hotel was ripped off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Needham MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54am DAM: 600 trees were reported down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm SUR: Miles of beach front from Westport to Wareham were torn to bits making beaches unrecognizable. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New England SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/1/54 DAM: Carol spent the greatest fury on the RI and MA coast line. Cottages on Cape Cod were a shamble of splinters. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 MET: The eye of the storm passed to the west of Riverhead at 8am, which is 85 miles east of NYC. It then passed 50 miles east of Hartford at noon and thirty miles north of Concord, NH at 6pm continuing along a northerly path into Canada. Carol's winds which had been at velocities of 100-150mph off the coast of Florida abated to speeds of 45-50mph with occasional brief gusts of 60mph or more as it struck LI. DAM: Shore communities and LI Sound suffered the heaviest blow. Boston also took a beating. Long Island took its worst battering since 1938. 350 electric poles were toppled. Homes businesses, farm crops, roads and boats were damaged. Thousands of trees were destroyed. Half of MA's apple crop was lost. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New England SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm MET: From the coast of NC, Carol blew leisurely out into the Atlantic at 18-20mph only to unexpecteedly swerve inland during the early hours today. As it swept inshore it picked up speed upon striking land around the CT-RI state lines. It next followed a path through the CT Valley to roar up across this state and into Maine. Indications were that Carol would disintegrate in the vicinity of Quebec. SUR: The greatest property damage was a result of exceptionally high tides. DAM: Reports of roofs being blasted away and trees felled were general. Greater Boston escaped the full fury of the storm as it passed inside Boston and Worcester. Official estimates of wind speeds in the eye were at 75mph with gusts as high as 110mph. The storm path was 150-200 miles broad with the fringe winds howling at 60mph. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New England SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm MET: The eye passed through Worcester and Concord. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New Hampshire SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 DAM: Hotel facade blown off, power loss. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New Hampshire SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 DAM: Most of NH's damage was limited to uprooted trees. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New Hampshire SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm SUR: Abnormally high tides accompanied the storm. DAM: The entire seacoast was a mass of wrecked boats. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New Jersey SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 SUR: Beaches and some coastal areas awash. DAM: Trees down, telephone poles snapped. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New London CT SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: 75mph winds toppled trees and wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New York NY SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 SUR: Highways flooded. DAM: Trees felled, windows smashed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 MET: Winds only reached 45-50mph. DAM: One hundred power lines were blown over. Thousands of automobiles were damaged by water, wind or fallng trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/2/54 DAM: More than 100 uprooted trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 SUR: High tides flooded Manhatten streets. DAM: Traffic was hampered by fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Downed trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Newport RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 DAM: Hazard's Beach and Bailey's Beach got wiped out. The casino was a shambles. Many boats were left on shore. Trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: North Kingston RI (Wickford) SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 DAM: Of 40 boats riding in the harbor only 7 held to their moorings. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: North Kingstown RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 SUR: The beach was swept clean of seawalls and breakwaters. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: North Providence RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 DAM: Branches, trees, wires, shingles, television antennae and broken glass littered several streets, completely blocking many. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: North Providence RI (Centerdale, Marieville) SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 DAM: Large plate glass windows were blown in in several stores. Trees blocked many streets. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: North Providence RI (Esmond), Smithfield RI (Georgiaville, Smithfield, Stillwater) SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 DAM: Most of the damage was confined to numerous uprooted trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: North Providence RI (Lymansville) SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 DAM: A huge tree fell across the street. A a chimney fell from the roof of a two family house and broke through a light sunporch roof. Store windows were smashed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Norwalk CT SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 DAM: While clearing branches from the road a woman saw her car crushed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Norwich CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 DAM: Most of the property damage was caused by falling trees and flying limbs. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Old Lyme CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 SUR: Many cottages were swept from their foundations. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Plymouth MA (Manomet) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Residents were out chopping downed trees with axes following the storm. Tree damage was reported as more severe than in 1938. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Portland ME SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: A man was killed when a tree fell on him. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 DAM: The area's roads were blocked by fallen trees for hours. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Portsmouth NH SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Tons of debris were blocking roads. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Providence RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 MET: Powerful easterly winds began to bear down on the coast at 9:30am. SUR: By 10:30 tides had risen about five feet above normal and would have begun to ebb when the wind shifted to the southeast during the next hour and finally into the south and southwest. The water continued to climb higher even after the winds abated, finally rising 10-12feet above its normal highest level. Many shore front homes toppled into the water. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Providence RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 DAM: Fallen limbs in streets. A total of 9 cars were blown or washed into the river. Buildings swept away. Sheet metal roof and siding on a warehouse partially blown away. Part of the roof of the Providence Engineering Works Co. had blown away. Traffic signs were knocked down by the wind. Fallen trees and smashed windows added to the hazards of people trying to get about. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Providence RI, Westerly RI SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 SUR: Four to five feet deep in water. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Quincy MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Fallen wires and branches littered the streets. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Reading MA, Stoneham MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Numerous trees were toppling causing electricity failure. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Revere MA (Revere Beach) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: A ferris wheel had toppled over onto MTA tracks. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Rhode Island SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 MET: Carol reached its height along the RI shore between 10:45 and 11:30am. Winds roared steadily at 80 to 90mph with gusts up to 106mph. DAM: Large gashes were carved out of shores from Westerly to Providence. Hundreds of boats were smashed to kindling. Scores of summer homes were washed away. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Rockville Center NY SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 DAM: Trees block roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Salem MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54am DAM: Thousands of trees were torn down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Southampton NY SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Toppling trees blacked out electric lines in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Southampton NY (Westhampton) SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 MET: The Shinnecock Inlet received the full force of hurricane winds that reached 100mph. SUR: Cottages were destroyed by the flood waters. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Sudbury MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Damage was confined mostly to downed trees and wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Taunton MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: The SW corner of the Calvary First Methodist Church roof was torn off and bricks and debris crashed into the church auditorium. The pattern of crashed trees quickly shut Taunton off from all surrounding cities. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Tewksbury MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Fifteen buildings at the State Hospital had damage to their roofs. Light poles were blown down and windows were broken. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Upton MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm MET: 75mph winds recorded. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Vermont SRC: BG, 9/1/54am MET: 50mph winds swept the state with gusts as high as 60mph. DAM: The storm whipped up the waters of Lake Champlain, swamping more than 200 small boats, loosening floats and moving docks several hundred feet. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Waltham MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Fallen limbs and trees were on every street in the city. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Waltham MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Hardly a tree in this town was without fallen branches. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Wareham MA SRC: NYT, 9/2/54 SUR: The Wareham trestle of the Hartford RR was washed out. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Wareham MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm SUR: Many homes destroyed by waves. DAM: Telephone poles down. Lumber from lumber yard blown and scattered about. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Wareham MA (Onset, Wareham) SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Shorefront cottages destroyed. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Warwick RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 SUR: Homes were washed into the ocean. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Watertown MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Wellesley MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Some 200 trees fell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Westbrook CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 SUR: Much shoreline flooding in beach front cottages. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Westerly RI SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 SUR: Seemed to be the worst hit. More than 200 summer cottages were swept away at Misquamicut Beach leaving only 2 standing. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Westerly RI SRC: Providence Journal, 9/1/54 DAM: The new Wigwam Hotel and boarding houses were either flattened or badly wrecked. Amusement park rides including a larage ferris wheel were a mass of wreckage. The wind smashed plate glass windows. In midtown the damage was confined to badly battered trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Westerly RI SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: The Watch Hill BeachClub was destroyed. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Westerly RI (Misquamicut) SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 MET: 80mph winds and torrential rains buffeted the area. About 2:30pm winds let up. SUR: By 10:30am 30 foot waves began to crash over the ocean side road. About 750 cottages were leveled or nearly leveled. Bathhouses were broken and floating. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Westerly RI (Misquamicut) SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: 200 cottages destroyed. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Westerly RI (Misquamicut) SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/1/54 SUR: A cottage was swept into the ocean by the hurricane. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Westport MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Beach-front homes flattened. END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Westwood MA SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: Huge trees were toppled over on Rte. 109. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Weymouth MA (South Weymouth) SRC: BG, 9/1/54pm DAM: A large hangar at the Naval Air Station had much damage done to its windows and doors. The roof of the main supply building was torn off. A shed like garage was destroyed and there was also damage to other roofs and sidewalls of buildings. Another building under construction had heavy plate glass windows ripped out and destroyed. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: White Plains NY SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 MET: Winds gusted to 60mph with a rainfall of 3.57inches. DAM: Trees were blown over and power lines felled. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Whitman MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: A man was killed when he was struck by a falling sign. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Woburn MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Trees were down in all sections of the city. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Worcester MA SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/1/54 MET: Wind gusts more than 70mph were recorded. DAM: Extensive damage to communication lines, trees and windows was reported. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Worcester MA SRC: NYT, 9/1/54 DAM: A 70mph gust blew a man to his death. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Worcester MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: A man was hurled from a 10th floor of an office building. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Worcester MA SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Persons were injured by flying glass. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954a LOC: Yarmouth MA (Yarmouthport) SRC: BG, 8/31/54pm DAM: Two fir trees were blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Arlington MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: Twenty-five streets are blocked by fallen elm trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Ashland MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: A tree fell over the post office. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Augusta ME SRC: BG, 9/12/54 MET: The winds stayed down around 60mph. FLD: Many roads were ordered closed because of washouts. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 MET: The worst winds of the storm came after the eye had passed around 5pm. Boston lay 50 miles to the west of the two eyes of the storm and had gusts of 87mph and steady winds of 74mph between 4 and 5pm. Hurricane gusts penetrated as far as Worcester which had one wallop of 81mph. The rainfall in this storm was much greater than in Carol. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: The Arlington Street church's 15-foot weathervane fell shortly after 5pm. Two other church steeples were damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Boston MA SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 MET: Winds about 100mph were reported. The eye of the hurricane split into two with one spotted north of Barnstable, the other near Provincetown. The barometer in Boston began to rise at 3:17pm but Edna, believed to be centered 60 miles out to sea, gave Boston its highest winds of 100mph at 5pm. DAM: Transportation on the Boston and Maine RR line was cancelled because of downed trees on the tracks. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester) SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: The church lost part of its steeple. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester) SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: A portion of a roof was blown across tracks FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Boston MA (Jamaica Plains) SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: A huge tree fell across RR tracks. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 MET: Cape Cod was slashed by the eye of the hurricane bringing winds of 60-70mph on the outer Cape shortly after 6pm. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 SUR: The fact that the tide was low cut damages. DAM: The Cape, which was crossed by the eye and had sunshine for 45 minutes before the rear of the storm hit, escaped without extensive damage. The 10 foot antenna atop the Northeast Airlines Control Tower at the airfield toppled in the backlash winds. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 MET: The two-eyed storm struck first at 2pm then at 4pm. DAM: Ninety percent of the Cape was without electrical power during the latter part of the storm when lines were broken by fallen trees. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Chilmark MA (Menemsha) SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 MET: About noon the storm began moving in and before the eye passed at 2:20pm easterly winds reached a velocity of 70mph. The back half of the eye brought westerly winds of 90mph. DAM: Although the second phase was worse than the first, it caused little major property damage. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Connecticut SRC: BG, 9/12/54 MET: Peak gusts hit 52mph. Sustained velocity was 30mph. FLD: CT escaped with a glancing blow but had damage from the rain. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: East Hampton NY (Montauk) SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 MET: Edna skipped fifty miles east of Montauk Point at 1pm with land gusts estimated at 75mph. At 11:38am, it was reported that Edna was 80 miles southeast of Montauk Point, itself 125 miles east of Manhattan. Her forward speed was slightly over 17mph. At 12:30pm reports put the storm center 40 miles southeast of Montauk with a forward speed of 24mph. At 1:55pm reports put the center between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Hanover MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: Some trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Hanson MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: A section of the roof of the Cape Cod Cranberry Co. was torn off. Tree damage was heavy in Bryantville section. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Ipswich MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: Streets were littered with branches and some trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Long Island NY SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 MET: What LI suffered yesterday was a good hard wind and rain storm but not a hurricane. Montauk was hit by winds 74.75mph, 0.25mph short of hurricane force. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Maine SRC: BG, 9/12/54 MET: Wind mostly stayed down to around 60mph. DAM: Maine highways were blocked by fallen trees as early as 2pm. FLD: The state was prepared for the winds but not the deluge of accompanying rain. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Maine SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 MET: One of the storm's eyes passed directly over Bar Harbor and Old Orchard Beach and the other over inland Bangor. DAM: Edna swept over southern Maine causing death and millions of dollars worth of damage to crops and property. FLD: The worst torrential rains in 58 years swelled rising rivers. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Maine SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 MET: Maine coastal communities were battered by howling 80mph wind gusts. The storm which split in two before reaching Maine, slapped hard at Old Orchard Beach, Portland, Brunswick, Bath and Bar Harbor. Bangor apparently was hit hardest as Edna reached one arm forty miles up the Penobscot River to slam the state's third largest city. DAM: The winds and rain toppled trees. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Massachusetts SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: More trees were estimated to have blown down in Edna than in Carol because the wind was aided by heavy rains which softened the ground. Apple growers will lose much of their crops. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 MET: 90mph wind gusts buffeted the island. High winds were first felt from the islanders at 10:30am and they grew in intensity during the next 90 minutes until they reached a sustained velocity of 67mph. Maximum gusts of 90mph were recorded at 12:45pm with a record low barometric reading of 28.18. DAM: The Old Mill lost one of its four vanes and was set down as a casualty of the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Needham MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: Trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New England SRC: BG, 9/12/54 MET: With 8 inches of rain came hurricane gusts of 87mph, 101mph at Blue Hill, 90mph at Nantucket and 81mph as far inland as Worcester. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New England SRC: BG, 9/12/54 MET: Gusts of 87mph were clocked all the way from RI to Maine. DAM: Backlash gusts of nearly 96mph felled already weakened lines and trees by the thousands. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 MET: Edna was a big storm. At noon hurricane force winds ranged 275 miles eastward from her heart and 100 miles westward with peak velocity of 135mph. Her gale winds reached out 350 miles. Six hours later peak winds still blew 110 to 120mph. The hurricane breadth was being reported 125 miles east and fifty west of the center, at 10pm the center winds were easing but the gale area was even expanding. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 DAM: Compared to hurricane Carol, Edna passed with comparative gentleness. Nevertheless, the rain fell in torrents and wind blew at times at full gale force. There was much flooding; mud slides on construction projects, broken windows and interrupted electrical and telephone services. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New Hampshire SRC: BG, 9/12/54 FLD: NH was harder hit by Edna than by Carol. State roads were closed by 6pm because of floods and washouts in numerous places. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New London CT SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: New London was believed to be the hardest hit community in CT though the damage was small compared to other areas. A few trees were knocked down, some utility poles felled, and downtown store windows blown out. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 MET: NYC received torrential rains, 4.98 inches from 7:30pm Friday to 1:30pm yesterday. DAM: Edna bent and tore saplings and low green growth, and stripped the first autumn leaves from park trees. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New York NY (Bronx) SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 DAM: 11 trees down, two dangerous signs. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 DAM: 20 trees down, 39 downed electric wires, 5 dangerous signs, two fallen poles, one dangerous cornice. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 DAM: Six dangerous signs, one loose chimney, one loose roof cornice. FLD: Four flooded streets. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: New York NY (Queens) SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 DAM: 30 trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Norwell MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: Roads were impassable because of fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Norwood MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: A church steeple was toppled. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Oak Bluffs MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: Many windows were reported broken. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Rhode Island SRC: BG, 9/12/54 FLD: Flooding was reported. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Richmond NY SRC: NYT, 9/12/54 DAM: Two trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Rockland ME SRC: BG, 9/12/54 SUR: A full gale with hurricane gusts hit the shores of Rockland causing 20 foot waves. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Salem MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: A huge chimney crashed into the middle of the operating room at the North Shore Babies Hospital. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Salem NH SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: The roof of a four story brick building collapsed and dropped to the first floor. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Waltham MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 FLD: As in other Greater Boston communities the greatest damage to the city was caused by floods. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Wareham MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: Though there are still signs of hurricane Carol there are hardly signs of Edna in town. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Woburn MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: This seems to be one of the harder hit communities in eastern MA. END: HUR: N1954b LOC: Worcester MA SRC: BG, 9/12/54 DAM: Roads in town were impassable because of floods and fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1958 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 8/29/58-pm MET: Winds along the lower Cape never reached higher than 20mph. Winds at Hyannis were 30mph. END: HUR: N1958 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: BG, 8/29/58-pm MET: Storm moved out to sea, 80 miles off of Nantucket. New England escaped with drenching rains. END: HUR: N1958 LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 8/29/58 MET: This is still a very severe hurricane with winds near the center of 125mph, with hurricane level winds extending 50 miles out from the center and gales outward 250 miles in the northeast quadrant. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannis) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Store windows were blown out. Trees were toppled throughout the area. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Barrington RI SRC: BG, 9/13/60 SUR: Boats were found high above the cliff-like beach at the yacht club. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Beverly MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Trees and limbs fell in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Block Island RI SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/13/60 MET: Winds were clocked at 125mph. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/13/60 MET: Winds were clocked at 140mph at Blue Hill Observatory. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/13/60 DAM: Small boats were left smashed, power lines downed and countless trees across main roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Boston MA SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: At 6pm the storm was reported to be forty miles northwest of Boston, driving ahead at about 40mph. The erratic storm, with a diffuse eye that had been difficult to follow, seemed momentarily to pick up strength as it reached the Boston area. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: 140mph winds at Blue Hill, 69mph winds at Logan Airport at 6pm. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 SUR: Tides rose to 14 feet above normal. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: A hangar door was ripped off at Logan Airport FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Boston MA (Brighton) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Canvas sided theatre was torn to shreds in the hurricane winds. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Boston MA (Dorchester) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: A man was thrown to the pavement by the wind. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Boston MA, Cape Code MA (most communities), Chelsea MA, Duxbury MA, Falmouth MA, Lakeville MA, Melrose MA, Middleboro MA, Nantucket MA, Norwell MA, Plymouth MA, Provincetown MA, Scituate MA, Tyrington MA, Wellfleet MA, Weston MA, Weymouth MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: As winds snapped tree limbs and downed trees across power lines, nearly every community suffered at least partial power losses. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Bourne MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: This was one of the hardest hit areas on the Cape. Store windows all along the street were blown in, an ice cream stand was torn apart and signs were toppled into the street. Boats were dashed on shore all along the Buzzard's Bay shore. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Bourne MA (Buzzard's Bay) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: The hurricane smashed every plate glass window in 25 businesses facing the water. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Bourne MA (Cape Cod Canal) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: Winds were clocked at 100mph. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Brewster MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 SUR: High tides were normal. DAM: A couple of utility poles were knocked over by the winds. Large tree limbs had to be removed between Orleans and Brewster along Rt. 6. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Brockton MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Over one dozen plate glass wndows were blown out on Main St. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Brookhaven NY (Port Jefferson), Hempstead NY (Long Beach), Oyster Bay NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 SUR: RR embankments were washed out, high water flooded tracks. DAM: Fallen trees and poles blocked passage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Brookhaven NY (Port Jefferson) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 SUR: Port Jefferson was the hardest hit with washouts of roadbed all along the branch from Syosset eastward. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 SUR: The hurricane hit Cape Cod the hardest on the upper Cape and at Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet. Hundreds of craft were shattered against rocks and seawalls or sunk. Hundreds of cottages were damaged or destroyed as waves 15 feet high crashed ashore. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 SUR: Tides were 14 feet above normal in some sections. Dozens of cottages in Dennisport, Yarmouth, Wareham, Bourne and Falmouth were inundated. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 SUR: Most of the power outages were due to salt spray on transformers leading to shortages. In the past heavy rains have washed the salt off keeping it from being a problem. This didn't happen with this storm. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Cohasset MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Two 300-foot towers at the marine radio statio were blown down by the hurricane. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Concord NH SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: By 8pm the storm center was reported near Concord but the forward edge had reached Nova Scotia. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Connecticut SRC: Morning Union, 9/13/60 MET: Winds up to 64mph along the coast had abated to 50mph by the time the storm reached Hartford. DAM: The storm appeared to have caused no major damage. Power lines were down. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Connecticut SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: Rainfall generally was 5 inches and only in a few instances did the wind's velocity exceed 60mph. DAM: Apart from shoreline damage, the flooding of low-lying areas elsewhere and the interruption in electrical service, CT suffered little damage. For the state it was merely a windy, rainy day filled with alarms that did not materialize. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Connecticut SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: In CT hardest hit were Westport, Bridgeport, Milford and Fairfield County communities. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Dartmouth MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Trees were felled by the hurricane. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Dartmouth MA, Fairhaven MA, Marion MA, Mattapoisett MA, New Bedford MA, Wareham MA, Westport MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: Winds clocked at up to 100mph in gusts. SUR: Tides 14 feet above normal. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Dennis MA (Dennisport) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 SUR: Beaches were badly mauled. DAM: Some 30 cottages were flooded or damaged by wind. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Dennis MA (Dennisport) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 SUR: Cottages were smashed and washed out to sea. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: East Hampton NY (Montauk) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: Gusts were recorded as high as 120mph. SUR: Montauk Point became a separate island as ocean tides ten to twelve feet above normal broke through a sand-dune barrier and flooded the narrow strip of Montauk Highway that connects the point with the rest of Suffolk County. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: East Hampton NY (Montauk) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: At the height of Donna's passage winds reached 105mph at 3pm. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Eastchester NY, Pelham NY (Bronxville), Scarsdale NY, White Plains NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: Fallen trees blocked the parkway briefly in all of these towns. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Boats left their moorings to be tossed onto shore. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Falmouth ME SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/13/60 DAM: Twenty-eight boats were torn loose and smashed to pieces on rocks at the Portland Yacht Club. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Falmouth ME SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Some 28 boats were torn loose from moorings and smashed on rocks. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Framingham MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: More than 200 trees were blown down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Gloucester MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: Highest winds occurred at 5:30 with gusts up to 60mph. Sustained winds reached only 40-45mph. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: Gusty winds between 50-60mph were reported as the center of the storm passed east of Hartford at 5pm. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Haverhill MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Winds blew down the police station radio tower. 60mph winds toppled trees onto power lines which also blocked roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Hempstead NY (Reynolds Channel/Long Beach) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 SUR: Tides were up to ten feet above normal and covered the trestle into Long Beach. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Hingham MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Tree down across wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Hull MA (Nantasket) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: A huge ferris wheel toppled in 80mph winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Islip NY (Fire Island) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: Twenty-foot dunes were flattened and eroded twenty-five feet from the ocean. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: Morning Union, 9/13/60 DAM: Donna sideswiped NYC and smashed across LI ripping roofs from homes, and cutting off electricity. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: 425 trees had been blown across lines, 523 branches had swept from trees onto lines, 26 light poles had fallen over lines and 75 poles had been partly blown across lines. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Boats broke moorings. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: A large number of tree limbs were scattered over roads. Much of the damage was due to felled trees and wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Maine SRC: Morning Union, 9/13/60 MET: Maine got winds of 75-77mph and 3 inches of rain. DAM: Apple growers feared that 75% of the crop might be lost. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Maine SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: The hurricane passed through the heart of apple country. Estimated losses were at 75%. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: 100 homes and summer cottages were damaged. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Massachusetts SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: The hurricane's winds, ranging from gale force in the Berkshires to huricane force on the Cape hit nearly every section of the state. DAM: Tides in the Cape region were 14 feet above normal. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Mattapoisett MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: A boat broke its mooring and was battered to pieces on a rocky seawall. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Medford MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Many stores had their windows smashed in. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Melrose MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Power was knocked out as large tree limbs crashed down on power lines. Several large plate glass windows caved in. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Middleboro MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: Winds at 65mph were clocked here at 6pm. DAM: Fallen trees caused considerable damage. A huge elm tree dented the side of a home. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Milford CT SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 SUR: Summer cottages washed away. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Milford MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Trees blocked roads and one crushed a man's car. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 SUR: Little damage occurred until winds changed to the west and sent waves crashing onto Cicso, Surfside and Madaket Beaches. DAM: Four houses at Madaket were damaged and two yachts. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Needham MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: The worst winds were experienced between 5-7pm when gusts reached about 75mph. DAM: A large plate glass window was blown in. Streets were completely blocked by fallen trees and limbs at 27 locations in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/13/60 DAM: Wind uprooted thousands of trees and falling branches tore down power and communication lines in all sections. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New England SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/13/60 MET: Donna cut inland at Bridgeport CT late on the 12th and rapidly lost strength as it swept up through central MA, NH and ME and crossed into northeastern New Brunswick. The center of the storm passed to the west of Maine's major cities over the eastern tip of Sebago Lake. As the storm veered to the westward and approached the shore of CT near Bridgeport, the winds shifted to the south in RI and MA, reaching 75mph at Cuttyhunk and 60mph at Point Judith, RI. DAM: The state director of civilian defense was amazed at the smallness of the damage caused in RI: damage was confined to shrubs, trees and a few boats. NJ was hard hit: around the state were fallen tree limbs, broken glass, ruined crops and general damage to property of every description. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: Still packing winds of 90mph the 120mile wide hurricane tore through central CT and MA. DAM: High tides and rampaging winds inflicted heavy damage along the shore. Roads were washed out, homes flooded, trees uprooted and power and telephone lines knocked out. Donna left behind a broad path of destruction and tumbled beachhouses in CT. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: The hurricane cut a path that extended roughly from the Naugatuck Valley to the Connecticut River Valley, in a generally northeasterly direction. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: Winds of 90mph with gusts up to 120mph were reported. DAM: Apart from the shorefront damage, CT, MA, and RI appeared to have suffered less from Donna than from previous hurricanes. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: As the storm neared Long Island its round eye widened into an east-west oval, stretching 125milies from Montauk Point to the Battery. As the storm swept over New England, the east-west oval turned into a north-south oval. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: Heaviest rain reports come from southeastern MA, CT and RI shores. Donna moved at 40mph through New England. DAM: Heavy damage was done to apple and peach crops in rural areas. Full-force winds extended far out on either side of the center, but wreaked the heaviest damage in southeastern MA, Cape Cod and Narragansett Bay. Though directly in its path, central MA escaped with comparatively small losses. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: About 400 telephone poles were knocked down in NH, eastern MA and RI. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: 1,800 workers were put to work clearing debris, signs, telephone poles and other obstructions caused by the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: 1,340 trees fell, 644 wires down and 59 roads made impassable. Queens was hardest hit. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: Winds with gusts up to 90mph slashed through Manhattan, driving 5 inches of rain upon the city. DAM: The BMT Brighton service in Brooklyn was interrupted when the wind blew the roof of a building across the rails at the Prospect Park station. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: At 2:30pm the winds changed from NE to NW. The city received one gust at 84mph. DAM: Scores of boats broke loose in the city's harbor. In Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island the storm knocked down 31 poles and 344 overhead wires and 86 trees fell over wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: Hundreds of trees toppled to the ground in all five boroughs. Lamp posts came crashing along Grand Central Parkway and Queens Boulevard in Queens. Trash cans had been tossed into the streets by winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY (Bronx) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: A conductor was blown by the wind across a powered third rail in the Jerome Avenue IRT yard. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY (Brooklyn) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: The wind blew the roof off a building across the rails at Prospect Park station. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY (Fort Tilden/Queens), Southampton NY (Shinnecock Bay) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 SUR: High tides drove people inland. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 SUR: Streets are flooded. DAM: Boats broke their moorings at many points around NYC. Trees fell. Windows blew in. FLD: Sheets of driving rain inundated parkways. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Trees were toppled in Rockafeller Center. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY (Queens) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 SUR: The East river rose three feet above normal. DAM: More than 200 trees collapsed in Queens alone ripping electric wires down with them. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY (Queens) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 SUR: A fifty foot section of a dock with 17 boats attached had broken loose and was adrift near Nolans Bridge. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: New York NY (Rockaway Beach/Queens) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: Rooftops of construction shacks in the area came flying by and floating by all day. One roof was seen from a plumbing contractor's shack about 15 x 6 feet in size whizzing by. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: North Reading MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Scores of signs were blown down on Rte 128. A large window on the top floor of the Town Hall was blown out during the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Orange County NY, Rockland County NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: Apple crops were damaged and some trees uprooted. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Orleans MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: A couple of limbs had to be removed along Rt. 6 between Brewster and Orleans. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Oyster Bay NY (Sands Point) SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: This town was isolated from the rest of the county by fallen trees and wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Portland ME SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: Donna's eye passed Portland shortly after 9pm. SUR: Tides ran double their normal height of 16 feet. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Portland ME SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: The highest winds reported were clocked at 75mph. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Providence RI SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: Winds of 81mph were recorded here with heavy waves at 4:27pm. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Quincy MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Troops helped clear fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Region: Falmouth MA to Chatham MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Shores were dotted with uprooted trees and shrubs, toppled utility poles and severed power lines, smashed store fronts and twisted commercial signs. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Rhode Island SRC: Morning Union, 9/13/60 DAM: Apple orchardists lost up to 90% of their crop. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Rockingham VT (Bellows Falls) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Fallen limbs blocked roads. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Rockland County NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: Recorded winds of 75mph. DAM: Power failures and roads blocked by fallen trees. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Rockland MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: A house roof was blown off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Rye NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: A tree fell on a house. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Salem MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: The town lost about 6 of its stately old trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Scituate MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Out of 600 boats moored in the harbor only five broke loose and were smashed against rocks. Falling trees caused some power failures. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: South Kingston RI (Kingston) SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: Winds as high as 75mph were recorded at 6pm. DAM: Heavy tree loss was suffered. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Sudbury MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Trees were down. Windows were blown in. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Suffolk County NY SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Eastern LI was the hardest hit where trees and utility poles were uprooted and toppled across roads. Donna passed into LI at Westhampton. Damage was most severe in Babylon, Huntington, Lindhurst and Bay Shore. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Vermont SRC: BG, 9/13/60 FLD: Numerous washouts and landslides are reported across the state. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Waltham MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: At least a dozen snapped limbs blocked streets. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/13/60 DAM: Shore roads were blocked by fallen trees and wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Wayland MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Trees fall across Rte. 20. Some 30 trees needed to be cleared from streets. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Westchester County NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: Falling trees and branches were reported to have caused 10,500 power interuptions. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Westchester County NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 DAM: The southern part of the county had the most interruptions in electrical service. All disruptions were due to fallen trees. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Weymouth MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: The high winds toppled the drive-in movie screen. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: White Plains NY SRC: NYT, 9/13/60 MET: 60mph gusts of winds and 3.6 inches of rain. DAM: Roads were flooded and others were blocked by fallen trees and mud slides. 300 boats were torn from moorings FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Winthrop MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 DAM: Several boats broke loose from their moorings. END: HUR: N1960 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: BG, 9/13/60 MET: Winds were reported as high as 50-60mph. DAM: A crashing tree limb caused a short circuit and blaze at a home in town. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1961 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 9/22/61-pm DAM: 5542 phones were knocked out by falling branches. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1961 LOC: Boston MA (Dorcester), Brookline MA, Canton MA, Stoneham MA, Walpole MA, Watertown MA SRC: BG, 9/22/61-pm DAM: Falling limbs cut power in these towns. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1961 LOC: Connecticut SRC: BG, 9/22/61-pm DAM: Crop damage was due mostly to apples blown down before they were ripe. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1961 LOC: Naragansett RI SRC: BG, 9/22/61-pm MET: Shore communities were hit the hardest. Naragansett received 80mph gusts. END: HUR: N1961 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 9/22/61-pm MET: Dead = 0, Damage = Little, Destroyed = 0, compared to the '38 hurricane 23 years ago. At 6am yesterday, Esther was traveling at 17mph until she reached the demarcation between the Gulf Stream and the chilled coastal seas 65miles south of Block Island, between Block Island and Nantucket Island on a north-east course with winds in the eye of 115mph. She then slowed down to 7mph losing strength rapidly due to the cold waters. She faded into anonymity at 6pm last night. At 7pm last night the eye had winds of 23knots and was moving to the East beneath the Cape's lower coast. An hour later they had diminished to 20knots and winds on the periphery no longer formed a 200-mile circle. END: HUR: N1961 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 9/22/61-pm DAM: The most serious damage in all communities was power failure, highway floodings, broken windows and signboards. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1961 LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: BG, 9/22/61-pm MET: Winds reached 65mph. The hurricane was stalled 90 miles southwest of the Cape. Around noon the ebbing tide slowed her down enough for the eye to start picking up cold water and her outer winds were diminished by the constant circling over land masses. END: HUR: N1962a LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: BG, 8/29/62-pm MET: Late last night Alma was about 120 miles south of Nantucket. Winds at the center had lessened to 75mph during the evening but gales still extended 200 miles to the east and 100 miles westward. DAM: No mention of impact on New England shores. END: HUR: N1962b LOC: Maine SRC: BG, 10/8/62 DAM: Hurricane Daisy swooped to within 100 miles of the Maine coast yesterday. knocking out power lines, inundating roads, uprooting trees, flooding homes and wrecking millions of dollars worth of fishing equipment. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1962b LOC: Portland ME, York ME SRC: BG, 10/8/62 MET: Portland was clobbered with 12 inches of rain and more than 8 inches fell on the York area, the heaviest deluge in history. END: HUR: N1962b LOC: Rockland ME SRC: BG, 10/8/62 MET: Winds of 60mph lashed the coast throughout the day with gusts of 90mph. END: HUR: N1962b LOC: Thomaston ME SRC: BG, 10/8/62 DAM: A man was killed when a falling tree crushed his car. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1963 LOC: Augusta ME SRC: BG, 10/30/63 MET: Hurricane Ginny's backlash brought 13 inches of snow to Maine and sent temperatures down 50 degrees. Caribou had 8 inches, Houlton 9 inches, Augusta 5 inches and Greenville 13 inches. END: HUR: N1963 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 10/30/63 MET: Ginny brought a dusting of snow but caused no damage to speak of. FSC: F- END: HUR: N1963 LOC: Greenville ME SRC: BG, 10/30/63 MET: Greenville was the hardest hit receiving 13 inches and expecting another 3-4 inches. DAM: Winds gusting to 40knots during the height of the day-long snowfall snapped trees, power poles and television antennas. Two small cars were reported overturned by high winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1963 LOC: New England SRC: BG, 10/30/63 MET: Rainfall of 1.24 inches in Boston, 1.6 inches in RI, and 1 inch in Worcester. Ginny shot north quickly after passing Cape Hatteras. She had top winds gusting up to 100mph and was hitting the Maritimes hard though she was classified as an extra-tropical storm. She was expected to continue moving northeast at about 35mph for the rest of the night. By 7pm Tuesday the Weather Bureau had cancelled the hurricane watch and issued advisories for gales. New England never felt the hurricane force at all. Top winds in Boston were only 44mph. Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard took the heaviest blow with occasional gusts up to 85mph. DAM: No reports of damage mentioned. END: HUR: N1969 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannis) SRC: BG, 9/9/69-pm FLD: Minor flooding. END: HUR: N1969 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: NYT, 9/10/69 DAM: Gerda brushed southeastern MA and Cape Cod on its way to the open seas, but damage was relatively light. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1969 LOC: Chatham MA SRC: NYT, 9/10/69 MET: Winds of up to 50mph were reported on the eastern most end of the Cape at Chatham. END: HUR: N1969 LOC: Eastport ME SRC: NYT, 9/10/69 MET: Eastport received 2 inches of rain. END: HUR: N1969 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: NYT, 9/10/69 MET: Winds of 60 mph swept the island. The lightship Nantucket was 50 miles south of the island and reported gusts as high as 140mph. SUR: Beach erosion was heavy on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard because of the surf. END: HUR: N1969 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: BG, 9/9/69-pm MET: The storm passed well east of the island at 2pm after unexpectedly changing course to a more easterly direction. The hurricane at that time was moving northeast at 50mph. 60mph winds were experienced on the Island. END: HUR: N1969 LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 9/10/69 MET: Hurricane Gerda moved into New Brunswick tonight as she dumped heavy rains on New England as she brushed by. Winds near the storm's center were measured at about 100mph but the worst experienced on the U. S. mainland were about 50mph. Gerda's forward velocity sometimes reached 50mph. The storm and cloud mass extending from it had a diameter of about 500 miles. Gerda's eye was so dense that not even satelite's beams could break through it. END: HUR: N1969 LOC: Portland ME SRC: NYT, 9/10/69 MET: Portland received 4 inches of rain. END: HUR: N1969 LOC: Quincy MA SRC: BG, 9/9/69-pm DAM: A falling limb caused a short power failure. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Boston MA SRC: BG, 8/11/76 DAM: Some trees fallen in storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Bridgeport CT, Norwalk CT SRC: BG, 8/11/76 MET: These cities absorbed Hurricane Belle's last hurricane force winds shortly after midnight last night. END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Connecticut SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 DAM: One quarter of the state was without electrical services. Most of the utility lines had been taken down by trees or branches. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 DAM: Close to 20% of the apple crop was lost in the hurricane. Corn was flattened but could still be harvested. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Hempstead NY (Jones Beach) SRC: NYT, 8/10/76 DAM: Many light poles on parkways had been knocked over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Hempstead NY (Long Beach) SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 DAM: Several ticket booths, signs and traffic lights were blown over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Islip NY (Fire Island) SRC: NYT, 8/10/76 SUR: Fire Island was cut across in two places by ocean tides, at Ocean Beach and Robin's Rest. END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Islip NY (Fire Island) SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 DAM: Here there were boats overturned and shingles torn from houses. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: NYT, 8/10/76 MET: The storm moved across the island on a line from Long Beach to the Lloyd's Neck-Oyster Bay area. It is reported that winds higher than 115mph struck parts of LI. Gale winds spread 100 miles to the west and 125 miles to the east of its center. SUR: Full moon high tides at 9pm were expected to augment hurricane related tides. Highest tides were expected to be within 50 miles east of the center and may range up to 12-15 feet above normal. DAM: Hurricane Belle brought 100mph winds into LI uprooting trees, knocking out electricity and flooding homes all over the island. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: BG, 8/11/76 DAM: A woman was killed by a fallen tree. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Massachusetts SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 DAM: Wind and rain knocked out electricity in 8,000 homes. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1976 LOC: New England SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 MET: The 110mph winds driving Hurricane Belle while over the Gulf Stream and to within about 50 miles south of LI had weakened importantly when the storm struck land. The center passed over Long Beach and Jones Beach between 12:30am and 1am. The hurricane started across LI with highest gusts of 90mph recorded at Jones Beach, lost some power overland to Oyster Bay, renewed its strength with the waters of Long Island Sound but was down to about 80mph when its center reached the Bridgeport CT area about 2am. At 4am, traveling through New England, the hurricane lost its hurricane rating with maximum winds eased off to 55mph. Further softening went on through MA and as the storm reached NH and VT about noon and Maine last night. END: HUR: N1976 LOC: New York NY SRC: NYT, 8/10/76 MET: Winds reached 60mph in the city. Intermittent rains became heavy in NYC during the afternoon and northeast winds picked up to 15mph at 7pm with gusts of 27 mph. Atlantic city was brushed with winds of 50-60mph. END: HUR: N1976 LOC: New York NY SRC: BG, 8/11/76 MET: 90mph winds and torrential rains swept across central LI into NE. Belle lost her hurricane force as she swept into MA and VT with 55mph winds. END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Norwalk CT SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 DAM: A portion of a tree was split by the storm. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Paxton MA SRC: BG, 8/11/76 DAM: There was a trailer crushed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Riverhead NY (Wading River) SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 DAM: A tree, rotten at the base, fell over killing a woman. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Smithtown NY (St. James) SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 DAM: A large oak tree fell on a house. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Southampton NY (Westhampton Beach) SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 DAM: Lights went out and trees came down. One resident lost his chimney, another had a window blow out. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Vermont SRC: NYT, 8/11/76 FLD: Flooding caused much damage. END: HUR: N1976 LOC: Vermont SRC: BG, 8/11/76 FLD: The storm-related flooding was disasterous to farmers. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Ansonia CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Ansonia CT, Derby CT, Seymour CT, Shelton CT SRC: New Haven Register, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees and powerlines fell throughout these towns. Two windows fell out of Ansonia's town hall. Downed wires and trees were found on virtually every street in Seymour. Derby's church lost its steeple. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Athol MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 MET: At 4:30pm the storm reached town with winds measuring 60mph. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Atlantic City NJ SRC: Boston Globe, 9/30/95 MET: Winds diminished to 120mph and the forward speed of Gloria increased from 20-30mph. Up to eight inches of rain fell in NJ. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Attleboro MA SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A dozen reports of trees falling on houses. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Augusta ME SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Windows blown out of the Maine State House. Falling trees damaged mobile homes. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Avon CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Numerous fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Barkhamsted CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Fallen trees and downed powerlines throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannis), Chatham MA, Dartmouth MA, Somerset MA SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Damage to boats. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Berkshire County MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: Damage light. Scattered trees and isolated buildings damaged. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Billerica MA SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A small tornado spawned from hurricane Gloria ripped off part of the town hall roof. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Bloomfield CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Tree debris was scattered everywhere. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Bolton CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: There were a few instances of trees hitting houses. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Sections of the roof at the Veterans Administration Hospital on Huntington Ave. were torn off by high winds. Mighty oaks were toppled, boats torn from their moorings were cast upon the shore and severed power lines snapped and flailed like snakes. Many roadways look like a forest because of all the limbs, tree trunks and branches. There's been massive tree damage. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Fallen trees and power outages slow Boston. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: A large tree downed on the Commons caused traffic problems. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Boston MA SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: The winds of Gloria tore the upper foremast off of the USS Constitution. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Boston MA SRC: New York Times, 9/29/95 DAM: In Boston buildings swayed, road signs flew into deserted streets and winds tore off part of the USS Constitution's mast. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: USS Constitution broke one of its upper horizontal spars on the foremast. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Boston MA (Charlestown) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Winds snapped off an eight-foot section of the foremast of the USS Constitution. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Boston MA (Jamaica Plains) SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Most of the roof of the Veterans Administration Hospital building was blown off by the winds. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Boston MA (West Roxbury) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Tree damage, especially in West Roxbury, was extensive. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Boston MA (West Roxbury) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: The hardest hit area in Boston. Its streets were littered with broken trees and wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Branford CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Two residents were injured by falling tree limbs. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 MET: The hurricane entered CT west of this town, further west than originally predicted with wind speeds of up to 70mph and gusts up to 90mph. Rainfall was short of predictions because the storm moved rapidly through the state. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Twenty-five small privately owned planes and two construction trailers were damaged. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Bristol CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Fallen trees and power lines. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Brookhaven NY (Patchogue) SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 SUR: The Great South Bay swept across Montauk Highway. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Burlington CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Twenty trees had fallen. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Canton CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Fallen trees and power lines closed at least 20 roads and at least two homes were hit by trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Cape Ann MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 MET: Winds averaged 40mph throughout the afternoon and seldom gusted over 60mph. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 MET: Gloria struck the Cape with 90mph winds. In the early afternoon, as the wind gusted to speeds of 50mph, sunlight broke through the clouds, causing some residents to believe that Gloria was leaving earlier than predicted. By 3pm, however, as the storm's eye headed into central Massachusetts, the rain increased and the wind became stronger with gusts up to 90mph reported by the Coast Guard. DAM: Falling trees and branches knocked out electric power for 10,000 Cape residents. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 SUR: Some low lying roads were washed away. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Chester CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees were randomly ripped up by their roots. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Chicopee MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: A tree and debris fell on a house in Chicopee causing slight damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Chicopee MA, Holyoke MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: Some trees down and a number of power lines snapped. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Clinton CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 SUR: The storm hit at low tide saving coastal areas from flooding. DAM: Trees and power lines were downed by the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Connecticut SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: The worst property damage was apparently along the LI Sound from Greenwich to New London, particularly to boats, docks and beaches. One hundred and one state maintained roads were reported at least partly closed because of fallen trees and power lines. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Connecticut SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 MET: Gloria rapidly weakened once it ran aground in CT, though it had 100mph winds when it rammed the CT coast after noon. But the National Hurricane Center said its central eye began rapidly weakening and at 8pm Gloria was down graded to a tropical storm when its winds fell to 50mph with some gusts in squalls. SUR: Boats crushed by 12 ft. waves. DAM: Windows broken. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Connecticut SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 MET: Peak winds were clocked in Bridgeport at 92mph, Hartford at 82mph, New Haven at 75mph and Windsor Locks at 66mph. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Connecticut, Long Island NY SRC: New York Times, 9/29/95 DAM: The landscape was strewn with thousands of downed trees and utility poles while homes, apartment buildings, beaches and other property were also damaged. Despite predictions, the area came through relatively unscathed, with three deaths and no widespread flood damage or wreckage of homes. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Conway NH SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: By the time the storm got here it was pretty much dead. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Cranston RI SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A dozen reports of trees falling onto houses. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Cranston RI, Fall River MA, Westerly RI SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Toppled power lines left communities without power. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Danvers MA (Danversport Harbor) SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: A number of sailboats smashed on the rocks after they broke loose from their moorings. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Dedham MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Man killed when tree fell on him. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Durham CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees and debris littered the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Bridgewater MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: A falling tree cut power on a wedding ceremony. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Granby CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Many trees and wires were down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Haddam CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Nearly all major roads were closed due to downed trees and power lines. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Hampton CT SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: A garage at Governor O'Neill's house was struck by two falling trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Hampton CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees and branches were strewn across major roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Hampton NY (Amagansett) SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: A fire was touched off by a downed powerline. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Hampton NY (Montauk) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: One home lost a deck. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Hampton NY, Southampton NY SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 SUR: In the Hamptons, Dune Road was awash. DAM: Other arteries were littered with a forest of tree limbs and utility lines. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Hartford CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees blocked major roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Lyme CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Fallen power lines and trees blocked many of the streets. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: East Windsor CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: There was a great number of fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Easthampton MA SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/28/85 DAM: A tree fell on a home. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Enfield CT, Middletown CT, Torrington CT, Westport CT SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 FLD: These towns reported that the heavy rains had damaged their sewage systems. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Essex CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Several boats sunk at their moorings. Others were pulled from their moorings. Much tree debris and branches needed clearing from the streets. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Fairfield County CT SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: Away from the shore in Fairfield County damage was generally limited to fallen power wires and tree limbs and twisted street signs. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: By 5pm, Falmouth was inundated with reports of trees and utility poles blocking roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Farmington CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Wires and about 60 trees were down across roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Framingham MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: A radio tower serving stations WKOX-AM and WVBF-FM collapsed and fell onto the station. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Framingham MA SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: An antenna tower belonging to a radio station WKOX blew down crashing through a building. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Framingham MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: A transmisison tower was toppled. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Franklin County MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: Damage light. Trees uprooted, no building damage reported. FLD: Some small washouts. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Glastonbury CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Fallen trees and downed power lines blocked many roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Granby CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A utility pole and transformer fell across a road. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Greenburgh NY (TappenZee Bridge) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: A tractor-trailer was sent hurtling through the guard rail when a gust of wind hit it. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Haddam CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: About fifteen streets were blocked by fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Hampden County MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: Damage moderate. Damage to trees and buildings. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Hampshire County MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: Damage minimal. Damage to trees and light damage to some buldings. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Hampton NH (Hampton Beach) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 MET: Winds gusted to 70mph. SUR: The storm surge was not damaging as it coincided with low tide. DAM: Falling branches caused some damage throughout the state. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: New Haven Register, 9/28/85 DAM: Fallen light posts closed sections of Interstate 84 and 91. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees were downed in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Hartland CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A tree took down some utility poles. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Harvard MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/30/95 DAM: No trees lost on Doe's apple orchard, just bags and bags of fallen apples. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Harwinton CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A dozen trees were felled by high winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Hebron CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees were down in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Islip NY SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: A police station lost its roof FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Islip NY (Bayport, Blue Point, Islip, Sayville) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 SUR: There was no damage to homes by water on LI because of Gloria's timing. She hit at low tide, the day before a full moon which brings an extremely low tide. DAM: These south shore communites suffered the worst property damage, including a roof blown off a shopping mall and the aluminum siding wrenched off some houses. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Islip NY (Fire Island) SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Much damage, one house was found in the water. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 MET: Gloria's eye struck NY shortly after noon, making a landfall on Fire Island, 40 miles east of Manhattan. By then, however, its winds had diminished to 70-90mph though some gusts of 100mph were reported in Suffolk County. Gloria raced across LI at a speed of more than 40mph. SUR: Gloria struck the south shore at low tide but it still took its toll. DAM: Trees and utility poles were upended, windows smashed. FLD: Many streets and highways were flooded. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: Boston Globe, 9/30/95 MET: Gloria made landfall on Fire Island 40 miles east of Manhatten. Winds had diminshed to between 70 and 90mph, though some gusts of 100mph were reported in Suffolk County. Lower winds than expected were speculated at being caused by the hurricane eye widening to 20miles in diameter as Gloria reached LI sapping the core of its strength. Gloria raced across LI at 40mph. DAM: Trees and utility poles were upended, windows smashed. FLD: Many streets and highways were flooded. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 MET: Widespread destruction was averted because the storm's strongest winds remained on the east side of the eye and over water, gradually weakening until it crossed western LI and began to dissipate. SUR: And because it coincided with low tide. DAM: Trees and power lines down in suburban LI. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: Boston Globe, 9/30/95 MET: Winds of at least 90mph hit LI. DAM: LI ant CT got the brunt of the storm. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 MET: There were winds of 90mph. DAM: There was track damage caused by trees to the LI Rail Road. The storm uprooted trees. Transmitting tower for radio station WBLI-FM was blown down at 12:30 P.M. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Long Island NY (eastern) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Fallen trees damaged homes and blocked some roadways throughout eastern LI. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Lyme CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Many trees and power lines were down in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Madison CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: The storm scattered trees on the roads around town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Maine (western) SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 MET: Gloria weakened into a tropical storm as it swept over western Maine. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Marlborough CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees and wires were down around town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Massachusetts SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: Trees were downed across MA. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Massachusetts SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: The main problems in the state appeared to be widespread power outages, downed power lines, fallen trees and debris blocking roads. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Massachusetts (western) SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: Many trees down. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Melrose MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/30/95 DAM: Even where outages were few like in Melrose, fallen trees and branches had to be cleared. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Meriden CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: The storm felled a large number of trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Middlebury CT SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: A six year old girl was killed after being struck by a fallen tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Middlebury CT SRC: New Haven Register, 9/28/85 DAM: A tree was blown over in the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Middlebury CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A tree killed a 6 year old girl when it toppled over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Middlesex County MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Many apples lost to winds. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Milford CT SRC: New Haven Register, 9/28/85 DAM: A house was witnessed as "coming down like dominoes (it was currently unoccupied and undergoing renovation)." Nine elm trees came down along a driveway. Docks and boats were torn from their moorings and whisked down the harbor. Gloria upturned trees, downed electric lines, tore off siding, tugged at roofs and ripped through walls. The front of a shoreside house was ripped off. The top of a chimney was toppled. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Milford CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Tree uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Milton MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 MET: At Blue Hills Observatory winds clocked 100mph with sustained winds considerably slower putting Gloria into the lowest class hurricane. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Mount Washington NH SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 MET: Winds reached 127mph. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Nahant MA, Winthrop MA SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 SUR: Severe beach erosion reported. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 SUR: In Nantucket waves mauled beaches, flooding was minimal. DAM: Only minor damage to buildings. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Naragansett Bay RI SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 SUR: Tides were four feet above normal at the head of the bay though the water stayed within the banks. DAM: Trees toppled across powerlines all throughout the region. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Gale force winds downed trees and caused power outages in this community. More than half a dozen small craft broke their moorings and crashed on the rocks of Pope's Island. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New Bedford MA, Plymouth MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/30/95 SUR: The salt spray has short circuited many electrical circuits. DAM: Plymouth and New Bedford were particularly hard hit. The Plymouth area was probably the hardest hit of any section in Massachusetts. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New Britain CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Part of a roof crashed through the windshield of a mail truck on the road. A few windows blew out of an apartment building. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New England SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Gloria was measured by strewn-about branches, torn limbs, houses damaged by toppled trees, and lights not working rather than smashed sailboats or crushed sea walls as in preceeding storms. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New England SRC: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees were downed in all states. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New England (northern), Vermont SRC: New York Times, 9/29/95 DAM: Fall foliage was left on the trees. Damage was minimal. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New England (shoreline towns) SRC: New Haven Register, 9/28/85 DAM: Roofs were ripped from buildings, houses were shifted on foundations and thousands of trees were uprooted. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New Hampshire SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: No major damage though most of the trees were stripped of their leaves. Storm damage consisted mainly of fallen trees. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New Hartford CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Eight or nine trees fell on power lines. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: The roof of an apartment building was blown off by high winds. In the downtown area a number of plate-glass windows were blown out including all of the first-floor display windows of the vacant Malley's Department Store. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: New Haven Register, 9/28/85 SUR: Gloria washed out a Quinnipiac River marina. Nearly 20 boats were swept up the Quinnipiac River. DAM: Gloria shattered windows in the downtown section and ripped roofs off of buildings. Several trees had fallen and cars were speckled with wet leaves and mud. An apartment building and an old industrial building lost their roofs at the height of the storm. Plywood and other debris from a nearly completed building flew in the gale at the height of the storm. A chimney toppled onto a parked car in New Haven. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Falling trees crushed portions of houses and cars and some houses lost shingles or siding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New Jersey SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 MET: In NJ the winds were clocked at 120mph with a forward speed increasing from 20 to 30 miles an hour within one hour. SUR: Tidal swells cut off access roads to some of the coastal barrier islands by midmorning and the communities of Monmouth Beach and Sea Bright were reported cut off. DAM: Boardwalks were ripped up in Atlantic City. The worst destruction to communities happened after the eye of the storm had passed, with a severe backlash striking coastal communities. It was during this backlash that the greatest number of power lines were knocked out by falling tree limbs and mighty gusts. The worst problems struck the state's beach communities, many of which are built on the thin slivers of sand known as barrier islands. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New London CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Tree limbs were knocked down at 12/minute at the peak of the storm. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New London CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A number of streets were blocked with large trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New York NY SRC: Boston Globe, 9/30/95 DAM: The hurricane caused fallen trees, power failures and crowded evacuation centers. FLD: Washed-out roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New York NY SRC: Boston Globe, 9/30/95 MET: Between 3-6" of rain fell in the NY area. DAM: NY sustained serious but not overwhelming damage to trees and beaches. Streets were strewn with tree limbs. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New York NY SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 SUR: Low-lying areas flooded. DAM: The storm closed schools and many businesses, disrupted transportation and communications, and caused millions of dollars in damage to homes, trees, beaches, utility lines and other property. A steeple toppled from a church. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New York NY SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 MET: Hurricane Gloria charged up the Atlantic seaboard and slammed into the NY metropolitan region with pounding winds and heavy rain. The hurricane--300 miles of churning spiral arms that hurled winds up to 130mph as it hit NC coast. In NJ the winds were clocked at 120mph with a forward speed increasing from 20 to 30 miles an hour within one hour. SUR: NYC braced as thousands of residents from coastal areas were evacuated. DAM: At least 3 people were killed, and power was knocked out to at least 1.7 million homes. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New York NY SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: The cupula to the Westhampton Bowl toppled. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New York NY SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: 572 trees were counted down in the city FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New York NY SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: NY had sustained serious but not overwhelming damage to trees and beaches but not heavy property damage. The streets were strewn with tree limbs. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New York NY (Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island) SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: The hurricane's brief visit caused fallen trees, power failures, crowded evacuation centers and large doses of just plain terror. FLD: Washed-out roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New York NY (Manhatten) SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 MET: Maximum winds in Central Park were clocked at 70mph. Three to six inches of rain fell in NY while up to 8 inches fell in NJ. One of the reasons for lower winds was that the eye of the storm had widened to a radius of about 20 miles as it approached LI. This had the effect of dispersing and sapping the strength of the strongest winds around the core. SUR: Flooded streets and basements in low-lying areas. DAM: The storm's effects in the city were relatively light, unnumbered broken windows and more than 900 downed trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: New York, NY (Jamaica Bay/Queens) SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: Homes damaged. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Newington CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Damage by falling trees and power lines was spread throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 SUR: Wind-lashed surf boiled over the seawall protecting the swank mansions along the shoreline. Boats in the harbor were battered by pounding waves. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Newton MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Newton has an "incredible amount of tree damage, a lot more than expected." Since there was very little rain, it is said that the trees came down entirely due to wind. Everything from dogwoods to weeping willows came down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Norfolk MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Old Lyme CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Most of the damage was to trees which were snapped and uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Old Saybrook CT SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Streets and yards were littered with fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Old Saybrook CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Splintered trees covered the road and power lines were down. Part of the Kawasaki motorcycle dealership building blew away. Part of the roof of the Ferry Point Convalescent Home threatened to pull up. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Orange CT SRC: New Haven Register, 9/28/85 DAM: Four 100 year old oak trees toppled within moments of each other. Several other trees fell in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Plainville CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Damage in town was mild with fallen trees and some power lines down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Plymouth CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Damage was confined to downed trees and wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Portland CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Fallen trees and wires caused substantial injury to buildings. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Providence escaped the brunt of Gloria though windows throughout the region burst in 70mph winds and one man was killed by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Providence RI SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Part of the metal sheeting covering the roof of the Veterans Memorial Building was peeled off by winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Quincy MA (West Quincy) SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Tree fell atop building on Willard St. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Ramapo NY SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: A man was struck by a tree while repairing a gas main. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Ramapo NY SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: A utility man was struck by a downed tree as he was trying to repair a gas main. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Region: Millis MA to Winchester MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Along suburban streets large trees had been torn out of the ground and dumped on streets and lawns. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Region: Portsmouth NH to Seabrook NH SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Tree limbs claimed many powerlines. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Rhode Island SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 MET: Gusts of up to 120mph were clocked at the height of the hurricane. DAM: Winds snapped hundreds of utility poles and trees like matchsticks. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Rhode Island SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: A RI man was killed as he was struck by a falling tree limb. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Rhode Island SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Street signs torn from their poles were flying like missiles down highways. FSC: F2* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Rocky Hill CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Damage was confined to fallen trees and downed power lines. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Saybrook CT (Deep River) SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A man was injured by a falling tree. There was no damage to boats or the marina. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Scituate RI SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: A man was struck by a falling tree during the height of the storm. A two-story cinderblock building collapsed under the force of the wind but most of the 500 boats at moorings rode out the storm without serious damage. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Scituate RI SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: A man was killed when a tree fell on him. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Scituate RI SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A man was killed when he was struck by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Simsbury CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Except for a few fallen trees and spotty power failures damage was minimal. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Somers CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A few fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Southampton NY (Hampton Bays) SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: A basket ball hoop was blown over. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Southampton NY (Westhampton) SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 DAM: Other homes were said to have been damaged by the storm. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Southington CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A fallen tree limb blocked the entrance to the Hospital and a 50 foot section of roof blew off the Zurbach Steel building. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/30/95 MET: The eye passed over Springfield. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Springfield MA SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 MET: The eye of the storm hit Springfield at about 3pm. It was about a 10 mile wide patch of calm and sunshine that was continuing to grow as the storm was breaking up. What was left of the storm continued to follow the CT river through the state. At 8pm the NWS declared Gloria no longer a hurricane. DAM: A windswept tree smashed a gaping hole in the roof of a woman's house. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Stafford CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: A man was blown off his motorcycle and a state trooper injured his foot while moving a downed tree. Several trees fell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Sterling MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: 15,000-20,000 bushels of apples lost to winds. Scores of trees were damaged. The worst they've been hit, probably since 1938. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Stratford CT SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: The storm did $1 million worth of damage knocking down a hangar and wrecking two parked aircraft. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Stratford CT SRC: New Haven Register, 9/28/85 MET: Peak winds clocked more than 92mph. Gloria traveled through the state at a speed of 45 to 55mph. Areas of the state received up to 3 inches of rain. DAM: Tides were recorded at 12 feet above normal in the state. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Suffield CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Only 4-5 trees down. The wind also knocked down a wooden silo. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Suffolk County MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Workers labored around the clock clearing trees and debris. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Suffolk County MA SRC: New York Times, 9/29/95 DAM: There are streets where there are no powerlines standing. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Suffolk County NY SRC: New York Times, 9/28/95 SUR: The ocean and the Great South Bay had converged at Robbins Rest where a 200-foot-wide gash left water 4 feet deep in late afternoon. DAM: Damage was reported as suprisingly light. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Swampscott MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Boats were blown loose from their moorings and smashed against the rocks. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Vermont SRC: Morning Union, 9/28/85 DAM: 50mph winds forced some cars off of the road. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Vermont SRC: New Haven Register, 9/28/85 MET: Winds were gusting as high as 75mph. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Vernon CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Utility poles and trees were down throughout town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Many boats were smashed on the rocks or sunken, 30-120 seriously damaged. END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Warren RI SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Part of the Wharf Tavern roof was blown away. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Warwick RI SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: The tin roof of a hangar at Green Airport was torn off. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Waterbury CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees were down in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: West Hartford CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 MET: The eye of the storm passed over the town center about 2:45pm. DAM: Many trees and debris littered roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Westbrook CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 SUR: A part of the seawall washed away. DAM: Some trees fell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Wethersfield CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees were down in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Willington CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: One person reported that there was not a road you could go on without finding fallen trees and limbs. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Windsor CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Much brush was collected throughout town. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Windsor Locks CT SRC: The Hartford Courant, 9/28/85 DAM: Trees, wires and telephone wires were down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Winthrop MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: High winds caused dozens of trees to fall FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Worcester County MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/29/85 DAM: Many apples lost to winds. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1985 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Boston Globe, 9/28/85 DAM: Gloria topples hundreds of trees. More than 700 trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Abington MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Fallen powerlines. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Acton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 DAM: About 30-50 town-owned trees were felled by the storm and another 25-50 would need to be taken down due to damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Acushnet MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p58 DAM: Most of the damage was related to downed trees and powerlines throughout town. Two windows at the Middle School were blown out. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Amesbury MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 MET: Winds were reported to have gusted to 85mph shortly after the passage of the eye of the huricane. DAM: In that 10 to 15 minute period a number of trees came down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Amherst MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 MET: Five inches of rain fell on Sunday with a two day total (Sun & Mon) of 6.5". DAM: Several houses were damaged by fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Andover MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 MET: There were 2" of rain which fell in a fairly short period of time in heavy showers. DAM: Trees were down throughout the town. FLD: Some localized street flooding. Water was two and a half feet deep near the IRS building. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Ansonia CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Damage was limited to downed trees and limbs. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Arlington MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 MET: Rainfall was 3" which was higher than the 2.2" record. Winds gusted to 45mph with another report of a gust at 50mph. DAM: About 50 trees were lost. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Ashburnham MA, Hubbardston MA, Phillipston MA SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: Trees were down with limited power outages but no significant damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Ashburnham MA, Lancaster MA, Lunenburg MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: The Public Works crews in these and surrounding towns were kept busy for several days clearing debris. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Ashby MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 DAM: Scattered outages were reported. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Ashford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: At least a dozen locations had trees and powerlines down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Ashland MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: About 25 trees fell throughout the town. A portion of Rte. 135 was blocked by fallen trees. FLD: There was flooding to a depth of 5 feet in the basement of the fire house. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Attleboro MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p58 MET: Wind gusts were reported at 85mph. DAM: Many trees were down. No real problems on Interstate 95. It was believed that hurricane Gloria caused more damage than hurricane Bob in this town. FLD: Attleboro received fairly heavy rain leading several streets to flood. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Auburn MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 MET: Rainfall totaled over 5". DAM: There were over 50 trees down across roadways in town. Several houses were hit by falling trees. There were also several trees down at the golf course. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Avon CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: About 20% of the residents lost power due to downed trees and limbs. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Avon MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Minimal personal and public damage though there were trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Ayer MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: There were trees down throughout the town but no significant damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Barnstable MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p32-33 SUR: Some flooding occured. Hundreds of boats washed up on shore. DAM: The Harborview Motel lost a good part of its roof at the height of the storm. Trees down throughout the town, several large ones on Main St. Several storefront windows blew in downtown. An estimated 10,000 trees fell throughout town. A plane at the airport was flipped over and totaled. Some roofing was torn off of a terminal building, windows at the control tower were blown out and a hanger's doors were damaged. A steeple and bell were blown off of the Craigville Conference Center. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Barre MA SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: Half the town was without power. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Barrington RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 SUR: Some storm surge related flooding. Water 7 ft. higher than normal but not high enough to do significant damage. DAM: Part of Fire Station One's roof came off. Fire Station Two had a large tree fall on it. Other trees down throughout the town. Minor damage along the waterfront. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Bedford MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 MET: 5.47" of rain. DAM: Some trees down in parts of town. A skylight was blown out in a work garage. FLD: Some flooding. NOT: Reports of 5" of rain in Chelmsford and Lowell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Belmont MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 MET: There was fairly heavy rain. DAM: Trees were down and 6 houses damaged from falling trees. Several windows were blown out at the Chenery Middle School cafeteria. FLD: But not much flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Berkley MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Damage was mostly limited to tree damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Berkshire County MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 DAM: Minor damages. FLD: No apparent flooding. FSC: F0* END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Berlin CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Tree branches and powerlines took most of the damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Beverly MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 DAM: No major damage to aircraft at the Beverly Airport but one large boat was thrown up on the shore. Ten boats had broken from their moorings and several others had washed up on the Salem shore. One house was damaged by a falling tree. FLD: About 3.5" fell causing some freshwater flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Billerica MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 MET: Upwards of 5" of rain fell. FLD: At least a dozen streets were reported to have washout damage. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Blackstone River Valley SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: There was heavy rain as well as downed trees. The hurricane passed far enough east that no significant damage was done throughout the valley. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Block Island RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p23 MET: The eye passed directly over the island with winds clocking at 105mph and gusts of 125mph. DAM: Trees were downed across the island, 52 boats blown aground at New Harbor. The winds tore a porch off of a hotel and the roof off of a house under construction. Most residents were thankful there was not more damage. 52 boats were blown ashore. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Bloomfield CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: A centuries old swamp white oak blew down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Bolton CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: Power out. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Bolton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: At least 26 roads were temporarily blocked by trees at the height of the storm. Throughout the town hundreds of apple trees were uprooted. Corn was flattened and flooded and 15% of the apple crop in the fruit farm was lost. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Boston MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Boats road out the storm in the Neponset River. The worst hit part of the city was Roxbury, Hyde Park and Roslindale where overhead power lines were taken down by the highest winds about 4pm. FLD: Rainfall was measured at 2.2" causing urban flooding. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Bourne MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p57 MET: The peak wind was measured at 90mph at Otis Airforce Base at 3:30pm. At 2pm winds reached 80mph at the Bourne and Sagamore bridges. SUR: Flooding due to storm surge. DAM: Pretty hard hit. Windows out in the high school. Less than one dozen year round homes said to be uninhabitable after the storm. Over 200 boats sunk or swept away. An 11ft. unused water tower fell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Boxborough MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 DAM: Other than some trees down there was relative light damage from the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Boxford MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: There was some tree damage in the town causing some isolated power failures. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Boylston MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: Damage was limited to trees. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Bozrah CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: Several homes were hit by falling trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Braintree MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Twenty large trees came down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Brewster MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p32 DAM: Brewster was hit by high winds bringing some trees down including a huge locust tree, though Brewster didn't get quite as much damage as other sections of the Cape being on the bayside. A vane was taken off of a windmill. Over 600 trees fell in the golf course. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Bridgeport CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p721 FLD: Some flooding caused by heavy rains. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Bridgewater MA, East Bridgewater MA, West Bridgewater MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: The Bridgewaters were heavily hit by the storm with trees down and roads closed throughout the towns. The Bridgewater ambulance was damaged on a call by a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Brimfield MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: Citizens in the western part of the town lost power. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Bristol CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 MET: 4.2" of rain fell. DAM: Power outages secondary to downed trees occurred. At least one house was damaged from a falling tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Bristol RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 MET: The eye of the storm passed very close to Bristol, perhaps just to the east and the northwest winds were perhaps just as severe as the winds out of the east and southeast. DAM: The town manager said it was the worst he had seen. Even the old timers agreed that the tree damage was as bad as in 1938. Every sector of town was damaged. The Reposa farm was so badly hit that there was a question as to whether or not there had been a tornado there. The new Fire Station roof had been partially blown off. An open shed at a supply company was destroyed by the high winds of Bob as wind shifted into the northwest with the passing of the eye. Many trees down. Damage to schools. It was felt that the damage was far greater than Gloria. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Brockton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 MET: The eye of the storm passed over the city at about 3pm with the sun breaking out. DAM: Several houses received structural damage due to falling trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Brookfield MA, East Brookfield MA, North Brookfield MA, West Brookfield MA, Ware MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: Trees were down in the Brookfield-Ware area. One man was hit by a falling branch in West Brookfield. FLD: Heavy rains of 5" throughout the area causing localized flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Brookline MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Brookline lost more trees in one afternoon to hurricane Bob than is usually lost in a full year to disease and old age. There were over 200 calls about damaged trees. Several falling trees caused house damage and local power outages. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Brooklyn CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: At least 13 roads were shut down. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Brunswick ME, Topsham ME SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p74 DAM: Falling trees carried down electrical wires and started small fires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Burlington MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: At least 51 trees down. FLD: Flooding was a problem. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Cambridge MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Forty trees were ripped down due to the 60mph winds and numerous branches were down blocking streets. FLD: Some urban catch basin flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Canterbury CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: Eighty trees were down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Canton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Downed trees were noted across much of the town. A portico was swept off a house and a large plate glass window was blown in at the Cobbs Corner Osco Drug Store. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Cape Cod MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p39 DAM: A report of Bob's impact on Cape Cod ecology. Where Black Locust and/or Autumn Olive grew in groves nearly every tree was flattened with root masses torn from the ground and exposed to the air. Where there were large tap rooted trees such as Pitch Pine they did not appear to go over but rather snap into two or more remnants. Tap roots rarely pulled out but it appears that the stress of the wind on the foliage set up the tree for snapping. Clearly the wind strength exceeded the tensile strength of many healthy trees. Although prevailing winds did most of the damage, it was clear that cyclonic winds may have contributed to other trees falling. One four trunked red oak was broken with each trunk pointing in one of each of four compass directions. A pitch pine on the same property was found with damage that seems to have resulted from something hitting its trunk 6 feet up leaving wood fragments lying in all directions at the base. In several Cape swamps Bob's winds destroyed all of the dominant tree canopy (Eastham is a prime example). Forest response to damage can serve to weaken or strengthen tree communities to subsequent hurricanes. Forest fires are also given much fuel from downed woody debris. Locust, catalpa, white pine, American elm, silvermaples, redmaples, oaks, poplar in a variety of habitats appear gaunt and with stunted growth in '92 especially on the side experiencing the worst winds. Could be due to salt and/or the mimicked winter conditions produced by Bob leading trees to expend saved reserves for the coming winter in a second spring blossoming in September. Sand laden winds also scoured trees. It's hard to tell but time and subsequent weather will tell the extent to which the Cape's Ecology is permanently altered. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Carver MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: At least one porch roof was completely torn off. Otherwise the damage was pretty much limited to trees and powerline damage. The Miles Standish State Forest was fairly heavily hit and was closed to allow for tree clearing. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Charlestown RI, Westerly RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p23 SUR: Several boats washed ashore at Watch Hill. Westerly town beach heavily eroded and nearby roads filled with sand. DAM: Hotel windows shattered. Wilcox Park had a number of large trees down. Most houses survived with only decks being torn off. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Chatham MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p31 MET: Winds were reported to have reached 96mph. Wind gusts were measured to be 90mph at a NOAA station with sustained winds at 60-70mph and only .18 inches of rain. DAM: Siding was torn away and several windows were shattered. Large trees fell across town. Eight hundred boats were damaged and 300 large boats were washed up. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Chelmsford MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: There were 70-80 locations where roads were blocked by trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Chelsea MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Most of the damage was limited to trees and branches. FLD: There was a little bit of urban flooding. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Cheshire CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Fifteen streets were closed due to trees down and localized flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Chester CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Several large trees fell near the town center. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Clinton CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 FLD: Some flooding in sections of town. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Clinton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: 100-200 trees were overturned and there was a 20% loss of the peach and pear crop. FLD: There was flooding in low lying areas. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Cohasset MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: No major damage. A 200 year old buttonwood tree, perhaps the oldest one in town came down at the height of the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Colchester CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Trees were down. A barn on Mill Hill Rd was blown off its foundation at the height of the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Concord MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 MET: 5" of rain was reported. DAM: Some live wires started small fires in downed trees. Local farms were hit hard with corn being down and rasberries being ruined. FLD: Some flooding in low areas. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Concord NH, Derry NH, Milford NH, Portsmouth NH, Rochester NH SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p74 DAM: Of NH towns, these were hardest hit with power outages. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Conventry RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 DAM: Trees and limbs were down throughout the town but only limited damage to homes and local businesses. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Coventry CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Hard hit by the storm in regards to electricity. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Cranston RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 DAM: Some damage to docks, floating docks ripped away. Damage pretty much limited to marinas. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Cromwell CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: At least 8 streets were left impassable by downed trees. Otherwise there was no major damage by the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Danbury CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 MET: Winds were recorded at 48mph in the town. DAM: Falling trees closed at least a dozen roads throughout the city. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Danvers MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 DAM: Downed electric wires. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Darien CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 DAM: Tree limbs were down throughout the town. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Dartmouth MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p58 SUR: At least 100 boats were hurled near or against the Padanaram Bridge which was washed over by water. DAM: A portion of the roof at the Padanaram Liquors was swept away and hundreds of trees fell near Tucker Rd. Unclear as to whether or not there had been a mini tornado. Tiles were blown from the Cushman School. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Dedham MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Most of the damage was downed powerlines and fallen trees. FLD: The Charles River was swollen with the heavy rainfall but not enough to cause flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Dennis MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p32 SUR: There was some storm surge flooding. DAM: Tree damage was most heavy in certain sections of town. Very large old trees toppled into streets. A bank building lost its cupula. Marine damage was heavy. The old three story windmill in West Dennis overturned during the storm and four buildings on Old Wharf Rd. were heavily damaged as were houses along other streets. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Dighton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Lost power. FLD: There was some flooding. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Dudley MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: The greatest tree damage was in the northwest section. FLD: Several low lying areas were flooded. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Dunstable MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: The Trask Apple Orchard lost 35 out of 2000 trees to high winds. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: East Greenwich RI (Greenwich Bay) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 DAM: Two dozen boats driven ashore. The wind was strong enough to knock out store front windows. Trees were down. The worst tree damage was in the Hill and Harbor district areas. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: East Haddam CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Trees were down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: East Hampton CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Electricity lost secondary to uprooted trees and limbs. Some boat damage at Lake Pocotopaug. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: East Hartford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: Trees were down on many streets in town. FLD: Some minor street flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: East Lyme CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 SUR: A storm surge of one foot flooded the Crescent Beach area but subsided within about 2 hours with the crest of the surge at about 2pm. Boats and some docks were swept from East Lyme towards the Waterford side of the river. DAM: Downed trees blocked roadways throughout most of the town. Many farmer's reporte fairly heavy damage to corn as well as fruit trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: East Providence RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 MET: Winds gusted to 63mph at the height of the storm on the west side of Naragansett Bay. The barometric pressure read 28.71", .02" above the record set for Carol in 1954. DAM: Damage mostly limited to trees down and trees on houses. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Eastham MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p32 SUR: Four to five feet of new sand was deposited on Marconi and Coast Guard beaches since winds were not directly onshore along the ocean side of the park. DAM: Damage heavy to locust trees. Within the Cape Cod National Seashore, 40% of the acreage received some damage, mostly in the form of downed trees but some windows were blown out. Trees were downed across town. The bayside received the worst damage with many downed locust trees which did structural damage as they fell. The Nauset CG station was damaged by the wind. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Easton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Trees and powerlines were down throughout town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Enfield CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: Damage was felt to be fairly minor. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Essex CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 SUR: The height of the storm came at low tide so only three boats ended up on the rocks. DAM: Almost every road was covered with some type of debris, be it large trees or brush. Trees, limbs and powerlines were down throughout the town. Six to eight houses in the town suffered damage from falling trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Essex MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: Minimal damage reported to boats. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Exeter RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p23 DAM: There were trees down throughout the town FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Fairfield CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 MET: 3.6" of rain fell. FLD: Some flooding. Four boats actually sank from the rainfall. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Fairhaven MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p57 SUR: A significant tidal surge causing flooding. DAM: The winds toppled a large storage shed built to withstand winds of up to 150mph. Fairhaven lumber lost a roof as it had in hurricane Gloria. Many houses destroyed and damaged. Tree damage throughout the town. Roof damage on the high school. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Fall River MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p58 MET: Winds were measured at 93 mph but only .87" of rain fell. DAM: The winds did considerable damage to trees and a billboard was toppled and winds carried away part of the Korber Hat Factory roof. Three thousand trees fell in the city creating 15,000 square yards of cleanup debris. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Falmouth MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p33 MET: Hurricane force winds gusted from the southeast. By 3:00 peak gusts were measured at 85mph in town and as high as 100mph along the shore. SUR: The shoreline took the heaviest beating. Boats and cabanas swept away, roads underwater. DAM: Extensive damage throughout the town. The cupola atop the Legion building was blown down. The roof of an apartment complex was blown away. The Chamber of Commerce lost a steeple and cupola as well. Falmouth town park was extremely hard hit with many pines being sheered off above ground level as storm hit. New addition at church completely collapsed. Four hundred fifty moorings were lost in Waquoit Bay, at least 300 boats sunk or ashore. Two hundred fifty telephone poles down. In Marston Mills vicinity there was a question of unconfirmed tornadoes with many trees down. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Falmouth MA (East Falmouth) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p34 DAM: Sunday the 17 was warm with a brisk SW wind. At noon a hurricane watch was issued north to Plymouth. At 6pm the NHC issued a hurricane watch for all of New England. It was a beautiful clear night. The SW winds subsided as the approaching front stalled to the north and East Falmouth came under a weak ridge ahead of the hurricane. The midnight advisory indicated that Bob continued to strengthen with winds to 115mph and the central pressure was still falling. The wind was calm at 5:11 am Monday morning. The 6:00am advisory had the storm heading directly toward Providence with 115mph winds and a central pressure still dropping. A storm surge of 4-7 feet was expected. Still no rain by 10:30am. By 11:00am the winds were ESE at 39, gusts to 50. Showers and squalls began to sweep in off the sound. By 1:00pm the winds were still ESE but had increased to 55 with gusts to 62. A large schooner left its mooring. Trees began to snap. After a few squalls near 1:00pm it didn't rain again until the hurricane had passed. Total rain fall was .03" while Providence had 6". At 2:00pm the winds had veered to SSE and increased to 70 with gusts into the 80's. Low tide was approaching yet the water level was above the high tide mark. Leaves stripped from the trees were plastered to the windows. At 2:30 the hurricane passed due west. The storm surge caused water to rise another 3 feet in one half hour. The winds peak gusts were later reported to be 90mph. Blowing spray reduced visibility to a couple hundred yards. The surge was higher in Carol doing more damage. The dunes in Bob were broken through in places but not topped. After 3pm the winds veered further into the SW and slowly began to subside. There were peaks of sunshine near 4pm. The big pine on the patio had survived the SE winds but succombed to the SW blows cracking and crashing to the ground. By 5pm everyone was outside to see what had happened. Many trees were down but not one did any structural damage. The Yacht Club had some loss to the roof. At 6:30pm there was a rainbow in the eastern sky. Most of the oak leaves were gone and those that were left quickly turned brown and two weeks after the hurricane had fallen to the ground. Ninety two boats were ashore at the head of the Bay. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Falmouth MA (Woods Hole) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p33 MET: The anemometer broke off at 96mph. Higher gusts probably occurred after that. The lowest barometer occurred at 3pm at 975mb. DAM: Woods Hole lay a little closer than Falmouth to the eye of the storm and took a considerable beating. The high tide at Woods Hole also came much closer to the height of the storm than in Falmouth. The Land's End Restaurant received heavy damage as did other structures near the water. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Farmington CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Some farms in the area reported heavy loss of corn which was beaten to the ground. A large tree fell in front of the church. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Fitchburg MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 DAM: At least 83 trees were down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Foster RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p26 MET: 7.01" of rainfall FLD: But dry conditions before storm prevented any major flooding. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Foxboro MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 MET: Only .47" fell in the storm DAM: About 20 trees fell during the height of the storm, far fewer than in Gloria. FLD: No flooding was reported. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Framingham MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 MET: 5.53" of rain reported. DAM: There were 110 trees down in Framingham. FLD: There was some urban flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Franklin County MA, Hampshire County MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 DAM: There were trees down throughout the county. FLD: Heavy rains caused flooding in some areas. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Franklin CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: A large tree was down by the church. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Franklin MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: The hardest hit portion of the town was Franklin Common where a number of large trees were downed by the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Freetown MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p58 SUR: The tidal surge was very short lived in this area. Flooding waters reached a depth of 3 ft. DAM: The town was hard hit with trees down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Gardner MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 MET: Rainfall was recorded at 4.8". DAM: There were some fallen tree limbs but no major damage. FLD: Not much in the way of flooding. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Georgetown MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: There was some damage from hurricane Bob. NOT: But most of the talk in the town was about the tornado that touched down on August 15 prior to Bob's arrival. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Gloucester MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 MET: Gusts were reported as high as 60mph. At the Eastern Point Yacht Club in Gloucester the winds were clocked at 100mph in gusts before the wind instrument was blown away. DAM: Two hundred trees were felled. The inner harbor and the Annisquam River areas remained quite calm as they were protected from the direction of the strongest winds. FLD: There was some local street flooding from the heavy rains. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Granby CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Power outages. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Granby MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 DAM: A large century-old tree fell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Greenwich CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 MET: Upwards of 4.72" of rain fell. Peak winds were measured at 52mph. DAM: Trees were down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Groton CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 MET: Heavy rains, gusty winds were noted in Groton. SUR: Seawater flooding. DAM: Two sailing vessels were washed up on shore and two boats sunk. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Groveland MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: There were trees down throughout the town at the height of the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Guilford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 DAM: Trees were down on many roads with at least 10 streets closed. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Halifax MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Trees were down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Hamilton MA, Wenham MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 DAM: There were trees down in both of these towns blocking roads prohibiting the fire department from responding to fires related to downed wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Hanover MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: A large portion of the roof of the Hanover Bowlerdome on Rte. 139 was lifted up and destroyed. A number of trees were down throughout town. Most damage was limited to downed trees and powerlines. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Hartford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 MET: Winds gusted to 50-60mph. 4.05" of rain fell. DAM: More than 90 trees were down. At least one house and a police cruiser were damaged by falling trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Harvard MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 MET: 6" of rain fell in about 6 hours. DAM: Otherwise damage was limited to some trees. A number of orchards had been hit fairly hard with a 20-25% loss of their already cold-limited crop (from spring). FLD: Some flooding. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Harwich MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p32 DAM: Windows blew in at Middle School. The cupula and roof of the High School was damaged. Fallen trees constituted some of the greatest damage. The Valley Golf Course alone lost 400. A collection of boats and docks were piled up on shore. At Wychemere Harbor, 20 boats dragged anchor and 10 boats were aground. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Haverhill MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: There were a number of trees knocked down. At least 480 trees were downed on public property. FLD: The Merrimac rose to just about bank full with the heavy rains. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Hebron CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 MET: Wind gusts were measured at 53mph with roughly 5" of rain with most of it coming down between 1 and 4pm. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Hingham MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: The area near the town forest was especially hard hit with many trees down. It was felt that there was not as much damage as in hurricane Gloria. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Holden MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: A fairly large tree blocked a portion of the road. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Holliston MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: About 35-40 trees fell throughout the town. NOT: About 5" of rain was reported in nearby Worcester which caused some street flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Holyoke MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 DAM: A fallen tree blocked Rte. 202. FLD: Heavy rains caused a roof to collapse in Holyoke. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Hopkinton RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p23 DAM: There was fairly severe damage along one 3 mile stretch with some question as to whether or not a tornado passed through town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Hull MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 MET: The storm just about passed directly over town. SUR: The storm came well before high tide. DAM: No severe damage in Hull. There were some boats lost in the harbor. Some tiles were torn off of a roof and the roof of a newly built bandstand was damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Ipswich MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 MET: The winds were reported at 65mph. DAM: Several trees damaged houses as they fell. There was said to be no significant boat damage. A dozen boats broke free from their moorings. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Jamestown RI (Conanicut Island) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p24 MET: This island was in the direct path of the hurricane with strongest winds coming out of the southeast. SUR: There was some erosion of cliffs. DAM: Heavy tree damage throughout the island. A number of chimneys were knocked down and at least 35 boats grounded in the harbor. The ferry shed was swept away and the town gasoline dock lost. Minimal damage was done to park buildings. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Kennebunkport ME SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p74 DAM: At least 20 trees were down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Kent CT SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 MET: Winds were recorded at 45mph atop Skiff Mt. and rain was measured at 4". DAM: Tree limbs and power lines were down. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Killington CT (Killingly) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: A number of trees were down which blocked roads. FLD: A number of roads were washed out with the heavy rains. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Killingworth CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 MET: Torrential rains fell. DAM: Trees down closed a dozen roads in town. The Bargat Trail area was felt to be the hardest hit area of the town because at one point all entrances to that area were blocked by trees. FLD: There was some freshwater flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Kingston MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Damage was limited to trees down and minor roof damage. No significant boat casualties. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Lakeville MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Freetown St. was closed due to fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Lawrence MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 MET: Peak winds reported at 2:45pm were at 72mph at the Lawrence Municipal Airport. The Merrimack Valley in general received between 3-5" of rain. DAM: There were trees down on multiple roads throughout the city. FLD: Freshwater flooding was quite deep. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Ledyard CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 MET: Unofficial gusts were reported at 55mph in town. DAM: Downed trees and powerlines continued to block roads for several hours. Northwesterly gusts after the storm passed well to the northeast were still felling some trees. FLD: Some freshwater flooding in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Leominster MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: There were downed trees and branches on just about every street FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Leominster MA, Lunenburg MA SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: In Northern Worcester County about 2000 customers of the Fitchburg Gas and Electric company were without power in the wake of the storm. The Wahlom district of Leominster and the town of Lunenburg were perhaps the heaviest hit areas. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Lexington MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 MET: Winds gusting 50-60mph. DAM: Forty trees were uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Lincoln MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 DAM: Several large trees were down around town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Lincoln RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p26 DAM: Limbs and trees were down throughout the town. Most of the town survived the hurricane without much damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Litchfield CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Several trees were down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Little Compton RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p24 MET: Winds were clocked at 85-95 mph with a barometer reading of 28.90". In east passage winds were clocked at 90-100mph and a guage in Bristol clocked winds over 100mph. The Mekelber anemometer in a hollow in Tiverton reported peak gusts of 69mph. SUR: A third of the beach was lost to erosion and 15 cabanas were lost. Some pavement was ripped up. DAM: Twenty-one cottages either heavily damaged or destroyed. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Littleton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 MET: 5" of rain fell. DAM: Farms in this area were relatively hard hit, especially with regards to their corn crop. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Long Island NY SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p79 MET: Bob was moving at a forward speed of 30mph as the western eyewall passed over the extreme eastern tip of Long Island on a north-northeast course. The eye had filled in so that the skies never completely cleared at Montauk Point. Wind gusts were noted at 75 knots at the Montauk CG Station and 99 knots at the Montauk Light House. Greenport had an unofficial report of gusts to 100mph and on Plum Island in the Twin Fork area of Long Island a gust of 110mph was reported on a privately owned anemometer. Rainfall was quite heavy throughout the area with Bridgehampton reported 7.04" of rain, East Hampton 6.8", Brookhaven Lab where a peak gust of 58knots was reported reported 6.40" of rain. Manatauk reported 7.0" of rain, the Montauk CG Staion reported 3.89" of rain, Greenport measured 4.54" of rain. There were two unconfirmed tornadoes on Long Island. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Longmeadow MA SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 DAM: Rte. 5 was blocked for a period when a total of more than 600 trees toppled thoughout the town. FLD: Heavy rains contributed to the collapse of the roof of the E. Longmeadow post office. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Lowell MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: Most of the damage throughout the city was limited to trees. FLD: And some urban flooding from fresh water. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Lunenburg MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 DAM: Several trees were reported down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Lyme CT, Old Lyme CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 DAM: Roads were blocked. FLD: Cars were reported floating away after heavy rainfall. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Lynn MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: No major damage, it was limited to downed poles and trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Lynnfield MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: Trees were down and two houses were heavily damaged by trees. FLD: There was no significant flooding despite heavy rains. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Madison CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 SUR: Some localized urban flooding from heavy rainfall though not a lot as the storm struck at low tide. DAM: There were trees down and power out throughout town though quite a bit less than in hurricane Gloria. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Maine SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p74-75 MET: Bob will be remembered for eclipsing all records for rainfall in coastal ME. Even in downeast ME winds gusted to 93mph at Blue Hill and 92mph in Wiscasset despite the storm's downgrade to a tropical storm at this point. The hurricane passed to the west of both towns. Other gusts in the state were 68mph in Durham, 61mph in Portland, 54mph in Lewiston, and 53mph in Augusta. Mount Desert Rock measured the highest sustained winds at 64mph. Inland locales measured winds in the 30-40mph range with 50mph gusts. Evacuation notice was given to all living with one quarter mile of the shore from Kittery to Rockland. Further north in Canada, environment Canada issued high wind warning and heavy rain warnings for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. By that time the storm was weakening enough to bring only 2.08" of rain in Eastport and 2" in Machias. Extremely heavy rain fell in Portland with 2.16" falling between 6-7pm. The heaviest rains fell in Gorham with 8.08" followed by Westbrook at 8" and the Portland National Weather Service Office at 7.82". Totals over 6 inches of rain fell across southwestern ME and southeast New Hampshire with 7 inches or more stretching from York and southern Cumberland counties into bordering NH. Amounts in this area included 7.43" in West Buxton, ME and 7.14" in Rochester, NH. Prior to hurricane Bob New England was experiencing very dry conditions. The Portland area reported its 13th driest June-July period in 120 years. The incredible August total of 15.22" on the other hand was the wettest month ever recorded. BP was recorded at 29.09" in Portland. SUR: At Portland a tidal surge of 2 ft. was noted. DAM: Many trees were down along the coast. FLD: The heaviest damage came from the freshwater flooding FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Malden MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: A dozen streets were blocked by fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Manchester CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 MET: Rainfall was measured at 4.7". DAM: At least 20 streets were closed due to downed powerlines and trees. A number of trees were down throughout town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Manchester MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 MET: Winds were reported at 40mph. The eye did pass over this town at 4:40-4:49pm though clearing did not occur. Winds dropped down to 5mph then backed from the opposite direction. About 2.5" fell and the barometer measured 28.65". DAM: There were trees down throughout the town with the greatest damage in the Coolidge Point area of town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Manchester NH SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p74 DAM: A window blew out. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Mansfield CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: Roads were cleared by 6pm. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Mansfield CT (Storrs) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: Several large trees fell on the University's campus. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Mansfield MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Mansfield suffered from tree damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Marblehead MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 SUR: Not much coastal flooding due to the timing of the tides. DAM: There were many thousands of trees down throughout town, one landing on a house. One large sloop broke loose. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Marion MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p57 SUR: Heavily damaged by Bob. It was felt that at the height of the storm the tides reached 8-10 feet above normal. Half of the 850 boats in the harbor had been damaged, with at least 100 breaking loose with the storm surge and many ending up on shore with many docks. DAM: Windows at the pro shop were blown out and a three foot blanket of sea grass was left behind. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Marlborough CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Most roads were cleared from debris and passable by 7pm. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Marshfield MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Many trees and powerlines down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA (Chilmark, Edgartown, Gay Head, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, West Tisbury) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p40 MET: Sustained winds as high as 85mph were recorded by the NWS in Edgartown with an unofficial gust at 112mph in Chappaquiddick. Southerly winds were as high as 98mph at the Airport and 85 knots at the Menemsha Coast Guard Station. Hurricane Bob was a dry storm. Total rainfall for the storm was .15". The worst of the storm was felt between 2-3pm. By 4pm the storm was in decline. The barometric pressure was slightly lower than 29" at 2:30pm. SUR: For a time Chappaquiddick was an island again. Many of the low areas became flooded. High water damage experienced in all three of the island's harbors. Water action turned rocky shores into sandy ones, opened ponds to the ocean and eroded sand beaches. DAM: Edgartown was the hardest hit. More than 30 boats were washed up on shore or sunk. A house on the south shore was moved 20 feet from its chimney. Roads became unpassable due to fallen trees. The islands oldest trees fell throughout the island. A house in Oak Bluffs lost its roof. Some wonder if a tornado hit parts of the island. Microbursts were experienced on Chappaquiddick, West Tisbury and Chilmark. Long swaths of trees were downed in the State Forest. A severe microburst leveled four of the eight acres of the Trustees of Reservation Japanese garden, leveling 100 trees. Huge trees fell on homes, crossed roads and changed the skyline in the towns of Gay Head, West Tisbury and Chilmark. More inland damage specifically to trees said to have been caused than in '38. All the deciduous trees lost their leaves to wind and/or salt. Weeks later the island blossomed in a second spring, cherry, apple, lilac and shadbush blossomed in September. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA (Chilmark, Edgartown, Gay Head, Oakbluffs, Tisbury, West Tisbury) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p31 MET: Martha's Vineyard was closer to the center of the storm than Nantucket. Edgartown measure sustained winds at 85mph with gusts at 111mph. 86mph winds were noted at Oak Bluffs and a 98mph wind gust was noted at Menemsha CG Station. The barometer reached its lowest at 29" at 2:30pm. 0.15" of rain fell during the storm. An unofficial gust was measured at 112mph at Chappaquiddick. SUR: At Katama the beach was badly eroded. The parking lot was filled with sand. There was local flooding in Tisbury. Cranberry bogs flooded with salt water. Salt spray damaged foliage. Cuttyhunk Island had a tidal surge of 8-10 feet and had a few docks awash. DAM: The strong southeast wind which shifted strong to the south by that time bent the weathervane atop the Edgartown church. Edgartown was blocked by fallen trees and as many as 84 boats were thrown up on the beach, 13-15 capsized, sunk or missing. Other harbors had boats adrift as well. On South Beach an entire house was blown 90 degrees on its foundation. The roof was ripped off a large house in Oak Bluffs. Many huge trees were toppled in Chilmark almost to suggest tornadic action which could not be confirmed. A garage in Oak Bluffs caught on fire and shortly afterwards lost its roof. In the Manuel Correllus State Forest one million board feet of white pine was lost to the winds. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Mashpee MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p33 SUR: The tide was thought to be 12 feet above normal. DAM: There were few properties in town that were untouched with regards to trees or limbs being down. There was considerable boat damage, hundreds of boats on shore. Thirty-seven pine trees down on one street. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Mattapoisett MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p57 SUR: Many crafts swept up by the tidal surge that began around 3pm. Storm surge was estimated at 8.5' above normal. DAM: Between 1000-1500 trees cracked or completely destroyed. The marina suffered extensive damage. On Angelica Point 5 out of 37 homes were left standing. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Maynard MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 MET: 5.5" of rain fell. Winds were estimated to be 70mph. FLD: There was some localized flooding due to some blocked storm drains. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Medford MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: Two dozen streets were blocked by fallen trees. FLD: There was no significant flooding in the town although there were periods of very heavy rain. NOT: Two days after the storm there were localized heavy showers causing flooding in low lying spots. Some further tree damage occurred in these showers as well though it was not related to the hurricane. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Melrose MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: Trees were down throughout the town. The parks in the town were fairly heavily damaged by downed trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Meriden CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Several streets closed due to downed trees and wires. FLD: Exceptionally heavy rains causing some flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Merrimac MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: There was a large tree that came down outside the town library causing significant damage to the roof. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Merrimack River Valley SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: Many towns without power. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Methuen MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: There were trees down across a dozen streets. FLD: The Methuen/Salem, NH border was so heavily flooded that the road became impassable for a time. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Middleboro MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Many trees and power lines down throughout town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Middletown CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 MET: Quite a bit of heavy rain fell. FLD: There was some freshwater flooding. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Middletown MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: Power out. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Middletown RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p24 SUR: Hardest hit area along the seashore where 20 foot dunes were flattened. Some roads covered in 4 ft. of sand, pavement broken up. Docks and beach houses carried away. DAM: Fifty-six power poles down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Milford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 MET: Five inches of rain fell. Wind gusts were reported at 52mph. DAM: A large tree fell at the Mary Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church Hall. About 60 roads were impassable due to fallen trees at the height of the storm. FLD: There was some local flooding in urban areas. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Milford MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: There were a fair number of trees down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Millbury MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: There were downed powerlines and trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Milton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Most of the damage was limited to downed trees and limbs. Norfolk County was not in the area eligible for federal disaster relief. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Montville CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 DAM: Main roads were littered with tree limbs. Fallen trees blocked traffic on other roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Nahant MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: A utility pole snapped off at its base. The wiring system on the town alarm system was old and could not withstand the winds. Otherwise the town made out without major damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p31 MET: Sustained winds were measured at 88mph with gusts up to 102mph. The airport barometer bottomed out at 29.27" between 2:30 and 3:00. There was little rain, SUR: Salt spray damaged fruit crops. Five to fifteen feet of beach erosion occured on south shore. DAM: Over 2000 trees were lost across the island. Over 50 boats damaged, some boats thrown against bulkhead, others dragged anchor and others were driven ashore. The island was spared heavy damage. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Narragansett RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p23 MET: Winds were reported at 100mph at the height of the storm. SUR: Boats up on lawns, parts of coastal roads and parking lots washed away or buried by tons of sand. DAM: Town Hall and Towers roof damaged at the height of the storm. Damage to municipal buildings. Trees uprooted on Great Island. Beach cabana knocked over. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Natick MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 MET: 5" of rain. DAM: Wind gusts blew out a window at Natick High School and another was blown out at a store. The majority of damage was done to trees. FLD: There was flooding throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Naugatuck CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 MET: Heavy rains. DAM: Six to eight trees were down across streets. FLD: Street flooding was not a problem. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: New Bedford MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p57 MET: The highest winds were noted at the hurricane barrier at 94mph with the average winds being 70-80mph. The barometric pressure was 28.44 at 3pm. DAM: Many boats successfully road out the storm behind the hurricane barrier constructed after hurricane Carol's devastation. Minor injury to the harbor as a whole except the CG's geodesic dome fell victim to the storm. Four hundred to five hundred trees were lost in the town parks. Some buildings downtown were unroofed and billboards crushed cars. Portions of the roof of Fire Station 2 were damaged. The YMCA lost a 40 foot section of its roof. The spire at the top of the Palmer Island Lighthouse was blown off. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: New Britain CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: About 50 trees were blown throughout the town. FLD: There was some minor street flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: New Cannan CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: There were downed trees and wires throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: New Hampshire SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p74 MET: Bob will be remembered for eclipsing all records for rainfall in southeastern NH. The highest wind reported in NH was 60mph at the former Pease Airforce Base. The NWS reported 43mph in Concord. The heaviest rains fell in Rochester where 7.14" were recorded. In the Monadnock region 4.55" of rain was noted in three days. Hopkinton Dam reported 6.39", Concord 4.93", East Derry 7.05", Francistown 7.70", Greenville 6.66", McDowal Dam 7.60" and Portsmouth 6.85". DAM: About one forth of the state's population was left without electricity, the worst outage since 1938. Agricultural loss throughout the state was $8 million. FLD: Urban flooding in Dover and Rochester. Some minor flooding occurred in Troy, Rte. 124, and Keene. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: New Haven CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 FLD: Heavy rains caused a handful of streets throughout town to flood. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: New London County CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 DAM: Sixty vessels were beached, run aground, capsized or sunk as Bob passed. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: New London CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 MET: Winds were reported at 60mph with gusts to 90mph at 3pm. 5" of rainfall was measured. SUR: The beach suffered minor erosion. DAM: Throughout the city 100 trees fell at the height of the storm. Several homes were damaged by falling trees but no serious structural damage. Thirteen trees were knocked down in the state park breaking greenhouses. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Newburyport MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 MET: Rainfall was reported at 3.98". Another source reported 4.28". DAM: The west part of town was the hardest hit with a fair amount of trees down. Plum Island was spared and just had minimal amounts of damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Newington CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: There were several trees down on houses and blocking roads. FLD: Some flooding in the Main Street area. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Newport RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p24 MET: The eye of the storm moved just about over Newport and it was on the most severe side of the hurricane. Wind gusts were measured at 96mph at Aquidneck Island but higher gusts and a barometer reading of 964mb were measured just south of Newport in Naragansett Bay. SUR: Some storm surge flooding in town. Heavy damage to 250 bath houses and 100 cabanas due to storm surge and waves. DAM: A 25 ft. power boat smashed on the rocks, though marina damage not as severe as in Gloria. Most streets were clogged by fallen trees, completely blocking some avenues. Many store windows were out. Damage overall was viewed to be worse than Carol '54 but not as bad as '38. Some streets were a tangle of trees. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Newton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: There were at least 200 city trees that fell blocking city streets and between 1000-1500 damaged. FLD: Overflowing culverts and brooks caused temporary flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Newtown CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Several trees were down throughout town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: North Andover MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: Tree damage was fairly heavy. Local farms, especially apple farmers took a hard beating. FLD: Heavy rains flooded low lying areas and basements. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: North Attleboro MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Numerous trees and powerlines were down. One house was damaged substantially when a large oak fell. FLD: Rain caused some flash flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: North Branford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 DAM: A large tree fell near Twin Lake Rd. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: North Brookfield MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 FLD: Lake Lashaway rose 12". END: HUR: N1991 LOC: North Kingstown RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p23 SUR: The storm surge flooded some businesses. Streets were flooded and many small craft destroyed due in part to tidal surge. DAM: The rocky shore was a mass of destroyed pleasure crafts. Many trees were down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: North Reading MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 MET: 4.5" of rain fell with winds gusting up to 57mph. DAM: A few houses were damaged and streets closed due to fallen trees. FLD: There was localized urban flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Northampton MA SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 FLD: There was a little flooding on Jackson St. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Northbridge MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: The most serious problem in Northbridge came from several large trees that blocked roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Norton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Wires and trees down. FLD: Some minor freshwater flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Norwalk CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 MET: 7.3" of rain fell. DAM: About 25 trees fell in town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Norwell MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Many streets closed due to falling trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Norwich CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 FLD: Most flooding was limited to marina grounds. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Old Saybrook CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 DAM: There were many fallen trees and downed wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Orange MA SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: A large tree damaged the fire department circuit on Pleasant St. which controlled the fire alarm system. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Orleans MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p31 DAM: Damage not as heavy as in other towns though many large trees came down. Boats and docks were damaged. The roof on a new gym seemed to be threatened at the height of the storm. Shallow rooted locust trees seemed to be the most vulnerable. There was a minimal amount of structural damage. A third of a roof was lost at Cape Precision Molders. Over 525 tons of brush was brought to the land fill and between 1,000-1,200 trees were cleared from town roads. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Oxford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: A few roads were closed when a tree downed wires. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Palmer MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: Ten or twelve trees were down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Pawtucket RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 DAM: A brick wall fell damaging a car. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Peabody MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 DAM: Twenty streets were closed by over 100 trees that came down throughout the town. Brooksby Farm was hard hit with at least $30,000 lost in apple crop and 450 apple trees being destroyed. FLD: Some localized street flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Pembroke MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Almost every street in the town was littered with debris making many streets impassable. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Plainfield CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: Roads littered with debris. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Plainville CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Several streets were closed from low lying wires and trees. FLD: Some basements were flooded. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Plymouth MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 MET: Wind gusts at the Edison Pilgrim Power Plant were reported as high as 82mph. DAM: Four boats sank and 8 broke from their moorings while seven dragged their moorings. Areas of town were hard hit by trees down. The Municipal building on Court St. had its roof damaged by a downed tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Plympton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Tree damage would take a month to clean up. Several houses had trees down on their roofs. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Portland CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: A very large tree fell on the parsonage and a porch was ripped off on Main street. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Portsmouth RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p24 DAM: There were hundreds of downed trees and a house fire due to downed wires, along with heavy damage to a local business. 25,000 cubic yards of brush collected and chipped. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Princeton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: Several streets were blocked by large tree limbs. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Prospect CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 MET: 5" of rainfall. DAM: A large tree fell across Juggernaut Rd. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Providence RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p26 MET: Winds were measured at 60mph. SUR: Some storm surge flooding. Water levels rose 8.6 feet but there was never quite the surge up Naragansett Bay as expected because of the lack of strong southerly winds throughout the storm. DAM: Tree damage not as severe as other points in the state. Trees along residential streets were knocked down. Over 30 trees came down in Roger Williams Park and a large number of treees fell in other parks and parts of the East side. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Provincetown MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p32 MET: Winds were clocked in excess of 90mph. SUR: Tides were 10 feet above normal at height of storm. DAM: Roofs from two Inns blew off. Another Inn lost a portion of its roof and several other buildings had roof damage. Forty-five vessels were thrown ashore and another 38 sank at their moorings. A cinderblock wall was blown over on Commercial St. which was filled with sand and sailboats. Photographer was struck by flying debris from a roof. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Putnam CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 MET: Gusts were estimated at 70mph. DAM: Heavy rain and fallen trees. Storm damage was not nearly as severe as hurricane Diane in '55 which nearly destroyed this town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Quincy MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Norfolk County was not eligible for federal disaster relief funds. Damage mostly limited to downed trees and limbs Some boats were driven ashore and the Quincy Yacht Club lost a portion of its pier. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Randolph MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Though there was no major damage there was minor damage to municipal buildings and one large tree crashing into a home. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Raynham MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Lost power. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Reading MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: Twenty trees were lost with subsequent power outages. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Redding CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Trees were down on many roads. FLD: No major flooding. NOT: 4.66" of rain fell in 17 hours in nearby Georgetown. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Rehoboth MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p58 DAM: Almost 80% of the town's roads were blocked by downed trees and limbs. FLD: Minor flooding FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Revere MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: Not much damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Richmond RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p23 DAM: High winds swept a roof from a Stilson Rd. commercial building causing its partial collapse. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Ridgefield CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 MET: Gusts of 60mph were noted. DAM: Trees were down closing some roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Riverhead NY SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p79 DAM: Trees down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Rochester MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p57 DAM: Non-specified tree damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Rockland MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: About 25 trees were uprooted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Rockport MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 MET: Thatcher Island Light reported 60mph winds. 2.9" of rain was reported with .70 of that falling within just one half hour. DAM: There was not much in the way of heavy boat damage here. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Rocky Hill CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Trees and powerlines were down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Royalston MA (South Royalston) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 MET: Rainfall was measured at 4.3" in 24 hours after having received 6" on Sunday from thunderstorms prior to Bob. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Royalston MA, Templeton MA, Westminster MA, Winchendon MA SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: In these towns there were trees down and sporadic power outages. FLD: Minor flooding. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Salem CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Several roads were impassable and 100% of the power out. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Salem MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 MET: The highest winds were measured at 66mph. DAM: About 10 boats broke loose. There was some minor damage to signs. There was a very large tree down near the Witch Museum. FLD: Some local flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Salisbury MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: A number of lobster pots were washed up on shore but damage was not too severe throughout the northeast tip of Massachusetts. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Salmon CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 DAM: Despite downed trees and powerlines there was no major damage to the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Sandwich MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p33 DAM: Hundreds of trees uprooted. Extreme tree damage in some areas of town (up to a week to restore power). The high school roof was damaged. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Saugus MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 SUR: The storm arrived at low tide so flooding was not a problem. DAM: Several hundred trees of all sizes were down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Saybrook CT (Deep River) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 DAM: There were trees down throughout town. A few roads were hit particularly hard. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Scituate MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 MET: The eye of the storm was noted to pass over Scituate as Bob moved out into Massachusetts Bay. SUR: Not much salt water flooding because the storm came at low tide. Some sand was washed over Central Ave. DAM: Six boats broke loose in the harbor. Two boats sank at their moorings. Not much structural damage. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Sebago Lake region ME SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p74-75 DAM: In the Sebago Lake region several boats were washed ashore and docks damaged. Many trees were down in this region, some across buildings. A stretch of Rte. 116 between Gorham up through East Sebago was closed due to washouts and fallen trees. FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Seekonk MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p58 DAM: Several houses were damaged by fallen trees throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Seymour CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 MET: 6.3" of rain fell during the height of the storm and wind gusts were reported to 40mph. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Shelter Island NY SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p79 DAM: Certainly the worst marine damage was noted at Dering Harbor on Shelter Island. About 53 boats, many 50 feet, were ripped from their moorings END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Shelton CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 DAM: At least six streets were closed to permit removal of trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Sherborn MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: Numerous trees were down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Shrewsbury MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: There were trees down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Simsbury CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Several roads completely closed at the height of the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Somers CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: On Pine Croft Farm one quarter of the corn crop and perhaps the entire bean crop was damaged. It was felt that the damage was as great as it was in hurricane Gloria. Large trees blocked several roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Somerset MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p58 SUR: Some boats broke loose with the quickly rising and lowering tidal surge. Some flooding downtown. DAM: There were a number of downed trees and powerlines. Most boats withstood the onslaught of the storm. The roof at the Jr. high school was damaged where domes were torn off. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: South Hadley MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 DAM: Twenty streets were closed due to trees and heavy limbs having fallen. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: South Kingstown RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p23 SUR: Tidal surge weakened bridge. DAM: Large tree fell on roof of library. Twenty-five vessels grounded. $100,000 damage at marina. Minor damage to the high school and elementary school. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Southampton NY SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p79 DAM: Residents evacuated. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Southborough MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: At least 50 trees were down throughout town and a large oak tree landed on a residence doing considerable structural damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Southbridge MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: There were trees down throughout the town. No other major damage was noted. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Southbury CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: A dozen trees fell throughout town. FLD: There were some washouts of dirt roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Southington CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 MET: 3.98" of rain fell. DAM: 32 trees fell to the ground, considerably less than in Gloria. FLD: Some freshwater flooding in low lying areas. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Southold NY (Cutchogue, New Suffolk) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p79 DAM: A good deal of crop loss and tree damage at Wickham's Fuit Farm. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Southold NY (Mattituck, Laurel) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p79 DAM: Trees were down throughout these hamlets. No major injuries or severe damage. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Southold NY (Orient, East Harbor) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p79 DAM: Several boats were pulled from moorings or swamped. Trees were down throughout the town. An historic buttonwood tree lost half of its branches. It was felt that the tree damage was greater than in Gloria. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Southold NY (Peconic) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p79 SUR: Much debris on beaches and beach erosion. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Spenser MA SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: Tree debris was down throughout the town and the two most heavily damaged streets were still closed on Tuesday morning. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Stafford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Three roads were impassable. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Stamford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 DAM: Power outages in parts of the city. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Sterling MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66 DAM: Sterling suffered tree damage and the orchards lost about 15-20% of their crops. At least 40% of the apple crop was lost. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Stonington CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 MET: Stonington was the closest point in CT to the eye of the storm which passed 40 miles to the east. DAM: Most of the damage from the storm was limited to downed trees and power off. No major damage in the harbor itself. Farmers in Stonington reported that their corn had been somewhat late due to dry weather and did not sustain damage as heavy as in other areas. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Stonington CT (Mystic) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 MET: The highest winds were reported at 78mph and the barometer dropped to 28.85 at 1:40pm. Winds at the Ram's Island Yacht Club gusted to 70mph at 1:30pm but were from the NE. SUR: The storm surge did not arrive until 34 minutes later at 2:14pm. Some seawater flooding. DAM: But there was not much damage to the seaport. Four large trees had been ripped up in town and streets were littered by tree limbs. Noank was protected by Mason's Island in that direction. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Stoughton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: The damage was limited to tree and powerline damage. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Sudbury MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: Thirty-five trees were down throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Sudbury MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 DAM: Several houses and cars were damaged by the storm. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Swampscott MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 MET: The peak gusts were recorded at 70mph with rainfall at 2.55". DAM: Damage consisted mostly of downed trees and a few utility poles. A large tree did damage a residence and a weathervane was knocked off a restaurant. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Swansea MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p58 SUR: The tidal surge which came up very fast (within 20 minutes) flooded parts of the town. DAM: Over 2000 trees were downed by winds throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Taunton MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Lost power. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Thompson CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: There were trees down throughout the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Thompson CT (Quinebaug) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 FLD: Despite the heavy rains, there was no significant flooding. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Tiverton RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p24 SUR: There was a 6 ft. storm surge that came after winds had shifted "but was not as severe as it could have been." A 100lb boulder was thrown into a house that sits 16 ft. above normal high water. DAM: One cabana blown one half mile from its foundation into a marsh, another house was thrown into the river. A 60' weeping willow tree fell blocking traffic. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Topsfield MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 DAM: There was a good bit of rain but more damage when the winds shifted to the northwest after 5pm. There was extensive damage to trees and utility poles in some sections of town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Trumbull CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 MET: 4.72" of rain fell. Wind gusts were measured at 52mph. FLD: There was some urban flooding due to heavy rains. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Truro MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p32 MET: An unofficial gust was recorded at 102mph. SUR: The highest winds came at low tide so beaches were saved from further damage. DAM: Truro lost many large and old trees along with many of the shallow rooted locust. A substantial portion of a restaurant roof was lost along with the roof of a condo. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Tyngsboro MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: Most damage was secondary to trees being down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Uxbridge MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: There was damage from limbs and trees being downed. FLD: There was some localized urban flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Vernon CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Power outages, otherwise no major damage. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Wakefield MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: A number of unhealthy trees were knocked down in the storm but fewer than in Gloria. A roof was torn off above a restaurant and barber shop. FLD: Only minor flooding due to dry weather prior to the storm. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Wallingford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: As many as 40-50 trees fell throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Walpole MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: One hundred and twenty trees fell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Waltham MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 MET: Heavy rains accompanied the high winds. DAM: Several streets were closed due to downed trees. FLD: There was no major flooding FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Wareham MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p57 MET: Winds gusting to 105mph. SUR: Winds drove storm surge up particularly to Swifts Beach where several homes were ripped from their foundations, 12 knocked from their foundations, 12 beyond repair. Boat and other flooding related damage. DAM: At least 30 year round homes and 60 summer homes declared unlivable by the building inspector. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Wareham MA (Onset) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p57 MET: Wind gusts were unofficially reported at 105mph. DAM: Spared major damage to homes and buildings though flooding and inevitable tree damage throughout town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Warren RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 MET: Winds were estimated to be 75mph. SUR: Storm surge related flooding. DAM: Trees were downed throughout the town blocking roads. Windows were blown out in the town hall. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Warwick RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 SUR: Most of damage due to flooding from sea wall being topped by water. DAM: Trees were down and those standing were tattered by the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Waterbury CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Throughout the town there were trees down. FLD: The roof of the soup kitchen collapsed from the heavy rains. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Waterford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p68 DAM: Trees were down throughout the town. A few boat casualties. FLD: There were some washed out roads secondary to freshwater flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Watertown CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Black Rock State Park was closed. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Watertown MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: A portion of the back roof at Arsenal Mall was torn away at the height of the storm. Trees were down throughout town. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Wayland MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p63 DAM: At least 5 houses were hit by falling trees which also blocked all of the main roads. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Webster MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p64 DAM: At least 25 trees were down throughout the town with several houses being damaged. FLD: There was no flooding in Webster Lake because it was 18" below normal before the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Wellesley MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: Trees down at the height of the storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Wellfleet MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p32 MET: Winds were reported at 88mph. DAM: 25-30 boats damaged. Trees were lost throughout the town. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: West Bolyston MA (Oakdale) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 FLD: Rainfall was heavy enough to cause a sudden 6" rise in water levels. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: West Boylston MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: There were at least 10-12 large trees throughout the town that were down and two homes were damaged. Local farmers were heavily hit by the winds with upwards of 70% of their crop damaged. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: West Greenwich RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 DAM: Most of damage was trees and limbs being down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: West Hartford CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 DAM: Some roads were closed due to downed trees. FLD: Some minor urban flooding occurred. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: West Haven CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 DAM: There were a few scattered trees down throughout town. FLD: Some freshwater flooding. The city sewer could not handle all of the rain that fell. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Westboro MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 DAM: There were trees down throughout the town and some roads were blocked. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Westbrook CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p71 DAM: Loss of power. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Westerly RI (Watch Hill) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p23 SUR: Several boats washed ashore. Flooding downtown at height of storm. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Westfield MA SRC: Mensinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p66. MET: Westover Airforce Base recorded 3.66" of rain and wind gusts to 58mph. DAM: Many lost power as trees and limbs were down. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Westford MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p62 DAM: Damage mostly limited to trees and limbs down. FLD: Most of the flooding was of the urban variety and receded quickly after the rain. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Weston CT, Westport CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: There was fairly heavy damage to the corn crop at Buster's farm and at least 21 roads blocked. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Weston MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 DAM: There were hundreds of trees uprooted throughout the town. About a half a dozen houses throughout the town had trees on their roofs. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Westport MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p58 SUR: Several seaside homes were damaged or destroyed. One in particular was moved a quarter mile from its original site. DAM: A number of trees down. A large barn which had been at different times a general store, Post Office and a Stagecoach Stop was destroyed by the winds of Bob. At least 30-35 boats were capsized or grounded. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Wethersfield CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p70 MET: 4.73" of rainfall. FLD: No significant flooding. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Weymouth MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p60 DAM: Weymouth suffered mostly tree damage. Sixty to sixty-five trees were damaged. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Whitman MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p59 DAM: Streets were blocked and houses damaged by fallen trees. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Willimantic CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 FLD: Very heavy rains which caused urban flooding. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Winchester MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 MET: Heavy rain occurred at the height of the storm. DAM: The boat club had some minor damage with a few boats being overturned. FLD: No significant flooding. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Windham CT (North Windham) SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 FLD: Several boats were swamped by the heavy rain. END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Windsor CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: Rte. 75 was blocked by a large fallen tree. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Windsor Locks CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 MET: Winds reportedly gusted to 55mph and rainfall totalled 4.05". DAM: Trees and limbs were down throughout town. No major damage. FLD: Some freshwater flooding in basements. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Woburn MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p61 MET: Rainfall was reported at 3.5". DAM: There was tree damage throughout the town. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Wolfboro NH, Lakes region NH SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p74 DAM: There were trees down in the Lakes region. Several buildings were hit by falling trees in Wolfboro. There were other areas where trees were knocked down with winds coming up and over the Osipee Mountains. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Woodbury CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p72 DAM: Power outages and a 100 year old oak fell across Westwood Rd. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Woodstock CT SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p69 DAM: Orchards lost one quarter to one half of crop. FLD: Some cellar flooding. FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Woonsocket RI SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p25 MET: Three and a half inches of wind-driven rain. DAM: Trees downed. Town was spared major damage. Most of debris cleaned up within hours after storm. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Worcester MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p65 MET: At the height of the storm winds gusted to 69mph with sustained winds at 40mph and a rainfall of 4.47". DAM: There were 300 trees down throughout the city, another 300-400 lost large limbs and at least 35 trees landed on residential houses. FLD: There was some urban flooding. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1991 LOC: Yarmouth MA SRC: Minsinger, Hurricane Bob, 1992, p32 DAM: Throughout the town there was heavy tree damage, over 1300 town-owned trees fell. At the height of the storm, a large section of the pool roof at a motel collapsed which was the most significant example of structural damage during the storm. One hundred boats were driven ashore. The golf course lost close to 2000 trees. Docks were damaged. FSC: F2 END: HUR: N1996 LOC: Barnstable MA (Hyannis) SRC: Boston Globe 9/3/1996 p.A1 DAM: "In Hyannis, Edouard blew the new roof off the Fire Department. 'It sounded like a railroad going through here,' said Capt. John Grant. The loss was estimated at $50,000." NOT: F-scale reduced by 1 class because of new construction. FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1996 LOC: Cape Cod SRC: Boston Globe 9/4/1996 p.B1 DAM: "Throughout much of the mid-Cape yesterday, large fallen trees were the exception. By late afternoon, most of the leaves and branches that had carpeted the streets and lawns had been cleared away." FSC: F1* END: HUR: N1996 LOC: Martha's Vineyard MA SRC: Boston Globe 9/3/1996 p.A1 MET: "On Martha's Vineyard, wind gusts up to 70 mph and heavy rain plagued the island for much of the morning." DAM: "Tree limbs, downed power lines and debris littered the roads, and ferry service was postponed until evening." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1996 LOC: Mattapoisett MA, New Bedford MA, Scituate MA SRC: Boston Globe 9/3/1996 p.A1 DAM: "Besides the Cape, power outages were concentrated in coastal areas as far north as Scituate and as far south as New Bedford. The Mattapoisett area was hard hit, but overall the Bay State fared well." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1996 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Boston Globe 9/3/1996 p.A1 MET: "Top winds gusted to about 80 mph on Nantucket, barely hurricane strength, as Edouard lost force and edged its way east, away from land." DAM: "Still, winds and rain lashed Nantucket, felling a historic elm tree, beaching boats and stranding vacationers ... On Nantucket, about 15 boats were flung on the beach after breaking their harbor moorings, and a historic 100-foot elm tree was toppled on Main Street." FSC: F1 END: HUR: N1996 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Boston Globe 9/3/1996 p.C8 MET: Gordan McClay (Coast Guard): "It has definitely been nasty here all day ... The wind was a steady 50 knots ... But we're getting through it OK." SUR: "the surge may have been 4 feet" END: HUR: N1996 LOC: Nantucket MA SRC: Boston Globe 9/4/1996 p.B1 DAM: "The streets, littered with branches and leaves on Monday, were wet but generally cleared." FSC: F0 END: HUR: N1996 LOC: New England SRC: Boston Globe 9/3/1996 p.A1 MET: "There was little rain or wind from Boston's western suburbs to Worcester." SUR: "There was some coastal flooding." DAM: "Utility companies reported about 65,000 people in New England lost power for a time, 35,000 of them on the Cape and islands. As of last night, about 22,500 customers were still without power in southeastern Massachusetts and on the islands." FSC: F0* END: