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Description
All that remains of a beachfront home at Third Beach.The New England Hurricane of 1938 traveled 600 miles in 12 hours,surprising southern New England and causing widespread destruction.In: The New England Hurricane, Federal Writers' Project of WPA, 1938.
Photographer
Archival Photography by Steve Nicklas
Display Date
1938 September 22
Location
Near Newport, Rhode Island
Collection
Weather Service
NOAA Affiliation
NOS
Keywords
Monsters
Hurricanes
Damage