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Hurricanes

A Town-by-Town Review of the Hurricane of 1938 in Rhode Island
5 years ago

A Town-by-Town Review of the Hurricane of 1938 in Rhode Island

[Note from the Editor: The following is a town-by-town review of the impact of the destructive Hurricane of 1938. It was written by writers hired by the Federal government in …
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The Great Gale of 1815 Slams into Newport, Providence and Narragansett
5 years ago

The Great Gale of 1815 Slams into Newport, Providence and Narragansett

The Great Gale of 1815 was one of the three strongest hurricanes ever to hit Rhode Island. Communities throughout the state suffered damage. This article quotes from three histories containing …
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A Letter from Gull Rock, Little Compton: A Story of the Hurricane of 1938
6 years ago

A Letter from Gull Rock, Little Compton: A Story of the Hurricane of 1938

In the summer of 2012, I took on the task of organizing and arranging the library and archive at the Western Rhode Island Civic Historical Society, located in the …
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