"About 6:30 a.m. the down pour and high wind 

 came, riouses rocked. The streets on College riill 

 had ditches washed out in the center 3 feet deep. 

 The rainfall amounted to If inch for the hour 

 between 7:00 and 5:00 a.-m. The average force of 

 the wind was 26 ra.p.h. but gusts reached 50 m.p.h. 

 i*iany trees were destroyed or damaged. According 

 to the City engineer records at Providence the 

 precipitation from the commencement of the storm 

 •was 3»78 inches; barometer 29.Uli. 



"Block Island - The wind shifted to northwest 

 and reached a velocity of 8U m.p.h. Several small 

 boats went ashore on the breakwater. 



"Newport was this week visited by a wind and 

 rain storm which, for intensity and the amount of 

 damage done, has not been equalled for many years. 

 The gale was of comparatively brief duration but 

 in a few hours it accomplished considerable damage. 

 All day Wednesday it was stom^r with considerable 

 rain and the storm continued during the night. 

 About 6:00 Thursday morning there was a decided 

 change. The wind shifted suddenly from the south- 

 east and commenced to blow with great fury. At 

 the same time the rain continued to fall in large 

 quantities. Trees were uprooted, fences blown 

 down, cellars flooded, etc . " 



q. 26 August 192it . From "The Providence Journal", 

 Providence, Rhode Island. 



"Lives were imperilled, vessels blown ashore 

 in Narragansett Bay, hundreds of trees uprooted 

 or damaged, telephone and power service disrupted, 

 and fruit, corn and other crops partially ruined 

 yesterday in the severest summer wind and rain- 

 storm that has visited Providence in many years. 

 Damages totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars 

 was caused. 



"The northeaster, coming up the Atlantic coast 

 from the tropics, hit Rhode Island with almost 

 hurricane force, reaching a maximum of 50 m.p.h. at the 

 Weather Bureau Station here, and r^ed along one Bay 

 and coast territory at an estimated 75 to 80 m.p.h, 

 rate. Waves in sheltered Narragansett Bay were 



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