r. 17 September 1933 . From "The Providence Journal", 

 Providence, Rhode Island. 



"Drenched by heavy rain and swept by wind that 

 reached gale proportions in many sections, Rhode 

 Island took the shock of a raging storm yesterday 

 afternoon as it passed by out at sea on a relentless 

 coxirse up the coast fI^Dm the South Atlantic. 



"As wind and wave subsided, after a day during 

 which surf had pounded hard along the entire shore 

 line of the state, the damage was measured largely 

 in terms of flooded streets and stripped trees, 

 beached boats and weakened docks. Telephone ser- 

 vice was disrupted in many places, transportation 

 facilities were crippled, and many vacation homes 

 of light construction were pierced by the driving 

 rain. 



"After k days of wind and rain, climaxed by 

 the gales of yesterday afternoon, Coast Guardsmen 

 were able to relax their vigil. Town and city 

 employees prepared to clear sand and gravel from 

 the streets that had been flooded. 



"The wind velocity reported in Providence 

 yesterday reached a maximum of 36 m.p.h. at 3 p.m., 

 as compared to velocity of 52 and $0 m.p.h. reported, 

 respectively, at Nantucket island and Block island 

 during the afternoon. 



"From the time the rain began falling in 

 Providence at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday until it ended 

 at 6:17 last night, total precipitation was h'3h 

 (?) inches. The wind velocity ranged from 25 to 

 36 m.p.h. during the day and dropped to 20 last 

 night". 



s. 19 'September 1936 . From "The Providence Journal," 

 Providence, Rhode Island. 



"The worst coastal storm in years swept Rhode 

 Island shores early today, as gales of near-hurricane 

 force piled mountainous breakers on the beaches and 

 torrential rain fell in increasing volume. 



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