streets of the city. The flood was an unlocked for 

 menace. No one seemed to have thoiight about it. 



NOTE: At Providence, Rhode Island on September 21, the 

 tide rose to 15.7 feet above mean sea level. The 

 maximum one ironute sustained wind velocity was 9$ n^h 

 from the southwest, with a minimum barometer reading 

 of 28.90 inches. 



u, September llj-l^, 19kh - From "The Providence Journal", 

 Providence, Rhode Island. 



"From the time the rain started about 7 J 00 

 p.m. Thiirsday, there was a steadily rising storm 

 tempo, with a few recessions that only saw the 

 beat of the wind and rain come back with greater 

 intensity iintil it was at its height. The Hills- 

 grove Weather Bureau Station registered a wind 

 of k3 miles an hour with gusts of k9 miles an hour. 

 At Newport the wind reached a velocity of 95 miles 

 an hoiir at midnight. The waters did not reach 



the nigh mark of 1938 as the storm cane at ebb 

 tide. The high water mark in Providence was 8 

 feet. The rainfall in Providence measured k'h9 

 inches. Marine disasters have been estimated at 

 approximately ^^7,000 and property damages on 

 land at ^^129, 000." 



NOTE: At Providence, Rhode Island on September II+, the 

 tide rose to 9.9 feet above mean sea level. The 

 minimum barometer reading was 28.51 inches. 



V. September 11, 1950 . From "The Providence Journal", 

 Providence, Rhode Island. 



"Strong, drizzle-laden northeast x\rinds lashed 

 Rhode Island yesterdajy, ripped down electric and 

 telephone lines, biof feted pleasure jcraft and fishing 

 boats and kept the hmrricane-conscious state anxious 

 until nearly midnight. 



"At 11:30 p.m. the Boston Weather Bureau said 

 that the Atlantic hurricane, with winds up to 100 

 nph, was then located 80 miles south-southeast of 

 Nantucket Island traveling in a north-northeasterly 

 direction with a tendency to curve toward the north. 



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