TABLE A-1 



HISTORY OF HUHRICANE TIDAL FLOODING, NARRAGANSETT BAI AREA 



Date of Hiirricane 



1635, Aug. 15 



1638, Aug. 3 



Classifi- Foot 

 cation (l) Notes 



1723, Oct. 30 

 1757, June 30 

 1761, Oct. 2k 



1770, Oct. 19-20 

 1773, August 



1788, Aug. 12 

 I8OU, Sept. 3-9 



(U) 



(U) 



(U) 



(U) 



Remarks (2) 



"Tide at Narragansett Ik 

 ft. higher than orxiinaryj 

 8 Indians drowned." Hit 

 at high tide . 



"Tide flowed twice in 6 

 hours about Narragansett 

 and rose II4. or 15 feet 

 above ordinary spring tide." 

 Probably highest tide ever 

 eaqperienced . 



"Tide one foot higher than 

 ever known before." 



Atlantic coast hurricane, 

 Florida to Boston, Mass. 



"Highest tide into the 

 harbor of Providence that 

 hath been known in the 

 memory of man. " 



"Immense loss of life and 

 property along the coast." 



Passed near Boston, Mass. 

 No record of damage in 

 R. I. 



Affected western New England^ 

 much damage in Conn, and 

 Mass . 



Severe stormj passed over 

 Cape Cod, missing northeast 

 (R. I.). 



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