TABLE A-1 (cont'd) 



Date of Hiirricane 



1869, Sept. 8 



1877, Oct. k-S 



Classifi- Foot 

 cation (l) Notes 



1878, Oct. 23 



1878, Dec. 10 



1879, Aug. 16-20 



1889, Sept. 10 



1893, Aug. 21; 



(U) 



(2)(U) 



(2)(U) 



Remarks (2) 



Described as "The Great 

 Sept. Gale of I869." 

 Tide rose 6.2 feet above 

 raean high tide in Provi- 

 dence on Sept. 8. (8.6 m.s.l 



"Severe storm of wind 



and rain . The tide 



last evening was very 

 high. Several yachts 

 and boats were sunk." 

 (Newport, R. I.) 



"Severe storm rain 



falling in torrents. 

 Some of the wharves 

 were flooded . " 



"Water in river rose 



very high . V/ind 



went down about an hour 

 before high water . " 



Path followed up coast, 

 passed over Gape Codj 

 no account of damage. 



Accounts of high tides 

 at Newport, R. I. 



"Storm struck N. T. and 

 moved rapidly along to 

 Providence. Rain fell 

 in blinding sheets. 

 Houses shook with the 

 force of the blast." 

 Tide rose 3 ft. above 

 mean high water at 

 Providence. (5.U m.s.l.) 



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