TABLE A-1 (cont'd) 



Date of Hurricane 



1936, Sept. 19 



Classifi- Foot 

 cation (l) Notes 



1938, Sept. 21 



I9UO, Sept. 2-3 

 19hO, Sept. 11-18* 

 I9U3, Oct. 17 

 19hh, Ai;ig. 3-U 



19kh, Sept. Jh 



(3) 

 (3)(W 

 (3)(U 

 (3)(ii) 



Remarks (2) 



"Worst coastal storm 

 in years swept Rhode 

 Island shores; tor- 

 rential rainfall and 

 gale winds." Greatest 

 intensity felt at New 

 York. 



At Providence the tide 

 rose to 15.7 feet above 

 mean sea level. Record 

 flood of recent times. 

 "It was and is the 

 greatest disaster of 

 any nature that has 

 ever befallen this State." 

 (R. I.) 



This hurricane passed by 

 at sea South of Nantucket. 



Followed northeasterly 

 path east of C^e Cod. 



Passed east of Cape Cod, 

 moving due north. 



Moved northeasterly, 

 along path south of Long 

 Island and Nantucket. 



At Providence the tide 

 rosQ to 9.9 ft. above 

 mean sea level. "Storm 

 came at ebb tide." Trees 

 were uprooted, telephone 

 and electric lines were 

 blown down, pavements 

 ripped up and b\iildings 

 flooded . 



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