high as those experienced on the west. In the area extending fran 

 East Providence to Sakonnet Point (Areas IV, V, Vn), including 

 the communities of Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts in the 

 Mount Hope Bay area (Area Vi), flood damages amounted to a total 

 loss of over $23,000,000. On this side of the bay over 2,200 

 homes were damaged by tidal flooding, and of that number 19$ were 

 either totally destroyed or wrecked beyond repair. Of the 265 

 commercial establishments damaged along the coast, 26 had not re- 

 sumed operation at the time of the survey in 19$S, The combined 

 residential and commercial losses amounted to over $17,000,000. 

 Industrial damage along the coast was also heavy. A total of 20 

 concerns sustained damages amounting to a loss of $l4.,760,000. 



Similar to the situation on the west side of the bay, the 

 heaviest losses occurred in areas located in the upper portion of 

 the bay, from Bristol northward. Severe damage was inflicted on 

 coastal property in East Providence, Barrington, Wari^n, and 

 Bristol (Area TV), representing about UO percent of the loss on 

 the east side. The East Providence shore suffered heavy damages. 

 Two boat yards and a yacht club were demolished and heavy damage 

 was caused at two oil refineries. The Cook Tarn Company and the 

 Washburn Wire Company, flooded with 7 to 8 feet of water, ex- 

 perienced heavy losses. 



"Warren and Bristol, exposed to tidal flooding from both Nar- 

 ragansett and Mount Hope Bays, were particularly hard hit. The 

 water supplies of both comiaunities were interrupted for a con- 

 siderable period of time after sea water poured over the Child 

 Street Dike in Warren and contaminated the Kickerauit Reservoir. 

 Destruction was intense throughout the Bristol Harbor area. A 

 considerable amount of damage was caused in the harbor by heavy 

 debris x-/hich battered shore installations. Damage was especially 

 heavy at the Bristol Boat Yard in the northeast corner of the 

 harbor. A low marsh area near the mouth of Silver Creek at the 

 upper end of the harbor was extensively flooded and remained 

 under water for a considerable length of time due to clogged 

 culverts. The Collins and Aikens Corporation, maniifacturers of 

 yarn and cloth, with factories involved in severe tidal flood- 

 ing in both Barrington and Bristol, sustained one of the highest 

 individual industrial losses in the upper bay area. 



Losses in the Mount Hope Bay towns of southern Massachusetts 

 amounted to $5,^00,000 (part of Area Vi), Overflow of the tidal 

 reach of the Taunton River extended inland as far as the town of 

 Dighton, causing damages to waterfront installations and residen- 

 tial property in Somerset, Berkley, Freetown, and Assonet. The 

 Brayton Point area in Somerset was hard hit and the Somerset 

 Yacht Cl\ib was coiapletely destroyed, Swansea and Fall River 



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