Newspapers Relating to Hurricane Carol, 1954

Archive

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Newspapers Relating to Hurricane Carol, 1954

Entry/Object ID

2024.200.027

Scope and Content

Five newspapers relating to the Hurricane of 1954, also known as Hurricane Carol. The Westerly Sun August 31, 1954 Headline: Misquamicut Again Wiped Out; Other Beaches Badly Damaged by Hurricane The Westerly Sun September 1, 1954 Headline: 49 Dead, Damages 300 to 500 Million The Westerly Sun September 3, 1954 Headline: Lack of Refrigeration Creates Meat Problem in N.E. Communities (2 pages) One page of photographs, Westerly Sun September 10, 1954 Westerly Sun Special Hurricane Souvenir Edition, September 1, 1954

Collection

Meeker Collection