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Atlantic Coast, NY, NJ, NH, CT, MA, RI Hurricane "Long Island Express," Sept 1938

Napatree Point RI Before Hurricane

HURRICANE, FLOODS SWEEP NEW ENGLAND.

296 WERE KILLED IN STORM ALONG ATLANTIC COAST; PROPERTY DAMAGE ENORMOUS.  read more »

New Haven, CT Fishing Boat Accident, Aug 1898

FISHERMEN PICKED UP.

They Had Floated in a Dory for Three Days--Were Nearly Famished.  read more »

Bridgeport, CT Drowning & Rescue, Jan 1945

Helen Olow Pulls Lad, 4, From Pond With Ski—Second Lad, 5, Drowns.  read more »

Winsted, CT Tornado, Sept 1882

A TERRIFIC WIND-STORM.

SEVERAL HOUSES BLOWN DOWN AT WINSTED, CONN.--TWENTY PERSONS INJURED--STORM UP THE HUDSON.  read more »

Wallingford, CT Tornado, Aug 1839

"On Monday, Aug. 7, 1839, a tornado passed over a point not far from the line of the Wallingford storm.  read more »

Glenville, CT Woolen Mills Fire, Jan 1900

FIRE IN HAWTHORNE MILLS.

Connecticut Factory Damaged on Account of Lack of Water.

Special to The New York Times.  read more »

Derby, CT Freshet, Nov 1853

Mr. John Whitlock, a manufacturer of Birmingham, has kept a faithful record of the heights of freshets for the last thirty years, and some of the most notable are here given.  read more »

Bridgeport, CT Tornado, Sept 1876

A CONNECTICUT HURRICANE  read more »

Hartford, CT Storm, Aug 1877

FURIOUS STORM IN CONNECTICUT.

SOMETHING LIKE A TORNADO SWEEPS THROUGH HARTFORD--A HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

Special Dispatch to the New York Times.  read more »

Mystic, CT Train Derailment, Jun 1900

LOCOMOTIVE WAS DERAILED  read more »

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