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Subject: [CTNEWLON-L] Re: CTNEWLON-D Digest V01 #225
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 01:21:12 EDT
Hi Lisa and Alice,
I was in the Hurricane of 1938 and I believe it was in September of that
year. The New London Day published a Special Edition afterwards with many
photos. There was one of a fairly large ship that had blown up onto the
railroad tracks on Bank Street next to the Thames River. Bank Street was on
fire but the Fire Trucks could not get through the 4-5 feet of water in the
street. There had been a lot of coal piles and gas stations on that street
that were burning. I clearly remember a picture of a pile of wrecked boats
at Watch Hill. It broke my heart to see all the giant Elm tree coming down.
They used to make tunnels of most of the streets and were so beautiful in the
fall. My friend, John Gula, and I were in the 6th Grade at Nathan Hale
Grammer School that day and were watching the start of the Hurricane from the
window when his folks came in their car to get us. As they drove us home we
could see the Elms falling behind us. The next day when we came back to see
the damage at the school we found a huge steel beam had crushed the row of
seats where we normally sat. The reason I try to describe it so closely is
that it surprises me to this day that I don`t rememberf anyone in New London
getting killed. Maybe some of the old people might remember.
Don Green, San Antonio, Tx
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