Dockhouses flood over Seekonk River
The Great New England Hurricane was the first major hurricane to strike New England since 1869. It's estimated that it killed between 600 and 800 people.
The storm formed near the coast of Africa in September 1938 and became a Category 5 hurricane before making landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on New York's Long Island on Sept. 21.
Flood waters were at their crest when this photo was taken on Sept. 21 in Providence, R.I. Dockhouses float or stand inundated near the railroad bridge over the Seekonk River. People and property were swept into the river by wind gusts of up to 186 mph and carried away.
Saturday, Sept. 21, marks the 75th anniversary of the storm that ranks as one of the 20th century's worst storms.
Ferry damaged in the hurricane
A damaged ferry boat sitting in shallow water in Providence, R.I., following the deadly hurricane.
Boats and piers destroyed
Boats and piers at New London, Conn., are a mess of broken wreckage after the hurricanes. Fire at the height of the storm added to the terror and destroyed a quarter of a square mile of the business district. Sights like this were common all along the coast, as new New England faced a cleanup job which took weeks.
Woods Hole, Mass.
The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries building on the south side of Main Street in Woods Hole, Mass., during the 1938 hurricane.
Damaged boats line Connecticut waterfront
In this September 1938 photo, damaged boats line the New London, Conn., waterfront following the deadly hurricane.
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