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Letter describes the hurricane of 1938

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This letter detailing the 1938 hurricane was recently shared with the newspaper.

    Albert T. Stearns lived on Mathewson Road in 1938, and was at work in his Providence camera and paint store the day the ill-famed hurricane of 1938 rolled ashore in Rhode Island. Mr. Stearns wrote this letter to his daughter, Mary (Stearns) Chaffee, describing what happened in Providence during the storm and the [...]

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