1938 Hurricane Photographs, Newport, RI, Area - 7

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57. Big	58. The "Desirable Property" was for sale through Gustave J.S. White, 37 Bellevue Ave. Big	59. Big

60. Cliff Walk, Newport Big	61. Ocean Drive, Newport looking towards Brenton Point Big	62. Ocean Drive, Newport looking towards Brenton Point Big

63. Big Wayne Barnes wrote, "very likely the Sakonnet River waterfront area of Island Park, looking west toward Portsmouth, near what is now the intersection of Park Ave. and Fountain Ave. (Park Ave. on the right)."	64. The second house from the left is tipped over on its face Big	65. Probably the Shell Oil Tanker Phoenix Big
According to New England Hurricane; A Factual, Pictorial Record by the Federal Writers' Project, the Phoenix was blown across the river from Fall River and landed in Somerset. The anchor pulled up a telephone cable in the process. 66. Big	67. Below is a regular photograph (not on postcard stock). Possibly Portsmouth. Big 68. Right: Also a regular photo - the name is not legible. Possibly Fall River, it where Battleship Cove now stands. Big

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