Coolidge Theatre after a hurricane (1950s?)

David on February 26, 2017 at 11:16 am

There are 2 possible storms that could have caused this damage:

1954 August – Hurricane Carol – Category 3- wind gusts of category four strength in southeast Rhode Island and south coastal Massachusetts in the Buzzards Bay area west of Cape Cod. 60 killed. Extreme damage in coastal south Rhode Island and south coastal Massachusetts. Buzzards Bay damage rivaled 1938 storm.

1954 September – Hurricane Edna – second Category 3 hurricane in two weeks in New England made two landfalls, eye over Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod then again on coast of Maine where very severe losses occurred. Winds recorded at the hourly reading at 90 mph New Bedford Airport, New Bedford, Ma; 100 mph at Taunton, Ma. 112 mph at Milton Ma, and 125 mph at Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard Island.

If memory serves, it was hurricane Carol in August of 54.