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Gulf Coast Breeze
Crawfordville, Wakulla County, Florida
What is this article about?
A severe storm struck eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island on Monday night and Tuesday morning, drowning approximately 20 people and causing $2,000,000 in property damage, including the wreck of the schooner Charles H. Briggs off Little Nahant.
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A Score of People Drowned and Property
Loss Will Reach $2,000,000.
Belated dispatches from Boston
state that a score of persons were
drowned and $2,000,000 loss inflicted
by the storm that swept over eastern
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Mon-
day night and Tuesday morning.
Four unidentified bodies lie in the
coroner's office in Gloucester. Five
more are in Lynn, brought over from
Little Nahant, where the schooner
Charles H. Briggs
was
wrecked.
Twelve unidentified corpses are re-
ported at Baker's island in Salem
harbor.
That there are others in the waters
of the bay seems almost certain.
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Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Eastern Massachusetts And Rhode Island
Event Date
Monday Night And Tuesday Morning
Outcome
a score of persons drowned; $2,000,000 property loss; four unidentified bodies in gloucester; five in lynn from little nahant schooner wreck; twelve unidentified at baker's island; others likely in bay waters.
Event Details
A storm swept over eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, causing drownings and significant property damage, including the wreck of the schooner Charles H. Briggs off Little Nahant.