Beach Houses Suffer Heavy Damage in Storm A raging northeaster driving mountainous seas before it swept underpinnings from this house at Popham Beach, Me., Apr. 22 and caused similar damage to property all along the New England coast. At right, a lone coast guard wades the surf on an inspection tour to survey property loss.
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Beach Houses Suffer Heavy Damage in Storm A raging northeaster driving mountainous seas before it swept underpinnings from this house at Popham Beach, Me., Apr. 22 and caused similar damage to property all along the New England coast. At right, a lone coast guard wades the surf on an inspection tour to survey property loss.

Associated Press · [ca. April 1940]

CC0 — Public Domain
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[Information from item housing] Weather: Storms: Before 1950: Wire Photos

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