Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Let's Hope the future activities of Hurricane Connie are kinder to New England than they have been elsewhere on the Atlantic seaboard. Top photo shows destructive wrath of the storm along the shore at Wilmington Beach, N. C. Below, water covers the area around 250th Street and Union turnpike in Bellerose, Queens, N. Y., as heavy rain pelts the New York metropolitan area.
Let's Hope the future activities of Hurricane Connie are kinder to New England than they have been elsewhere on the Atlantic seaboard. Top photo shows destructive wrath of the storm along the shore at Wilmington Beach, N. C. Below, water covers the area around 250th Street and Union turnpike in Bellerose, Queens, N. Y., as heavy rain pelts the New York metropolitan area.
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Let's Hope the future activities of Hurricane Connie are kinder to New England than they have been elsewhere on the Atlantic seaboard. Top photo shows destructive wrath of the storm along the shore at Wilmington Beach, N. C. Below, water covers the area around 250th Street and Union turnpike in Bellerose, Queens, N. Y., as heavy rain pelts the New York metropolitan area.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1955]

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[Information from item housing] Weather: Hurricane: Connie, Aug. 1955: Wire Photos

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