Prepared for Hurricane Connie-Owners of small craft anchored in Hingham Harbor start pulling the boats ashore after Weather Bureau alerted coastal areas of southern New England for possible issuance of a hurricane warning within 24 to 36 hours. Alert was given while the hurricane-moving slowly northward-was 300 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N. C.
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Prepared for Hurricane Connie-Owners of small craft anchored in Hingham Harbor start pulling the boats ashore after Weather Bureau alerted coastal areas of southern New England for possible issuance of a hurricane warning within 24 to 36 hours. Alert was given while the hurricane-moving slowly northward-was 300 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N. C.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1955]

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

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