Standard-Times article on Captain Tilton that was published the day after the hurricane [pdf-embedder url=”http://doris1905.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Capt-Tilton-News-story.pdf”] The complete souvenir publication from the New Bedford Standard-Times [pdf-embedder url=”http://doris1905.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/buzzards-bay-1938-hurricane.pdf”]
On September 21, 1938, around 2pm, The Great New England Hurricane slammed ashore at Suffolk County Long Island at approximately 60 miles per hour. The day would end tragically for many
