Great New England Hurricane

Title

Great New England Hurricane

Description

In 1938, a hurricane damages many portions of the town including St. Joseph's Church and the New England Pants Factory on Milk Street

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile and History Museum, 1993), 195.

Date

1938

Contributor

freebairn_richard

Collection

Citation

“Great New England Hurricane,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/861.