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Photo Archivist's Selection of the Month: October 2002

The Hurricane of '38 and the Floods of '54 and '55

Hurricane of 1938	Flood of 1954

Page 3: The Hurricanes Connie & Diane – The Floods of '55

Below are the Stamford related headlines from the paper:

August 13, 1955	August 19, 1955
"Connie" A Wet, Miserably Storm In Stamford Area	Floods Sweep Wide Sections Of State Rain Floods Area Homes, Roads; Eight Darien Families Evacuated

August 20, 1955
State Crippled By Worst Flood Disaster	Number Of Dead May Reach 30, Damage 'Billions'
excerpts from these stories

map from website, click here for site

The Floods of Hurricane Connie and Diane

Washington Boulevard looking north at intersection of West Main Street

Washington Boulevard looking north at intersection of West Main Street

another album selection…

Moscatello Collection


looking southeast towards West Main Street Bridge Redman Chevrolet a right	taken near Main Street Bridge and Redman Chevrolet
	Diamond Ice Company

Blackwood Lane at Wire Mill Road

Blackwood Lane at Wire Mill Road

The Belltown Fire department drove upstate with a truck load of clothes for storm victims
and brought a number of photos back. Here is a selection:


ruined buildings near Beacon Falls	street in Waterbury, two blocks from the river

block of buildings in Naugatuck, ready to be demolished

Photos © Stamford Historical Society

Hurricane of 1938	Flood of 1954

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