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Home → Blog → Westport Hurricanes → Hurricane Carol (1954)

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Jenny ONeill

Marcia Drumwright’s account of Hurricane Carol

My family had a summer home at the very end of Brayton Point. 329 Brayton Point Road. We call it the last house in Massachusetts because there is nothing but ocean in front of us and Rhode Island line is to the left of the house. The house had no heat, no TV, and no […]

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