75 years of tradition on Dorchester Bay

Today's the 75th anniversary of the Hurricane of 1938 smacking New England upside the head. And as you can see from Leslie Jones's photo, it pushed a sailboat or two onto the beach along Dorchester Bay - just like Hurricane Sandy did last year.

The Hurricane of '38 meant crushed cars in Cambridge:

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And it brought down trees in the Public Garden:

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As with Sandy, though, the real damage from the storm was to our south and west, in places like Rhode Island, Connecticut and western Massachusetts:

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More Leslie Jones photos of the Hurricane of '38.

The Great New England Hurricane of 1938:

The hurricane was responsible for 564 deaths and at least 1,700 injuries in Southern New England. Damage to the fishing fleets in Southern New England was catastrophic. A total of 2,605 vessels were destroyed, with 3,369 damaged.

The 1938 Hurricane: A Wind To Shake The World (48 minutes):

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