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Booklet of the Great March Storm

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(1962)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2012.293
Creator(s) Delaware State News
Acquisition

Donated to the Nabb Research Center by Sally Baker, February 2012. 
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Leslie M. McRoberts, December 2018.
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Ash Wednesday Storm CD (2012)

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Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

Booklet produced by the Delaware State News documenting the Great March Storm of 1962 also known as the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962. Featured throughout the publication is a series of images with corresponding news reports on the storm's devastation throughout the coastal Delaware region including Lewes, Rehoboth, and Fenwick Island.

Administrative History

The Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 occurred on March 5–9, 1962 along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. Also known as the Great March Storm of 1962, it was considered by the U.S. Geological Survey to be one of the most destructive storms ever to affect the mid-Atlantic states. Classified as a level 5 or Extreme Nor'easter by the Dolan-Davis scale for the classification of Atlantic Nor'easters it was one of the ten worst storms in the United States in the 20th century. It lingered through five high tides over a three-day period, killing 40 people, injuring over 1,000, and causing hundreds of millions in property damage in six states. The storm also deposited significant snowfall over the Southeast, with a regional snowfall index of 12.663.

Citation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_Storm_of_1962

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Newspapers
  • Location Terms
    • Lewes (De.)
    • Rehoboth (De.)
    • Fenwick Island (De.)

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1. Booklet, Pictorial Report of Delaware Great Storm of March 1962

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