| Show Esther Lashes New Spreads Ruin BOSTON Hurricane Esther unleashed its fury of winds and rain on southern New-England Thursday and women and children fled flood AT LEAST persons on storied Cape including President Kennedy's two were evacuated inland or to higher ground Nearly 5 million persons in New England weathered or were in the path of the tropical storm which packed winds up to miles an AT LEAST one death was attributed to the Fred of was killed when his truck skidded on the rain slicked Massachusetts turnpike at and plunged off a railroad The hurricane lashed eastern Long and into New England on the anniversary of one of the worst hurricanes of The hurricane of 1938 killed persons and caused million Tides as much as 12 feet above normal were predicted along the southern coast of Cape Cod from which most vacationers already had departed following the Labor Day THE HURRICANE was the first to be discovered by a The storm first was detected by Satellite Tiros III earlier this month as it was gaining momentum over the Middle As it zeroed in on New the hurricane battered eastern Long The town of Montauk on Long Island was cut off and waves crashed across parts of the summer resort of Fire Hurricane warnings were extended from Main to the Canadian maritime Winds up to 80 miles an hour and heavy rams were forecast for Thursday night in eastern Nova eastern New and Prince Edward |
