Word: misquamicut
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...London, Conn., the element of fire joined the element of wind, raging from 4:30 that afternoon until 11 in the evening. And then there was water-"water, water everywhere," as one witness remembered. By the time the last two-story breaker had crashed over the summer colony of Misquamicut, R.I., only the skeletons of five cottages remained of the 500 houses that had stood there a few hours before...
Slightly farther from the Square (about two to three hours driving) are beaches in the nearby states of Maine and Rhode Island. The water is cold but brisk in Old Orchard and Ogunquit Maine, and Narrangansett, Newport, and Misquamicut, Rhode Island have fine swimming facilities...
...Club were demolished. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney's sculpture studio was torn off its cliff. Mrs. Jock Whitney's aunt, Mrs. John C. Norris and her son John C. Jr., were drowned in their car as they tried to motor from Narragansett Pier. In a house at Misquamicut, ten women holding a church social were drowned...
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