Science and Nature
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5.5KThe Day it Rained Fish in Providence
On May 15, 1900, it rained fish in the Olneyville section of Providence. Wriggling pout as long as popsicle sticks swirled down...
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4.7KThe Great Gale of 1879 and a Daring Nantucket Rescue
The Great Gale of 1879 showed why Nantucket earned the nickname the Graveyard of the Atlantic. The storm, which began on March...
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5.7KThe Wreck of the Famine Ship St. John (According to Thoreau)
On Oct. 7, 1849, the brig St. John struck Grampus Ledge off the coast of Cohasset during a sudden and furious storm....
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6.9KThe Great Lakeport Fire of 1903 Destroys a New Hampshire Village
Laconia, N.H., suffered several devastating fires over the centuries, but none so damaging as the Great Lakeport Fire of 1903. A fire...
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17.6KThe Cold Storm and Great Freeze of 1857
The Cold Storm and Great Freeze of 1857 prostrated New England during the winter of 1856-57, one of the worst ever. Thirty-two...
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5.0KThe Christmas Blizzard of 1909: ‘The Sea Never Gives Up The Living’
More than 50 people died in the Christmas blizzard of 1909, a two-day storm with disastrous effects from Pennsylvania to Canada. The...
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