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Devastating Virginia Tide Hits Shoreline Areas
Hurricane floods Virginia Beach Cavalier Shores Cape Henry Ocean View and Willoughby Spit with hundreds rescued and ten dead. Two Madison crewmen swept overboard, two white men and six Negroes die on land. Boardwalk ruined, sea walls wrecked, hotels flooded, and Norfolk reports the highest tide on record with widespread damage and $500,000 plus estimates to seafood industry. Coast Guard praised for swift rescues as boats reach stranded residents.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Madison
New York
Lycurgus Lawrence
Edward Corbett
Virginia Beach
Cavalier Shores
Cape Henry
Ocean View
Willoughby Spit
Buckroe Beach
Virginia. Beach
Gay Cavalier
Coast
Willoughby
Coast Guard
C. W. Swanson
Carrabassett
Virginia and
Buckroek Beaches
Two
Venice
Hampton Roads
Back River Light
Newport News