Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 10, Page 53

A November 25, 1971 article in the Provincetown Advocate by John Bell about the Portland Gale that occurred in 1898 and decimated ships all along the eastern seaboard, many of which were in Provincetown.

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Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Breakwater (West End), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Death, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Portland Gale, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, United States Coast Guard, Bell, John D., Boxell, Althea, and Hurricanes