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Monserrat - West Indies - after the Hurricane of 1899

Monserrat after the Hurricane of 1899. Montserrat is an island which is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, specifically in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain known as the Lesser Antilles, in the West Indies. The 1899 Atlantic hurricane season featured the longest-lasting tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin on record. The most significant storm of the season was Hurricane Three, nicknamed the San Ciriaco hurricane. Impact was severe in Montserrat, with nearly every building destroyed and 100 deaths reported

Picture No
11008051
Media ID
46668839
Size
5359px x 3466px (3.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Raphael Tuck postcard - West Indian View Postcard' series
Date
1899

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