Severe Thunderstorm in Freeport
8/13/1900
– O. W. Humphrey’s partially built house on Ocean avenue ismoved on its foundation
– Lightning strikes John Golden’s sloop on Freeport Creek near present vicinity of Atlantic avenue
– Wind reaches “cyclonic proportions with large hailstones and drenching rains”
– Crops , trees and structures are damaged but no one is reported injured
