1766 Hurricane

A hurricane and flood in Fort Ghaut. Fort Ghaut is undermined, half of Plymouth is destroyed. Houses are washed away with many dead and something like 200 homeless. Ships in the Plymouth roadstead were blown ashore. Planters were forced to provide slave labor to rebuild roads and bridges.

Source: https://goo.gl/3p81iG

country: 
Montserrat
category: 
Hurricanes
year: 
1766

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