From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
Back End of Havener House after Cyclone May 22, 1921 ( Cook Photo)
This is an image of part of the interior of the Havener house after the back wall was ripped off by the tornado. The May 26, 1921 issue of The Republican Journal of Belfast reported " Searsport was visited Sunday afternoon by a genuine cyclone, the like of which was never known in this locality..." Many other Searsport structures were devastated by the cyclone as it moved in a sweeping arc from the northwest. As the storm moved out to sea, it did extensive damage to the docks at Mack's Point, which was estimated to run into the thousands of dollars, a substantial amount of money at that time. Amazingly, there were no fatalities and only a few serious injuries during the cyclone. A later article reported that no one was home at the Havener house when the storm struck. The next week's paper, on June 2, mentions the receipt of a telegram by Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Havener in Worcester, MA, informing them "of the destruction of their summer home by the cyclone of May 22." [See also LB2007.1.110111]
