From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
Interior Havener Place, Searsport, Me after Cyclone, May 22, 1921 ( Photo by Cook)
This image shows the damaged interior of a parlor at the Havener summer home, formerly the Phineas Pendleton House. The skewed, buckled walls reflect the way in which the Havener House was treated by the tornado. According to the Republican Journal, "The 1859 Phineas Pendelton House ...was lifted eight inches in to the air and dropped back on the foundation." 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.
