From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
W.R. Gilkey Res., Searsport, Me, after Cyclone May 22, 1921 ( Photo by Cook)
The photo shows the residence of W.R. Gilkey and the devastation from the cyclone of May 1921. 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.
