On the Fourth of July in the year 1898, a freak storm struck Hampton Beach causing nine deaths, many more injuries, and property damage in the thousands of dollars. For more about this terrible and sudden event, read the stories below:

• Cyclone at Hampton

  The Chronicle, July 5 and 6, 1898

• The Ruins at Hampton Beach

  Boston Herald, July 5, 1898, with sketches

• Two Recent Tornadoes

  New England Magazine, 1904

• 40th Anniversary Of July 4th Tornado

• The Hampton Union & Rockingham County Gazette, July 7, 1938

• The Big Tornado of 1898

  By James W. Tucker, "Our Town" column,
  

  Hampton Union, Nov. 15, 1951

• Hampton Beach Swept by Tornado!

  The Beachcomber, July 9, 1976

• The story of the tornado from Peter E. Randall's Hampton: A Century of Town and Beach, 1888-1988
  

  Chapter 2 -- Part 3

• Tornado Kills Nine At Hampton Beach In 1898

• Hampton Union, May 30, 2006