Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum
Hurricane Camille - August 18, 1969
   Hurricane Camille is said to be the worst storm ever to hit mainland United States. With winds in excess of 200 mph and tides over 20 feet, Hurricane Camille smashed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Sunday night, the 17th of August and continued its devastating path until the early hours of Monday, the 18th.

The photos below were taken within a few days of the storm by Mr. Chauncey Hinman of Gulfport.

(Click on the thumbnails to see larger versions)

Shrimp boats were tossed like toys the Biloxi Beach wasn't the only one to suffer damage
What's left of the Sun-n-Sand Hotel Court & club Koko What's left of 2 local businesses
From mobile homes to houses, everything was lost. the Front gate of Beauvoir, last home of Jefferson Davis
It was liking sweeping the ground when the storm moved thru Front Gate of
Beauvoir on
Beach Blvd.
Historical sites, private homes, businesses and churches. Nothing withstood the brute
force of Hurricane Camille when she swept through town.
Looks like a bomb exploded Not much left of the "Merry Mansion" Some local buildings, like the St. Marks Episcopal Church and Fairchild's Motel, are examples of how fragile our living arrangement is with Mother Nature.
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Mississippi City took some really hard hits. The shot above/right was one of the most beautiful mansions on the Coast.		 St. Marks Episcopal Church Fairchild's Motel ... or what's left of it.

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Page 3 of Hurricane Camille's Destruction