Before Sandy, the hurricane of 1950 was ‘the worst storm we ever had.’ See list of injured Staten Islanders. | From the vault

A bus is stuck in the sand after the storm of Nov. 25, 1950. (Staten Island Advance) Staff-Shot

Editor’s Note: This is the digitized version of an article that appeared in the Saturday, Nov. 25, 1950 edition of the Staten Island Advance. While the destruction of Hurricane Sandy is fresh in the minds of borough residents today, for Staten Islanders a generation or two older, the hurricane of 1950 was their storm of a lifetime.

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