Whale Rock Preserve has a tragic tie to 1938 hurricane. Now it’s a spectacular coastal hike
NARRAGANSETT – The Hurricane of 1938, with whipping winds and thunderous waves, blew and washed away the top of a lighthouse here, killing Walter B. Eberle, an assistant keeper. His body was never found, and the lighthouse, on an island called Whale Rock, was never rebuilt. I had spotted the tiny island from the tip…