Record #:

36568

Author(s):

Abstract:

Familiar is how flooding from hurricanes affects Eastern North Carolina; Western North Carolina received relatively little attention. Illustrating the impact the flood of 1916, generated by two hurricanes that crossed this region, is the photo depicting Asheville’s experience. Also noted is the great amount of rainfall, among the heaviest recorded in United States history.

Source:

The Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 12 Issue 3, March 2015, p80 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Archives--North Carolina; Floods--North Carolina, Western; Rainfall--Effects of; Precipitation--North Carolina; Flooding; Hurricanes--North Carolina, Western; Flood damage--Boone; The Great Flood of 1916

Record #:

8672

Author(s):

Williams, Robert L.

Abstract:

In July 1916, after two tropical storms ripped into North Carolina's mountains within days of each other, the Catawba River in Gaston County flooded. Bridges were washed out, mills were flooded, and several buildings were taken downstream. The Southern Railway trestle collapsed on July 16th,and the nineteen men who had been standing on it died. In total, eighty people died and flood damage topped out at $22 million.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 49 Issue 3, Aug 1981, p19-20, il

Subject(s):

Hurricanes--North Carolina, Western