Record #:

43220

Author(s):

Bandel, Jessica A.

Abstract:

In July 1916, remnants of two hurricanes dropped nearly 22 inches of rain in western North Carolina in under one day. Hundreds of families were left destitute. A mill complex in Gaston County was completely washed away.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 61 Issue 1, Fall 2021, p18-19

Subject(s):

Floods--North Carolina, Western; Hurricanes--North Carolina, Wester (1916); Floods; Floods--1916