Hard Rain Leaves Washout Deep Enough to Bury Horses in Hickory, September 1920

The hard rain yesterday afternoon filled the gutter on Ninth avenue just beyond Clay's foundry and caused a washout under the concrete sidewalk large and deep enough to bury a couple of horses. The water poured over the sidewalk and the ground was sucked out by the swirl and carried off by the flood. The damage is being repaired. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, September 25, 1920.)