Coinjock Saw Mill, Barrel Factory Burned Down, Dec. 3, 1920

The big saw mill and barrel factory at Coinjock belonging to the Farmers’ Manufacturing Co. burned down last Thursday night and threw about 100 men out of employment, besides entailing a loss of about $6,000 and stopping a monthly payroll of $5,000 or more. This mill was the largest in Currituck county and was a useful asset to the community in furnish employment to many men of both races, besides keeping a great many Currituck farmers supplied with barrels for the shipment of their crops. It will hardly be in operation again before the Summer since it will have to be rebuilt outright. The fire was of undetermined origin. (From The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, December 3, 1920)