About 9 o’clock Monday morning fire broke out in the colored section of Plymouth and as the wind was blowing a gale and very little water could be gotten, it spread, first to the colored Methodist church, a brick structure, which was completely ruined, then the parsonage was burned, and three other colored dwelling houses. Before the flames could be checked, they had reached a small store and the home of Mr. John Legett, and they were burned down. A few other residences caught, but they were put out before much damage was done. It is reported that the fire started from an A.C.L. train.
From the front page of The Enterprise, Williamston, N.C., June 7, 1921
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