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Monday, July 24, 2023

Herbert Phillips' Pack House Struck by Lightning, July 24, 1923

Pack House Is Destroyed

A pack house on the farm of Mr. Herbert Phillips located on the Stantonsburg road about eight miles from Wilson was destroyed by fire last evening about 9:30. The house was struck by lightning, the fire resulting. A quantity of cured tobacco stores in the building and a large quantity of hay stacked against the building on the outside were destroyed. An automobile standing under the shed of the building was saved.

From the front page of The Wilson Times, July 24, 1923

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