In the severe thunder storm which struck over this city, Albemarle Sound and Nags Head last Friday afternoon, lightning struck the out-buildings at Nags Head Coast Guard Station and killed a fine young mare belonging to Surfman Ellis Midgett. The horse ha been purchased only a few days before the storm.
People spending the summer at Nags Head were frightened at the 50-mile gale which swept the coast. It is seldom that such a severe wind visits Nags head, and the summer residents were shaken out of their accustomed sense of security.
About 35 passengers, bound for Nags Head on the steamer “Trenton” had the scares of their lives when the squall struck about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The gale lasted for over an hour with great velocity, and heavy seas sweeping the vessel, caused the passengers much fear for their safety. Some were screaming and reading their Bibles, and others were praying for the first time in many a day. The storm held few terrors for natives of the coastland to whom such occurrences are commonplace, but people from inland were in great distress, which was somewhat increased by a preacher from the up country, who thought his time had come, and engaged all hands in a lengthy prayer.
From The Independent, Elizabeth City, Friday, July 13, 1923
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