Friday, December 29, 2023

Mandy Hood's Home Lost to Fire, Dec. 28, 1923

Colored Woman Loses House by Fire

Aunt Mandy Hood, a respected old time colored woman who lives near Mr. A.J. Whitley near Smithfield, had the misfortune to lose her house and its entire contents by fire Sunday night. The fire was discovered about 9 o’clock, but too late to save anything.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Dec. 28, 1923

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