The home of Alice Doxey, 68-year-old colored woman, which is situated at the intersection of Speed street and Culpepper extended, was struck by lightning during the storm Tuesday evening, and top of its chimney, shingles from the roof, and the weatherboarding on one corner were ripped off and splintered, some of the timbers being picked up at a distance of 40 feet from the house.
Alice, old and rather feeble, was alone in the house at the time but though badly frightened, she was not hurt and made her way unassisted to the home of a neighbor.
From the front page of the Elizabeth City Daily Advance, July 9, 1924
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