Suffolk, July 27—The fury of a northwest storm filled with rain and hail and twisting wind swept down upon the village of Nansemond, five miles from Suffolk, shortly before 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon, felled trees, unroofed houses, and laid waste to crops on a path 1,000 yards wide and several miles long. The storm was 10 minutes in speeding on its way, but it left tremendous damage in its wake.
A few minutes before the storm struck the little village of Nansemond was bathed in sunshine. In half an hour from the first drop of rain, the sun was shining again, but Nansemond farmers had in that interval lost thousands of dollars in damage to crops, several homes were wrecked, and the road through the village was strewn on either side with uprooted trees and debris.
From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., July 27, 1925
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