Lumberton, Sept. 18—“I estimate that I have lost $500 as the result of this terrific rain,” said one of Robeson county’s most progressive farmers Tuesday night after the heaviest rain and electrical storm this section has experienced this year. Other damage to trees and roads under construction was done.
The storm Tuesday afternoon began about 5 o’clock and in one hour and 15 minutes the rainfall was 2.35 inches. Practically every street in Lumberton looked as if a young cyclone had struck the trees. Large limbs and small branches alike gave way under the heavy winds, dead leaves and bark being scattered over the streets and yards.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Sept. 19, 1925
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