Storm Hits Wilmington, Smashes Windows, Tears Down Signs, Power Lines, Car Tops, Nov. 16, 1925

Wilmington Is Hit by Terrific Wind Storm. . . Plate Glass Windows Smashed, Signs Torn Down and other Damage Done

Wilmington, Nov. 15—Plate glass windows in several downtown business establishments were blown out, business house signs disarranged and torn from their fastenings, automobile tops ripped up and otherwise damaged and power lines were torn from their moorings in various sections of the city by a terrific wind and rain storm that struck a few minutes before 6 o’clock tonight. The plate glass windows in Elvington’s Drug store were blown completely out and display merchandise swept from the window across the sidewalk and into the street. The wind, which assumed gale like proportions, subsided almost as quickly as it arose. A deluge of rain followed.

Eight Florida-bound yachts put into Banks channel, Wrightsville Beach, late in the afternoon in quest of shelter from the mountainous seas that were running outside. The Evelyn K. of Schenectady, grounded in making the inlet and remained hard and fast until moved by the tide. She was damaged to some extent and had to be towed to a berth in the pier. Included in the batch of yachts were the Evelyn K., Tiger and Siliture of Philadelphia, Muttches of Rochester, and Hajo of New York City. Skippers of the boats say they will remain in the channel until the storm abates.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Nov. 16, 1925

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