Windstorm Only Lasted Few Minutes but Blew off Tin Roof, Downed Trees, Broke Windows, May 12, 1926

Fayetteville Is Hit by Severe Windstorm. . . Half the Roof of Knights of Pythias’ Building Blown Off—Other Damage Fayetteville, May 10—A windstorm here at 6 o’clock this evening blew half the tin roof off the Knights of Pythias’ building, leveled trees in several parts of the city, smashed two plate glass show windows and extinguished the street lights. Firemen were called out to remove the K. of P. roofing from telephone cables on which it landed when it was blown from the building. The storm continued only for a couple of minutes. From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, May 12, 1926 newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1926-05-12/ed-1/seq-2/