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The News & Observer
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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A severe storm struck Apex, N.C., on March 3, featuring hail, thunder, and a tornado that unroofed planing mills, demolished a forage barn, lifted a school building off its pillars, killed two cows, and caused widespread damage to houses and windows.
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Three Planing Mills Unroofed, and Negro Normal School Lifted From its Pillars.
Apex, N. C., March 4.—Last evening (3rd) the whole heavens were charged with electricity. A dense fog shrouded the earth, the frequent jars and constant roar of thunder a few miles away were evidences of something unusual.
Then came a sudden downpour of hail. In two or three minutes the ground was covered with hail-stones from the size of partridge eggs down. This lasted for only a few minutes.
Then came a lull—to continue for a short time—a half hour perhaps. A storm-cloud came from another direction—southwest—accompanied by wind, rain and hail. A tornado was on us. Timorous women and stout men trembled, glass windows were shattered and blown in, chimneys blew down, houses were unroofed, and in some cases utterly demolished.
The planing mills of the Apex Lumber Company were unroofed, the immense smoke stack to their furnace carried away.
The new negro Normal School building was lifted from its pillars and now sits flat on the ground.
The very large forage barn of Mr. J. A. Norris is utterly wrecked. Numerous other buildings were unroofed and glass windows broken without number.
Two milk cows were crushed by falling stalls. The oldest inhabitant says he never knew March to behave so ugly.
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Apex, N. C.
Event Date
Last Evening (3rd)
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two milk cows crushed by falling stalls. planing mills unroofed, smoke stack carried away, negro normal school building lifted from pillars and sits flat on ground, forage barn utterly wrecked, numerous other buildings unroofed, glass windows broken without number.
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A terrific storm with electricity, dense fog, thunder, hail, lull, then tornado from southwest with wind, rain, hail. Windows shattered, chimneys blown down, houses unroofed and demolished. Apex Lumber Company planing mills unroofed, immense smoke stack carried away. New negro Normal School building lifted from pillars. Mr. J. A. Norris's large forage barn wrecked.