Many older residents related a heavy downpour they received in
September 1947 to the Storm of 1913. With the recent inundated rain
in memory, the storm and its aftermath were recalled. Farmers were
the hardest hit by the 1913 storm. It was predicted that many
Beaufort County growers would find it difficult to finance a new
start. The 1913 Mayor Kugler and Street Commissioner McDevett were
praised for their work in getting things back toward normal. Another
story from 1913 recounted how Captain E. H. Derrickson of the barge
Berks was afloat on a raft for 24 hours after his barge sank between
Gull rock and Bluff Shoal in Pamlico Sound. |