Hurricane Hazel struck northeastern
South Carolina on October 15, 1954. The eye
of Category 3 storm made landfall with 125
mph winds at 12:00 p.m. The eye of storm
passed west of Raleigh with 90 mph or
greater winds about 5:00 p.m. The Raleigh
Fire Department experienced one of its
busiest weekends, answering the following
telephone calls on Friday, October 15:
- 8:05 a.m., 23 Bragg Street, electric
wire, no damage
- 10:04 a.m., 1206 Park Drive, rug on
fire, damage un-estimated
- 11:30 a.m., 20 E. Cabarrus Street,
electric wires, no damage
- 1:40 p.m., 714 Glenwood Avenue,
electric wires, no damage
- 2:05 p.m., Lenoir and Salisbury,
electric wires, no damage
- 2:35 p.m., Colleton Road, house,
damage not estimated
- 3 p.m., 500 S. Salisbury Street, tree
on auto, damage no estimated
- 3:55 p.m., Carolina Buck Company, use
of ladder needed
- 6:40 p.m., 400 block Oberlin Road,
electric wires, no damage
- 7:15 p.m., 908 Fayetteville Street,
oil stove, no damage
- 8:40 p.m., Cabarrus and Cutler,
electric wires, no damage
- 9 p.m., S. East Street, electric
wires, no damage
- 10:15 p.m, 500 block Salisbury Street,
tree on fire, no damage
- 10:53 p.m, 128 N. Harrington Street,
inspection
- 11:30 p.m., Bloodworth and Edenton
Street, inspection.
Calls on Saturday included:
- box 313 alarm at 7.31 a.m., Manly and
Pugh Streets, oil stove, no damage
- telephone call at 2:10 p.m., Mullins
Lane, electric wires, no damage
- box 241 alarm at 5:32 p.m., Martin and
State Streets, oil stove, damage not
estimated
- telephone call at 7:17 p.m., 2931 Wade
Avenue, electric wires, no damaged
- telephone call at 8:39 p.m., 109 N.
Boylan Avenue, electric wires, no damage
- telephone call at 8:46 p.m., same as
above
- telephone call at 11:36 p.m., to
Franklin and Person Streets, brush and
smudge pot on fire, no damage.
Sunday's calls included:
- telephone call at 2:45 a.m., 2302 Byrd
Street, electric motor, no damage
- telephone call at 9:05 a.m., 319 S.
Dawson, inspection
- telephone call at 10:12 a.m., Sawyer
Lane, chimney, no damage
- telephone call at 1:40 p.m., 400 block
Peace, bus on fire, no damage
- telephone call at 12:41 to 421 N.
Bloodworth Street, look for lost child
- and telephone call at 2:52 p.m., to 13
Maiden Lane, tree about to fall, no
damage.
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