1 40 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/90224/archive/files/e446107414b5b110b8c6b3bed03c91c8.mp3?Expires=1792627200&Signature=LS%7EDAzcQQoORkC8ecWPhRq-NiKrsoXHw-ZEmfAJaGr2OKT3MV%7EYxLwf1yE1W51cxF4xCRq3qlieOYjFVqfxmZZnERSqwC2qlYqSy5nKopegA2ZU4bw92Xy%7EUF%7EqWP5GglIPHnDpABI0yFX%7E5jmKQb2q4O7aiyzJgE4jSpUpYhISCbM-iwRWnNqk2renJ-Bx715mJ4CnZfYRRCIfsW6U9mMoC0EM3E7153mqhcNsZlyy-k5O6j1H%7EB7aTf8lQUbS5BDca8HXIghIQPNaL%7E1Nuv0hRUvLU2SjYVl2YcZ%7E-ccw%7E29A8dQi%7EfJQ0v1rdmkIR85kffe%7EmJSEnWkCURU2LvQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM dac752c0f9ae3d4d5459ee3de84d7d31 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buncombe County Special Collections Historical Archives & Publications Description An account of the resource Collection of archival material and historical publications pertaining to past floods in Western North Carolina which are held by Buncombe County Special Collections, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, NC. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Buncombe County Special Collections Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Buncombe County Special Collections Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound George Roberts: In 1916 we had a big flood in Asheville. We were living on Girdwood Street at that time. Zoe Rhine: So you saw it all from right there. GR: And my mother took my two brothers, Lee and Roy, and myself and I believe four boys, course she had a baby in her arms, and we stood in front of Westmoreland’s store [Benjamin Westmorland], on West Haywood Street, and watched the French Broad River take the Smith Bridge away. ZR: You saw that! GR: I saw that thing go to hell. Now the railroad trestle withstood all the flood—it never washed away. And the railroad trestle was not too old. By the way, my father ran the first locomotive across that trestle. My uncle was the conductor. Charlie Robinson was the conductor, as I’m told, was the conductor on that. But we moved out there in that section. . . ZR: So you watched houses and everything going down that river. GR: Oh yea, the river took everything. The water was five or six feet deep around the depot section. ZR: We have photographs of it, but it would be hard to imagine otherwise, as the damage was so great. GR: Well, interesting thing, people say well, Lake Toxaway, south of here in Transylvania County. The damn washed away. Everybody said, “if it hadn’t been for that dam washing away and that water coming down the French Broad River, we never would have had this flood.” But the water doesn’t flow this way from Lake Toxaway—it flows south. Into South Carolina. So it wouldn’t have had anything to do with it. ZR: So that dam broke before it got here? GR: During the '16. Yea, it was district wide. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Audiocassette recording Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:01:58 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Roberts on the Flood of 1916 Subject The topic of the resource Oral histories Description An account of the resource This is an excerpt of an oral history interview with George Marion Roberts, Sr. (1911-2011). He was interviewed by Zoe Rhine at his home on April 20, 2004. George Roberts grew up in the West End at 21 Girdwood Street. He briefly remembers watching Smith's Bridge washed away by the French Broad River, and mentions the Lake Toxaway dam failure in Transylvania County that took place around the same time. This is a 2-minute selection of an 80-minute interview (MS081.002B) held by Buncombe County Special Collections. <a href="https://7039.sydneyplus.com/archive/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAEM&record=adc7af71-196e-410f-8d2a-1cad2e7479d6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Additional information is available from BCSC. </a> <a href="https://archive.org/details/ms-081-002-b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Listen to the full recording on the Internet Archive.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George M. Roberts Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Buncombe County Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 20, 2004 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Audio Recording Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MS081.002B Flood of 1916 Oral histories