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New Bern Fire of 1922 Destroys Hundreds of Homes and Churches
A 1922 blaze on the Trent and Neuse riverside devastates nearly 1,000 buildings in New Bern. Fire destroys Queen and Metcalf streets, six blocks pulled down, and two churches burned. The city, racially divided, rebuilds as refugees crowd tent cities along Queen Street while the Bears win 6 0 over Sanford in a football game watched amid the chaos.
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Bern
Bears
Sanford
Riddick Stadium
New Bern
Atlantic
Trent
Neuse
Roper
Riverside
New Bernian
New Bernia
Thomas Blow
Gaston Hotel
King Street
Brownie
McDaniel
Frank Shriner
Henrietta Bryan
George Street
James Bryan
Cedar Grove
Charles Hall
Ball Park
Ao Street
Charlie
Hall
Kinston
Washington
Red” Dill
Isham Hardy
Queen and
Metcalf
Ebenezeer Presbyterian
Pasteur Street
AME Zion
Queen Street
Aes Cross
Ney Alacan
Europe
West Street
Furnifold Simmons
U.S
Simmons
North Carolina
Asheville
Bryans
Kafer Park
Cedar Grove Extension
Queen and George Streets
R. I. Johnson
St. Cyprian’s
Good Shepherd Hospital
Craven County Hospital
Carolina East
Good Shepherd
Kilmarnock