The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-09-16
LOSS OF LIFE AND SEVERAL
MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE THE
RESULT OF HURRICANE DONNA
Three Roanoke islanders Die Early Monday In
Flood Waters Near Mays Head Causeway:
s+umpy Point Hard Hit; Mo+eIs. Cottages on
Dare Beaches Destroyed; Flooding in Man+eo
Has Disastrous Results for Stocks of Mer-
chandse

| Winds in excess of 100 miles-an-
hour accompanied by torrents of
rain and raging flood waters left
death and destruction throughout
much of Dare County, the result
of Hurricane Donna's northward
sweep during early morning hours
Monday. Tragedy struck heavy in
many communities leaving families
homeless, disrupting utilities and
curtailing livelihoods.
Three Roanoke Island young
men, one white and two negro, died
the result of drowning near the
causeway leading from Roanoke Is
land to Mays Head. The white
youth, Donald Everett Barnett, 81,
son of Mrs. Nellie Crank Barnett
and the late Seldom Barnett of
Wanchese, and the two colored
youths, Frank Collins and Ben
jamin Mann of Manteo, were en-
route to Norfolk about a am. Mon
day with Oscar Berry when the
car stalled in water crossing the
causeway. Berry went to summon
aid in moving the car. The other
three presumably sought haven in
a nearby cottage which was soon
swept away in rampaging waters
which carried them to their fate.
The body Of Collins was recovered
Tuesday morning; those of Barnett
and Mann in early afternoon about
a quarter mile from the causeway.
The four men, all Coast Guard
personnel, were enroute to duty in
Norfolk area, excepting Mann, who
was scheduled to return to Bermu-
Ga. Frank Collins, q, was a son
of Marshall and the late Mrs. Col
Inns of near Manteo, highly re-
spected colored family; Benjamin
Mann was the son of Mrs. Amy
Mann and the late Luther Mann.
Funeral services for Donald
Everett Barnett were conducted at
$3.50 Thursday afternoon at the
Wanchese Assembly of God Church
by Rev. Charles Etheridge. Burial
followed in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Nellie Crank Barnett; three
brothers: John, Jessie and Roger
Barnett; four sisters, Mrs. Earl
Thompson, Farmvii,e, Va; Mrs.
Dixie Honebein of Manteo; Mrs.
Lyle Payne and Miss Lottie Bar
nett of Wanchese.
Double funeral services will be
held for Collins and Mann Sunday
at 2 pm. at Haven Creek church,
with burial in the church cemetery.
Collins is survived by his wife, the
former Delava Wise, and two
small children. Mann's wife, the
former Odias Wilson of South Nor
folk, survives.
Flood Damage in Manteo
Rapidly rising waters about 6
am. Monday as the storms winds
shifted northwest brought record
flooding. Downtown businesses,
homes and automobiles were sub
merged for several hours, as well
as those in other low-lying Sec
tons of town. Water depth was
five feet in some areas, indicating
a rise of seven or eight feet above
normal in little more than an hour.
Damage to merchandise in the
tens of thousands of dollars re-
suited, as little could be done to
preserve stocks due to short notice
and severity of the advancing tide.
South of Manteo, perhaps the
hardest hit was the automobile
firm of R. D. Sawyer as tide wa
ters advanced into eight new auto
mobiles and several dozen used
cars. Manteo's new high school suf-
fered possible extensive water
damage. Homes in this area south
ward to Midway junction were
flooded resulting in loss or dam
age to most all furnishings.
Kellogg Supply Company of
Manteo lost lumber shed back Of
it's main office north of Manteo
when heavy winds whipped under
it and threw it into trees east of
it's former location. The shed re-
mains in the trees, testimonial to
strength of winds experienced.
Waterside Theatre at Fort Ra-
See STORM, Page Five