Front Street when flooded in Newport, Arkansas, August 2, 1915. Arkansas Bank and Trust. L to R: unknown, unknown, Hurst, G (cashier)/Henry, D. (bank president)/Shell, A.J. (bookkeeper & father of Hugh Shell)/McCustin, J.F. (sheriff)/Adams, D.D., Sr. (president Union Bank, Batesville).
Water was 2 feet deep in the Bank. Two to 10 feet deep all over town in Newport. Highest water by 1 1/2 ft. that Newport ever saw. Telegram on window is one put up on Saturday morning warning people the water would go to 34 ft. It finally measured 33.9 1/2 ft. A.J. Shell’s notes on back of original picture. Later owned by Hugh Shell.
