River that gave life to North Carolina town now tears it apart

Thursday, October 13, 2016

LUMBERTON, N.C. -- A day after fleeing from the swollen Lumber River, the residents of this down-but-not-quite-out former mill town waded Wednesday into the swirling, tea-colored waters and filled jugs for something most of us take for granted: flushing their toilets.

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