Chester, Iowa Tornado
June
4, 1890
Cyclone Strikes a School House.
Minneapolis, Minn., June 5. - A special to
the Tribune from Chester, Iowa, says: A
cyclone passed near this place at 3:30 yesterday
afternoon. A school house, three miles south,
was struck by a storm and completely demolished.
The teacher, Miss Mary
Smith, was badly injured and one
pupil fatally injured,
Miss Smith may possibly recover.
Several farm house and numerous outbuildings
were blown away. The number of people injured is
estimated at twenty.
Newark Daily Advocate, Newark, OH 5 Jun
1890
Transcribed by Sherry
McClellan. Thank you, Sherry!
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