Amboy, Illinois Tornado
May
18, 1898
Another tornado formed at Amboy, Ill.,
shortly before dark Wednesday evening. The
storm cloud formed about six miles south of
Amboy and took an easterly course. It
traveled about twenty miles without changing its
course and destroyed everything in its path.
Orchards, farm houses and barn were destroyed,
but no lives are known to have been lost. Owing
to the peculiar atmosphere conditions prevailing
all afternoon the inhabitants were on the
lookout for just what happened. At first
alarm they took to the cellars and many of them
were imprisoned for hours by the timbers of
their wrecked homes. Live stock
suffered considerably and loss to property
generally will amount to thousands of dollars.
Lima Daily Times, Lima, OH, 19 May 1898
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