Greensburg, Kansas Tornado
May
23, 1923
ANOTHER STORM SWEEPS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA
A Score of Persons Injured, Property
Damage is Heavy.
Reported One Child Was Killed and Two
Dangerously Injured Near Greenburg
Wichita., Kan., May 23.-- A score of persons were injured, several
perhaps seriously and considerable property damage resulted when a tornado
swept thru Greensburg during the night.
Several homes were blown down, and telegraph and telephone wires were
put out of commission.
Houses, barns and refinery tanks were blown down.
One child was reported killed and two others dangerously injured.
When the storm struck Wichita three persons were seriously injured and
a dozen bruised. . . .
Mrs. Charles Minor, 70, who lived in a small frame building near here,
was not expected to live as a result of injuries she received when here
home was struck by the storm. With her husband she was rescued from the
twisted wreckage by neighbors. Parts of their home were scattered
over a ten acre field.
Reports from Greenburg said that over a hundred persons had been made
homeless and were being cared for by townspeople. Forty residences
were demolished, the report said. The town is without lights and
telephone service.
The
Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, Chillicothe, MO, 23 May 1923
Tornado Sweeps Kansas.
Greensburg, Kan. - - One person was near death,
more than a score were suffering from injuries
and more than 100 were homeless as the result of
a tornado which struck Greensburg. Damage
was estimated at $150,000. The tornado,
which swept from the southeast to the northwest
thru the outskirts of the town, destroyed
seventeen houses and damaged more than a score
of others.
Akron Weekly Pioneer, Akron, CO 1 Jun 1923
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