Champlin, Minnesota Tornado
June 18, 1939
The tornado struck with sudden fury at 3:28
p. m. yesterday. Moving from the southwest to
northeast, the towering, black, funnel-shaped
cloud first struck near Corcoran, a small
village a few miles southwest of
Anoka. It hit a
car in which four Minneapolis persons were
riding, tossed it 200 yards into a field,
killing several of the occupants. It dipped
again at Champlin, killed one man, wrecked
several buildings and swept on to
Anoka
where it cut a swath two to five blocks wide
diagonally through the town...
At Champlin, eight
houses were wrecked. At Cedar a church, a
creamery, and four houses were destroyed, and a
school was thrown from its foundation.
List of Dead....
FRED ZIMMERMAN, 50, Champlin.
The Brainerd Daily Dispatch Minnesota
1939-06-19
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
More than 220 people were injured and nine
killed in the Champlin area [includes
Anoka] on June 18, 1939
(2PM).
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