Franklin, Nebraska Tornado
June
5, 1908
Omaha, Neb, June 6 -- A tornado which passed
over southern Nebraska and portions of northern
Kansas Friday evening was the most destructive
and covered the most territory of any similar
storm which has visited this state in many
years. ...
THE DEAD
A revised list of the dead follows.....
Henry Madison of Franklin....
The towns of
Carleton
Fairfield
Deshler
Shickley
Geneva Franklin Ong and Riverton are among
those visited by the storm and in no one of them
did the elements spare life or property.
The Daily Review, Decatur, IL 7 Jun
1908
List of the Known Dead
The list of the known dead and injured is as
follows....
Henry Madison,
near Franklin...
The Iowa City Citizen, Iowa City, IA 8
Jun 1908
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