Fort Covington, New York Tornado
May 12, 1875
A calamity of a different sort occurred in
the town May 12, 1875, when a tornado swept over
a section of the village. The schoolhouse
near Malachi Barry's was unroofed, a daughter of
Mrs. Fanny Brown instantly killed, and a child
of Harry Lowe seriously injured. Others of
the school children were also slightly hurt.
The pat of the wind was narrow, but ten or
fifteen other buildings were partly wrecked, and
in one case were a fence was destroyed every
post was pulled out of the ground.
Historical sketches of Franklin County
and its several towns with many short
biographies, 1918, page 344
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