Fremont, Ohio Tornado
April 20, 1896
TORNADO IN OHIO
Two Persons Killed and Several Badly Injured.
Fremont, O., April 20.-- A tornado,
accompanied by a heavy rainfall, swept over the
northwestern part of Sandusky county about 3
o'clock this afternoon, killing three persons,
injuring a number of others and doing great
damage to buildings and other property.
The tornado came from the southwest with great
furry [sic] and every building and tree in its
path was swept away. After smashing a road
bridge and blowing a big tree across a Wheeling
and Lake Erie freight train, which crushed the
caboose and came near killing a number of
trainmen, the wind began to play havoc with farm
buildings. The barns of
JACOB ENGLER, J. E. HETLLINGER, UPTON BURGON
and ANTHONY SWINT first went down
before it. Then the house of
JAMES GREENE
was destroyed. GREENE'S
aged father, WILLIAM L.
GREENE, was killed outright, his wife
fatally hurt and the baby carried across the
road in its cradle. The child escaped uninjured.
Next the barn of AMES
HARICK, in which
HARICK and
JOHN LOW were shearing sheep, was
crushed. LOW
was blown across a field against a tree,
being instantly killed. Other building destroyed
were the barns of AL
FAIRCHILD, WILLIAM HENSEL, PERRY PARISH, GEORGE
WAGGONER and CHARLES TUCKER. TUCKER'S
child was badly hurt.
At Booktown, a hamlet near here, nearly all the
buildings were destroyed, but there was no loss
of life. The storm covered a wide track and it
is possible that further damage will be
reported.
Rifle Reveille Colorado 1896-04-24
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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