South Coffeyville,
Oklahoma Tornado
June
19, 1928
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok., June 20 (AP). --
Two persons were killed, more than a score were
injured and property damage running into
millions of dollars was done by a series of
tornadoes, hail, rain, and windstorms which
swept Northern and Southern Oklahoma Tuesday
night and Wednesday....
One victim of the storm was reported at South
Coffeyville, Ok., where
Barbara Lue Ewing, 4-month-old
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. P. Ewing, was killed.
Sixteen other persons who had sought shelter at
the home of Ewing and a neighbor, were injured
when the two homes were struck by the storm.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 21 Jun
1928

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