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Boelus, NE Tornado, Jun 1908

Posted January 22nd, 2008 by Linda Horton

THURSDAY'S CASUALTIES.

Kearney, Neb., June 5.---Additional reports received today from districts hit by yesterday's tornado tell of at least two fatalities and indicate additional damage by the storm. Near Boelus, ten miles northwest of here, E. Voldson and his wife were killed in their home near town and their house was wrecked. In the town of Boelus, a number of buildings were partially wrecked and three persons injured, none fatally. Crops in the path of the storm which covered a large part of Buffalo and Kearney counties were almost entirely destroyed.

The Grand Forks Daily Herald, Grand Forks, ND 6 Jun 1908
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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