Paterson, NJ Tornado, Jul 1903
TORNADO IN NEW JERSEY
In a tornado at Patterson, N. J., Wednesday, two persons were killed and at least three score more or less seriously injured. One house was blown down and more than a score of buildings unroofed. By the collapse of a house that was being repaired JOSEPH VASDAM [sic] was killed and four other workmen were badly hurt. THOMAS HANCOCK, 30 years old, was struck by a piece of shafting blown from a wrecked laundry building, and his head was completely severed from his body.
American Eagle, Murray, Utah 1903-07-25
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