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Zanesville, OH Tornado, Jun 1912 - List of Dead and Injured

The Dead and Injured

The Dead.
JOHN F. DINAN, aged 36, Keen street, skull crushed and right arm mashed off under falling stone at St. Thomas Church.
THOMAS SKINION, aged 62, North Fifth street, head crushed to pulp by falling stone at St. Thomas Church.

Fatally Injured At St. Thomas.
THOMAS ROCK, 50, Maple avenue, caught under quarter ton of stone at St. Thomas Church; both legs crushed and broken; cannot recover.
MISS JULIA RAPP, 15, North Seventh street, buried under falling brick when roof of home fell in; collar-bone broken, chest and body bruised seriously.

Seriously Injured At St. Thomas
WILLIAM MCCORMICK, 55, Zane street, bruised about the head and body; taken to Good Samaritan Hospital.
EDGAR BASEHART, 14, West Muskingum avenue, right ankle broken and bone crushed; taken to Good Samaritan Hospital.
EDWIN SEBAUGH, 20, Maxahala avenue, head and hand badly cut by falling debris.
CHARLES CHAPMAN, 15, Mead street, elbow fractured, ankle sprained, face cut, bruised over right hip, bad cut on leg.
BLISS GRAY, 18, Jackson street, skull fractured and face badly cut.
JOE RUSSELL, Springfield Township, right foot crushed to pulp by falling stone.

Less Seriously Injured At St. Thomas.
MRS. CHARLES ATHERTON, North Sixth street, bruised and trampled upon while trying to escape.
HARRY LUBY, North Fifth street, struck on head by flying debris.
MRS. B.E. LUBY, North Fifth street, bruised by falling debris.
C.B. MUSSELMAN, Newark road, arm hurt and slightly bruised.
MRS. JAMES F. MATTINGLY, Locust avenue, prostrated from shock and excitement.
HARRY F. MCELROY, 189 Sharon avenue, bruised on head and right hip.
MRS. ALBERT BURGOON, aged 50, strained left knee and bruised over body.
FRANK MCCORMICK, 1943 Monroe street, shoulder and back bruised by being struck with falling timbers.
MIKE ------, bad gash on top of head; required five stitches to close.
JOHN DEMPSEY, Zane street, slightly bruised and hand scratched.
EDITH OSHE, North Seventh street, slightly bruised.
ALEXANDER SCHWARTEN, Walnut street, cut and bruised.
JAMES CARMEDY, Pearl street, cut and bruised.
One unidentified person, struck by flying glass.

Injured In Residence Districts
FRED BLAKE, Hamilton avenue, cut over eye by flying brick.
MRS. FRED BLAKE, Hamilton avenue, cut over forehead and across eyelid and cheek by flying brick.
MRS. A.M. SNYDER, Galigher street, left arm bruised by catching it in flying door as she tried to escape.
MISS ALICE BRUSH, North Seventh street, gash in forehead by flying brick.
CAL HAINES of Kelly undertaking establishment, burned on finger when struck by live wire.
MRS. ALVA HUFFMAN, Bula avenue, cut on hand and foot by glass after windows were blown in.
MISS ALICE RAIT, Greenwood avenue, ankle and arm sprained.
MRS. HATTIE HUFF, Blandy Hill, badly cut about head and face.

Weekly Advocate, Newark, OH 20 Jun 1912

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