Pittsburg, OK Storm, Apr 1919
Posted November 16th, 2007 by Jenni Lanham
HEAVY RAINS ATTEND STORM IN PITTSBURG, OK., AREA.
Special to The News.
McAlester, Ok., April 9. – Of tornado proportions, without the resulting “after effects,†a storm visited this city today, leaving not only a trail of uprooted trees, broken telephone poles, overturned houses, broken windows and leveled billboards, but also a water-soaked country, with consequent swollen streams and a few less bridges here and there throughout the county. Injuries were few and far between in Pittsburg County and not a death has been reported as the result of the storm, which according to close observers, seemed to travel a space through the county about a mile and a half wide. During the storm, which lasted three hours, two and a half inches of rain fell, flooding the streets and in some of the low places in this city flooding homes that were near the ground.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 10 Apr 1919
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Transcribed by Jenni Lanham.
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