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Mission, TX Tornado, May 1919
Posted December 25th, 2007 by Linda Horton
TEXAS TORNADO TOLL, 15.
Farmhouses Were Demolished and Great Damage Done Crops.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., May 8.---Fifteen persons were killed early last night when one of the worst tornadoes ever experienced in Southwest Texas swept the lower Rio Grande Valley, demolishing farm houses and doing great damage to growing crops, according to telegrams received here tonight from the storm stricken area.
Mission, Tex., May 7 Six persons were killed and one severely injured here last night when a tornado blew down a train shed in which the victims had taken shelter. J. L. Vick, his two small boys, and three Mexicans were killed. Mrs. Vick sustained a crushed hip, but her small baby escaped uninjured. The storm did damage to property estimated at $25,000.
The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO 9 May 1919
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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