Daughter of Alfred Lemon and Mary Kilgons.
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
March 29, 1920
Mother and Twins Killed
Mrs. John McCoy and five year old twin sons are among the victims of the terrible tragedy. They were in their home near Townley and failed to get in the cellar in time to escape the fury of the tornado. The mother and one son were killed almost instantly and the other son died at 2 o'clock this morning at St. Joseph's hospital.
Journal Gazette
March 30, 1920
It has been possible today to compile information as to the manner in which each of the Allen county tornado victims was killed.
Mrs. Hazel M. McCoy, 26, and twin sons, James Alfred and John Joseph, aged five, were among the victims at Townley where they made their home in a structure in the south-west corner of the road intersection. Neighbors who assisted in the rescue work declared that they were caught in the wreckage of their home while they tried to escape into the open.
Mrs. McCoy, who suffered a broken neck, was dead when discovered by the rescue party. James Alfred suffered a fractured skull and was killed instantly and John Joseph, his twin brother, was injured in a similar way and died early yesterday morning at St. Joseph's hospital following an operation. The father escaped unscathed. The only other member of the family, a baby girl a little more than a year old is in serious condition from bronchitis. She was found in the shelter of a fence corner, where she had been carried by the wind and her illness is the result of the exposure. It was not until late Sunday night that the frantic father and a searching party were able to locate her.
April 1920
Journal Gazette
Another triple funeral was held yesterday when the bodies of Mrs. James McCoy and her twin sons were laid to rest in the Catholic Cemetery. The service was held at the St. Rose Catholic Church at Monroeville, almost the entire population of the surrounding country gathering to pay their last respects.
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
March 29, 1920
Mother and Twins Killed
Mrs. John McCoy and five year old twin sons are among the victims of the terrible tragedy. They were in their home near Townley and failed to get in the cellar in time to escape the fury of the tornado. The mother and one son were killed almost instantly and the other son died at 2 o'clock this morning at St. Joseph's hospital.
Journal Gazette
March 30, 1920
It has been possible today to compile information as to the manner in which each of the Allen county tornado victims was killed.
Mrs. Hazel M. McCoy, 26, and twin sons, James Alfred and John Joseph, aged five, were among the victims at Townley where they made their home in a structure in the south-west corner of the road intersection. Neighbors who assisted in the rescue work declared that they were caught in the wreckage of their home while they tried to escape into the open.
Mrs. McCoy, who suffered a broken neck, was dead when discovered by the rescue party. James Alfred suffered a fractured skull and was killed instantly and John Joseph, his twin brother, was injured in a similar way and died early yesterday morning at St. Joseph's hospital following an operation. The father escaped unscathed. The only other member of the family, a baby girl a little more than a year old is in serious condition from bronchitis. She was found in the shelter of a fence corner, where she had been carried by the wind and her illness is the result of the exposure. It was not until late Sunday night that the frantic father and a searching party were able to locate her.
April 1920
Journal Gazette
Another triple funeral was held yesterday when the bodies of Mrs. James McCoy and her twin sons were laid to rest in the Catholic Cemetery. The service was held at the St. Rose Catholic Church at Monroeville, almost the entire population of the surrounding country gathering to pay their last respects.
Daughter of Alfred Lemon and Mary Kilgons.
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
March 29, 1920
Mother and Twins Killed
Mrs. John McCoy and five year old twin sons are among the victims of the terrible tragedy. They were in their home near Townley and failed to get in the cellar in time to escape the fury of the tornado. The mother and one son were killed almost instantly and the other son died at 2 o'clock this morning at St. Joseph's hospital.
Journal Gazette
March 30, 1920
It has been possible today to compile information as to the manner in which each of the Allen county tornado victims was killed.
Mrs. Hazel M. McCoy, 26, and twin sons, James Alfred and John Joseph, aged five, were among the victims at Townley where they made their home in a structure in the south-west corner of the road intersection. Neighbors who assisted in the rescue work declared that they were caught in the wreckage of their home while they tried to escape into the open.
Mrs. McCoy, who suffered a broken neck, was dead when discovered by the rescue party. James Alfred suffered a fractured skull and was killed instantly and John Joseph, his twin brother, was injured in a similar way and died early yesterday morning at St. Joseph's hospital following an operation. The father escaped unscathed. The only other member of the family, a baby girl a little more than a year old is in serious condition from bronchitis. She was found in the shelter of a fence corner, where she had been carried by the wind and her illness is the result of the exposure. It was not until late Sunday night that the frantic father and a searching party were able to locate her.
April 1920
Journal Gazette
Another triple funeral was held yesterday when the bodies of Mrs. James McCoy and her twin sons were laid to rest in the Catholic Cemetery. The service was held at the St. Rose Catholic Church at Monroeville, almost the entire population of the surrounding country gathering to pay their last respects.
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
March 29, 1920
Mother and Twins Killed
Mrs. John McCoy and five year old twin sons are among the victims of the terrible tragedy. They were in their home near Townley and failed to get in the cellar in time to escape the fury of the tornado. The mother and one son were killed almost instantly and the other son died at 2 o'clock this morning at St. Joseph's hospital.
Journal Gazette
March 30, 1920
It has been possible today to compile information as to the manner in which each of the Allen county tornado victims was killed.
Mrs. Hazel M. McCoy, 26, and twin sons, James Alfred and John Joseph, aged five, were among the victims at Townley where they made their home in a structure in the south-west corner of the road intersection. Neighbors who assisted in the rescue work declared that they were caught in the wreckage of their home while they tried to escape into the open.
Mrs. McCoy, who suffered a broken neck, was dead when discovered by the rescue party. James Alfred suffered a fractured skull and was killed instantly and John Joseph, his twin brother, was injured in a similar way and died early yesterday morning at St. Joseph's hospital following an operation. The father escaped unscathed. The only other member of the family, a baby girl a little more than a year old is in serious condition from bronchitis. She was found in the shelter of a fence corner, where she had been carried by the wind and her illness is the result of the exposure. It was not until late Sunday night that the frantic father and a searching party were able to locate her.
April 1920
Journal Gazette
Another triple funeral was held yesterday when the bodies of Mrs. James McCoy and her twin sons were laid to rest in the Catholic Cemetery. The service was held at the St. Rose Catholic Church at Monroeville, almost the entire population of the surrounding country gathering to pay their last respects.
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