Victim of Lorain Torando June 28, 1924
Catherine Blinzely, 53, 225 14th St.
Survivors: Daughters: Ourelia & Laura M. Son: Colonial Blinzely
JUNE 28,1924: LORAIN TORNADO
The deadliest tornado in Ohio history struck Lorain and Sandusky on Sarturday, June 28, 1924. This was not the largest or strongest tornado to occur in Ohio, but the violet strom struck an urban center where thousands of people were put at risk.
The number of fatalities will not be known with certainty, but an accepted figure is 85 dead 72 of whom were killed at Lorain, a city of thirty-seven thousand.
The Lorain Tornado formed over Sandusky Bay and passed eastward, striking the northern edege of Sandusky at 4:35 PM.. A nine city block area was damaged, bound by Adams, Market, Washington Park and the waterfront. One hundred homes and 25 businesses were destroyed in Sandusky. There were eight death in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Muncipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through Lorain in about three minutes. Its widith varied from four thousand to five hundred feet, apparently becoming narrower as it progressed eastward.. The tornado lifted east of the city and set down again at Sheffield and Avon.
In Lorain, damage was greatest from West Eire Avenue south to Seventh Street and for 35 blocks along Broadway. At least 200 automobiles were buried in bricks and other debris. More than a 1000 homes were damaged and 500 were destroyed in Lorain. All downtown businesses sustained some damage, and two hundred businesses were destroyed. The death toll of 15 in the State Theater is the most ever killed by a tornado in one building in ohio.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Saturady night from Cleveland to attend to the injuried. Many of the injuried were transported to Cleveland's Lakeside Hospital via the steamer City of Eire. Other hosptials involved in treating the injuried were Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood, St. John's Hospital, Cleveland, St. Joseph Hospital, Lorain, Elyria Memorial Hospital, Elyria and Amherst Hospital, Amherst.
A second tornado touched down west of Vickery in Sandusky County and traveled eastward toward castilla. Another formed over Huron Township in Eire County. A fourth tornado touched down at 6 PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across Portage County. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns.
Catherine Blinzely, 53, 225 14th St.
Survivors: Daughters: Ourelia & Laura M. Son: Colonial Blinzely
JUNE 28,1924: LORAIN TORNADO
The deadliest tornado in Ohio history struck Lorain and Sandusky on Sarturday, June 28, 1924. This was not the largest or strongest tornado to occur in Ohio, but the violet strom struck an urban center where thousands of people were put at risk.
The number of fatalities will not be known with certainty, but an accepted figure is 85 dead 72 of whom were killed at Lorain, a city of thirty-seven thousand.
The Lorain Tornado formed over Sandusky Bay and passed eastward, striking the northern edege of Sandusky at 4:35 PM.. A nine city block area was damaged, bound by Adams, Market, Washington Park and the waterfront. One hundred homes and 25 businesses were destroyed in Sandusky. There were eight death in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Muncipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through Lorain in about three minutes. Its widith varied from four thousand to five hundred feet, apparently becoming narrower as it progressed eastward.. The tornado lifted east of the city and set down again at Sheffield and Avon.
In Lorain, damage was greatest from West Eire Avenue south to Seventh Street and for 35 blocks along Broadway. At least 200 automobiles were buried in bricks and other debris. More than a 1000 homes were damaged and 500 were destroyed in Lorain. All downtown businesses sustained some damage, and two hundred businesses were destroyed. The death toll of 15 in the State Theater is the most ever killed by a tornado in one building in ohio.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Saturady night from Cleveland to attend to the injuried. Many of the injuried were transported to Cleveland's Lakeside Hospital via the steamer City of Eire. Other hosptials involved in treating the injuried were Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood, St. John's Hospital, Cleveland, St. Joseph Hospital, Lorain, Elyria Memorial Hospital, Elyria and Amherst Hospital, Amherst.
A second tornado touched down west of Vickery in Sandusky County and traveled eastward toward castilla. Another formed over Huron Township in Eire County. A fourth tornado touched down at 6 PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across Portage County. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns.
Victim of Lorain Torando June 28, 1924
Catherine Blinzely, 53, 225 14th St.
Survivors: Daughters: Ourelia & Laura M. Son: Colonial Blinzely
JUNE 28,1924: LORAIN TORNADO
The deadliest tornado in Ohio history struck Lorain and Sandusky on Sarturday, June 28, 1924. This was not the largest or strongest tornado to occur in Ohio, but the violet strom struck an urban center where thousands of people were put at risk.
The number of fatalities will not be known with certainty, but an accepted figure is 85 dead 72 of whom were killed at Lorain, a city of thirty-seven thousand.
The Lorain Tornado formed over Sandusky Bay and passed eastward, striking the northern edege of Sandusky at 4:35 PM.. A nine city block area was damaged, bound by Adams, Market, Washington Park and the waterfront. One hundred homes and 25 businesses were destroyed in Sandusky. There were eight death in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Muncipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through Lorain in about three minutes. Its widith varied from four thousand to five hundred feet, apparently becoming narrower as it progressed eastward.. The tornado lifted east of the city and set down again at Sheffield and Avon.
In Lorain, damage was greatest from West Eire Avenue south to Seventh Street and for 35 blocks along Broadway. At least 200 automobiles were buried in bricks and other debris. More than a 1000 homes were damaged and 500 were destroyed in Lorain. All downtown businesses sustained some damage, and two hundred businesses were destroyed. The death toll of 15 in the State Theater is the most ever killed by a tornado in one building in ohio.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Saturady night from Cleveland to attend to the injuried. Many of the injuried were transported to Cleveland's Lakeside Hospital via the steamer City of Eire. Other hosptials involved in treating the injuried were Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood, St. John's Hospital, Cleveland, St. Joseph Hospital, Lorain, Elyria Memorial Hospital, Elyria and Amherst Hospital, Amherst.
A second tornado touched down west of Vickery in Sandusky County and traveled eastward toward castilla. Another formed over Huron Township in Eire County. A fourth tornado touched down at 6 PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across Portage County. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns.
Catherine Blinzely, 53, 225 14th St.
Survivors: Daughters: Ourelia & Laura M. Son: Colonial Blinzely
JUNE 28,1924: LORAIN TORNADO
The deadliest tornado in Ohio history struck Lorain and Sandusky on Sarturday, June 28, 1924. This was not the largest or strongest tornado to occur in Ohio, but the violet strom struck an urban center where thousands of people were put at risk.
The number of fatalities will not be known with certainty, but an accepted figure is 85 dead 72 of whom were killed at Lorain, a city of thirty-seven thousand.
The Lorain Tornado formed over Sandusky Bay and passed eastward, striking the northern edege of Sandusky at 4:35 PM.. A nine city block area was damaged, bound by Adams, Market, Washington Park and the waterfront. One hundred homes and 25 businesses were destroyed in Sandusky. There were eight death in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Muncipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through Lorain in about three minutes. Its widith varied from four thousand to five hundred feet, apparently becoming narrower as it progressed eastward.. The tornado lifted east of the city and set down again at Sheffield and Avon.
In Lorain, damage was greatest from West Eire Avenue south to Seventh Street and for 35 blocks along Broadway. At least 200 automobiles were buried in bricks and other debris. More than a 1000 homes were damaged and 500 were destroyed in Lorain. All downtown businesses sustained some damage, and two hundred businesses were destroyed. The death toll of 15 in the State Theater is the most ever killed by a tornado in one building in ohio.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Saturady night from Cleveland to attend to the injuried. Many of the injuried were transported to Cleveland's Lakeside Hospital via the steamer City of Eire. Other hosptials involved in treating the injuried were Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood, St. John's Hospital, Cleveland, St. Joseph Hospital, Lorain, Elyria Memorial Hospital, Elyria and Amherst Hospital, Amherst.
A second tornado touched down west of Vickery in Sandusky County and traveled eastward toward castilla. Another formed over Huron Township in Eire County. A fourth tornado touched down at 6 PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across Portage County. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns.
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Interment Date: July 1, 1924
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