Victim of Lorain Tornado.
Martha Braun, 69 years, 8 months, 16 days. 527 Hamilton Ave.
OCCUPATION: Housewife
Spouse: Andrew A. Braun
Father: Philip Sipple
Cause of Death: Accidental. Struck by falling building in storm.
Martha was orginally interred on July 1, 1924. She was disinterred and moved in Emlwood to Lot 5, Section 50 on May 27, 1925.
JUNE 28, 1924: LORAIN TORNADO
The deadliest tornado in Ohio history struck Lorain and Sandusky on Saturday, June 28, 1924. This was not the largest or strongest tornado to occur in Ohio, but the violet storm struck an urban center where thousands of people were put at risk.
The number of fatalities will never 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 edge 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 deaths in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08PM at the Lorain Municipal 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 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.
Martha Braun, 69 years, 8 months, 16 days. 527 Hamilton Ave.
OCCUPATION: Housewife
Spouse: Andrew A. Braun
Father: Philip Sipple
Cause of Death: Accidental. Struck by falling building in storm.
Martha was orginally interred on July 1, 1924. She was disinterred and moved in Emlwood to Lot 5, Section 50 on May 27, 1925.
JUNE 28, 1924: LORAIN TORNADO
The deadliest tornado in Ohio history struck Lorain and Sandusky on Saturday, June 28, 1924. This was not the largest or strongest tornado to occur in Ohio, but the violet storm struck an urban center where thousands of people were put at risk.
The number of fatalities will never 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 edge 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 deaths in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08PM at the Lorain Municipal 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 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.
Victim of Lorain Tornado.
Martha Braun, 69 years, 8 months, 16 days. 527 Hamilton Ave.
OCCUPATION: Housewife
Spouse: Andrew A. Braun
Father: Philip Sipple
Cause of Death: Accidental. Struck by falling building in storm.
Martha was orginally interred on July 1, 1924. She was disinterred and moved in Emlwood to Lot 5, Section 50 on May 27, 1925.
JUNE 28, 1924: LORAIN TORNADO
The deadliest tornado in Ohio history struck Lorain and Sandusky on Saturday, June 28, 1924. This was not the largest or strongest tornado to occur in Ohio, but the violet storm struck an urban center where thousands of people were put at risk.
The number of fatalities will never 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 edge 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 deaths in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08PM at the Lorain Municipal 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 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.
Martha Braun, 69 years, 8 months, 16 days. 527 Hamilton Ave.
OCCUPATION: Housewife
Spouse: Andrew A. Braun
Father: Philip Sipple
Cause of Death: Accidental. Struck by falling building in storm.
Martha was orginally interred on July 1, 1924. She was disinterred and moved in Emlwood to Lot 5, Section 50 on May 27, 1925.
JUNE 28, 1924: LORAIN TORNADO
The deadliest tornado in Ohio history struck Lorain and Sandusky on Saturday, June 28, 1924. This was not the largest or strongest tornado to occur in Ohio, but the violet storm struck an urban center where thousands of people were put at risk.
The number of fatalities will never 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 edge 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 deaths in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08PM at the Lorain Municipal 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 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.
Gravesite Details
Interment date: July 1, 1924
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