Killed in Lorain tornado.
Harry Artin, 35, Opera House block.
Occupation: Waiter, Mrs Carrie Smith Resturant
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 violent strom 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, bounded by Admas, 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 comimng ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Municipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through downtown Lorain in about three minutes. Its width 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, buildings were damaged for 35 blocks along Broadway and 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.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Saturday night from Cleveland to attend to the injuried. Many of the injuried were transported to to Cleveland's Lakeside Hosptial via the steamer City of Eire. Other hospitals involved in treating the injuried were 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 Castalia. Another formed over Huron Township in Eire County. A fourth tornado touched down at about 6 PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across northern Portage County. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns north of Mantua.
Information source: Ohio History
Harry Artin, 35, Opera House block.
Occupation: Waiter, Mrs Carrie Smith Resturant
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 violent strom 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, bounded by Admas, 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 comimng ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Municipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through downtown Lorain in about three minutes. Its width 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, buildings were damaged for 35 blocks along Broadway and 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.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Saturday night from Cleveland to attend to the injuried. Many of the injuried were transported to to Cleveland's Lakeside Hosptial via the steamer City of Eire. Other hospitals involved in treating the injuried were 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 Castalia. Another formed over Huron Township in Eire County. A fourth tornado touched down at about 6 PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across northern Portage County. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns north of Mantua.
Information source: Ohio History
Killed in Lorain tornado.
Harry Artin, 35, Opera House block.
Occupation: Waiter, Mrs Carrie Smith Resturant
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 violent strom 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, bounded by Admas, 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 comimng ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Municipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through downtown Lorain in about three minutes. Its width 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, buildings were damaged for 35 blocks along Broadway and 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.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Saturday night from Cleveland to attend to the injuried. Many of the injuried were transported to to Cleveland's Lakeside Hosptial via the steamer City of Eire. Other hospitals involved in treating the injuried were 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 Castalia. Another formed over Huron Township in Eire County. A fourth tornado touched down at about 6 PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across northern Portage County. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns north of Mantua.
Information source: Ohio History
Harry Artin, 35, Opera House block.
Occupation: Waiter, Mrs Carrie Smith Resturant
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 violent strom 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, bounded by Admas, 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 comimng ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Municipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through downtown Lorain in about three minutes. Its width 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, buildings were damaged for 35 blocks along Broadway and 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.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Saturday night from Cleveland to attend to the injuried. Many of the injuried were transported to to Cleveland's Lakeside Hosptial via the steamer City of Eire. Other hospitals involved in treating the injuried were 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 Castalia. Another formed over Huron Township in Eire County. A fourth tornado touched down at about 6 PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across northern Portage County. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns north of Mantua.
Information source: Ohio History
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