Killed in Lorain Tornado.
Edwin Wyttenbach, 31, Henrietta.
Cause of Death: Accidental. Struck by falling building in storm.
HENREITTA-July 2 The funeral services of Edwin Wyttenbach, who died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lorain, Sunday evening
from injuries received when a building (The Crystal Restruant) collapsed during the strom Saturday evening, will be held at the Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. This service will be preceded by a brief service at the home of his mother at Henrietta Hill. The deceased was born in Henrietta and though he was employed at various times outside of the community he still maintained his home here with his widowed mother. He servered over-seas during the world war, was a member of the Methodist church and was active in its various organizations; a member of the Young Men's Bible class and men's quarteete. Besides his mother he leaves two sisters, Mrs Lydia Bates, from Akron, and Mrs. Ellen Kimmel from Oberlin; a brother Theodore, also from Akron. Another brother Herbert, who was with him over-seas, passed away a few years ago from illness resulting from injuries received while in the Army. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the grief stricken mother and other members of the family. Rev Patow will have charge of the services at the church and the Masonic lodge will conduct the Burial.
By Mrs. Wm Austin.
Information Source: Chronicle Telegram 1924
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 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 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 deaths in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Municipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through 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, 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.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Sandurday 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 hospitals 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 6PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across Portage county. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns.
Information Source: Ohio History
Edwin Wyttenbach, 31, Henrietta.
Cause of Death: Accidental. Struck by falling building in storm.
HENREITTA-July 2 The funeral services of Edwin Wyttenbach, who died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lorain, Sunday evening
from injuries received when a building (The Crystal Restruant) collapsed during the strom Saturday evening, will be held at the Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. This service will be preceded by a brief service at the home of his mother at Henrietta Hill. The deceased was born in Henrietta and though he was employed at various times outside of the community he still maintained his home here with his widowed mother. He servered over-seas during the world war, was a member of the Methodist church and was active in its various organizations; a member of the Young Men's Bible class and men's quarteete. Besides his mother he leaves two sisters, Mrs Lydia Bates, from Akron, and Mrs. Ellen Kimmel from Oberlin; a brother Theodore, also from Akron. Another brother Herbert, who was with him over-seas, passed away a few years ago from illness resulting from injuries received while in the Army. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the grief stricken mother and other members of the family. Rev Patow will have charge of the services at the church and the Masonic lodge will conduct the Burial.
By Mrs. Wm Austin.
Information Source: Chronicle Telegram 1924
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 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 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 deaths in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Municipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through 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, 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.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Sandurday 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 hospitals 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 6PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across Portage county. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns.
Information Source: Ohio History
Killed in Lorain Tornado.
Edwin Wyttenbach, 31, Henrietta.
Cause of Death: Accidental. Struck by falling building in storm.
HENREITTA-July 2 The funeral services of Edwin Wyttenbach, who died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lorain, Sunday evening
from injuries received when a building (The Crystal Restruant) collapsed during the strom Saturday evening, will be held at the Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. This service will be preceded by a brief service at the home of his mother at Henrietta Hill. The deceased was born in Henrietta and though he was employed at various times outside of the community he still maintained his home here with his widowed mother. He servered over-seas during the world war, was a member of the Methodist church and was active in its various organizations; a member of the Young Men's Bible class and men's quarteete. Besides his mother he leaves two sisters, Mrs Lydia Bates, from Akron, and Mrs. Ellen Kimmel from Oberlin; a brother Theodore, also from Akron. Another brother Herbert, who was with him over-seas, passed away a few years ago from illness resulting from injuries received while in the Army. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the grief stricken mother and other members of the family. Rev Patow will have charge of the services at the church and the Masonic lodge will conduct the Burial.
By Mrs. Wm Austin.
Information Source: Chronicle Telegram 1924
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 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 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 deaths in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Municipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through 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, 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.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Sandurday 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 hospitals 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 6PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across Portage county. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns.
Information Source: Ohio History
Edwin Wyttenbach, 31, Henrietta.
Cause of Death: Accidental. Struck by falling building in storm.
HENREITTA-July 2 The funeral services of Edwin Wyttenbach, who died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lorain, Sunday evening
from injuries received when a building (The Crystal Restruant) collapsed during the strom Saturday evening, will be held at the Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. This service will be preceded by a brief service at the home of his mother at Henrietta Hill. The deceased was born in Henrietta and though he was employed at various times outside of the community he still maintained his home here with his widowed mother. He servered over-seas during the world war, was a member of the Methodist church and was active in its various organizations; a member of the Young Men's Bible class and men's quarteete. Besides his mother he leaves two sisters, Mrs Lydia Bates, from Akron, and Mrs. Ellen Kimmel from Oberlin; a brother Theodore, also from Akron. Another brother Herbert, who was with him over-seas, passed away a few years ago from illness resulting from injuries received while in the Army. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the grief stricken mother and other members of the family. Rev Patow will have charge of the services at the church and the Masonic lodge will conduct the Burial.
By Mrs. Wm Austin.
Information Source: Chronicle Telegram 1924
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 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 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 deaths in Sandusky.
The tornado continued over Lake Eire before coming ashore at 5:08 PM at the Lorain Municipal Bath House in Lakeview Park and tore a three-mile path through 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, 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.
Dozens of doctors and hundreds of nurses arrived in Lorain Sandurday 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 hospitals 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 6PM near Geauga Lake and traveled 20 miles across Portage county. Three farmers were killed in their milking barns.
Information Source: Ohio History
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