Clifford Jesse Dinnel was born 3 April 1886 in Kansas, died 1948 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. He was the seventh and final child of George Graham Dinnel and Fanny Elvira Wilcox.
Friday, Sept. 15, 1905, will be remembered for years by the present inhabitants of Burwell as the day of the great tornado.About six o’clock the death dealing funnel shaped cloud appeared to the northwest of town and in a few moments death and destruction was dealt out. ...Mrs. George Dinnel’s home south of McKinney’s was swept out of existence. Mrs. Dinnel and son Clifford were carried up into the whirling mass of clouds and debris then thrown to earth close together. Mrs. Dinnel sustained bruises and cuts about her head and body and was hurt internally. Clifford had his arm badly lacerated and broken.
Friday, Sept. 15, 1905, will be remembered for years by the present inhabitants of Burwell as the day of the great tornado.About six o’clock the death dealing funnel shaped cloud appeared to the northwest of town and in a few moments death and destruction was dealt out. ...Mrs. George Dinnel’s home south of McKinney’s was swept out of existence. Mrs. Dinnel and son Clifford were carried up into the whirling mass of clouds and debris then thrown to earth close together. Mrs. Dinnel sustained bruises and cuts about her head and body and was hurt internally. Clifford had his arm badly lacerated and broken.
Clifford Jesse Dinnel was born 3 April 1886 in Kansas, died 1948 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. He was the seventh and final child of George Graham Dinnel and Fanny Elvira Wilcox.
Friday, Sept. 15, 1905, will be remembered for years by the present inhabitants of Burwell as the day of the great tornado.About six o’clock the death dealing funnel shaped cloud appeared to the northwest of town and in a few moments death and destruction was dealt out. ...Mrs. George Dinnel’s home south of McKinney’s was swept out of existence. Mrs. Dinnel and son Clifford were carried up into the whirling mass of clouds and debris then thrown to earth close together. Mrs. Dinnel sustained bruises and cuts about her head and body and was hurt internally. Clifford had his arm badly lacerated and broken.
Friday, Sept. 15, 1905, will be remembered for years by the present inhabitants of Burwell as the day of the great tornado.About six o’clock the death dealing funnel shaped cloud appeared to the northwest of town and in a few moments death and destruction was dealt out. ...Mrs. George Dinnel’s home south of McKinney’s was swept out of existence. Mrs. Dinnel and son Clifford were carried up into the whirling mass of clouds and debris then thrown to earth close together. Mrs. Dinnel sustained bruises and cuts about her head and body and was hurt internally. Clifford had his arm badly lacerated and broken.
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