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Mount Carmel, Illinois tornado disaster...
Mount Carmel, Illinois tornado disaster...
Item # 600511
June 05, 1877
THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, June 5, 1877
* Mount Carmel, Illinois
* Tornado disaster
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "TORNADO" "Mt. Carmel, Ill., Wrecked by a Terrible Storm" "Sixteen Lives Lost--A Number Wounded and Missing" "The Town Threatened With Total Destruction by Fire". See image for text.
Complete, minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
Category: Post-Civil War