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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