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1929 Bethany, Oklahoma tornado disaster...
1929 Bethany, Oklahoma tornado disaster...
Item # 719657
November 20, 1929
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Nov. 20, 1929
* Bethany, Oklahoma County
* F4 tornado storm disaster
The front page has a one column heading: "17 KILLED, 100 INJURED BY TORNADO" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 28 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice.
AI notes: On November 19, 1930, a powerful F4 tornado struck Bethany, Oklahoma, leaving a trail of destruction across the town in less than half an hour. The tornado, which moved north-northeast from just west of Oklahoma City, destroyed or heavily damaged about 25% of the city, including 110 homes and roughly 700 other buildings, causing an estimated $500,000 in damage (over $7 million today). The storm claimed the lives of 23 people and injured 150, with a particularly tragic incident at Camel Creek School, where five students and a teacher were killed when the building was obliterated. This rare November tornado ranks as the 10th deadliest in Oklahoma history and is one of only a few violent F4 tornadoes recorded in the state during that month, marking it as an exceptional and devastating event in Oklahoma’s meteorological history.
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