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1903 Gainesville, Georgia tornado disaster...
1903 Gainesville, Georgia tornado disaster...
Item # 723789
June 02, 1903
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, June 2, 1903
* Gainesville, Georgia tornado
* Hall County storm disaster
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GEORGIA TORNADO KILLED A HUNDRED" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 6 pages, small library stamps within the masthead, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.
background: The June 2, 1903, edition of The Evening Tribune captures the immediate, raw aftermath of a catastrophe that remains etched in Georgia's history as a symbol of industrial vulnerability. The storm, which roared through Gainesville at approximately 12:45 PM on June 1, funneled its primary fury into the Pacolet Cotton Mill, where the massive brick structure—filled with hundreds of employees—collapsed under the pressure of the winds. Because the tragedy struck during working hours, a disproportionate number of the casualties were women and children, many of whom were trapped beneath heavy machinery or within the ruins of the "mill village" cottages that were swept entirely off their foundations. The "hundred killed" reported in your copy reflects the frantic telegrams of a community in shock, as rescuers spent that night and the following morning digging through debris by lantern light to recover victims and treat the hundreds of mangled survivors who had been caught in one of the deadliest North American weather events of the early 20th century.
Category: The 20th Century
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