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The New Richmond tornado - June 12th 1899

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  • Location: Camborne
    • Location: Camborne
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    Whilst doing some newspaper research on an entirely different matter I came across this snippet this morning.

    HUNDREDS KILLED AND INJURED.

    A terrible tornado swept through some of the provinces of Wisconsin. U.S.A., on Tuesday, followed a deluge of rain and the firing of wrecked buildings. Hundreds of persons are estimated have been killed and injured, and destruction of property was of a colossal cbaracter.

    Naturally I was forced to delve and here are just two accounts

    https://www.weather.gov/mkx/0612-1899-newrichmond-tornado

    http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1543

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