TORNADOES IN U.S.
AT LEAST 100 KILLED. (Rec.. 1.20.) NEW YORK, April 28. A tornado struck the. town of Pryor. At least a hundred were killed and many injured. Eight .blocks of business buildings and dwellings wfere levelled. The storm struck the change of shifts ■. at the Oklahoma Ordnance Works when the (highways and streets were crowded with workers. A packed train ;. was blown off its tracks. Reports indicate that, the tornado also struck rural-areas in the'Vicinity of Pryor. All available .doctors,. nurses, and ambulances were summoned by radio from nearby towns. The Ordnance Works were reported to be not damaged. A tornado levelled the school house near Ortonville, Minnesota, killing three children and injuring five. The rest of the countryside was untouched. ’
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Grey River Argus, 29 April 1942, Page 5
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