50 DEATHS
500 INJURED TORNADO IN GEORGIA DAMAGE ABOUT £1,000,000 (United i ress Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) NEW YORK, Feb. 10 A tornado in Georgia killed at least 50 people and injured 500 others, 250 of them critically. The damage to property is estimated at 5,000.000 dollars (approximately £1.000,000).
Most of the business buildings and several hundred homes in Albany were wrecked.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21036, 12 February 1940, Page 8
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6150 DEATHS Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21036, 12 February 1940, Page 8
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