ATD: Kirksville Cyclone

[Otto]

A cyclone?

Reminds me of "Small Rain".

2006/8/4, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net>:
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> Shortly after 6:00 p.m., April 27, 1899, a cyclone traveled through Adair
> County, touching the ground just south of Kirksville and lifting again
> several miles northeast of town.  It left a three block wide path of total
> destruction generally between Florence and Stanford Streets, from Patterson
> Street to just north of Illinois, as well as other damage throughout the
> city.  Thirty-two people lost their lives that evening and hundreds of
> Kirksville citizens were injured.  The May 12, 1899 edition of "The
> Kirksville Weekly Graphic" estimated property damage at a minimum $125,000.
> Doctors from Macon and other near-by towns came to help local physicians
> treat the injured and over $24,000 in unsolicited donations came in from
> around the U.S. to aid those who lost their homes. [...]
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> http://library.truman.edu/gallery/Tornado/tornado.htm
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> On the evening of April 27, 1899, a cyclone passing through Adair County cut
> a path of destruction three blocks wide, killed 32 people and destroyed
> hundreds of buildings. The popular song "Just as the Storm Passed O'er" was
> based on the event, and the Kimball Piano Company exploited the incident for
> its advertising, when one of their instruments was carried a long distance
> by the tornado but still found in working condition.
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> http://www.answers.com/topic/kirksville-missouri
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