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National Guard Cleaning Up After Xenia Tornado Photographs

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Title	National Guard Cleaning Up After Xenia Tornado Photographs
Subject	Military Ohio Climate and Weather Tornadoes Debris National Guard Soldiers
Place	Xenia (Ohio) Greene County (Ohio)
Description	Three photographs show the National Guard cleaning up debris after the 1974 Xenia tornado. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). On April 4, 1974 an F5 tornado (the most intense tornado, reaching speeds of over 261 miles per hour) hit Xenia. It touched down at 4:30 p.m. nine miles southwest of Xenia and entered town at 4:40 p.m. Of 25,000 residents, 33 were killed and 1600 were injured. More than 1400 buildings were damaged or destroyed and total estimated damages exceeded $400 million. Xenia was declared a national disaster area, and the American Red Cross, as well as several hundred Ohio National Guard troops, moved into Xenia for several weeks to assist with the rescue and clean up. The Xenia tornado was the deadliest and most damaging of storms that comprised the "Super Outbreak" that occurred April 3 and 4, 1974, when 148 storms hit thirteen states.
Creator	Ohio. Dept. of Adjutant General
Date of Original	April, 1974
Collection	Xenia Tornado Photographs
Source	Audiovisual material; State Archives Series 725, Box 1
Format	picture
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
Date created	2010-06-04

Title	Om3127_3729294_008
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om3127_3729294_008.tif
Image Height	1437
Image Width	2144
File Size	913.874 KB
Date created	2009-01-12

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