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Xenia Tornado Aftermath Photographs

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Title	Xenia Tornado Aftermath Photographs
Subject	Business and Labor Climate and Weather Tornadoes Disasters Stores & shops Debris
Place	Xenia (Ohio) Greene County (Ohio)
Description	These five photographs show Xenia, Ohio, after the 1974 tornado. The first photograph shows the destruction at a Kroger grocery store. The next two photographs, taken by T. W. Blackburn, show Trumball Street looking west, and a car buried under bricks at the corner of Greene and Main streets. These three photographs measure 9.5" x 7.5" (24.13 x 19.05 cm). The final two photographs, measuring 9.5" x 6.5" (24.13 x 16.51 cm) and 6.5" x 4.5" (16.51 x 11.43 cm) also show scenes of destruction in Xenia. On April 4, 1974 a 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	Blackburn, T. W.
Date of Original	April, 1974
Source	Audiovisual material MS 214-5
Submitting Institution	Greene County Public Library
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om2785_2828174_003
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; 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	Om2785_2828174_003.tif
Image Height	2241
Image Width	2860
File Size	870.392 KB

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