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Title
Xenia
tornado
photograph
Subject
Tornadoes--Ohio--Xenia
Xenia (Ohio)--History
Natural disasters
Greene County (Ohio)
Time Period
1970s
Place
Xenia (Ohio)
Greene County (Ohio)
Description
Aerial
view
of
residences
in
Xenia
,
Ohio
, on
April
4
,
1974
, the
day
after
a
tornado
swept
through
the
city
.
Visible
are
shattered
houses
,
scattered
debris
,
streets
, and a
few
vehicles
. The
tornado
superoutbreak
of
April
3-4
,
1974
,
resulted
in
148
tornadoes
in
13
states
. The
Xenia
Tornado
caused
the
most
deaths
of any
tornado
in the
outbreak
. The
tornado
touched
down
at
4:30
p.m
.
nine
miles
southwest
of
Xenia
and
entered
the
city
about
ten
minutes
later
.
It
continued
northeastward
on a
path
of
32
miles
through
Xenia
and
Wilberforce
into
Clark
County
. The
Xenia
Tornado
killed
32
people
from
Xenia
to
Wilberforce
.
About
half
of the
buildings
in the
city
of
27,000
were
damaged
, and
300
homes
destroyed
.
Nine
Xenia
churches
were
destroyed
, as were
seven
of the
twelve
schools
in the
city
.
Fortunately
, the
tornado
occurred
an
hour
after
classes
had been
dismissed
. The
roof
and
windows
were
blown
from the
Greene
County
Courthouse
. A
train
passing
through
Xenia
was
struck
by the
tornado
and
7
of the
47
cars
were
blown
over
,
resulting
in the
blockage
of
Main
Street
.
More
than
1300
people
were
treated
for
injuries
at
Green
Memorial
Hospital
.
Restaurants
that were not
destroyed
handed
out
thousands
of
free
meals
to
residents
and
rescue
workers
in
Xenia
.
Convoys
of
generators
,
floodlights
,
bulldozers
, and
dump
trucks
arrived
overnight
from
nearby
Wright-Patterson
Air
Force
Base
. The
tornado
also
struck
Wilberforce
University
and
Central
State
University
,
destroying
many
buildings
and
injuring
several
people
on
each
campus
.
Creator
Ohio National Guard
Date of Original
April
4
,
1974
Collection
Xenia
,
Ohio
,
Tornado
,
1974
Source
SC
73
Format
Picture
;
Black-and-white
photograph
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
File Name
AL05944.tif
Image Height
2800
Image Width
2800
File Size
18424884 Bytes
Date created
2011-08-05
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