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Domestic News April 26, 1912

Bisbee Daily Review

Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona

What is this article about?

Three killed and several injured in a tornado destroying 75 houses in Ponca City, Okla., on April 25; other tornadoes caused damage at Uncas, Okla., Geuda Springs, and between Arkansas City and Winfield.

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THREE ARE KILLED IN OKLAHOMA TOWN

WICHITA, Kan., April 25 - Three were killed at Ponca City, Okla., in one of four tornadoes near the Kansas-Oklahoma line.

The tornado at Ponca City destroyed seventy-five houses. An unidentified man was carried nearly a mile and dropped on the prairie in a dying condition. A woman and child were killed outright. Several are injured.

Other tornadoes, all causing much damage, are reported at Uncas, Okla., Geuda Springs, and one between Arkansas City and Winfield.

What sub-type of article is it?

Disaster Weather Death Or Funeral

What keywords are associated?

Tornado Ponca City Oklahoma Destruction Deaths Injury

Where did it happen?

Ponca City, Okla.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Ponca City, Okla.

Event Date

April 25

Outcome

three killed (woman and child outright, unidentified man in dying condition); several injured; seventy-five houses destroyed.

Event Details

Tornado at Ponca City destroyed seventy-five houses; unidentified man carried nearly a mile and dropped dying; woman and child killed outright; several injured. Other tornadoes causing much damage reported at Uncas, Okla., Geuda Springs, and between Arkansas City and Winfield.

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