Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History

CHAPTER VI.

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INCIDENTS OF THE TORNADO.

The poor to be remembered--Peddlers, publicans and sinners--The freaks of “Providence"--Deaths in the storm remarkably few--Wonderful escapes--Explosive effects of confined air--Strange pranks of the wind--The storm at Parkland--At Jeffersonville--The mammon worshiper--Generosity and independence 87