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The 1974 Xenia tornado was a violent F5 tornado that destroyed a large portion of Xenia and Wilberforce, Ohio, United States on the afternoon of April 3, 1974. It was the deadliest individual tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak, the 24-hour period between April 3 and April 4, 1974, during which 148 tornadoes touched down in 13 different U.S. states.
XENIA, Ohio (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE — On April 3, 1974, a fierce tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio, without warning, killing 32 people, injuring hundreds and leveling half the city of 25,000.
A total of 32 people lost their lives in the tornado, and about 1,150 were injured in Xenia, several of whom took proper shelter. In addition to the direct fatalities, two Ohio Air National Guardsmen deployed for disaster assistance were killed on April 17 when a fire swept through their temporary barracks in a furniture store. The memorial in ...
Xenia Station is a replica building based on the original Xenia Station Downtown Xenia in 1930. Xenia was founded in 1803, the same year Ohio was admitted to the Union. In that year, Hollander-American pioneer John Paul bought 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) of land from Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson of Hanover County, Virginia, for "1050 pounds current moneys of Virginia."
A Super Outbreak of tornadoes devastated Xenia and Sayler Park 50 years ago. Then, 25 years ago, another tornado hit Blue Ash and Montgomery. ... The harshest of those twisters struck Xenia, Ohio ...
The tragedy was one example of how Ohio's 668 volunteer fire departments are often forced to make difficult decisions about how to spend their money, with needs such as protective gear, training ...
The logo of the Association of Ex-Pupils. The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home (Later known as the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home) and sometimes abbreviated OS&SO/OVCH, was a children's home that was located in Xenia, Ohio. It is now home to Legacy Christian Academy, Athletes in Action, and other Christian ministries.
List of Ohio tornadoes. An F4 tornado in Van Wert on November 10, 2002. Tornadoes in the U.S. state of Ohio are relatively uncommon, with roughly 16 tornadoes touching down every year since 1804, the year with the first ever event in the state. [1] Many of Ohio's tornadoes are violent, and there have been four recorded F5 or EF5 Tornadoes in ...