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  • Collection: 1968 Wheelersburg Tornado Collection

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Black and white photo images of the Willis and Underwood homes in Wheelersburg. Beneath photos: these were taken shortly after tornado. Emergency equipment is still at Underwood's in third picture. Second picture shows clean sweep of Willis's home.

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Black and white photos offering a panoramic view of Pyle addition on Ridgewood Drive. Beneath photos: notice the action in the three pictures as the men run down the street to the Underwood home where emergency vehicles are stopped. Linda was killed…

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Black and white photo image of the destruction in Wheelersburg after the tornado hit.

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Black and white photo image of damaged buildings, trees, and land after the tornado hit.

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Black and white photo of the Pyle addition on Ridgewood Drive after the tornado.

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Color photo of a scene looking toward direction from which tornado came.

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Black and white photo of Willis's house rubble in Dix's backyard after the tornado.

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Black and white photo image of some destruction caused by the tornado. The winds uprooted trees, ripped grass up, and damaged or destroyed homes.

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Color photo of a countryside village that shows very little damage, though it is within a few hundred yards of Pyle Addition on Ridgewood Drive.

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Color photo of the farm of John Sherman, over the hill from George George Sherman's.

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Color photo of George Sherman's fields, where "4 x 2" boards were driven into the ground so deeply that they had to be dug out.

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Black and white photo image of the destroyed barn owned by George Sherman.
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