Butler Democrat, Thursday, June 20, 1912
TORNADO KILLED 29--SWEPT OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY SATURDAY NIGHT
PROPERTY LOSS OVER $100, 000
Started Near LaCygne, Kansas, And Passed On Into Johnson and Henry Counties
Saturday evening between six and seven o'clock a tornado swept over the western and northern part of Bates county extending through parts of Johnson and Henry counties. Twenty-one deaths have been reported in Bates county and three in the other two counties. The property damage is estimated at over $1000, 000.00. The width of the storm area is about one mile and the length is about twenty miles. Practically all of the towns on the western border of the county suffered injury, but it is impossible to get news of an authentic nature.
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List of victims
The dead are:
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Henry Cameron, 38, three children, Maude, 11, Chester, 4, and a baby 6 months old, one mile northwest of Merwin, Mo.
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Note that the two daughters badly injured did survive as indicated by the 1920 census where they are with their maternal grandfather:
1920 Federal Census Linn Co Kansas, Potosi Twp, ED 126, Sheet 6A District 2, page 96
Tucker, Henry W., Head, O, M, M W 69, Wd, yes, yes, Ill, Va, Ky, Farmer
Cameron, Mable, GrandDaughter, F, W, 16, S, yes, yes, KS, USA, IL
Cameron, Eva F., GrandDaughter, F, W, 13, S, yes, yes, KS, USA, IL
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Mary Bell (Tucker) Cameron was the daughter of Henry Warren and Diantha (Groves) Tucker who lived adjacent to Henry and Mary Bell Cameron at the time of the tornado. Children's graves are next to parents with separate stones.
Information donated by Vernon.
Father's name is William.
Butler Democrat, Thursday, June 20, 1912
TORNADO KILLED 29--SWEPT OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY SATURDAY NIGHT
PROPERTY LOSS OVER $100, 000
Started Near LaCygne, Kansas, And Passed On Into Johnson and Henry Counties
Saturday evening between six and seven o'clock a tornado swept over the western and northern part of Bates county extending through parts of Johnson and Henry counties. Twenty-one deaths have been reported in Bates county and three in the other two counties. The property damage is estimated at over $1000, 000.00. The width of the storm area is about one mile and the length is about twenty miles. Practically all of the towns on the western border of the county suffered injury, but it is impossible to get news of an authentic nature.
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List of victims
The dead are:
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Henry Cameron, 38, three children, Maude, 11, Chester, 4, and a baby 6 months old, one mile northwest of Merwin, Mo.
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Note that the two daughters badly injured did survive as indicated by the 1920 census where they are with their maternal grandfather:
1920 Federal Census Linn Co Kansas, Potosi Twp, ED 126, Sheet 6A District 2, page 96
Tucker, Henry W., Head, O, M, M W 69, Wd, yes, yes, Ill, Va, Ky, Farmer
Cameron, Mable, GrandDaughter, F, W, 16, S, yes, yes, KS, USA, IL
Cameron, Eva F., GrandDaughter, F, W, 13, S, yes, yes, KS, USA, IL
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Mary Bell (Tucker) Cameron was the daughter of Henry Warren and Diantha (Groves) Tucker who lived adjacent to Henry and Mary Bell Cameron at the time of the tornado. Children's graves are next to parents with separate stones.
Information donated by Vernon.
Father's name is William.
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