Tornado tears through Augusta demolishing homes
A weekend tornado struck Augusta Michigan destroying dozens of houses and uprooting hundreds of trees in a town of about 1000 residents.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1977
Page
24
A weekend tornado struck Augusta Michigan destroying dozens of houses and uprooting hundreds of trees in a town of about 1000 residents.
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