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Ohio Tornado Disaster: 85 Dead Across Lorain-Sandusky Area
A three hour tornado outbreak on June 28 1924 killed 85 people in Lorain and Sandusky counties. It destroyed homes and farms near Lima and Toledo stranded vehicles and buses, disrupted utilities and communications, and injured hundreds while civil defense workers evacuated hospitals and treated victims. casualties included six week old Lisa Sposet in Strongsville and five dead on the Toledo Detroit expressway.
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Lorain-Sandusky
Strongsville
Cleveland
Lisa Sposet
Peter
Shirley Sposet
Ohio
Lima
Toledo
Lorain
Oberlin
Elyria
Bluffton
Allen County
Sidney
Greyhound
Fullen
Lake Erie
Point Place