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Tragedy on Lake Pomona as Whippoorwill sinks
Ottawa witnesses describe a waterspout and tornado that capsized the showboat Whippoorwill during a dinner performance of Dames At Sea. Mrs. Richard Hughes recalls the vessel turning toward shore, capsizing, and passengers clinging to the hull as rescuers arrived amid churned waters.
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Mike Gullett
Kansas
Lake Pomona
Vassar Park
Osage County
Whippoorwill
Ottawa
Topeka
Dan Winter
Richard Hughes
Cleoa Jasper
Hughes
Mrs. Hughes