Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Hazlehurst, Miss: A deadly tornado touched down in this central Mississippi town early 1/23 cutting a quarter mile path. The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported that there are 10 known dead here and some 35 homes damaged and 20 demolished.
Hazlehurst, Miss: A deadly tornado touched down in this central Mississippi town early 1/23 cutting a quarter mile path. The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported that there are 10 known dead here and some 35 homes damaged and 20 demolished.
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Hazlehurst, Miss: A deadly tornado touched down in this central Mississippi town early 1/23 cutting a quarter mile path. The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported that there are 10 known dead here and some 35 homes damaged and 20 demolished.

United Press International · [ca. January 1969]

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[Information from item housing] Weather: Tornado: 1966-69: Wire Photos

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