The Archive · 1934

Conservation Camp Razed by Tornado

Maryville, Mo,, Oct. 23.

Two members of the Civilian Conservation Corps were killed and the IC.CC. camp was razed when a ter rifle tornado swept the area surround-{ng the little northern Missouri town to-day.

Forty persons, mostly C.C.C, members, were injured in the storm, some The wind reached an amazing velocity in: Maryville, more than 30 residences collapsing under the Iresistable pressure, while power transmission and communications lines throughout thie section were reduced to a tangle of wreckage.

Property damage is conservatively Jestimated at $100,000—United Press.

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