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Lorain in Lorain County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

The Lorain Tornado, 1924

 
 
The Lorain Tornado, 1924 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, July 18, 2013
1. The Lorain Tornado, 1924 Marker
Inscription.
Just after 5:00 P.M on June 28, 1924, a tornado swept off Lake Erie directly into downtown Lorain. Within five minutes, seventy-eight people lost their lives. Fifteen died in the old State Theatre that stood upon this site, as an audience of two hundred watched a Saturday afternoon musical performance. More than one thousand suffered injuries. The tornado did extensive damage to the business district, destroyed 500 homes, and damaged a thousand more. The city's largest industry, the American Shipbuilding yards, was severely damaged. The tornado, which had hit Sandusky before striking Lorain, continued along the shoreline and struck Sheffield and Avon minutes later. Contemporary accounts listed eighty-two deaths resulting from the deadliest tornado in Ohio's history.
 
Erected 2001 by The Black River Historical Society-The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 8-47.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 28, 1924.
 
Location. 41° 28.067′ N, 82° 10.583′ W. Marker is in Lorain, Ohio, in Lorain County. Marker is on Black River Lane south of Erie Avenue (U.S.
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6). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lorain OH 44052, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Lorain Station 100 (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Trading Post (approx. ¼ mile away); Founding of Lorain, Ohio (approx. ¼ mile away); Shipbuilding (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lorain West Breakwater Lighthouse / Saving the Lorain Lighthouse (approx. half a mile away); Lakeview Park War Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Quincy A. Gillmore (approx. 1.1 miles away); General Quincy Adams Gillmore (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lorain.
 
Also see . . .  Severe Weather in Ohio - History & Photos. Ohio History Connection website entry (Submitted on August 11, 2013, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.) 
 
The Lorain Tornado, 1924 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, July 18, 2013
2. The Lorain Tornado, 1924 Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,014 times since then and 68 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 10, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.

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