Word: fosterburg
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little farming town of Fosterburg (pop. 250), Ill., had only half an hour's warning. Just after 6 o'clock in the morning, sunlight turned a sickly yellow and a warm wind blew. Then darkness fell] rain poured down in torrents, and a roar "like ten express trains" filled the sky. A Mrs. May Dingerson opened her,back door to investigate the awful noise. The door flew away. Then her front door flew open and all the windows burst. She felt as if her ears were full of water. Then everything went black. She woke, bleeding...
...wind stripped the clothes from scores; one man roused from unconsciousness, found he was wearing nothing but his belt and the pockets of his pants. People were blown bodily through the littered air. In three minutes, ten people were killed and all but four of Fosterburg's 80 houses and stores were reduced to debris...
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