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House Damaged by Fallen Tree

Date: 09 02 1948
Description: A garage and house at 537 S. Randall Avenue after a gust of wind blew two box elder trees into them. The trees were at the rear of the Owen F. Glissendorf'...
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Wind Storm Damage

Date: 10 10 1949
Description: Workers repair an electrical pole that was partially blown over during a wind storm. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Regent Street and West...
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Wind Storm Damage

Date: 10 10 1949
Description: Wind storm damage on Commonwealth Avenue at Keyes Avenue. A large limb fell on a new model car.
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High Water Damage Along Lake Mendota

Date: 04 27 1950
Description: View of damage to the breakwater behind the home of Dr. J.G. Frisch, 1653 Sherman Avenue, caused by high water and waves driven by strong winds.
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Storm Damage with Trailers

Date: 07 08 1951
Description: Four people are in the foreground overlooking two storm damaged large trailer homes, one piled on top of another. They and the trailers are at Elver Traile...
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Cambridge Storm

Date: 07 06 1954
Description: Gerual Simonsen's barn, on the edge of Cambridge, destroyed by a wind storm.
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Cambridge Storm

Date: 07 06 1954
Description: Strong winds brought down a large tree on the car of Mrs. Ralph Schroeder of rural Ft. Atkinson. Ralph Schroeder, age 3, and his mother narrowly escaped se...

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