Monroe County AlArchives News.....Destructive Tornado Kills Lewis Stanton, Henry Salter
and His Mother, Injures 2 of Salter's Children April 16, 1903
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Monroe Journal April 16, 1903
A destructive tornado blew through portions of the County on Monday evening, 
accompanied by rain and hail.  Much timber was felled and the roads are 
blocked.  The hail which was severe in places did considerable damage to crops 
that were just coming up.  In Peterman we learn that an old Negro, Lewis 
Stanton, who was caught in the storm was killed by a falling tree, while 
further east near Finklea, Mr. Henry Salter and his mother, who were driving 
in the direction of Tunnel Springs were crushed to death beneath a falling 
tree and the two small children of Mr. Salter were painfully injured.  We have 
heard of no other casualties as a result of the storm. 

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