Keswick (1938)
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Title
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Keswick (1938)
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Description
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Possible (maybe probable) tornado tracked through Keswick area, damaging and destroying cottages near Lake Simcoe. “Barrie, Lake Simcoe, Lindsay, and other districts north of Toronto appeared to bear the brunt of the storm onslaught.” Storm tracked W-E over Hwy 11 between Stroud and Churchill (Innisfil) Pine Beach and Elmhurst beach 2 mi S of Keswick took brunt of storm. Direction: N/A° W-E or NW-SE very likely, Shape: N/A “Miniature cyclone” “Young Tornado”
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Publisher
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NTP Archives
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Date
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1938-07-08
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Time (Local)
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12:00
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County
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York
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Province
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Ontario
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Country
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Canada
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Fujita Rating
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F0
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Classification
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Possible
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Direction
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W - E
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Damage Type
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“Hundreds of trees uprooted, summer cottages wrecked, some small buildings thrown far from their bases. One cottage levered 6 feet into the air by the roots of a fallen tree.”
Hydro lines downed. “Two cars wrecked”, “Cottage nearly halved”,
