Remains of a car destroyed by a deadly tornado that hit Hackneyville, Alabama, on Thanksgiving night.

Remains of a car destroyed by a deadly tornado that hit Hackneyville, Alabama, on Thanksgiving night.

From an article describing the storm's aftermath: "A chicken house a short distance from the house was not damaged, yet an automobile standing in the front yard was blown more than 100 yards away, its motor ripped from its place, tires blown from its wheels." The tornado, one of sever...

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Main Author: House, Jack
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:
Photographs
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/180426
format Electronic
collection Alabama Media Group Collection
building Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic Photographs
spellingShingle Photographs
Remains of a car destroyed by a deadly tornado that hit Hackneyville, Alabama, on Thanksgiving night.
House, Jack
fulltopic Photographs
Automobiles; Tornados; Hackneyville (Ala.); Tallapoosa County (Ala.)
description From an article describing the storm's aftermath: "A chicken house a short distance from the house was not damaged, yet an automobile standing in the front yard was blown more than 100 yards away, its motor ripped from its place, tires blown from its wheels." The tornado, one of several that hit the state around the same time, blew one house into another, killing all ten members of the Harkins family who were sheltering in the first building (the people in the second house, Ethel Hicks and her nine children, were unharmed).
spelling BN0008359_04BN0008359Remains of a car destroyed by a deadly tornado that hit Hackneyville, Alabama, on Thanksgiving night.From an article describing the storm's aftermath: "A chicken house a short distance from the house was not damaged, yet an automobile standing in the front yard was blown more than 100 yards away, its motor ripped from its place, tires blown from its wheels." The tornado, one of several that hit the state around the same time, blew one house into another, killing all ten members of the Harkins family who were sheltering in the first building (the people in the second house, Ethel Hicks and her nine children, were unharmed).1949-11-241940-1949House, JackBirmingham News49-09149Automobiles; Tornados; Hackneyville (Ala.); Tallapoosa County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives1200 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/180426
title Remains of a car destroyed by a deadly tornado that hit Hackneyville, Alabama, on Thanksgiving night.
titleStr Remains of a car destroyed by a deadly tornado that hit Hackneyville, Alabama, on Thanksgiving night.
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