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The Worst Day

The Worst Day. Gainesville, Georgia April 6, 1936. Clock on the Citizens Bank Building. Destruction of the Gainesville- Midland depot and rail cars. Narration is from a letter received from a rural mail carrier. The Courthouse after the tornado. The Courthouse in 1930.

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The Worst Day

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  1. The Worst Day Gainesville, Georgia April 6, 1936

  2. Clock on the Citizens Bank Building

  3. Destruction of the Gainesville- Midland depot and rail cars.

  4. Narration is from a letter received from a rural mail carrier.

  5. The Courthouse after the tornado. The Courthouse in 1930

  6. There were 156 identified dead, 6 unidentified dead, 8 missing, 928 injured, 786 made homeless, and 992 total structures damaged. Narration is from a letter received from a rural mail carrier.

  7. The loss would be personal. “He was on his knees…he died in my arms before I got to the road." Fred Sr. and Ethel Grigg Fred Grigg, Jr. Carl Chester, Dinwiddy, Nora and Malum Grigg R.D. Grigg

  8. The search for victims would continue for weeks, even months.

  9. St. Paul Methodist Church

  10. President Roosevelt, returning from a fishing trip, stopped his train in Gainesville to speak with community leaders.

  11. New Beginnings

  12. The loss is historic. • Deaths: 203 • Injured: 1,600 • Damage: exceeded $12.5 million; 750 buildings destroyed • Strength: F4 on the Fujita Scale • Ranking (in deaths): 6th in loss of life in U.S.

  13. It could happen to you. Would you know what to do? Do you have a plan?

  14. In Memoriam Kyrie (Lord, Have Mercy)

  15. Joe Adams J. Appleton Ethel Adams Mrs. Garland Anderson Bill Anderson P.E. Adams S.W. Apperson Robert Adams Frances Anderson J.M. Adams Ellis Bowles John Barnette Frank Benson Paul Brown Guy Barrett Mrs. Joe Bogart Mrs. Emory Burnette Mrs. Lora Burtz and two children D.C. Byrd Mark Bowling Opal Barker Mr. and Mrs. J.W Burnette Burnet, (boy three years old) Burnette, (girl one year old) Burnette, (seven month old) Winnie Bryant Mrs. Minnie Brooks O. Doyle Bowman Dewey Cagle Tom Cagle George Cheek Clyde Carter John Cain John Cain, Sr. Frank Coley Bark Bert. Cox Paul E. Cox Mrs. Stanton Cox Frank Cochran Annie Mae Cain T.M. Cotter Otis J. Couch Dean Delong Russell Delong Mr. Dowdy Mrs. Hattie Delong Gertrude Delong Mary Dorsey Mrs Hoyt Dale Mrs. Mary E. Evans Jesse Eades Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ellis Ernest Eades Flora Evans Mrs. Claude Fouts Mrs. Leon Gaines Kathleen Gaines Dr. R.D. Grigg Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Grigg Carl Chester Grigg Dinwiddy Grigg Nora Grigg Malum Grigg

  16. Sidney Glover Miss I. Gillespie Mrs. Omie Gillespie Mrs. Laura Gailey Mrs. J. Harrington Hubert Henry Ernest Hancock Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Hessey Henderson Hudgins Mary Jones Gertrude Jones Jackson Mrs. Jones and daughter David Gower Jarrett Annie Mae Jones H.P. Kennedy Irene Kiser Mr. and Mrs. John Kimbell Martin Kilgore Pansy Kanady Birdie Kemp Emmett Lilly John Latty Roy Martin Mrs. S. McMahon Emery Martin Candler Martin John McCrary Mrs. A.R. McMahon John Murphy Sam McCrary Ben Martin Spencer Means Bessie Mitchell W.H Norris J.B. Owens J. Egbert Owens B.D. Pirkles James Barnes Palmour Opal Parker Henry Perry Mrs. Lorrane Phillips Arthur Earnest Porter Miss Tommie Porter Mrs. J.P. Prater Mrs. Porter Mrs. Becky Patterson Mrs. Ola Prater Pethel (boy about 15) Haywood Pethel Tommie Porter John Rogers J.H. Richardson Lizzie Reynolds Martina Reynolds Montine Reynolds Mrs. Lily Robinson John S. Rogers A.W. Strickland Mrs. Glenn Stowe Hailey Sullivan Mrs. A.D. Strickland Ruby Spain Lula Savage Lizzie Sadler and six children Mrs. Shiloh Smith

  17. Bill Shields M.T. Sheridan (Theodora – called Bill) Mrs. Nell Strickland Bill Sheridan W.R. Shields N.T. Shide Claude Shubert Mrs. Hattie Strickland Pauline Sullins Talmadge Stevens Rene Sullins Jessie M. Sheffield Dan Strickland Grace Tate Mary Addie Thomas Joe Thompson Hubert Tumlin Rosa Lee Tumlin Lily Bell Tumlin Tumlin, infant Fay Watson Edgar Williams Ellen Waters D.W. Walden Ben W. West, Jr. Lois Whitehead Lorraine Wilson Mollie Williams Williams (baby) Carrie Lou Williams Two charred bodies One unidentified baby about three weeks of age in “Chinatown” in a cistern. Too badly decayed to determine sex.

  18. Sources All photos are from the Vanishing Georgia Collection at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. Narrations are taken from the Gainesville News, April 9, 1936, April 15, 1936, and April 22, 1936. Also the Gainesville Times, April 6, 2006.

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