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They Built Their City Twice

其他書名	A History of New Richmond, Wisconsin
出版	New Richmond Preservation Society, 1998
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eYYvAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋June 12, 1899 was another day in the lives of the vast majority of people on this planet. For one tiny town in the peaceful green savanna prairie in northern Wisconsin, it was a dreadful day that would be etched in the memory of more than one generation. And the effects of that day would linger on in the history of the town even though later inhabitants might not be aware of that earlier history. It was a day the larger part of town blew away in a cataclysmic tornado, or cyclone, as it was then termed. It was the day 117 people were killed, either directly by the cyclone, or trapped in the fires that followed. It was the day that the survivors rose to heroic heights to rescue and care for their wounded, to bury their dead, to gather their resources, and to rebuild their town. Very few people moved away.