An April 26, 1991, tornado obliterated hundreds of homes between Douglas and Central.
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Dorothy Thompson of Towanda goes in search of her cat just minutes after her home was destroyed. Seventeen tornadoes with a Fujita Scale rating of 2 or higher touched down across Kansas on April 26, 1991, according to the National Weather Service.
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Mennonite volunteers searched through the rubble of the Golden Spur mobile home park in order to help recover the valuables of victims of the April 26, 1991, tornado. This rocking horse sat at the edge of the road but was not salvaged.
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Members of the Lawrence family wanted their friends to know that they had survived the April 26, 1991, tornado that struck Andover. During the tornado, family members hid in the basement while their house was swept away.
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Juanita Slayton, left, receives a hug from her neighbor's daughter Lisa Willis. Slayton lost her trailer home when a tornado hit her park near 55th South and Hydraulic on April 26, 1991.
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Eugene Thompson of Towanda prepares to rescue one of his horses from his swimming pool minutes after a tornado passed through on April 26, 1991. The Thompson home was destroyed.
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After sprinting to a waiting ambulance with the body of a victim of the April 26, 1991, tornado, a fatigued Wichita police officer David Gorges waits as another officer and volunteer make room inside the vehicle.
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Debris marks the path of an April 26, 1991, tornado that tore through south Wichita.
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Rescue workers help Lucille Leonard, who suffered head injuries when a tornado hit her mobile home park near 55th South and Broadway on April 26, 1991.
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Debris left by the tornado that tore through Andover on April 26, 1991.
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Bill Weston and Jim Fisher raise a U.S. flag that they found near where Weston's in-laws' mobile home was located in Andover's Golden Spur mobile home park, which was struck by a tornado on April 26, 1991.
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Becky and Paul Records pause while cleaning up their house near 143rd Street East after the April 26, 1991, tornado. Many homes were damaged in their subdivision.
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National Guard troops move into the ruins of the Golden Spur mobile home park in Andover to search for victims of the April 26, 1991, tornado that killed 17 people and destroyed 240 homes in the park. All those originally listed as missing were later accounted for. Bulldozers eventually cleared the 40 acres of rubble.
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Lisa Willis carries her senior portrait out of the wreckage of her parents' home near 55th South and Hydraulic. The Willis' mobile home was turned upside down when an April 26, 1991, tornado struck their mobile home park.
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A sign posted in front of a house in the 400 block of West 58th Street after the April 26, 1991, tornado.
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Rescue workers deliver on-the-spot treatment to a tornado victim after a twister passed through the southeast Wichita area on April 26, 1991.
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After a deadly tornado passed through the Golden Spur mobile home park April 26, 1991, heavy equipment removes large debris and damaged vehicles as rubble burns in the distance.
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A temporary dump was set up near the Golden Spur mobile home park after the April 26, 1991, tornado. Among the debris were these Christmas signs.
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Beverly Smiley looks over the remnants of her mobile home located near 55th South and Hydraulic. The National Weather Service reported that 17 tornadoes with a Fujita Scale rating of 2 or higher touched down April 26, 1991, across Kansas.
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Loren Ward, holding his son Corey, looks for his other son, Casey Williams, in the 5200 block of South Spruce in the aftermath of the April 26, 1991, tornado. Casey was later found uninjured.
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Davy Holden uses a chain saw on the roof of a house near Pawnee and Greenwich. Marriott co-workers Ray Macheda and Lance Darling, who lived in the house, watched from work as the April 26, 1991, tornado went through their neighborhood.
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Linda Chamberlain climbs through the shattered window of her mobile home. Hers was one of the few left intact after an April 26, 1991, tornado blew through her mobile home park near 55th South and Broadway.
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Michael and Teresa Warren hold each other as they walk through Andover after the April 26, 1991, tornado. They were searching for Teresa's father, who was missing after the tornado.
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A southeast Wichita neighborhood was left with shredded trees and flattened homes after a tornado passed through on April 26, 1991.
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Damage from the tornado that hit Andover on April 26, 1991.
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A lone Golden Spur resident looks hopelessly at the massive pile of debris that used to be her home. About two days after the April 26, 1991 tornado, residents were allowed back into the park to claim any remaining valuables.
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Shirley Willis tries to salvage several collections of books she had in a trailer home near 55th South and Hydraulic after the April 26, 1991, tornado.
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Seventeen tornadoes with a Fujita Scale rating of 2 or higher touched down April 26, 1991, across Kansas, according to the National Weather Service. Combined, they caused 19 deaths, 239 injuries and more than $534 million in damage.
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