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Show TORNADO STRIKES LAWRENCE, MASS. Lawrence. Mass., Aug. 5. This cltv was the center of a small tornado last night and the need of cyclone cellars vi3 badly felt by many of the resi-dtnU, resi-dtnU, especially those residing In tle center of tho city. Trees by the score wero toppled over, several bouses (unroofed, windows broken, electric and telephone wires blown down and stroeta blocked with debt de-bt Is. The city was ia almost total darkness dark-ness until daybreak aud most of the ulcctrlc cor lines tied up. One tree, as It fell, struck Charles Maboney. a toamster, who was driving by, lnfllcl-Jng lnfllcl-Jng probably fatal injuries. The steeple of the Baptist church was split at Its bae and left leau lug and in a precarious position. |