June 1 will be the 113th anniversary of the tornado that killed more than 100 people and left a swath of destruction on Gainesville’s southside. The April 6, 1936, tornado, which killed more than 200 and practically destroyed Gainesville’s downtown, is better known, though no more tragic than the one that struck in 1903. The deaths of children who were working in Gainesville Mill at the time made the 1903 storm even more of a tragedy.
Johnny Vardeman: 113 years ago, another tornado took deadly toll on Gainesville