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Tornado Blows Through
Aftermath of Rochester Tornado 1883. Weather.Gov
On August 21, 1883, a tornado struck Rochester leaving 200 injured, killing 37. With no hospital in Rochester, Dr. William Worrall Mayo requested help from Mother Alfred Moes of the Sisters of St. Francis Convent.
"The cause of suffering humanity knows no religion and no sex; the charity of the Sisters of Saint Francis is as broad as their religion.” Mary Alfred Moes