{"id":7532,"date":"2023-08-23T07:50:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T11:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=7532"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:16:59","slug":"greensboro-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/greensboro-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutual Aid to Greensboro, 1936"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is a blog version of an earlier Facebook posting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mutual aid to Greensboro, April 1936. From a reader, after a tornado struck the Gate City on April 2, 1936, neighboring fire departments responding to render aid, including Asheboro, Burlington, Graham, High Point, Reidsville, and Winston-Salem. State Fire Marshal Sherwood Brockwell also responded, to help the Greensboro Fire Chief and other officials.<\/p>\n<p>The F4 tornado was part of an outbreak that struck the southeastern US. The twister struck Greensboro in the evening, leaving a long path of damage across the south side of the city. It killed 14 people, had 144 injuries and left $2M in damage. It was the second-deadliest tornado in the state&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Shown is the April 3, 1936, edition of the Greensboro Record.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-08-23-greensboro.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7533\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-08-23-greensboro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-08-23-greensboro.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-08-23-greensboro-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-08-23-greensboro-730x706.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fgreensboro-tornado%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"7532\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Mutual Aid to Greensboro, 1936\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fgreensboro-tornado%2F&text=Mutual+Aid+to+Greensboro%2C+1936\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"7532\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Mutual Aid to Greensboro, 1936\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fgreensboro-tornado%2F&description=Mutual+Aid+to+Greensboro%2C+1936\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"7532\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Mutual Aid to Greensboro, 1936\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a blog version of an earlier Facebook posting. Mutual aid to Greensboro, April 1936. From a reader, after a tornado struck the Gate City on April 2, 1936, neighboring fire departments responding to render aid, including Asheboro, Burlington, Graham, High Point, Reidsville, and Winston-Salem. 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