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The 'Goliad Tornado' was a tornado that struck the town of Goliad, Texas on May 18, 1902. The twister touched down on the south side of the San Antonio River at 3:35 p.m.
The tornado claimed 114 lives, injured 230 people, and caused $50,000 damage (in 1902 dollars). Of those 114 deaths, at least 50 were members of an African-American Methodist church, who died when their sanctuary was razed. After the disaster, the Goliad County courthouse served as a temporary hospital and morgue. [1]
It is tied with the Waco Tornado of May 11, 1953 as the deadliest in Texas history and tenth overall in the United States.

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★ List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks