Photo: Passaic County Historical Society
Ruins of at 680 Main St.
A tornado churned across South Paterson, Sandy Hill and East Side Park on July 22, 1903 - causing several deaths, toppling homes and damaging mills, hospitals and other structures.
``Firemen were summoned from all parts of the city to the stricken sections to aid in searching for the dead and caring for the injured,'' The New York Times said.
The tornado was the third disaster to strike Paterson in little over a year.
In 1902, the Great Fire swept much of the city. A flood followed a few weeks later.
