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A look back: July 27, 1989

An East Penn resident reported a “twister” struck his 40-acre farm on Tuesday afternoon, leaving several hundred dollars of damages.

Paul Beblavy, who resides off Stone Mountain Road, west of Ashfield, said the unusual storm struck about 2 o’clock and lasted only a minute or two.

He reported he and his wife, Gladys, observed the twister push one hay wagon around in a circle before going several hundred feet into a swamp. A second wagon was lifted up and thrown about 100 feet into a hay field, he said.

Beblavy said about a half-acre of sweet corn being cultivated by his two sons, Robert and Richard, was ruined.