St. Louis Post-Dispatch du lieu suivant : St. Louis, Missouri • Page 53

Published Every Day-Weekdays and Sundays in the ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 1 -i aty Wednesday, January 25, 1967 Death, Destruction in Wake of St. Louis County Tornado Charles Wittroek examining the wreckage of the bedroom in his home at 210 Averell avenue, Ferguson. Wittroek was asleep when the roof and wall fell onto his bed. He escaped with a minor cut on his hand. ly Post-Dispatch Photographw The bedroom of 1 1 -month-old Diane Oiarowski list open, to the sky after last night's tornado ripped off the roof of her home at 12437 Glengate drive, Maryland Heights.

Her father, David, says he and his wife were having dinner when the tornado hit. Hearing the roar of the approaching funnel, he grabbed Diane and ran for the basement of the apartment dwelling. Later he found their poodle, Gigi, waiting for the family in the rubble. ly Lynn T. Soanco, Post-Dispatch Photographs It:) Children of Howard Dulce searching through the wreckage of their home at 1555 Glenmeade drive, Maryland Heights.

It was in this Glenwood subdivision that one of the two fatalities of last night's tornado occurred. Diane Schlegel, 4 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schlegel, 12413 Glengate drive, was dead on arrival at St. John's Mercy Hospital.

The other fatality was 6-year-old Jeri Cannady of Old Farms Estate. Glenwood subdivision was one of the hardest hit in the area. ty Louis Phillips, Post-Dispatch Photographer sfeiMBfdiant1iiii' iwat' jimwuilssus li ii ii urn YrniiWit 1 Br mi in i mm -ii i i tiMiiinwiiiiMmitft.Miii. Sna .1 i 'I i St. Louts county Supervisor Lawrence Roos (left) and Missouri Gov.

Warren E. Hearnes talking with Mrs. Richard Schanbacher before the wreckage of her home at 1437 Glenmeade drive. Hearnes, who made a helicopter tour of the stricken areas with Roos, says he will seek to have the federal government declare St. Louis county a disaster area in an effort to obtain financial assistance for the victims.

By Jamti A. Rackwlti, Post-Dispatch Photographar -J I t.S. if1! t4.