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The Pittsburgh Press from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 3

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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3
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PAGE 3 THE PITTSRIJRGH PRESS. SATURDAY, JUNE 24. 1944 feftirBs1t' WGirt TTm(si(su goto I The wide sweep of the tornado in the McKeesport area is seen in this view of a row of homes in the Peterson Plan. Wreckage was lifted, carried hundreds of feet, left in tangled masses. tSd -lite fil ijtstill 1 4r 5 feii iP SI -if ell JL fYr WHAT WAS LEFT of the home of Frank Schuck, 1 10 Fifth Street, Dravosburg, would net be much to live in today.

The house was tilted crazily on one corner. HOSPITALS WERE OVERCROWDED as load after load of storm victims an emergency ward for those waiting for treatment. Families were sepa-were brought in. The doctor's room in McKeesport Hospital was turned into rated, grief was evident on every side. Extra doctors were called.

VOLUNTEER FIREMEN were on duty all storm victims retrieve what was left of their SETTLEMENT IS UNSETTLED What was left of a new scattered over the landscape, and the tornadic winds lifted group of homes in Boston, is shown here. Houses were bathtubs and interior furnishings into a conglomerate mass. night, helping is James Holnor helping a Washington St. householder valuables. Here search the wreckage of her home..

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