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20, 1(151 2 THE STAR. 1 Ander-But no It re; i a eh I in STORE HOURS 9 A.M. TO 5:30 P.M. SUM -s -cm il't' ald Lee. 4, and went to the base one was hurt.

Anderson then Knoll girls into the DAMAGE Continued from Page 0ns helped the fruit cellar. nepm i'nrty families effected bv the tornado and in need of aid Charles J. Kelly, county disaster chairman, ordered workers to provide around-the clock service to meet emergency needs of victims. A survey was started to determine rehabilitation needs. He found the two tofs and their cousin, cut, bruised and dazed, a short distance from the house.

Then. 2ou feet aw ay in an open ndiew, on the PHONE AND MAIL ORDERS FILLED field, ho upon spi aw led unconscious giound. ment, of the new home, They huddled in one corner until the wind subsided. Other homes destroyed included those of Albeit Green. 9020 Irving avenue Loien Enge, 9140 Irving; L.

Sage, at the corner of Ninety-third and Lyndale, and George Ellis across the street from the Enge home. The Riverview school at Ninety-third and Lyndale was damaged by th heavy lain when windows on the east side were blown out. Basketball backstops were uprooted in the schoolyard and electric wiring was torn down. ff.o. 9 i-VV'i his automobile drov ba 1o Andeison got out of the ditch el another neighbors for an ar and 'hen headed the two car convoy that brought the nine members of the Knoll family to St.

hospital. ripped her home from the foundation, carried it nearly 200 feet and then littered debris over an area equal to a city block. Her nephew, Oscar Jutti, 58. was In poor condition today at General hospital. Mrs.

Hakala's foster daughter. Mrs. Hazel Meyers, was treated at General hospital and released. Nine fUTHons, seven of them children, were Injured when the tornado struck a farmhouse, miles ea.t of Anoka near -lohnsvllle, exploded it and scattered debrl southwest of Anoka. They are Andrew 31; his wife.

Gwendolyn, 29; their five children. Philip, Timothy. Janice, Susan. 4. and Charlotte.

a niece. Judith mm) MINNEAPOLIS MAn 2141 in Minneapolis V.Enith 2000 in Minnelonka in St. Paul DKAPI li The com mit tee to- noininatioii of I. KOI Ohs i lie commerce appi oved the Trees were uprooted In the area and many homes were dam-! aged by falling tree trunks and limbs. se d.r.

lauue Diaper of Wyomir ir a new fr.e-;. ear tot on 0 deial power commission. 1 II find fi, ti Iim.lt a US U.KKK STOP IRONING ASH SLACKS INJURED Continued row Pnr One open the one eve thai wasn't completely closed. "But. a fat lot of good that me.

All the rest of the house just exploded aroind me ith a terrific roar. I i a the to in the car on the way to Anoka." Mis. Knolls odection of exactly what happened ate a little ieai er. She I knocked unconscious by flying timbers. "When the wind beyan to yet worse," she said, "I look into my arms, too.

Donna was holding Susan. "Then the house just fell 'apart. I felt mvself twilling, twirling. I can't desctibe it. "When that sensation stopped, there I was sitting in the dnve-i way outside where the house had been.

Both little gills were still in my arms, i "There was Donna only a few feet away. She still had hold of Susan." Six-year-old was the fir't to react verbally. She looked up at her mother. "Let's go back in the house, 'mother," she said. "I don't like it out, hei But there wasn't any house.

A handy Desk Aid! MARVEL TROVSEli AM) SLACK GREASER li A I 1.49 prx. Knoll, 9. and Mrs. Knoll's sister, Donna Haines, both of Anoka. All were in St, Barnabas hos- pital.

Laity Wheeler, 9, suffered a broken rib when the tornado i lifted the roof from the home of i his father. Ray Wheeler, 1 121 i Ninety-second avenue X. The boy was treated at Swedish hs pital where his condition was reported good. i Northern States Power Co. reported its damage in the Twin Cities area not extensive.

About a dozen primary lines were cut north of Minneapolis, and one main line was cut to halt the power supply to Northern Pump Co. for an hour. Jn the The tornado then tossed the river and dipped to the ground again at Foley and K. River roads. An her B.

Scuvell, 9050 E. River road, first became awaie of the storm by static on his radio. Soovell, who lives alone, was preparing his supper. When he looked outside he heard a "(hugging roar like a freight train." "Timber was thing thiough the air and I ducked down into the basement," Scovill said. A combination barn and garage was blown away, but 50 baby hicks on the second floor of the barn were intact this morning, huddled on the ground here the barn had been.

Next door al the home of Mrs. Ella Waldeen, JMI2B E. Kiver road, trees were uprooted and a barn as destroyed. Three cows In the barn were still standing where their stalls had been when Mrs. Waldeen went outside after the tornado had passed.

One cow had lost a horn, Across the road at the home of L. C. Roening, wind ripped through the kitchen, hurling the Roenings' supper against the wall but doing only small damage to the house otherwise. Trees blocked the east river road and Anoka deputy sheriffs rerouted traffic around the half-mile area. Now you can reduce ironing tone Riirt save woik.

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The three barely got down to the -ling basement when 1he tornado struck, ripping a brooder house and garage to splinters and scattering broken and twisted lumber, concrete blocks, tools, a wagon and small ma- chinery across a five-acre field. The cone shaped spectre ap-t parently jumped the highway, Mvcpt past the farm home and i buildings of Nickie Meyers and picked off the Hakala residence. The Sterlings said they could see it from the basement win- dow as the twister lifted, veered off to the northwest and dis-: appeared. The tornado struck next In the vicinity of Ninety-secortd and Lynriale avenues shortly after 7 p.m. Seven homes and a trailer house were torn down.

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A. L. Sehaefer, 9316 Lynriale avenue a tree crashed down on top of the garage burying a 1949 Packard and a motorcycle. At the home of Robert New- ell, 1440 Ninety-second avenue one wall was blown off and household goods scattered about i a wide area. Newell and his son, David, 3, were not injured.

Mrs. Newell was not at home at the time. All belongings of Mr. and Mrs. Donald E.

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