The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 10

TO THE SHREVEPORT TIM1S Mondoy, Tebroory 19, tf Tornado Leaves Trail of Death, Injury at Slack Air Base Near Cedar Grove 0 A Jvf Xy-' i- i- i jl osBiocKHD I' Jv i ll? I ii i'r" I I 1 If''- i Itel I I I i rlwfv -i-i. Stfslf I 0 cud THE PATH OF THE TORNADO as it moved through Slack1 air force base yesterday afternoon is shown above Wreckage in the foreground and in the center is. the remains of a two-story barracks which was behind the photographer. At right is what remained of a mess hall; another barracks is at left. (Photo by Graham.) 3 AT 4 A MESS HALL sign at Slack Air Force base, hit yesterday by the tornado, provided a bit of grim irony for a photographer.

The sign in the rear of the above picture reads, "door blocked," and was on one of the wall sections sim standing. Most oi tne mess nail was leveled to tne ground. (Times photo by McEachern) v- I f' i I 'x' Jii '-d vt rv-JTTC i V' if (t 'It. s- 1 I TWO NEGROES WERE KILLED in Hood's quarters, northeast of Slack Air Force depot, when the tornado flattened half a dozen negro homes after it hit the depot. At least six were known dead at the depot.

(Aerial photo by. Bill Grabill) DRINKING MUGS AND A LARGE BOILER were left on a serving table by the tornado which struck Slack air force base yesterday afternoon. The mess hall, of which a portion of the wreckage is shown above, was on the south side of the tornado's path. (Times photo by Langston McEachern.) mm mmf -v 1 Two Injured In Accident, 1 Seriously A Shreveport couple were Injured, one seriously, about 2 p.m. yesterday, when two automobiles collided at the intersection of Rutherford and Gilbert streets.

1 if- Seriously injured was Mrs. J. W. Cunningham, 60, of 3344 Herndon street. Highland sanitarium attendants said she suffered a fractured collar bone and possibly rib factures.

Mr, Cunningham, 59, was treated for bruises and released, at-, tendants said. Traffic Officer G. G. Pierce said the accident occurred when a car driven by James E. Smith, 19, of 2839 Midway street, ran a stop sign at the intersection.

The Smith car struck the right rear fender and door of the Cunningham vehicle, police said. Joe Cunningham, .24, of 334 Herndon street, was the driver of the car in which Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham were passengers, po nce saia. Bossier Police Car in Accident A Bossier City police car, escorting a Wellman ambulance tor nado victims to Charity hospital, was struck by an automobile about 8 p.m.

yesterday at the intersec tion of Market and Lake streets, Shreveport police said that no one was injured. The ambulance was returning from Curtis with several persons injured there earl rffTtoinTWiwininiT-aiw' wiiwiiiirafM-iM rf-'S riifr-ii mirri iwTirmnnnriirH i i if wnnnmn MrniiMwniirraiAcL ier in a tornado. Police Sgt. A. L.

Jones was driv ing the police car and James D. Burks, 28, of 1538 Creswell street, was driving the other car. AT LEAST SIX PERSONS WERE KILLED at Slack Ai Force basesouth of Cedar Grove, when a tornado ripped through two barracks and a mess hall at the old reconsignment depot at 1:05 p.m. yesterday. One barracks was demolished and only splintered slabs of lumber (above center) marked its former location.

The mess hall (right) and the other barracks (left center) were badly damaged. (Aerial Photo by Bill Grabill) 10 SEAMEX MISSING Den" Helder, The Netherlands, Feb. 12 (JP) The Finnish freighter Karhula sank off the Dutch coast today. Lifeboats res struck by another vehicle at the and released was Maxine Chand- hide was struck by a car driven intersection of Marshall and Crock-! Ier- 24- by Patsy Owens. 20, of 513 Wall ett streets Police said the accident oc- street, police said.

Sisters Injured In Car Accident cued 16 crew members and two stowaways, but 10 crewmen are missing. Being held at the Highland san-by the chandler sisters, driver by "1 6 G. G. Marshall, 22, of 528 Egah'said. last night with possible young sisters Injured about a jov K.

Chand street, attemptea to maKe a lett Of the Panama Canal Zone's ap A BURST WATE' PIPE in the damaged barrack building at Slack Air Force base is shown above following the tornado yesterday afternoon. This portion of- the building was the barrack latrine. Although many boards and entire sections of this side 'were damaged, the other side of the barrack, especially the roof, receive more damage. (Times photo by Langston McEachern) lfJi.ni. yesterday when the car in turLpnto Marshall street from ler, 21, of 427 Washington street.

proximate 48,000 populafcon, near A seagull stole an egg from henhouse at Bagshot, England. Treated for bruises and lacerations Cn street. The Marshall ve- OAett wlich they were a passenger was; ly zj.voo are American JU.