Daily Republican-Register from Mount Carmel, Illinois • 7

Monday, January 9, 1 989 Daily Republican-Register, Mt. Carmel, IL Page Seven LI I i in turn mm Js If if ii a nn bV yt r3, a rrxtfifii V- Fre Ha destroyed Churchy Parsonage damaged Saturday's rescue operations were hampered flattened fire station. Fire trucks from a wide-by the destruction of Allendale Fire Hall, area arrived at the scene to water down rup- First Christian' Church of Allendale was not and the church received lesser damage. burying rescue equipment in the rubble of the tured propane tanks. airecny in me iornaao patn, but the unoc- borne of the church historic stained glass cupied parsonage, left, was heavily damaged windows were blown out.

'V ft I fVh. V' jf "'arm- i Governor praises spirit Gov. James R. Thompson praised the spirit already -have begun to regroup and rebuild. Frsf impact of Allendale community, neighbors helping This flag was one of a few placed at the site Residences on the west side of Route 1 met dale.

Nine homes were destroyed in the neighbors and many independent efforts of destruction the initial impact of the tornado fury in Allen- neighborhood vj XM, Ji ft it rr-f l-l-TTt' sr Unfed Methodist Church Like a war damaged roofing. The tornado passed through the community just southeast of the church. The United Methodist Church, one of only-two churches in Allendale, escaped serious damage by Saturday's tornado. However, the violent storm blew out windows -and and assortments of heavy construction and utility equipment access to -the disaster scene. The southeast side of Allendale looked like a zone as daylight fell Sunday.

Street -Clearing was first order of business early in the day to give backhoes, tractors, bulldozers 7f No fatalities Aluminum siding dangles from a tree in inside. Still, there were no fatalities during Allendale following a tornado. Trees were the savage storm that nearly leveled 10 full uprooted, houses exploded and trailers blocks of the small Wabash County exploded, and a double wide trailer was community, blown off its moorings with a family of eight State's Attorney on tour Wabash County State's Attorney and Mrs. Steve Sawyer joined" Sunday morning's visual inspection tour of Allendale when Illinois State Police Trooper Don lie guided news media through the tornado ravaged community..