Southern Illinoisan from Carbondale, Illinois • Page 24

Piji Twenty-Fcnr SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19f 1957 Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro ih Inters i A Ml I 7 i I 1 4 i i i 1 r' s- 7 7,, rv i i STRIPPED PORTRAIT OF TWISTER tographed just east of Avt atxmt left to light in this view. It rose farm houses and other buildings bordering Rt. 43. '(Photo byBobHaring) Jamei Loe, ucond from left, Vernon. He had just found his lying on floor in left foreground, ered with lumher and dehris.

This is how a tornado 4 p. m. Wednesday, apparent- periodically from the ground and looks for valuables in ruins of wife's Christmas present. His They were blown 40 to 50 feet They were not injured. at close range.

This one, pho- ly did damage. It moved from managed to miss about a dozen his home at 311 Cedar Mt. wife and two children had been into a dicV and wrr? found mv (Photo by Ed Greer) 1 V0 f' Si c. 4 7 I 4 BED FOR A NIGHT Eight-year-old Linda Johnson Helen Johnson, and five brnrh- seems happy in her bul Thurs crs and sisters survived the tor- dav night in the St. Andrew's nado which wrecked their home School Murphy at 702 S.

Third St. 3fe boro. Linda, her mother, Mrs. (Photo by Bob Hiring) Three Murphysboro fire were visible for more than 10 fighters struggle with a hose to mile Firemen n( voluntfvrs in battling the blflze, which over a tlue: block are.i on Muiplnslxuo's east ielc. fight the fire which followed a M.iri Pcnfnn.

other tornado Thursday. The flan? joined Murphysboro firemen and i' rrr- am iii m-m, 4 ill fk It 'f: i 'if i FLATTENED smashed his house, foreground. the twister hit. His father-in Lonnie Henderson, 312 Ce- He is standing in what used to law's house is in the back- f) u.ClJ SHA i i ERED KITCHEN at the Junction of Rts. 150 and the house uas knocked about 12 dar Mt.

Vernon, barely be his dining room. He had gone ground, missed injury when tornado downtown to get his wife when and lire wrecked area, tvhnfohvVAC. REUNION Donald Howard looks at 154 Kr utkv. lhe feet off the Thesfi Mtirnhihorn trnmpn women emhrarrd invfullv on cpw hold a happy reunion on a street ing each other after the twister reckaSe in kitchen of his home breezeway were blown away and (Photo by Tony Stevens) corner overlooking the tornado slimmed through their homes. "lftV lrtny- t- ririi I 3 It VI DISASTER SPECTATOR ife, and five children in 'he fire, and Tordan's narked car Elvin Tliomas, left, and S.

ace of the home of a house escaped serious injury. was kmx ked 20 feet. OFFSET FOUNDATION Rf. 150 and 154 north of Cut- with minor Injuries. The home Donald, aho was off B.

Johnson, whose houses ere Edward Jordan, 434 Division The house Mew down, a coal (Photo by Ben Gel nun) A torn ulo moved this house, Icr, back of its foundation. Four was owned by Herbert How- its foundation, destroyed, watch blazing wreck- Murphysboro. Jordan, his ktove exploded, a gas line caught Kated at fhe intersection of occupants of the house escaped ard. The home of his brother, (Photo by Jim Kilpatrick) JL..