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Pigt Eight SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1957 Carbondals Herrln Murphyshor? Second Photo Series On Page 16 l-jw -1 'y 1 y1" 2 i 1' '-w4" 'S I -r. i -ly 1 5 i 5 yy ft1 vlVcif H.Hi 5 4 START OF REPAIRS 4TH AND PLUM-AGAIN An Illinois Electric Gas Co. work almost as soon fs the tor- Street sign at Fourth and Plum surveyor sights in the route of a nado passed and kept at it al- streets, Murphysboro, marks an of destruction in Wednesday's tornado. Earlier in the year, the area was flooded and only the top of the sign was visible above the water.

new power line to replace one most continuously to try to get intersection that has made more destroyed in Wednesday's Mur- electric arid communications than its share of bad luck. The service restored to the battered 'street was the center of one axea city. Like street near IFth street, for- physboro tornado. and rnerly was on other side oi trees telephone company crews started SCATTERED HOME bnjcjpe. Butcher loolcs through the twister-hit MurphysWo.

His Ruins of the George Butcher scattered persona! belongings in wife and three of his five child-home are spread thin over the this photo, taken the day after rcn were killed. The house, on in DJckorouna. 1 11 j' V. 1 if 1 4 iff 4 4 r- 1 Aw1' i '1 1 it i 4 .1 i. 4L '1 NO HOME NOW This pile of uroKen boards a.d dehris is all that's left of Murphysboro's southwest side.

was one of the first ones hit by what was once a nice home on The house, on South 20th street, Wednesday's tornado. Quoin. FLYING TRUCK across Rt. 51 at the SunficM This truck was hurled 150 yards by the wind. It was blown Wye, two miles north of Du -v ry i i 1 vy y- 'iy, V'tl T.

ft 1 "11 hi 1 vv STORM PATROL a Fifty Guardsmen from Carhon- National Guardsman keeps to keep out looters WELCOME markers and other roadside siqns An unwelcome isitor made cazp of the citv on Rt. 13. The were twisted and sometimes up- lonelv and chillv vfail over Dart dales I30tn Infantrv Rfoimrnt nn iinfinri7rl nrrvnnc. CHECK SIGNALS Smashed railroad signal near the Sunfield Wve. nor'h of I)u- and other They were noon Fri- winds.

Train inches pat intersection. Scene is at Illinois Cen- short w. rk of MtJrpnvsboro ssn was riqht in the path of routed by the wniriin winds, I of the tornado recked area in Headquarters Co. spent about 40 relieved shortly after Murphysboro Friday morning. hours patrolling damaged areas dav.

"Welcome" sign at he tat Wednesdays tornado. Highway estimated at 175 miles per hour. (Juoin, shows force of tornado tral Railroad crossing of Rt. 154..