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Topeka. Kansas, Thursday. June 9. T9i6
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Topeka Ravaged 29th and Gage Apartments . Total Loss
Deaths Total At Least 13; Many Injured
*nie tornado compleicly de stroyed some of Topdta's new[esl luxury apartments, the Hunt4^»glo«Park Complw at !9th and [Gage and leveled several blocks Inorth and cast of the apartmenu The entire second floors'of the _ tree apartmrat building com plex shopping center and fining islatinn were blown away. Man>‘ of the residents of the three apartmsjiU sought ^Iter from the storm in the ba:
sday nl^t In the wake At least 13 p o( the most devastating tornado ever to strike Topdca. Hundreds of persons were injured, nrpe seriously owu^'to be admitted to area hospitals. The tornado, which strvdr shortly after 7 p.m.. was an aw^ same thing ns it moved relentlessly toward the capHai cdty. R was observed on the ground as it swept a path of nda Eicept for a Civil Defense tornado warning, aoonded when the tornado fir« appeared to threaten the city, the toll of dead and Injin^ could have been enormous. Roars in at Barnett's Mound
complex and escaped injuries. Sireo’s Head The Fred Sponsters. who lived in the Huntington Aparlnienls. were listening to weather reports the radio when they hrard sirens and the news that a tornado had been sifted a few miles from thetr part of the iown. They got to the sauna room whb about SO neighbors about eight minutes before the tornado hit the buildings. --------Sponsier, a North To«ka busi nessman. said that pec^le there were very slow in coming and didn't heed the warnings at first. He said most of the people from the apartments did gel into tbe basement before the storm hit. although he assisted in gett^thrw peojito trom^te^upr
Roaring into the city around both sides of BunwU's Mound, the funnel strud; hammer blows at the icsideDfial area south of 29th Street and west of Gage. Homes were wrecked, roofs blown away and reridents. who had sou^ safety were staring at the ruins of their bonus, sobbing in cflsbdtof. Crossing Gage, the tornado struck a Ibie of new, luxurious apartments about a blodc south of 29tb Street. Continuing Its diagonal path to the northeast, the twister turned a housing area from Twilight Drive north to 29th Streeti to-kindling. ^ ‘ Wathbon Hit Hard Proceeding northeastward, the tornado struck the Washburn University campus, damaging at least five tjuildings, including the recent^ built science building, Stoffer Hall. Trees were ripped helter-skelter. Other campus structures hit included the Stu^ Union. Morgen Hall, Carnegie Law School and MacVicar ChapH. Coatinutng its skipping trek across the city, the tornado struck again at lOth and Kansas Avenue. It dama^ the National Reserve Life buOdlng on the eoutheot eoner of the InlMsecUon. ■n» ai:ea geom^ mhardm Along ito route to the Municipal Airport, the tonado left hundreds of trees twisted and broken. It blocked traffic In msiy areas where U Ufw was further snaried by sightseers. East Topeka, partictilariy at Lime Street, was heavily dam aged. Emergsicy vehicles were hampered in tfadr efforts to reach the stricken areas to aid the injured and help remove the spider webs of power and telephene tines that bung Umply ud crasOy. many festooned with debris. ____ Hospitals Open Daon Gas Service Co. trades roared through the area to shut off gas to the rained areas. Water Dept milntfMnre oawi were
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Ten Persons Said Trapped: Ten persons were reported • trapped late Wednesday night ' to a buement at 99th M Arnold where they bad taken ^ cover ns
Storm Hits In Randolph
CaBed Total Leas He said that to'his opinion, all tbe buildings in the entire multl-
Sponsler said. “The warnUIg
The Jesse Taylor family at By JACK KENWARD baW walls standing against tbe 3001 Atwood eras just sitting ' all tbe the Windows smashed, imashei dents of assorted sh^ and sixes. Another was repmted! The tornado hit with full force' A man who lives in the same missing. ____ at 2Sth______ & Randolph . .missing _ _ the T^more persoosw^ not | ^ j^ree Mocks away, be buikt^ moved bis car dim Police said offidals at Walt’s [ KNI complex but teveliiig homes injured was aemetn^ of Sicould see the funnel destroying the row ai^ece. 410 abouldn't Auto Saks reported a nlgbtia^ smashing apartment bdld- iiracle as moat of the hones ,the Huntington apartments. , . have. It was Mown across 29th sratchman was missing and ing in a three block wide area; m Ihia area were built in a de0«y mr. rarditog UK a™. tomyM by Itodolph M SUrtl.: vrljpi™, in U* H, bis irtt, grabbi^ street and demolished. " " e and Drive. foundauons with no propn>-‘two mns, David, 12. Chuck. 5. andered outside slab foi^ilons As we wandered outside, pe<v, Another major pSWem loom- College a/d Shunga Drive, /an for the garage. They nSiS permeated the;':'*'**” **"■ pie were >«. ■me most conmiffl shouliil*™^****' trees.^ maie homes wUhatoem aheL;a^ ^atch the wires!" And «rs. hoiLschoId goods, walls and ters were clogged full of neigh-' tt did you come out?" i“ “««*e8st comer of- 10th ^oofs were mashed together in. bors. many with small diiktren.! ^ crumbling. !a hopeless goulash ol destruc-iwho couW be heard is a total wtccX. dining aereaely on tbe couch. Onu, IhhuF I ran xav .r*'y yr«_V BWaniCrambUng Uon. .above ; above the thunder of the twis-; WEATHER ON TV w. R Crouch. 29(17 Wayne, a forenun wHh the SUte Hl^iway We had watched ^ wBtdied the weather -nto men on duty at the FAA Aut^ues ^ me intew « a woman was pinned beneath before switching Channeli tower watched the twister comstructure was gu^ g rhimnev in a house in the'' Damaee in the area seemed l*f boles in the garage door. Comoi. 4 and' • had heard ■ until It reached <»e milecramMIng jsoo Wo<* of Hi^ but walked to end near (he Potomac apart- where the rodo came throu^ Edward J. I^ons. 1135H Kansas, retoed. —* leaning, ... car.” said Mrs. ;lor. 2797 B. Street, employed at Hill Packing Co. alarm us. Or. maybe ybe*^just then he scrambled down the and to safety when freed ........... by civilians, merits or roughly at Tllng Tayli Tarior.'"! never dreamed that , hadn't paid enough attenlton. ' ! twisting tower steps to the huge The interseelwo was roped to eWwly people were taken Jewell or College streets. ________ ver J. MillItoo, lOM Monroe, retired. hangar below as the stoiro hit avert danger to motonsU and.|rom houses in tbe 2M0 block' „„ Karen:bangar John D. Culver. 3019 W. Wh. manager, of Midwest WholesMe ithe rwwi sway twisting every . passersby if tbe walU should High, their faces caked with aj_^7_ 1 junper to our apu until they totoced ■ Lisle Ckauer, 22S Greenwood. ibb .1.™ ,p.ml .n’bb, also reported all city window. We Uve-aboitol Gareford Lee. address unknown. Bertha Mae Whitney, address uaknowa ».'.Mbb . mely Ughl, 1 An imMeotlfied man about SO. mi^ be at Doaet&ne. 'injured. An uddentifled nun and woman, both aboot SO. Suddenly detrls of all shapes Two others unidentiGed. camp swirling through tbe air.
By CHAKUE CHARUE SMITH 9UTR Lootto, rai by polte li> EmI T»pA. »X All of the bospHals In the Topeka area opened their doors ^hat does .... say . after beto aid the injured, Stormont Vail, St Francis. Santa Fe, Forbes jng blown off thes living Air.Force Base, and Vetersfls_A«hninlstfaOon. _ , couch while watching •'The *■ Nine persons were repwtod either dead on arrival or died of Virgwtao:^ . Injuri* later at Stormont-Vail. two at Veterans AdiBinlitratlon, Thafs what hmened to , i^tmatSt Franca |NUIe fan^ly We£^y ni^ literally bundreds of pwsons were treated tor minor injuries. I My wife. Kara), visiting motfer ^4tom Texas and I had just fin-
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• :six other injured and taken to _ i i n J home that could even be p^Lotoers CMkcttag led into a suitcase for the evePolice said looters b)f 003^ ■ning. c«ning 1«ting in southern parttons of:® Teenagers from south of the The man was lying on the y._,,_________ _______ . ^ ^ *<*> destroyed hot/ies and farm
Persons admitted to Tbpeka bospUali ts i result of Wednes-j day's tornado: Admitted to SL Ftaads Hospital: whit'thertairslndWto'thilwerentode.ap^ .Abou. half “were*'iweW bv a ffyii^ bo^- when Joe b^ of wood chunks slapping against hangar. : said and the other half showing only Howell found him. tut^ me apartroems. Mrs. Lois Decker. the building. But the wind was Baddy Hoftoatt. . Hoirtl. MT^utive rf Uk u, ,p„KienB ud adjacnil B^aarton. tog beyond description. i “• l«a »■!" rKIEhborhocdi ubn d> Uk Jim Browning. I. the Civil beieeee Gimr,vhhy]M^ nd McEBchitn It didn't seem to last mire - -jtdBlttal at StoRnant-Vall HoqitMi c»ler to 11, than two or'three mknitea. at ' srt»ols close by. Mn. WBey Dav*^ »M HSgh. Shawnee Cminty Court(hough I didn't check the time. . Myrth) Orem, H. SU KeOam. mmaw AM house; stopped (o help, Wnr.'' The electric clock on the kiich SteUa WDson, 3(, Bventido Nurring Home, severed Volunteers to homes nearby amrt Prtlerson, M, » Chestaut he said rapidly gathered to ofier assist-..Joanna Hoffman. 3». 4331 W. 3Dlli. By pe^ng under the bed « _ _ _ Howell, ance to storm vkUms and flying'board." Dick Cantrell. 2SUW. and. sweat people comtog to either school HaraUTliUle, 4094 W. 29th. th* Through the friendly coopers- ployees' cars in (he parking lot die ll^t in the buMng and also liis forehead damp with v I were being registered by family Jean DoHoss. S2. 3« Lkne. EK^^r2S^"*ay tion ™the Uwrenc; Jo.5L.l- warty aU suffered damage. at an impeovised newsroom at said later. Maurine Notamm. 21,1110 Kansas. When we finally got t» to toot;World In a fhne of dire need.: WUh power dinptad, poWt,t^e RamadU^------- ^r~ T-mppea 'ffieWmg. and >*“ *>* Maude Ray. S2. m Ume. .jl. the .roof of thTchurdiIthe Topeka Daily Capital was icatton of-Ihuisday'ST.apCT from, .^Wiu^j^s yixes^^^ ^ peoMe «rwA to caw ne othSr people «pwA to-ca«:* Venea Anderson, no adtoeH tfves. across the street was the ffrst able to pubitsh this attoreviated the buUdtoi was impassible. '()I«*nw aTthe JournM World HTanto^aM. tot'we ambulaace. but we couldni;, Bbmer DOlcr. 6.1030 jodsoL toto, I «d«d. ii-toi, gi.,, toiiddn.. ,Tp« B Ml to p«. •<">-' Uving.reom was a mess. «blc the latest news ol (he de- photographer^*" mob.lued. The (tapital „ sionwrU-Vaif H»piial, Carat Bskadalo. 19.9400 Adana. of course. A wooden spear had vaslaUng tornado ihat siriick however, for loto^ co««go.; also moved to l^wwnee to h^ ^ Craig Beamer, 5. 490 dle tbe ««y copy for far the tbe ffecW; speck!; 'We "We couktol got him to rt^. rt|hi;equlpmat res nallM the ndJb* plant t? the Topeka TWsday evening. - Many of them reported for work die equipment to try to restor%. RayRtaehan.«4.«n. far bkiwiH)Bt daors even tfaou^ thetr bana Were four-page paper, Itety^iveiaway,'' Howell said, "becauraiaome oort ol oeder to the ^ HtaMNMd^.IltaltaR . .. wfadows,daaiafo to ito the ravaged areas. r cars and Molh-iand Ida nHnteg. m w. uhl far Topeka dbtrihuUoo. btdkBng wm UgM. Em-j Stories wen written by can iniamble shapo-ltho Lloyd Dtxon, 998 E. list
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