The Independent-News, Volume 89, Number 15, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 15 April 1965 — Page 1

Volume 89; Number 15

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WALKERTON, INDIANA APRIL 15, 1995

Ten Cen's Per Copy

Indiana Hardest Hit Os Area States Palm Sunday, April 11, 105®. This date will go <kwn in history as the worst disaster in the history of Indiana as a series of tornados turned a pea- » fu! spring afternoon into a whirling, disasterstrewn. nightmare that will long be remembered by all. A -late < f emergency was called by the governor and the president w ed part of the an .t Wednc-day to decide whether t<> p. < e eve: d counties on a na* "ii disaster list. Re cue work < > ■ r d getting b.- ki: ’. • • • b.— ln just minutes altei i. by volunteer groups all igh the areas that had been hr by the killer tornados An accurate count of the twisters that touched down will never be known, but at hast twelve were reported. some coming alim st in the same paths of lightly earlier ones, all doing their share of the destruction. Bringing this more into f<- us is he act that this time it is not a story in the paper. a release over TV. but an actual scene that hit the immediate area carrying with it death and destruction. This is one of th< e instar- es where the "never hit here storm" did hit and hard. In Indiana alone, one of several States hit by the funnel-shaped dynamoss of power. the death toil has climbed to almost 150 aiMi th* destruction caused will never b* accurately known, but may rea« h the SlbO million mark It included spots from almost the middle of the state into Michigan as many not only touched down but stayed down. Small towns, -ural areas, i dies, none were ; md that were in the paths of the twisting funnel clouds. Electric p< wer was off in many areas that were not hit. due to feeding line- be.ng tom down Fort Wayne the state’s third largest cits. was without power until Monday night from a twister in that area Many areas had to have gas service stopped as a safety fa« tor. Many will be without telephone service for some time On the local basis, a clean < ath was cut by the .-torms from southwest of K »m’z Lake northeasterly post LaPaz, taking in its path, everything that was there. In the K x.ntz Iseke area alone, over 100 homes and buildings were comp'etely demolished or seriously damaged The stones that ■ ome out of the rtorm are as always, odd. but fiction-like in their weird truth The storm continued almost in a perfectly straight line m an east-northeast-erly direction, taking everything in its path, hitting just north of l^iPaz One bright spot did occur in the damage and that was the low level ,jf fatal injuries After the storm had passed. all available ambulances in the area were called to transport injured people to hospitals and doctors were on the scene to give aid With the large loss of pn perty. only three livt s were taken, one southwest of Koontz I ike one at the lake, and t! th d d- ut six miles east of V. h it .i just north of US. 6 where tlm term crosses! the highway and leveled another h- ne in path Many were injur- I ind treated m Walkerton a-'d t ।ken to every available h<«pi'a! ri the area. (Continued on page 18)