Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1948 — Page 18

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES | — SATURDAY, MAR. 7,

Coatesville Digs Out Of Debris Left By Raging Tornad

Photographs by Victor Peterson and Henry Glesing Jr., Times Staff Photographers

WAKE OF JHE STORM The tornado which swept: through Central Indiana ust’ west of Indianapolis last evening REFLECTED TRAGEDY — A Jetroushis woman comes from a temporary morgue after identifying a body of i laid open this Coatesville dwelling. ; Coatesville. The tragedy o of the storm is reflected on the faces ofthe onlookers.

BLOCKED STREETS — Workers chop trees which crashed into automobiles and =" STORE’ "RUINS — Arar M. Cox, left, and his FIRST AID—Mrs. C. H. Lininger, Coatesville, receives first aid from a doctor

completely blocked a Coatesville street on which one of two temporary morgues was father-in-law, Carl Elliott, search the ruins of what was and state policeman. Her father, Elvin Stewart, who was in bed with pneumonia, located. Every street was choked with debris and tangled wires. Bulldozers cleared Mr, Ellioft's. grocery store in Coatesville before the - also was injured. The scene is typical of many in the stricken area through the the way for rescue vehicles. tornado struck. long night after the storm.

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