Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1948 — Page 2
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SAVED BY SECONDS—This was the Coatesville Baptist Church today. Seconds before it was leveled by the tornado, the Rev. Leslie Long and assistants led 10
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THIS WAS HOME Coatesville, looks through
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— Mrs. Bernard Edwards, the rubble of her home, °
small children from the structure. They had been practicing for an Easter pageant.. attempting to salvage some clothing and a jar of dimes. riven around a corner, in two automobiles, the children escaped injury.
19 Killed as T
Through Hendricks County
(Continued From Page One) tered ‘to "the ‘ground, tore brick walls apart brick by brick and scattered masonry on the streets. Huge trees were uprooted and crashed down on houses, blocked streets and made ‘Whole sides. were torn from
cooled before they 1 _ deeper for possible “The bank, the postoffice and two small stores in the center of town were ripped wide open. Elliott's grocery store, owned by Carl Elliott, 53, was crushed
meat to the store. The wife and 16-year-old daughter of the proprietor escaped miraculously and Mr. Elliott, himself, escaped from the building next door just before it fell. \ Grain Elevator Topples The: Coa lle grain elevator was toppled to the ground and smashed. Bulldozers tried to clear away the rubble of the Farmers’ Supply store and of the home of Wayne Beaman, 20-year-old war
literally
plowed up out of the wreckage of
his home, still alive, He dled in
Red Cross emergency hospital at» the Coatesville Consolidated School a few minutes later. By midnight last night emer-
gency lighting units had been | set ire departments from nearby villages were standing by through the night in case new fires should
up in scattered locations.
break out.
Parts of automobiles, torn off
List of Injured
Here is a list of the storm in-
jured known to be fh hospitals
At the Red Cross Emergency
_station in Coatesville: MRS. OPAL TINCHER, 51. MRS, EDNA MASTEN, 29. _ RILEY SACRA, 81. MARY ROBINSON, 70.
CLARENCE NEWLAN, 32, of
Hadley. HAROLD WILLEN, North Salem.
EVELYN WILLEN, of North
em, - CLAUDE DAWES, of Coates ville. MAX CASSADY, ville. BERNICE GREENLEE, o Coatesville.
of Coates
MELVIN DORDAN, of Coates-
ville.
ANNICE WRIGHT, of Coates-
ville.
JOHN GAMBLE, of Coates-
ville.
MAY MUTTON, of Coatesville. GRACE GAMBLE, of Coates-
ville. BERT WALLACE, Coatesville.
At General Hospital in Indian-
apolis: RALPH McQUIRE,
27, Hadley, critical.
MRS. JESSIE DOOLEY, 71, of
Danville, critical.
WILL TEMPLEON, 61, of Dan-
ville, serious.
At Methodist Hospital in Indi-
anapolis: HOWARD DAVIS, Coatesville, good.
50,
VICTOR JENKINS, 15, months,
of Coatesville, fair.
Coatesville, serious. DOROTHY JENKINS, 25, of “po” specorm ARNOLD, ‘of
Coatesville, to be released.
26, of
26, of
of
of
ornado Rips
by the wind and lodged atop utility poles, forced pedestrians to make wide detours even on the few streets that were passable. In one home a large refrigerator was blown clear of the wreckage of the house and hurled into the street. Residents of the center of the town, where the storm struck hardest, said they were literally blown off their feet by the force of the gale. "All of the estimated 125 dwellings in the town were damaged
were completely demolished. It was difficult to tell from looking at
before daylight no actual count of the wrecked ‘buildings could be made. Hundreds Roam Streets Temporary quarters were set up on the second floor of the school building for the homeless
ing with friends outside the town. Hundreds of persons roamed the streets through the night searching for missing friends or
relatives. State police set up alg
headquarters in one of the few homes still standing, cared for some of the injured and operated |a clearing house for the names of dead, injured ‘and missing. It was difficult to keep track of the missing because all night long reports trickled in of persong who had found refuge. Search in Wreckage -While a crew of Indianapolis fire department rescue workers helped in the search of the wreckage, dozens of ambulances from Indianapolis and Greencastle shuttled in and out of the stricken town with dead and injured. Emergency staffs of doctors from Robert Long Hospital and General Hospital in Indianapolis were brought in to help care for residents who could not be moved immediately. ” - .
Coatesville, fair. | CHARLES WEST, Coatesville, fair. MRS. FRANCES MARK, 64, of Coatesville, good. ‘ MRS. J. W. MARLEY, 62, of Coatesville, fair. MRS. LOIS PENNINGTON, 27, of Danville, good. MRS. HOMER J. WOOD, 54, of Coatesville, good. MRS. HERSCHELL V. CLINE, 54, of Coatesville, fair. MRS. DAN H. CUMMINGS, 55, .[of Danville, fair. GEORGE MASTEN, of Coates.|ville,. to be released. ORENA COUNNING, of Dan- £ ville. PHYLIS CUNNING, of Danville. At Greencastle Hospital: MRS. ETHEL OOX, Greencastle, to be released. MRS. GALE ROBINSON, of Coatesville, good. JAMES WALTERS, of Coatesville, serious. RUSSELL Coatesville, fair. FRANK ELLETT, 9, of Coatesville, critical. HERSCHEL of Coatesville, critical.
77, of
SIDDONS, of
ville, critical. MRS. ELZA MARLEY, Coatesville, good.
SMITH MARLEY, of Coatesville, good.
ville, good.
MRS. DOROTHY CLINE, 38, of Coatesville, critical; ANNETTE LAWRENCE, 9, of
Greencastle.
and it was ‘estimated nearly 80H
the wreckage how many houses were piled together andj
who had not already found lodg- |i
GREENLEE, 61,
ROSE WHITE, 3, of Coates-
of
WARD RAWLINGS, of Coates-
mobile was killed when the
Coatesville. .
Survey
(Continued From Page One) stepping carefully over upturned roofing nails, “I've got my four children.” Hunched against the bitter wind, two men in galoshes picked their way northward through acres of debris. Nothing was standing around them higher than a man’s head. One was hunting for his panel truck. The other in a red runting cap held up a child's toidy seaf. The trucker looked at it and shook his head. Where Is the House? “Whose house was this?” “I don't know. I thought this was where I parked. This would be the alley, wouldn't it?” “Hard to tell with houses layin’ in it.” “There's a radiator, Joe. That
CRUSHED IN CAR —The occupant of this au
masonry and debris, of collapsing business buildings at
Grief-Stricken Residents Coatesville Ruins
The famliy was away when
A 1
tovehicle was crushed under
knelt beside a weeping woman and filled out a death certification. Place Injured on Cots In the schoolhouse, a portable generator mounted in a six-by-six truck from the Indiana Boys’ School at
Hadley, an elderly lady whose age
; |Hadley, owner of a large dairy
Plainfield provided
the storm struck.
. BUSINESS DISTRICT — A section of the Coatesville business district is show after the tornado fore away second-story apartments. Farm tractors and other equipment were crushed in the store below. The building shown is next door #4 the home of Frank -Ellett, the town postmaster. Mr. and Mrs. Ellett were killed,
Dairy Owner Injured By Silo Collapse The tornado claimed the lives of two Hadley residents. Hadley is a small town of about 125 persons on the. New York Central Railroad: midway between: Danville and Coatesville. The dead are Harley Hartsaw and Mrs. Grace Hadley. Mrs.
not learned, was blown from her house. Her body was found near the garage, : Mr. Hartsaw was killed in ‘the collapse of the Hadley General Store: where he sought refuge from the storm. Injured at Hadley was Clifford
farm near the village. He was in the milk house on his farm when the twister toppled the silo, crushing the small’ building. Only one other serious injury was reported. It was that of Ralph McGuire who was caught in the general store with Mr. Hartsaw. Damage to the small village, whose only place of business was the store, was extensive but no estimate has been made. A church was torn to pieces by the violent winds,
New flood threats loomed for Indiana’s already swollen streams in the wake of downpours accompanying last night's storms. The local weather bureau said today that the Wabash and White Rivers, and their tributaries were rising’ sharply. The. streams already were at flood stage at some points, ne However, Chief Meteorologist Paul ‘Miller’ said there was no prospect yet of severe overflows. Only light rains or: drizzles were expected today, with .clearing skies toRight. A temperature drop to freezing or below was forecast. . * Rainfall in Indianapolis: during the past 24 hours totaled an inch, ‘most of it coming last evening as the city was lashed by turbulent winds at the extreme edge of the tornado which plowed through Hendricks County. Damage Heavy Damage in Indianapolis was heavy. Wires fell throughout the city, trees were bowled over, hailstones pierced rooftops and battered cars, basements were flooded and streets were blocked by surface water. Telephone company spokesmen said local damage to wires was comparable to that caused by the
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1 COLUMBUS, Ind, Mar. 27—
The assembly occupied a section of
high winds just a week before. The company was flooded with out-of-order reports. In sharp contrast to the fury and destruction of yesterday's storm, Easter weather promises
says Central Indiana can expect a cool, crisp sort of day with sunshine and some breeze. However, he warns churchgoers not to leave their topcoats at home. Most Roads Safe Roads will be safe and dry although some secondary roads may be flooded in spots by the
to be peaceful. The weatherman
Storm Increases Flood Peril; Crisp, Cool Easter Forecast
overflow of smaller creeks and streams. Cold, windy weather with clouds and some light rain or drizzle could be expected today over the entire state. However, tonight the skies are expected to clear with temperatures dropping slightly below freezing in the Indianapolis area. No injuries as a direct result of the storm were reported locally, but several persons were injured in automobile accidents. The last night held up all westbound trains temporarily until a check could be made to see if any rails had been ripped out by the storm. . Locally the north and west sides of the city were hardest hit by last evening’s storm. Hail-
stones an inch in diameter pounded northern sections. 50-Mile Winds
Winds reached 50 miles an hour at the Indianapolis airport, but no damage was reported. Heavy average rains at the headwaters of the Wabash and White Rivers will cause sharp rises to bankful and low flood stages at Bluffton, Wabash, Muncie, Anderson, Columbus and Seymour during the next 24 hours, said Mr. Miller at the local weather bureau. He expected considerable overflowing of creeks and small streams,
3 Killed on Ind. 6
(UP)—Three men were killed today when a.truck and an automobile collided on Ind. 6, seven miles northwest of here. The dead were Allen Tuthill, 21; Robert Lee Howard, 33, and Jacob Tarner, 28, all of Valparaiso. They were factory workers. three were riding in the car.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Mar. 27
All| Debits
Capture Prisoner Fleeing Court
A prisoner hailed into Criminy Court 1 for arraignment before Judge William D. Bain tod made an unsuccessful break fo freedom.
The prisoner, Kenneth Grissom charged with armed robbery, suddenly bolted the courtroon breaking a glass door on the out. He retained his freedom ¢ spite the horde of deputies, la
Pennsylvania Railroad vers and clerks hot on his hee
until he got to the Commissoin. ers’ Court on the first floor, There Criminal Court 2 pe sonnel entered the chase. Charley Brown, bailiff of that court stuck out his foot and tripped ‘the fugitive, Immediately Grissom was held down by two lawyers, Wilbur Grant and Henry Wilson. He was manacled and returned to justice,
Gates Commends State Police Work
Gov. Gatés said today: | “I know I voice the sentiments of the’ people of Indiana when [| say we are greatly shocked from grief over the disaster at Coal ville and surrounding -térriton. All the facilities of the state df Indiana are being used to ass these communities. “I particularly desire to con mend Col. Rossow of the stay lice who has been assisting i every way possible since the d aster. “On the state level, everything will be done to assist the peop of these communities.”
INDIANAPOLIS CLEARING HOUSE Clearings a.
Clearings for the week. Debits for the week
electric light. The injured lay on cots in one of the classrooms.
to go home,
yours?” “Hell, I can't ever use that in the shape it's in. Let it lay.”
Main St. in the.wind and rain, no longer staring at the wreckage, but at the ground. A group or women stood in the mud, weepng. “No use standing around here, Ma,” sald a young man. “Let's 80 up to the school house.” One of the women said: “Why haven't they identified him? How can they be sure?” Head Burned Off One of the men said: “They say he was caught under the ‘ceiling when the fire broke out and it burned his head off.” The woman screamed.
at the man. said nothing. .
lines lay in the street.
had crashed through the roof and ceiling and lay in the living room
headquarters. Typewritten- lists of the dead and injured were posted on the
HOMER HOWARD, Danville,
KENNETH JENKINS, 27, of {with relatfves. Coatesville, fair. oARY LOU ACTON, 22, of, MRS. SHERMAN McKEE, BEVERLY JENKINS, 4, of Greencastle. Danville, Baker Hotel. Coatesville, good. LAWRENCE ACTON, 24, of MRS. ANNIE STEWART, 87, Greencastle, fair. treated and released. of Coatesville, serious. MISS MONICE BURGESS, of, MR. AND MRS. STOKES, Dan-
MISS DAISY BOAL, Danville, good.
60,
MRS. HELEN LININGER, 45 of La Porte (injured at Coates-|
ville), good.
ELVIN STEWART, 78, of
Cqatesville, good.
MRS. ROSE EDWARDS, 81,
Coatesville, good. . REX HATHAWAY, 20, Coatesville, to be released.
cri
of
ert Long Hospital in In- . WALLACE, 45, of
Coatesville.
| ville, |apolis: ALTE LOIS JACKSON, Clayton, serious. Additional injured:
ous.
injuries.
MARK BURGESS, of Coates-|
At Riley Hospital in Indian-|
MR. BREWER, Danville, slightof ly injured. | MRS. CHURCH, Danville, At St. Vincent's Hospital in In-|treated and- released, ‘Qlanapolis: FANNIE DAUGHTON, DanMRS. HELEN DORSETT of Ville, sent to employer's home. | ville, critical. ; MR. GUTHRIE, Danville, seri-
EDNA HAND, Danville, minor and released.
(ville, college barracks.
{Danville, sent to home of son.
ville Courthouse Emergency Hospital.
|H jiSrville, Union Hospital at Terre aute.
leyville, ‘Brazil Hogpital, treated Heit maid, Stearlleyville, Brazil Hogpital.
They walked up and down
“Why don’t you watch your phone. tongue?” another woman snapped lief was going smoothly enough. | : In the schoolroom, Drs. Jay and William Lovshin, |
Medical | Masonry Center internes, sat on a cot and from the tumbled grain elevator slowly drank coffee.
He turned away and|
Like broken thread, the power Indiana
door, it's going to rain. door. gether on the floor. like a dream, like a nightmare
a few minutes.
I was hurt. wandered around in a daze. “It was rainin’.
said he was dead.” Red Cross Speeds Aid
headquarters over
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|Johnston of Plainfield in his G
| |uniform, rubbed the bristl of the Arthur Beahl home which his chin. A oo
state police had taken over as al
said Dr. Johnston.
{I got here,
Earl Wallace, his head band-| aged, turned slightly on his cot.| “I was in my woodworking! shop next to the Gulf filling sta-| tion getting ready to go home,” he said. “Jim Walters who works at the ‘grain elevator had just! got off work and he was waiting
“Perry Knight was just sort of | waiting for us, I guess, We saw] that black cloud come up and I| said ‘Jim, you better close the!
“But we never did close the Jim and I went down to-| It was just]
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a, WT, Wire -t hy
I got up and crawled out after:
“I dragged Perry Knight out and saw that he was bad hurt. | Doc Ellett came by and asked if| I said it looked like there was lots others hurt worse | than I was, so he went on and I
We got Perry ||. into the funeral home and they|
Ralph Werner of Indianapolis, | Red Cross disaster chief, sat in the automobile talking to his! radio tele-| It seemed as though re-| »
Dr. Alan
“Dr. John Ellett is the hero,”|
“He had ’ {things going magnificently when
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“You don’t realize how wonderRALPH DIERDOFF, Stearley-(ful people are until you see ’'em ville, Union Hospital at ‘Terre/Stand up in an emergency like aute. His 7-year-old son, Stear-|this,” «said a trooper. “Most peoThere's a few who : [don’t belong here coming in to MRS. ELLEN McKAY, Stear-!|
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