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TORNADO(Continued from Page 1)storm, and said they thought only the fact that there were open windows kept their homes from being blown away, A few families took refuge in basements.W. L. Degnan, who now lives in Ayrshire, saw the storm cloud move swiftly across the horizon, traveling from southwest to northeast. It looked like it was quite some distance away, he said, and he didn't realize that it was tearing up small buildings and uprooting trees on the nearby ,home farm now operated by ;his son, Emmett.Building Lifted ^Bob Gormley was looking out of a window at his home ■ northwest of Laurens when the storm hit there. For a moment, he said, there appeared ;to be no wind; then a hog jhouse some 50 feet long raised lt;off its foundation as though Jlifted by a vacuum, and collapsed. It was then 6:45 a.m., according to Gormely. !On a number of farms, ;brooder houses were demolish- 1 ed and many chickens killed. Among those losing chickens were Justin Ortner, Clair Ru* bel, Konrad Younggreen, Ralph Peterson and W. L. Brodersen.Valjean Cook's cattle shed was destroyed, barn moved, garage and other buildings twisted, and so many trees toppled that it was necessary to cut a path out to the road.Ed Wilcox, Vitus Terveer and several others had their homes damaged by falling trees, and in many cases windows were blown out by the force of the storm. The extremely heavy rain following the tornado caused some damage inside homes with broken windows and punctured roofs.Other LossesA number of other farms had damage to buildings, trees and crops. Among them were Laurence Jeffers, Bill Hinners, t)on Newgard, Kenneth Stoner, Matt Donahue, Bruce Wilson, George Cole, George Coldren, Dick Miller, Bob Miller, Leo Stoermer, C. W. Davidson,W. M. Langfitt, Lester Anderson, W. P. Brodersen, Henry DeWall, Elmer Bringleson, Ag-ner Reese, Harold Baker, Melvin Runneberg, Ray Hainan, Ambrose Kirschbaum, PeteKiTSchbaum, D. R. Bennington, Welcome Jones, Abner Strait, Elmer Vierow, Rupert Kelly, Earl Dahl, Clarence Buhl, Ed Johnson, D. N. Phillips, Joseph Yender, W, A. Reynolds, Gerald Galbraith, Edward Han-isch Sr., Gene Herbers, Cecil Lowman and L. L. Arndt.
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Laurens Sun
Laurens, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 20, 1957
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