Night Tornado Ravages Pittsfield Area Leaving Dozens Dead
A violent tornado tore through Lorain County killing 17 people and injuring 141. Pittsfield suffered eight deaths and 82 injuries as Homes churches and a service station were demolished. Rescue crews battled debris and live wires as victims were pulled from ruins and wailed in shock amid flashing lights and field floods.
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Lorain County
Pittsfield
LaGrange
Columbia Station
Carl Dewey
Tornado tragedy leaves Pittsfield mother dead and family spared
Richard Kay barely survived the same night that ripped through Pittsfield center killing his mother Eva. The wrecked area along Rt. 303 and 58 showed a church, home, and service station destroyed. Kay and his son Arthur, sheltered by a chifforobe, escaped. his wife Mildred also survived after years of prior blindness and tragedy. Neighbors and responders searched through rubble as prayers were offered and a miraculous escape was affirmed.
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Elmer Novak
Addison Ward
Oberlin College
Peter
Rt. 58
Pittsfield
Richard Kay Sr
Eva Roby
Kay
Mildred
Arthur
Richard Jr
Rt. 303
Pittsfield Center
Richard Kay
Eva
Richard
Chuck
Chuck Sooky
Zooky
Rts. 303
Rev Novak
Novaks
Ance
Oberlin
Cleveland
Diane
Jack
Lenten guideposts and a tithing plan discussed
In a park, Louis and his wife debate increasing their church offering from twenty dollars a month to ten percent as they balance family finances. She recalls a past hesitation and hints at social pressures from friends Lorene and Bart, who question the idea of church ten percent in the context of hypocrisy and livelihood.
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Louis
Lorene
Bart
Tornado relief under way with UCS aid drive
Herbert H. Meister announces The United Community Services of Greater Elyria will coordinate relief efforts with United Fund agencies to aid tornado victims in Lorain County. Federal disaster aid, state highway help, Salvation Army, and Red Cross plans are underway to provide food clothing and shelter while assessing damage and coordinating funds.
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Herbert H. Meister
United Community Services of Greater
Charles A. Mosher
Washington
Lorain County
United Fund
Vic
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Dallas County Grand Jury
American National Rep
Selma
Ala
James Reed
Boston
South
Local area tornado fatalities list with multiple victims
A list of tornado victims from LaGrange, Elyria, Oberlin and surrounding towns includes Bruce and Elsie Gibbons, James Wilson, two babies named Wilson, George Hummell, two Hummell children, Leon Speake, Bernard Kucharczyk, Beatrice Avins, Lisa Pospet, Richard and Sandra Dewey, Stephen and Addison Ward and Peter Ward, Eva Robey, Louis Elier, Agnes Duchoslayv, and a woman found dead beside Route 58 near Pittsfield Center. The report notes many pronounced dead on arrival at area hospitals and morgues, with several victims from Lorain and nearby communities. The deaths occurred as a tornado struck the region, with victims located at Elyria Memorial Hospital, Southwest Community Hospital Berea, temporary morgues in Oberlin, and along roads such as Rt 301, Wheeler Rd, Route 283 West, Rt 58, and Boone Rd. The entry includes ages for some victims, including infants and a college professor, Addison Ward of Oberlin College.
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Louis Klier
LaGrange
Bruce
Elsie Gibbons
Leon Speak
Hazel
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mr. Speak
Wellington
Geers Elyria
Berea
South Boone Rd
Columbia Station
George Hummell
Geneva
Southwestern Community Hospital
Pittsfield
Mary Slanczka
Townline Rd
Wakeman
William Booth
Olmsted Falls
Bruce Gibbons
James C. Wilson
Wheeler Rd
Wilson
Boone Rd
Giril
Hummell
Leon Speake
Bernard J. Kucharczak
Colonial Apartments
Lorain
Beatrice Avins
Royalton Rd
Southwest Community Hospital
Lisa Ann Sposet
Carlyle
Peter Ward
Oberlin
Eva Robey
West
Louis Elier
Agnes F. Duchoslayv
St. Lorain
Rt 58
Pittsfield Center
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