Tornado terrors strike Willard workers recount roar and danger
Ed Felver, 20, a machine operator at R R Donnelley and Sons Printing Co., recalls a tornado that hit Rt. 224 east of Myrtle Street in Willard. He describes a roar like a train, two to three minutes of terror, and damage as cars were tossed and houses searched for victims. He rode out the funnel, helped search for the trapped, and spoke of nearly dying as propane tanks leaked.
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Willard
Ed Felver
R. R. Donnelley and Sons Printing Co
Rt. 224
Myrtle Street
Felver
Willard Airport
Agee
Overly
Rt. 162
Town Line Road 12
Tornado Struck Willard Area Hospital Aids Reach
Emergency room swarmed with injured and anxious relatives after a tornado hit the Willard area. Ambulances, nurses, doctors, and volunteers coordinated care while families searched for missing relatives. Truck driver John Agee from Roanoke described the motel hit and escape with minor injuries. A nurse asked to identify an unclaimed baby amid the chaos.
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Triangle
RE 224
Associated Transportation
John Agee
Roanoke
Tornado Devastates Willard Mobile Home Park
An unidentified resident of Coble Village near Willard surveys wreckage from a tornado that damaged most trailers in the Willard Mobile Home Trailer Park on Neal Zick Road. Frank Ohler reports only three trailers remain undamaged as a new unit was demolished and debris and large trees lie scattered across the area. A child was found wandering in the wreckage as residents recall a low roaring storm.
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Brooke Click
Sill
Willard Mobile Home Park
Zick Road
Joe
Jody
Jason
Coble Village
Willard
Frank Ohler
Willard Mobile Home
Neal Zick
Ohler
Mobile Home
Ohio patrolman chases tornadoes near Willard
Ohio Highway Patrolman Andrew J. Overly tracked a developing tornado across Huron Seneca Richland and other counties. He observed the funnel tighten and build while hail and rain lashed the area and debris roared toward Willard where he warned the post. He then aided in assessing damage at three trailer parks along Neal Zick Road.
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Willard
Ohio
Andrew J. Overly
Overly
Huron
Seneca
Richland
Ashland
Huron County
Seneca County
Town
THE
Post
Neal-Zick Road
Weather service praised for effective tornado warnings
Elyria official William W Graw credited the National Weather Service for a beautiful job warning residents as tornadoes threatened Willard Greenwich Savannah New London and Rochester. Radar from Detroit Cleveland and Cincinnati aided the alert with a tone signal guiding sheriff and highway patrol notification.
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National Weather Service
Cleveland
Elyria Civil Defense
William W_ Graw_ Graw
Cornell Ave
Graw
Bill Kennedy
Willard
Greenwich
Savannah
New London
Rochester
Lorain County
Palm Sunday 1965 Tornado Remembrance In Willard Area
Residents recall past killer tornadoes that hit Willard and surrounding counties. The Palm Sunday 1965 cyclone killed 19 Pittsfield residents and swept across six states, with Lorain's 1924 disaster killing 70 and injuring 600. Tornadoes recur yearly in Vermilion and Delphi, Huron County, causing property damage but few injuries. Weather officials note funnel winds high speed, short duration, and the need for spotters for warnings.
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Willard
Pittsfield
Palm Sunday
Lorain
Vermilion
Delphi
Huron County
Tornado Strikes Willard Area Hospitals Mobilize Quick
Willard area hospitals shifted rapidly from routine care to emergency response after last night’s tornado. Telephones failed but Willard administrator Richard Falk coordinated via CB radio, directing volunteers from 30 miles away. By evening Willard admitted 14 and treated over 100. Norwalk’s Fisher‑Titus Hospital assisted, five patients were moved there, all in satisfactory condition.
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Willard
Willard Area
Richard Falk
Falk
Willard Hospital
Norwalk
William Ream
Norwalk Fisher-Titus Hospital
Lawrence Hilson
Charles Sweet
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Daniel Chesanow
Chesanow
Fisher-Titus
Bellevue
Mansfield
Ashland
Erie County
Providence
Memorial
Good Samaritan
Sandusky
Cliff
Briarwood Estates
Sue
Tornado Strikes Hi-Ho Restaurant Area Killing Four
A tornado slammed through the Rt. 224 Willard area leveling the Hi-Ho Restaurant and injuring 100 others. Sue Myers and Cliff Smyth survived by diving to the floor as windows blew out and cars were hurled outside. Four people died and many were treated after the collapse and debris.
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Willard
Sue Myers
Cliff Smyth
Drell Goff
UPI
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Chronicle-Telegram
Glyn, O
Pelyer
Myrtle St
By Shannon
Eubanks
Wilard Area Hospital
Mrs. Click
Click
Rob Modic
Weather Bureau
Carol Harier
New Washington
HiHo
Pat
Wwe
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