Nuns Describe Escape From Deadly Twister at San Xavier
Sister Juanita alerted Sister Martha as a tornado struck San Xavier Mission area in Arizona. The sisters sheltered under a house, surviving while the convent roof was torn away. A Papago mother and baby nearby lay buried in rubble as a family suffered eleven injuries. The nuns aided the pebbled victims, retrieved cherished items, then sought refuge at the mission. The Tucson Daily Citizen reports the tragedy and the sisters’ calm, steadfast response.
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Juanita
San Xavier Mission
Manuel Norris
Sister Georgeen
San Xavier del Bac
Desert
Georgeon
Papago
Eyewitness recalls tornado at San Xavier del Bac
Robert Merrick of Grinnell Fire Fighting helped observe the storm at San Xavier del Bac yesterday. He watched rooftops tear away and debris fly while the soft drink machine, about 300 pounds, was hurled 100 yards. A sister recalls the extinguishers were due for checks, though halted by the destruction.
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Robert Merrick
Grinnell Fire Fighting & Safety Equipment Co
San Xavier del Bac
Merrick
Tornadoes Are The Most Devastating Of Events
Dr Louis Battin of the University of Arizona Institute of Atmospheric Physics discusses a 37 year US Weather Bureau survey. He notes tornadoes kill more people on average than hurricanes, though a single hurricane can cause greater total deaths, and tornadoes strike with little warning and immense destructive power.
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United States
Louis Battin
University of Arizona Institue of
Battin
U. S. Weather Bureau
Louisiana
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