Mennonites Offer Free Help After Willard Tornado
After the May 10 1973 Willard tornado, Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers proposed to bring up to 200 workers to cleanup debris in the Mobile Home Park Briarwood Estates and Cable Village. They would work for free pending property releases. federal aid seemed unlikely unless uninsured losses surpassed 1 million dollars.
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Willard Times
Willard
Broa County
Willard Mobile Home Park
Briarwood Estates
Cable Village
Willard Junior High School
Tom Anderson
Ohio Mennonite Disaster Service
Anderson
Willard Tornado Evacuations Load Willard High Area
Emergency crews and National Guard responders swarmed Willard Ohio after a May 10, 1973 tornado. 75 soldiers and 14 vehicles from Norwalk engineers helped set up a command post at Willard High School while police sheriff units controlled access, enforced curfews, issued passes, cleared crowds, and arrested looters as residents and visitors faced restricted areas and road jams along US 224 and Ohio 61.
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Willard Times
Willard
Kenneth Danhoff
Hi Ho
Donnelley
Danhoff
National Guard
Company C 612Th Engineers
Norwalk
Willard High School
Huron County Sheriff’s Office
Hillcrest Drive
US 224
Ohio 61
Huron County
Willard Police Department
Huron County Juvenile Court
Red Cross aids Willard tornado victims in 1973
Local Red Cross workers rush from Sandusky to Willard after a deadly May tornado that killed three and caused about 6 million dollars in damage. About 200 families faced homelessness as 50 volunteers worked 36 hours without rest at the Willard Junior High School seeking clothing and supplies from Grace United Methodist Church.
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Willard Times
Red Cross
Willard
Herbert Lindeworth, Jr
Firelands
Sandusky
Willard Junior High School
John Emery
Charles
Backus
Seventh Day Adventists Cid
Salvation Army
Willard Christian Community Service Organization
Tornado knocks out phones in Willard area repairs start
After the May 10 1973 tornado, Northern Ohio Telephone crews restored service to most subscribers within three days, except mobile home parks. About 900 customers lost service as wires and poles were down and lines were clogged by massive call volume. Nearby towns Celeryville New Haven Plymouth Attica New Washington were affected. Crews from Willard Port Clinton Huron Norwalk Delaware and Oberlin worked in shifts to restore lines and install new cables from the Willard Mobile Home Park to Liberty Road with Ohio Power assisting. Briarwood Estates had only a pay phone reconnected.
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Willard
Northern
Ohio Telephone Company
Ken Wallery
Phone Company
Celeryville
New Haven
Plymouth
Wallery
Neal Zick
Ohio Power
Willard Mobile Home Park
Liberty Road
Ohio 103
Briarwood Estates
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Bill Watkins
State Highway Department
Rubio
State Adjutant’s Office of Civil Defense
Columbus
Times-Junction
Photos By
Jean Murray and
Jane Ernsberger
Tornado
Evert Brothers
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