Word: tornado
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...told of how Governor Herter received word of the tornado that struck our city . . . "He drove to the scene of the rescue operations (without notifying his press secretary). Worcester's mayor was in England. Governor Herter walked into the city hall in the middle of the night, found the council in complete confusion. He calmly restored order, etc." . . . The governor arrived to find .he council not in confusion but in orderly special session called by the acting mayor . . . GEORGE A. WELLS...
...been eleven weeks since the great tornado ripped through the suburbs of Flint, Mich., killing 113, injuring 547, and destroying $12 million worth of property (TIME, June 22). The residents of Beecher Township, hardest hit by the storm, had been struggling to rebuild their homes. But only foundations and a few frames stood among the ugly scars of destruction. Then, in less than 48 hours last weekend, Beecher Township rose from the ruins...
...residents had insurance or could get loans to cover the cost of building materials, the priest reasoned, but would the citizens of Flint volunteer a weekend of their labor to do the rebuilding? The people of Flint responded with a spirit that seemed to match the force of the tornado...
...work was done, 80 houses had been built from the foundation almost to completion, and at least 100 others had been advanced through several stages of construction. More than 4,000 volunteers had pitched in to donate 80,000 man-hours of labor that would have cost the tornado victims...
Sunday night the volunteers brought in an orchestra and danced in the Beecher school gymnasium, roofless since the tornado. The night was furnace-hot. Everyone had worked for two days in near-100° temperatures, and tomorrow was Monday. But no one seemed to mind. The rebuilders of Beecher Township felt just fine dancing under the stars...