Evening star., 1953-05-11
11Ki||ed, 1oOInjured
As Tornadoes Strike
Paris Of Six States
By the Associoted Press

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ing IL persons dead. more
than 100 injured and widespread
property damage.
Areas hit were Southern Min
nesota. Western Wisconsin,
Southeastern Nebraska, North
central Iowa, West-central Ar
kansas and Southeastern Kan
sas.
Property damage is expected
to total several million dollars.
Six of the Minnesota victims
died when the tarpaper and
clapboard house in which a
Spanish-speaking migrant farm
worker from Waco, Tex. and his
family were quartered on an as
paragus farm near Hollandale
was destroyed.
Bodies Hurled Onto Road.
The six were Ariseto Martinez,
20; his wife Magdaline. Is. and
four Of the children-Jaime. IL:
Raul, 13 months. Domingo, 8.
and Jesse, S.
Bodies of the six were hurled
IS feet onto a, road yesterday
when the tornado hit the flirnsy
structure that had housed pris-
onerS of war during World War
II. Neighbors said the house ap-
peared to explode from within"
Fellow workers of Mr.. Mar
tinez on the truck farm clustered
in little groups after the storm,
speaking to each other in Span
ish as rescue workers poked
through the debris. Saddened
and stunned. many seemed un-
able to understand what had
happened.
Wives Of several other Span
ish-speaking farm workers wept
silently as they wandered around
with children in their arms view
ing the damage to the Martinez
and other nearby homes. No
other injuries were reported on
the farm.
Man and Child Killed.
The other Minnesota victims
were Otto Jeche. about so,
crushed to death when his barn
caved in on his farm near Wy
ko1, and the 2-year-old daugh-
ter OF Mrs. Dorothy Macdonald,
%. of the Rochester area.
The child was killed and her
mother and Franklin Steele, %,
Rochester. were critically in
jured when Mr.. Steele's car was
lifted off the road and tossed
into creek.
Three persons were killed in
Wisconsin. Peter Novak was
fatally injured when a barn was
blown down on his farm near
Amery. Miss Mary Dunbar, 78,
Santon. was killed when a farm
house blew apart and Marie
Knipschield. 16. Cumberland,
was killed when a barn collapsed
10 miles east of Frederic.
Several others were reported
injured as tornadoes hit Western
Wisconsin. Damage was centered
lin Eau Claire, Chippewa, Polk
and st. Croix Counties.
| The first OF the weekend
tornadoes hit Saturday night at
Hebron, a community of 1000
in Southeastern Nebraska. OBJ
servers said it was a miracle"
that no one was killed as the
storm wrecked two-thirds of the
towns buildings. Sixty-nir1e
persons were injured, at least 18
of them seriously.
Debris Litters Streets.
Hebron still was without gas
and had only emergency electric
power last night. Bulldozers
pushed their way through debris
piled streets yesterday to make
one-way paths for trucks used in
clearing the wreckage.
Mayor Ralph Hawkins esti-
mated damage at "at least a
million and a half dollars"
You drive over town and it's
just terrible" said A. E, Stauf-
fer, DeShler newSpaperman.
There were cars smashed so fiat
you couldn't see in them with
flashlights"
Mayor Hawkins said he tried
to reach an outside storm cellar
with his wife and daughter. IT
was trying to get the door open
when it hit. So we lay on the
floor and tried to take as little
space as possible. We were not
hurt. We were lucky"
At least five persons were in
jured and several farms were
damaged late yesterday when a
tornado cut path IS miles long
through Cerro Gordo and Worth
Counties in North Central Iowa.
Gunder Felland, SO, who farms
near Hanlontown. said he herded
his family into the basement
when he saw the storm coming.
Then I saw the house. life off
the foundation about a foot, +"
he added. before it settled back
down. a little off center. When
! went out later and looked. two
big trees were. piled right down
on the house. Those trees must
have kept the house from blow
ing away"
Five farms were damaged by
another tornado in Clayton
County in the northeastern part
Of the State.
No one was injured or killed
when two tornadoes hit a resi-
dental district near the fair
grounds in the West Central Ar
kansas town of Russellville.
About 40 homes in the area suf-
Tered heavy roof damage.