Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-06-16

A second storm at 10 pm.
was blamed for an auto mis-
hap which resulted in injur-
les to two mothers and their
five children.
Stone Sign Falls
When 16 feet of a large
stone sign &c feet high crash
ed through the roof Of h e
Chiodi grocery and restaur-
ant at Rts. 6 and 166, Hamb-
den, Clifford Tryon Jr., II,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
M. Tryon, Rt. sc, montville,
was buried under eight tons
Of debris.
The boy was taken to Lake
County Memorial Hospital
Cut by flying debris wa S
Pierce D. Metzger, North h
Kile RA., Chardon Police
Department patrolman.
Release Boy
Working fast, neighbors
succeeded in releasing Cliff
ford. Sheriff deputies said the
boy was saved from fatal in
jury because most Of the rub
BILE fell onto the ice cream
freezerS he was standing
near.
The wreckage covered half
Of the store and four large
food racks eight feet wide
and six feet high were de-
molished.
Luck Saves
Clifford was standing by
the door waiting for the rain
to stop" said Vincent Chiodi
store manager. Luck saved
the life of my father, Albert.
He had just moved from the
area a minute before t h e
crash" he said.
Clifford'S mother, Norma,
was outside the store in a
parked car with her o t h 7
two children, Roger, 7, a n d
Annette, 3. She said the wind
was strong enough TO rock the
car, and the next thing she
knew the store was toppling
down.
william G. Crosby, 43, own
er Of the adjacent gas sta
ton, said he was towing aa
vehicle down the street just
before the winds struck. Il
was almost blown off t h e
street." he said.
Chief of Police John Boil
was listening to a radio broad
cast of a lesser storm in
Lake County when the small
tornado hit Chardon around
6 pm. He saw a cloud of dust
coming.
A large elm tree in t h e
yard of st. Mary's rectory
fell over Chardon Avenue. 1t
missed the house by three
feet. Keith Orzen and Andy
Dombey came with power
saws, cut up the tree, and
with the aid of neighborS
cleared the street.
Tree Felled
A tree on Maple Ave. at
North Hambden st. was fel-
led. Neibhbors with aid of the
fire department cleared this
thoroughfare.
A wall on a new building
being erected on Rt. 6, just
west of the village limits by
Andy Dombey was blown in.
The opposite wall was moved
a few inches.
A power line from South
St., along the B & o Railroad
to the CEI SubStation blew
down, cutting power to the
village wells that supply
Chardon'S water. This was S
quickly repaired.
Police got many complaints
of water filled cellars. The
roller rink cellar was flood
ed. Several telephones were
out of commission. TV anten-
mas were damaged, a large
one bent downward at the
residence of Jerry Ford, on
Ave.
Traffic Blocked
A fallen tree on Rt. 6 block |
ed traffic until it was cleared |
away by the State Highway |
Patrol.
A tree was downed on Fer
riS Ave, and another at the |
South st. railroad crossing |
fell into wires on Park |
Ave, west of the B & o.
Trees were down on Maple |
Ave. and Water st.
Branches were over build |
ingS and grounds at the Farm
Bureau gas station on Center
st. A 6 by 9 foot plate glass
at ThraSher F % d
Store was smashed. Signs at
gas stations were torn
down.
Heavy Rain