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Monticello, Indiana April 3, 1974
The following pictures are from the book "Killer Tornado" published by the Monticello Herald Journal. If you use any of the pictures or or text please give them credit. All photos are thumb nailed.
 

The book is Divided into 5 pages. the major headings are as following:

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5
Moments after it Hit Business District Sustained Major Damage
 
Before After
 
Homes Destroyed
 
Students Continue Studies at Various Churches
Shocked Residents Unite to Help Others
 
Monticello Homes Ravaged Years Needed to
 Restore Town
National Home Badly Battered
 
Churches, Cemeteries Ravaged
Damaged Estimated at $100 Million
 
5 Killed in Mini-Bus Tragedy $500,000 Damage
to Penn-Central Bridge
Housing Addition
 Nearly Leveled
 
Local Groups, Outsiders offered help to Victims.
People organize Rescue, Search Operations Fort Wayne Girl Survives Van's Plunge Courthouse
History Rich, Full
Hickory Ridge
Area in Tornado's Path
 
Officials Offer Help
Homes, Churches, Schools, Businesses were touched by twister Savage winds Shreds Downtown Buildings 122-year-old
 Bell Survives
Many Left Homeless
 
People Pick up the Pieces
  Local Businesses Give Evidence to Twister's Destructive Power
 
Courthouse Activities
 move to National
Guard Armory
Farms Hit Monticelloan's Begin Salvage, Repair, Removal
 
Twin Lakes Totaled
Schools Meet with
 Disaster

Downtown Monticello will Rise Again... Bigger, Better different and More Beautiful Than Ever Before
 

 


Stunned motorists sit in their Volkswagon near the crumbled Whit County Courthouse moments after the tornado swept through Monticello's Main Street.

 


Next sequence shows citizens and firemen rescuing Karl wet who was thrown from his pick-up truck and buried under tons of stone at the corner of the Barrr Company on North Main Street

To seem more on Karl Wert Click here

 

Moments after it Hit....

 

Shocked Residents Unite to Help Others

Damaged Estimated at $100 Million


Dazed  man seems to not realize what has happened.

This Cadillac had been parked inside Hubbard's just before the building was leveled

A U-Haul stands against the side of the Presbyterian Church downtown.

People organize Rescue, Search Operations


A home south of Bryan's Manufacturing Company sits in East Marion Street where is was blown.

Patrol Cars dispatch to outlying areas.

An injured Bryan's employee rushes to aid trapped workers.


Wolcott Fireman help rescue victims.

   

Homes, Churches, Schools, Businesses were touched by twister


Sanctuary of Monticello's Presbyterian Church Was Demolished

View of Broadway Street from rear of Bell Towers

Third floor Roof Bryan's East Wing trapped many workers

Abandoned Lincoln Jr. High School received heavy damage.

City Landmark was completely Destroyed

Houses near Hubbard's Chevrolet-Cadillac received irreparable damage.

National Homes addition was smashed.

Businesses on 100 Block of West Broadway were struck hard.


Lakes TV received gaping wound.


Diener's Supply warehouse was destroyed.

 


Lakes TV received gaping wound.