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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.
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The book is Divided into 5 pages. the major
headings are as following: |
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Page 5 |
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Moments after it
Hit |
Business
District Sustained Major Damage
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Before After
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Homes Destroyed
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Students Continue Studies at Various Churches |
Shocked Residents Unite to Help Others
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Monticello Homes Ravaged |
Years
Needed to
Restore
Town |
National Home Badly Battered
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Churches, Cemeteries Ravaged |
Damaged
Estimated at $100 Million
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$500,000 Damage
to Penn-Central Bridge |
Housing Addition
Nearly
Leveled
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Local Groups, Outsiders offered help to Victims. |
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People organize
Rescue, Search Operations |
Fort Wayne Girl
Survives Van's Plunge |
Courthouse
History Rich, Full |
Hickory Ridge
Area in Tornado's Path
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Officials Offer Help |
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Homes, Churches, Schools, Businesses were touched by twister |
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122-year-old
Bell
Survives |
Many Left
Homeless
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People Pick up the Pieces |
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Local Businesses Give Evidence to Twister's Destructive Power
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Courthouse Activities
move
to National
Guard Armory |
Farms Hit |
Monticelloan's Begin Salvage, Repair, Removal
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Twin Lakes
Totaled |
Schools
Meet with
Disaster |
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Downtown Monticello will Rise Again... Bigger, Better different and
More Beautiful Than Ever Before
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Homes Destroyed |
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National Home Badly Battered |
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Housing Addition Nearly Leveled |

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Hickory Ridge Area in Tornado's Path |
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Many Left Homeless |
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Farms Hit |

Neighbors and Relatives begin clean-up at Parschen farm on SR39 |

Next 5 photos show farm buildings that were
either partially or totally destroyed when the tornado struck. |
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Twin
Lakes Totaled |

Aerial view of the badly damaged school complex has Roosevelt Jr. High in
the foreground, Twin Lakes High School at left and Meadowlawn Elementary at
rear. Photos below show damage at Twin Lakes |

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Schools Meet with Disaster |

Twin Lakes Gym was torn Open. |

Roosevelt Jr. High School will reopen next fall (Fall of 1975) |
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