City Hit by Destructive Storm--This section of business buildings lies in rubble here after a tornado struck the area late yesterday. So far 34 bodies have been counted in the wreckage of buildings in the downtown business are and the Red Cross says at least 67 people were killed. Rescue workers swarm over the wreckage digging for possible victims in this view made shortly after the storm passed.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1953]

[Information from item housing] Weather: Tornado: 1950s: Wire Photos