Volume 9 , Issue 33

June, 1955 News- NW Oklahoma Tornado

We found this 1955 news article in the Oklahoman-Times Northwest Bureau, dated June 7, 1955, pg. 25 with the headlines reading, Alva Man visits Ranch, finds Only ruins Left by Tornado

Alva, June 6, 1955 -- Gene McGill, Alva resident, Monday learned a tornado had hit his ranch, eight miles north of Waynoka on SH 14 sometime Saturday night.

The small farm home was badly damaged when the roof blew off and landed about 54 feet away. A windmill was torn down, and the outbuildings were damaged.

An airplane was lifted from the ground and deposited several hundred feet away, partially damaged. McGill's foreman who lived at the ranch was away at the time.

Other damage reported Monday as a result of Saturday's storm included the Floyd Bliss farm where the barn and other outbuildings were demolished. The family spent the night in a storm cave.

There was some damage at the Nobel Arb farm near Avard. Avard received two inches of rain.

Four Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. power poles were knocked down six miles south of Alva by hard winds, and Hopeton and Avard were without electric power 11 hours. Wet cables caused Alva residents in the southern part of town to be without service for about 25 telephones.
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