Floor lifted off bodies.

Creator

Tony Slaughter

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Identifier

20135044

Description

This huge section of floor in the R. T. Dennis Furniture store at 5th and Austin in Waco is lifted off first-floor debris in the Waco tornado area. Several bodies were recovered under this section of floor which had to be ripped by portable power saws.

Archival Date

1953-05-13

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-851

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Tornadoes; Disasters; Business districts; Rescue work