Car and Bridge Knocked Out by Tornado--This automobile was wrapped around the steel girders of a bridge as a result of a tornado which hit in this west-central Wisconsin area late yesterday. The car was bent double. At least 18 persons were killed in the area as a result of the storm.

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Title:
Car and Bridge Knocked Out by Tornado--This automobile was wrapped around the steel girders of a bridge as a result of a tornado which hit in this west-central Wisconsin area late yesterday. The car was bent double. At least 18 persons were killed in the area as a result of the storm.
Title (alt.):
Tornado Destruction yesterday at Colfax, Wis., where this car was bent almost double around heavy girders of this steel bridge. Toll of destruction in the west-central Wisconsin area is reported hour by hour to be mounting, with many killed and injured. Losses are expected to total millions.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Weather: Tornados: 1950s: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. June 1958]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Tornadoes
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 209 x 255 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5d86s3075
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001582_0038
Barcode:
39999088103369