Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page g Winnipeg free press monday june 20, 1955 his Hospital in ruins doctor works a night ministering to victims by Al Hosking Over a 30-mile strip North the an old style country doctor Border from the red Vita Man., who saw 29 years River to the Ontario Boundary. Of labor twisted and torn by the the Killarney born doctor was Savage two minute Tornado Sun Day worked throughout the night with patients injured by the twister. The United Church Hospital built in 1923, and added to about 1946, was severely damaged and looks As though it s beyond re according to or. M. K. Kwong there. The assistant doctor or. H. V. Waldon medical Cliv Rector described As an extremely Able doctor and surgeon who has devoted his life to the Vita com will feel the blow Ter said mrs. C. H. Best the wife of superintendent of uni Ted Church Home missions. 1eft for Vita mrs. Best said her husband and or. Harold Frame St. Stephen s Broadway Church and member of the Church Hospital committee left Winnipeg Early this morning for Vita to consult with or. Waldon and see what it any thing can be done with the 25 bed Hospital. Four Winnipeg ministers who left for Vita later this morning to join in the task of salvaging what they can and plan what May be done were Rev. Fred Douglas old St. Andrew s United Church Rev. John Patterson St. Andrew s severely wounded in the first world War with his wrist permanently crippled and powder Burns still on his face. After his second year in a Winnipeg Hospital following the War he decided to enter Medicine. He borrowed the fee and entered the University of Manitoba. Be has spent almost his entire medical career at the Vita mis Sion Hospital. In 194g, a Surprise tribute or. Waldon packed the Small town of 300 with More than Well wishers and friends to thank him for 20 years of Christian deeds and medical they met him As he was Leav ing his Hospital with children wearing ribbons marked Doc s and older folks with rib Bons marked Doc s grateful the first baby he delivered in Vita 20 years before handed him the keys to a new car. Maxy capacities he has served his Community As its doctor lawyer minister veterinary surgeon and counsel Lor. His great love remarked mrs. Best on monday is for the Hospital he has served and developed since its beginning. A new operating room a new confinement room and new de Lone Teddy Bear scattered to about Bear mute testimony the violence of the storm. Havoc is everywhere. Only the Cement basement of the seven room school is left. Desks Are tumbled All Over with the re Mains of the Walls piled on top. For two Miles along the High Way entering Vita from the North Power and telephones poles have been either broken off or lifted out of the Earth. None escaped. Manitoba Power commission repairmen were shipped into the area within hours and by Dawn were working frantically to re store Power to this stricken Community. Hail a Boon Many gave credit to the Hail for the Miracle that no lives were lost. It drove the people in doors saved them from being maimed or killed by the flying debris. Heavy planks were tossed Church in River Heights. Rev. Livery room were added to the Kenmuir. Regent Park Church Hospital in 1946. And Rev. Bruce Johnson of har Row United. Or. Waldon has been medical director of the Hospital almost since its construction in 1923. He arrived in Vita in 1926, and has travelled by buggy and snowmobile on horseback and by car sunday s Tornado twisted operating tables out of shape Tore doors off their hinges destroyed All the windows and damaged stairs and fire escapes or. Kwong told the free press. Though the Walls weren t badly damaged the roof is in rubble he said. Or " s was Back to the Hospital Quick k6hgi Ironi Afler a week end in Winnipeg or. Kwong got stuck 10 Miles North of Vita and did t arrive till after the twister had struck. _ the dozen patients were evac of rated from the Hospital to others Jarvis. 1026 Dovercourt re. Toronto in Emerson Steinbach and win 1 coughed violently and wheezed a Nipes with cuts and bruises from j n 1 about flying Glass and debris. Or. Wai i worked at the Hospital you too. Can get Quick Relief from throughout said or. Kwong. The that dry. Hacking or phlegm bronchial director was in the basement con cough. Take Templeton s i suiting room when the Tornado the remedy specially made to relieve struck chronic bronchitis asthma and Hay rhe ramp crave excellent ser fever. Enjoy your work enjoy your l Nef taking Raz Mah today. Vice said or. Kwong. They not get Quick Relief from chronic bronchitis Ever since birth i was subject to attacks j 79c and at druggists. Only helped in the salvaging of advice to men who Are irritable is irritability and nervous ten Sion making you hard to get Alons with ruining your sleep making you Cranky and miser Able in your dealings with irl ends and business associates if any of these conditions Are troubling you. It is time you did something about them be cause the longer you wait the harder it is to get Back to your old self again. Fortunately Lor you a new Tab let has been discovered thai is now relieving1 thousands of men and women of such symptoms of nervous tension As irritability Jitter Ness jump Ness anxiety worry apprehension excitability nervous stomach and head ache. This new Tablet is called sed Luln and is available Only at your drug store Sedi ctn is the new Safe Tablet you have read about that actually calms Down your nervous system when taken according to directions Sedicino is available from your druggist without a prescription at reasonable Cost 51.00 for a package containing 16 tablets Only 6 each. Sedicino is guaranteed by its maker to help relieve the symptoms of nervous tension or Money is returned. Or. And mrs. H. M. Podolsky sadly inspect wreckage of their lumber Yard of Vita. Equipment but they aided in nearly 40 feet from its found Traung patients and getting them into ambulances. Or. Kwong who came to can Ada a year ago from Hong Kong took his medical training in Paris France. He has been at the Vita Hospital for six months. His wife and six children Are still in Kong Kong. More about Tornado continued from Page 1 it is impossible to estimate the amount of damage caused by the Tornado. Confusion reigned in the murky darkness that closed Down around the Village last night. Tion and set Down again with its 10 occupants miraculously alive. The Home of John Macowsky was a total loss Mike Bozyk lost his barn and All of his out build Ings. First news of the disaster came from mat Fostie a truck Driver from Vita. He arrived at or. And mrs. Mike Horbul s Gen eral store at Stuart Burn near Vita he told mrs. Jean Horbul to Contact the ramp that the town desperately needed fire trucks ambulances and other help. Mrs. Horbul said Fostie was All covered with blood from in juries received trying to Rescue other people. The first police arrived on the scene about 8.45 . Sunday. What was still in one piece they i Vita is completely Cut off from All communication except by Road Manitoba Power commission officials said Vita itself and All centres totally to the East of it were blacked out when the Cyclone cracked or bowled Over every Power pole in the area. Feeding the area they said was a transmission line which was Cut off. More than 50 men were rushed from Winnipeg sunday night and within three hours had service restored to a Point three Miles West of Vita. Still Cut off How Ever were Vita Sundown men Sio Piney and Middleboro. That scores were not killed is a Miracle. Houses stores Gar Ages the school a Church and Many other buildings were Des troyed. T is estimated at least 20 houses Are total losses. The Vita motor sales Ltd., a Brick and Cement Block building was blown Down and several vehicles in the building were destroyed. In the town s tailor shop Ope rated by John Rudiak bolts of material were viciously twisted to useless bits of rags. The Home of kick Stre Bisky was moved and the few inhabitants remaining there in undamaged houses have been using candles for Light since there seems to be no Coal Oil available. There Are no fire hydrants in the town and it was impossible for firemen to put out the blazes in the several Homes that burned. In one grocery store that burned canned goods and bottles exploded like artillery. Some of the persons whose Homes were burned to the ground were John More about Eye witness continued from Page 1 into the Village poured news paper men radio reporters and to cameramen All intent on bringing the Story of Vita s Day of trial to the outside world. Vita today has a dismal appearance much like the Small German villages after they had been bombarded by advancing Al lied troops late in the second world War. Beyond repair its proud Hospital the Only one serving people in a 40-mile radius is damaged beyond repair. Its collegiate is a shambles and at least 25 Homes have been demolished. The bakery garage lumber shed mortuary hotel general stores restaurants and Blacksmith shop Are gone. The greek orthodox Church is badly j damaged. Along second railway Avenue the Street in the Village hardest around like match Wood while roofs of Large buildings were car ried four blocks. John Bodnarchuk restaurant owner was serving a customer when broke. A two by four was hurled by the Force of the wind through the restaurant Large plate Glass window narrowly missing the customer. One two by four was lodged High in the greek orthodox Church driven in like a Spike. Throughout the night ramp worked beside Morris Volunteer firemen to save damaged build Ings which Cau Glit fire in the Early hours of monday morning. The usually smartly attired mounties presented a grim Pic Ture at Daylight. Fourth storm this was about the fourth bad windstorm to hit Vita since the 1920 s but none was As violent As sunday s. In the other ones Only a few houses lost their roofs and minor damage was caused. Vita is an unorganized Community leaving no one actually in charge to see that Aid is provided for the needy. The Village has no official spokesman. This fact accounted in a great Mea sure for the rumours that persisted after the storm that two or three had died. How much damage the storm did is anyone s guess. Whatever it is the figure will run into hundreds of thousands of Dol Lars perhaps a million or More. Many Here had fire insurance but it is reported that few had wind insurance. Those whose Homes were destroyed by fire will be Able to collect but those who were wiped out by the wind have lost everything. But Vita is sure of. One thing. The people who suffered will re build. These ukrainian people have lived Here Many years and they have on intention of pull ing up their roots. Returns to Bonn Bonn Cap West Germany s Chancellor Konrad Adenauer got Back to his work in his Home Cap Ilal monday in preparation Lor a possible meeting with the russians. 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Fist size Hail Jarvis Smook a garage Man was working in his shop when the storm broke. He said the Hail that fell was fist size and did tremendous damage along with the wind and the fires. I can t believe it was so he told a reporter. Or. Stre Bisky and his wife had been entertaining at a family gathering and the group was having casual conversation when the Force of the wind hurled House and All into the air. One of the those in the House was found afterwards standing near the House. Dazed but in Hurt he was holding onto the front door. The roof of the six room school at Vita was blown off and Only the four Walls Are left standing. The roof landed sever Al Hundred Yards away from the sunday night As news was flashed of the disaster hundreds of cars flocked to the scene. By the time ramp detachments Many of them Busy with sunday s traffic problems were Able to reach the scene the place was in confusion. 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I order your Buffalo Ioard Mcdairmid Bros. Limited 600 pm ulna Hwy. Pm. 43-2711 school. The ukrainian greek Ortho Dox Church was a Shell and a chairs ice boxes remains Beds Large fragment of Wood which i wrecked cars broken coffins and hurled through the air pierced i the front the Church. All its i windows were broken and on the front Steps of the building was a Miriama i portion of the body of a car. Fly i House thrown among those reported injured was the family of Roy Ridley a resident of Vita for about a month who is a Driver for the Grey Goose bus line. Their Home was picked up by the Tornado and thrown a distance of 100 feet. Or. Ridley his wife and both of their children were hurled out of the House and one child was found buried beneath a pile of debris. Mrs. Ridley Margaret was taken to Steinbach Hospital while or. Ridley came into Winnipeg about 2 . Cd on a Grey Goose bus. He suffered in juries to his1 Back and and is at Winnipeg general Hospital j their children Rodney 2. And i Cynthia 3 Are at the Morris Hospital. Neither Are seriously injured. In a Brief interview in Winni Peg or. Ridley said he remembered nothing of what happened. One minute i was just sitting in the House and the next thing i j knew i was in a neighbor s House. An eight year old boy identified As Walter Ces Mystryk Vas brought into St. Boniface Hospi Tal about 9 . Cd where he is in fair condition. He suffered a fractured left and undetermined internal injuries. The Morris Hospital has taken in four patients. At Steinbach Hospital besides mrs. Ridley was a mrs. M. A Adamiuk whose condition is reported not serious. Also at Morris Hospital were Jean Ces Mystryk 14, with injuries to her right and John Sandul 75, with injuries to his shoulder. The ramp turned Back hundreds of sightseers from Winni Peg Early this morning. Meanwhile at Winnipeg an official of the Manitoba red Cross society Roy h. Snyder said the organization has been alerted by the ramp. 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