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Windstorm Batters City

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Parent Issue
Ann Arbor News, May 11, 1959
Day
11
Month
May
Year
1959
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The Guthe Home At 845 Brookwood Place Burns After A Gas Explosion During The Windstorm, May 1959
The Guthe Home At 845 Brookwood Place Burns After A Gas Explosion During The Windstorm, May 1959
Utility Lines Near Ferry Field Downed During The Windstorm, May 1959
Ferry Field Fence Damaged By A Fallen Tree During The Windstorm, May 1959
Ferry Field Fence Damaged By A Fallen Tree During The Windstorm, May 1959
Yost Field House Roof Ripped Off By Windstorm, May 1959
Remains Of An Uprooted Tree & Sidewalk Destroyed By The Windstorm, May 1959
Downed Electrical Wire Burns In Tree After Windstorm, May 1959
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The Guthe Home At 845 Brookwood Place Burns After A Gas Explosion During The Windstorm, May 1959

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Ann Arbor News, May 11, 1959
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EXPLOSION DEMOLISHES HOUSE: A gas explosion and resulting fire destroyed the house of Mr. and Mrs. Karl F. Guthe, 845 Brookwood Pl., as a result of this morning's severe storm. Exact cause was not known.
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Remains Of The Guthe Home At 845 Brookwood Place After A Gas Explosion During The Windstorm, May 1959

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Ann Arbor News, May 12, 1959
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THE WORST DAMAGE: This is what was left of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl R. Guthe of 845 Brookwood Pl. after a gas explosion set it afire at the height of yesterday's storm. A tree in front of the house was blown over and its roots snapped a gas main leading into the house. Luckily, no one was in the house at the time of the blast.
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Blaze Destroys Guthe's Library

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Parent Issue
Ann Arbor News, May 12, 1959
Day
12
Month
May
Year
1959
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University Art Students Document The House Explosion On Brookwood Place, May 1959

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Ann Arbor News, May 12, 1959
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RECORD OF DISASTER: University art students sat on a porch across the street from three burned houses on Brookwood Pl. and painted the scene.
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Bystanders On Brookwood Place Watch The House Fire Caused By The Windstorm, May 1959

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Ann Arbor News, May 12, 1959
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Crowds of the curious quickly gathered to survey the havoc wrought by the storm.
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