IN the late afternoon of June 9, 1953, a tornado unexpectedly struck a section of Worcester County, Massachusetts, and in about twenty minutes created a major disaster. The problems that arose as ...

On average, three to five tornadoes touch down in Massachusetts each year ... tornado to ever hit New England was the Worcester tornado on June 9, 1953. A total of 94 people were killed ...

LATE in the afternoon of June 9, 1953, Worcester was bringing to a close ... nature wrapped all its fury into one cataclysmic vortex. A tornado was born. Like . . . Dr. Ward and I are indebted ...