Restoring power
Jack Zarlecki, an employee
of Asplundh Service Co.,
works to restore power in
the Harveys Lake area.
Approximately 1500 custom-
ers of the UGI Corporation
were without power through
Friday night.
Tree covers home
A large pine tree, felled by Friday evening's storm, fell
against the Crain resident on Hillside Ave. at Harveys Lake.
Total ruination
A side view of the Bachman home at North Lake shows just how powerful the tornado was as it
ripped through homes like a hot knife through butter.
By DOTTY MARTIN
Associate Editor
Except for personnel in the emergency rooms of
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital in Kingston and Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital who were busy treating
victims of Friday evening’s tornado in the Back
Mountain area, life went on as usual in other areas of
Wyoming Valley.
The skies and the winds picked up somewhat shortly
after dinner time in the Kingston-Wilkes-Barre area,
but there was no rain and visibility was good enough
to keep the Friday night shoppers moving on the
streets.
And, because of the lack of wetness in that area,
joggers and bicyclists were abundant as they sought
an outlet from a hectic work week.
Except for Sweet Valley and the Sunset section of
Harveys Lake where lifestyles were literally torn
apart, most people carried on as usual.
A homecoming reception for Gina Major, the-former
Lehman resident recently crowned Miss Pennsylvania,
attracted hundreds of people to Gus Genetti’s in
Wilkes-Barre, none of them aware of what their Back
Mountain neighbors were experiencing. a
Fireworks lit up the sky near Offset Paperback in
Dallas later in the evening and the Back Meuntain
rary delay due to some rain in the Dallas ar€a;=" |
A person traveling on Route 415 didn’t even know
anything was wrong until coming upon the intersection
of Route 118 at the Wyoming National Baffk where
policemen had set up road blocks. And, even then, one
would have expected an automobile accident to be the
cause of the blockage. bio
For the rest of the world, it was just another night of
some pretty lousy weather, but for the people ‘of Sweet
Valley and Harveys Lake, it was a night that. will go
down in the history books - a night they will never,
ever forget. is
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Clean-up begins
Clean-up procedures began almost immediately after Friday night's tornado in the Sweet Valley
area. Here, workmen from Harold Ruth Construction Co. try to piece together the ruins of a
home owned by Clay and Pam Bowman. The Bomwan residence, located on Lakeview Drive in
the North Lake section of Sweet Valley, was one of several homes damaged in the storm.
Photos by Ed Campbell
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Helping relatives
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