In the news
On Monday May 11, 1959, the Midwest was hit with a raging windstorm and Ann Arbor was drilled. One person in the Burns Park area was killed by a downed power line and at least two houses were set ablaze. The city was declared a disaster area and the Red Cross was deployed to lend a hand.
- Photo, Detroit News
- Chicago Tribune, May 12, 1959. "Winds Lash Ann Arbor; Tear Roof of Fieldhouse at University; STORM LASHES UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AREA Grim Memento of Tornado. Storm Batters Michigan Campus"
- High Winds Play Havoc in Michigan, UPI; as printed in the Daily Racing Form, May 12, 1959.
- Windstorm Kills One, AP; as printed in the Regina (Saskatechwan) Leader-Post, May 11, 1959
