The Tornado

ID: 3043 ~ Source: Hanover College Archives PH39_Box1_F034 ~ Creator: Hanover College ~ Date: 1974
This file appears in: Hanover, Indiana
The Tornado

A photograph of the F4 tornado that decimated many structures in Madison and Hanover, Indiana, including those on the college campus. Hanover College suffered nearly $10 million in losses, as well as 80% of their trees and foliage.

This file appears in: Hanover, Indiana

By Katie Philiposian
Hanover College is often remembered as one of the many local casualties of the 1974 Super Outbreak, along with the IKE Power Plant, Clifty Falls State Park, the local schools, and many nearby homes and buildings. At 3:51pm on April 3, 1974, one of…