Remembering the 1953 Waco Tornado

Remembering the 1953 Waco Tornado – Bobby McLure (Injured Survivor)

Bobby McClure was a nurse at Hillcrest that had been treating casualties fr…

1953 Tornado Tragedy and Triumph

The 1953 Waco Tornado – The Search, A Disaster Study

The 1953 Waco Tornado – The Force That Changed the Face of Waco

Remember the 1953 Waco Tornado – The Sammie Loy Darden Letter

Hear what was written in a letter from a survivor of the tornado as he desc…

Remember the 1953 Waco Tornado – Bertha Berry McCall

The 1953 Waco tornado killed 114 people. Bertha Berry’s husband was one …

Remember the 1953 Waco Tornado – Jesse Serrano

Jesse Serrano grew up in South Waco and worked as a busboy in the Raleigh H…

Remember the 1953 Waco Tornado – D.R. Dietrich

D. R. Dietrich relives the 1953 Tornado.

Wilton Lanning – The 1953 Waco Tornado

In 1953, Wilton Lanning was a teenager working at Padgitt’s in downtown W…

Remember the 1953 Waco Tornado – Mary Halve Chapman

Mary Halve Chapman shares the letter her father, Max Halve, wrote recalling…

The 1953 Waco Tornado – J. D. Hudson

J.D. Hudson worked at the Community State Bank in 1953. He shares his expe…

Remember the 1953 Waco Tornado – Injured Survivor