1985 Tornado
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Village Center tornado
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Aerial view of propane storage tanks
Aerial view of Nancy Street and Cynthia Court
Niles Cemetery
Niles Cemetery
Niles Cemetery
Visitors in Awe over Power
from cemetery yo junkyard. Union Cemetery, a Niles landmark, of flowering shrubs and venerable trees, was a mass of splintered timber, tires, concrete and other rubble after Friday night's tornado.
Niles Historical Society members survey the damage to the pioneer section of the cemetery
Rebuilt mausoleum which incorporated the original butresses along the sides of the stone building. 2025.
The James Heaton Family
Carmen's Auto Repair
Automobiles thrown from
Automobiles thrown from
Automobiles thrown from
Carmen's and Convenient Food Mart
Eastwood Arms Apartments
Eastwood Arms Apartments
Valley Consolidated across
Republic Steel Company
Woodglen Street
Woodglen Street
Woodglen Street
Steelworkers Union Hall North Main Street
North Road
Roller Rink and Plaza Mall
Cynthia Court and Nancy Street
Cynthia Court
Cynthia Court
Bonham School on East Margaret
Across from the roller rink and shopping plaza
Family Medical Clinic
Niles Group Forms Recovery Coalition
Niles Group Forms Recovery Coalition
Congressman Jim Traficant.
Congressman Jim Traficant.
Congressman Jim Traficant.
Niles Recovery Coalition Agenda
Niles Recovery Coalition Agenda
Niles Recovery Coalition Agenda
Niles Recovery Coalition Agenda
Convenient Mart on Niles-Cortland Road after a devastating tornado leveled the store.
Niles Recovery Coalition
Niles Police Officer Bernie Profato, first responder, at the Niles Park Plaza site.
National Guard stands at entrance to Niles neighborhood
On the scene since Friday night, National Guardsmen get a breather as things begin to slowly return to normal Tuesday evening with most streets now open.
The Veteran's Memorial in Union Cemetery lays on the ground in the wake of the May 31, 1985 tornado.
Shadow Ridge Damage
122 Woodglen Street Damage
Woodglen Street Damage
The Niles Ohio map shows a straight red line indicating the path of the 1985 Tornado.
Google map location of Stillwagon 1985 Tornado damage
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Destroyed truck Stillwagon
Ruth and John Batts of Grand Rapids, Michigan, spent the last two months in Niles assisting the Niles Rcovery Coalition in the communitees rebuilding effort from the tornado of May 31, 1985.
Righting tombstones – a group of retired iron workers labored in the Niles Cemetery repairing tombstones knocked down by the May 31,1985 tornado.
Autumn Hills Nursing Home, 2025.
Home being Rebuilt, 1985.
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