John Corbett donated 60 photos and negatives of the aftermath of the 1989 Hamden tornado to the archives. Some of them are displayed below. He took the photos when he was held over for 72 hours straight with other personnel. John recalled that he and Ray Dobbs were on one of the rescue units the day after the tornado, when he was able to take these photos.
Many thanks to John and also to Ed Doiron, Jr. who donated his photos taken the day after the tornado struck.
Putnam Avenue near Newhall Street, looking toward Whitney Avenue (Photo by John Corbett)
Ferraiola's is gone, and California Hair Designs is next (Photo by John Corbett)
Conference (Photo by John Corbett)
H.A. Leed
Blake Circle Devastated (Photo by John Corbett)
Condos on Putnam Avenue (Photo by John Corbett)
Ferocity of the tornado flipped this Ford truck (Photo by Ed Doiron, Jr.)
Unidentified news reporter looks on as Cmdr. Jack Laffin, Department chaplain Rev. Owen Sanderson and Local 2687 John Corbett converse. (Photo by Ed Doiron, Jr.)
Whitneyville Condos - Newhall and Augur (Photo by Ed Doiron, Jr.)
