European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d kids  face problems of professor 2 d scared depositors mob Maryland savings and loan 5 d celtics wrap up Eastern semis against 21 the 25 authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces May 1985 w w is Dally and sunday 8693 a stadium fire kills 40 England a a fire swept through a wooden grandstand hold ing fans at a soccer stadium in North Ern England killing 40 people and injuring according to John assistant police chief of West told a news conference that 40 people had lost their lives in the he said the injured were being treated at three a few hours a television newscast audience saw a film of the showing panic stricken some with their clothes flee from the others in the stands tried to beat out the flames with their Coats and the assistant chief fire Peter said the Blaze was fanned by a Strong Breeze and was a very rapid spread ing he said it started in the North end of the stands and engulfed the whole Struc Ture in smoke and flames in four officials said there were people in the Valley Parade ground but screaming soccer some with their clothes on leap from the blazing grandstand of the City stadium at Only were in the main grandstand when the fire broke out just before halftime in the third division match Between Brad Ford City and Lincoln the scoreless game was the Bradford Terry suffered cuts on his face trying to help fans flee the this is the worst scene i can Ever recall in my he the fire simply erupted at the Back of the stand and seemed to spread everywhere inside Yorath it was Unbe we were All panic stricken and had no idea what to More than 100 firemen and a Fleet of ambulances rushed to the a spokesman for Bradford Royal infirmary said More than 30 people had been and More were on their Way to the most were treated for minor Burns and but at least two were seriously he the whole of the casualty department has been Given Over to this major said the it is All we can do to press the British Domestic news said police ruled out arson As the cause of the fire and were investigating reports it was started by a fan playing with superintendent Barry who came to the news conference with bandages on his blistered said he was stand ing near one end of the stand when he saw smoke at the other end 100 Yards i thought at first it was a smoke but i soon realized it was More than that because people were standing within a matter of flames appeared within seconds the whole roof and the Back of the stand were he some victims were burned beyond recon one Man struggled Over the Wall engulfed in policemen and spectators beat him frantically with jackets and gaily coloured team trying to extinguish the the grisly scene was broadcast nation wide on the fire evoked immedi ate expressions of horror and condolence see fire on Page 28 twisters smash into Nebraska by the associated press More than two dozen tornadoes ripped into Rural Kan Sas and smashing into one demolishing tearing Down Power lines and ripping up at least seven people were authorities Seward county sheriffs department and Nebraska state patrol sealed off Utica in Eastern Nebraska to assess damage after a twister smashed into the town Friday said sheriffs dispatcher Jeanne Dan Seward county chief said saturday that the Tornado moved Northeast through uti Cas business damaging most or All of the build bricks were taken off the second Story Corner of the windows were blown out of the hardware a building collapsed on several antique cars and a storage building at a Grain elevator was he Mccright said the Tornado also destroyed three Homes and there were countless downed Power lines and Utility poles and uprooted luckily Only four or five people were none of them he in Central and Eastern twisters ripped the roofs off some houses and plucked others from their at least two people were injured and at least 19 farmhouses and buildings were damaged or destroyed in Buffalo things have died Down somewhat during the but it looks like theres going to be another round of severe weather said Scott a spokes Man for the National severe storms forecast Center in Kansas the first twisters hit at mid afternoon spinning out of thunderstorms that spewed heavy rain and Hail As big As Golf the National weather service it looked like about half of the total number occurred in and the rest were about equally spread out Between Nebraska and North Tansey some damage was but no from twisters that hit Minnesota and North the weather service at least 16 twisters ripped into a six county area of Northwestern said Tom Kelsey of the National weather service in it was one of the More important outbreaks Ive seen in my More than 20 years of weather service Kelsey when we checked with Law enforcement particularly in Rooks and Phillips they always had one going sometimes he in hardhat Rooks sheriff Frank Stovold said deputies trailed twisters As they moved through the county and wiped out at least a Hal dozen Large three and four feet in were literally snapped off in front of us and thrown across the blocking our and electric lines came Down Over Stovold adding that officers found one farm completely obliterated by a one Man was hospitalized in satisfactory condition after a Tornado destroyed his Mobile Home near Phillips authorities