The city was devastated by hurricane-strength winds that killed four people in Sheffield and Barnsley and injured 250, demolished 250 homes and caused damage to thousands more. Sheffield was declared a National Disaster Zone and a fund was set up to help people get back on their feet.
13. New home hopes
First in the queue when Sheffield Town Hall opened to receive claims on the Lord Mayor's Gale Fund, set up after a hurricane hit Sheffield on February 16, 1962, was Mrs Ada Benson. Later, she was rehoused at a new property at Hackenthorpe Photo: staff
14. Voluntary service
Mrs I Dyson, left, in charge of Cemetery Road Vestry Hall refugee rest centre, with Mrs D Thomas, WVS deputy county borough organiser, with six-month-old Adrian Wright and six-year-old Susan Wright after the hurricane damage in Sheffield on February 16, 1962 Photo: ©Sheffield Newspapers Ltd