Jackson County IL Archives News.....COUNTY STORM DEATH TOLL IS 325 TO DATE - The Tri-State Tornado March 27, 1925
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The Murphysboro Daily Republican-Era. Murphysboro, IL March 27, 1925
 

      Storm deaths reported to the casualty committee here as occurring
overnight are:

      Mrs. Louise HUMPHREY, Murphysboro, in St. Andrew's hospital, died early today
      Mrs. Louise THIS, 88, Lorraine and Isabelle THIS, children, Murphysboro
      Mrs. Beulah THORNTON, wife of Offa, this city, died in St. Louis hospital.
      Mrs. L. W. BROWN, Gorham, wife of Prof. BROWN of the Gorham schools, died
in Cairo hospital early Thursday.

      The Jackson county death list compiled from casualties in the storm belt
from Big Lake bitch below Gorham to the county line north east of DeSoto today
stood at:
      Murphysboro, 215
      DeSoto, 57
      Gorham, 31
      Rural District, 23
      Or a total of 325


Additional Comments:
Widely considered the most devastating and powerful tornado in American history,
the Great Tri-State Tornado ripped through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on
March 18, 1925. In its 219-mile-long wake it left four completely destroyed
towns, six severely damaged ones, 15,000 destroyed homes, and 2,000 injured.
Most significantly, 695 people were killed, a record for a single tornado.

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