Jackson County IL Archives News.....RAY KING IS REBUILDING HIS STORE - The Tri-State Tornado March 27, 1925
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The Murphysboro Daily Republican-Era. Murphysboro, IL March 27, 1925
  
      Ray KING, successful South 20th Street grocer whose store was blown away
March 18, hardly waited for the winds to lull before setting about to build
again.  Mr. KING has purchased the rear of the Phil DECKER lot at Spruce and
20th and work was started on a modern store building there.  The grocer expects
to be ready for business in two weeks, just across the street from his old
location.


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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