Alexander-Jackson County IL Archives News.....48 INJURED AT GORHAM TAKEN TO CAIRO HOSPITAL March 19, 1925
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Mary Riseling riseling@insightbb.com July 13, 2006, 5:49 pm

St. Louis Post Dispatch March 19, 1925


    Forty eight of those injured in the storm which swept Gorham, Ill., late

yesterday arrived here early today aboard a special train.  One man, Richard

JOHNSON died en route to this city.



    Mrs. O. E. COYNE, wife of the superintendent of the Illinois Division of the

Illinois Central, who was in charge of the injured, said that 60 others, mostly

children, had been sent to St. Louis.



    The injured brought here include:  Dr. & Mrs. CRANDALL and daughter and son;

two children of the DUNN family; Mrs. MAYES and daughter; Miss Cecile

MOSHENROSE; Mr. BOULTON, daughter and daughter-in-law; Mrs. NEEDHAM and

daughter; Miss Vida COX and Thomas CRANE.



    All of these persons suffered fractured bones or internal injuries.  They

were taken to St. Mary's Infirmary, where all of the doctors from this section

are on duty.



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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