Jackson County IL Archives News.....107 JACKSON COUNTY FARMS ARE HARD HIT - The Tri-State Tornado March 27, 1925
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The Murphysboro Daily Republican-Era. Murphysboro, IL March 27, 1925

        Farm losses caused by the tornado were estimated here today by the
Illinois Agricultural Association as $1,338,689.  The estimate was based on
farm-to-farm surveys in all counties affected conducted by the Jackson,
Franklin, White and Williamson County Farm Bureaus. 

      Five hundred and seventy-three farms met serious loss when the death wind
cut its mile-wide path across Little Egypt.  The average loss per farm with
possible insurance reclamations deducted is $2,356.

      Although the figure of $1,338,689 is taken as the official farm loss for
Illinois by officials of the Illinois Agricultural Association here today
working out plans for permanent relief for farmers, this amount is regarded by
them as ultra-conservative since the farm-by-farm canvass could in no accurate
way determine losses on the more intangible properties.

      "The loss will run close to $1,750,000 on farms," Curt ANDERSON of Xenia,
executive committeeman of the Illinois Agricultural Association and chairman of
the rural committee for permanent relief, said today.

      The detailed figures for Jackson county are illustrative of the rural
conditions in the other counties in this county 107 farms were seriously
damaged; 506 farm people were affected; 23 killed; and 104 injured.  Insurance
coverage was $94,525, less than one-third of the actual loss.  Total loss is
estimated at $307,125 making a net farm loss of $212,160.

      Jackson county also had 92 farm houses, 89 barns and 91 sets of
outbuildings demolished completely.  Fifty farms had sets of farm implements
destroyed.  Thirty-one cows, 26 horses and 696 head of poultry were recorded as
killed.  Considerable other livestock was injured.

      Under miscellaneous, Jackson county had losses posted for entire fencing
systems, fruit-bearing orchards, silos and windmills.


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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