Jackson County IL Archives News.....800 OR MORE KILLED IN TORNADO March 19, 1925
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St. Louis Post Dispatch March 19, 1925

DEATH LISTS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TOWNS EXCEED 600
MURPHYSBORO, WEST FRANKFORT, DESOTO AND GORHAM, ILL., SUFFER HEAVIEST LOSS OF LIFE

Summary of Loss of Life

Murphysboro, Ill., 152 bodies recovered; estimated 250
DeSoto, Ill., 100
West Frankfort, Ill., 89
Parrish, Ill., 80
McLeansboro, Ill., 17
Thompsonville, Ill., 5
Logan, Ill., 3
Bush, Ill., 4
Carmi, Ill., 2
Grossville, Ill., 1
Hurst, Ill., 6
Herrin, Ill., 50
Gorham, Ill., 75
Annapolis, Mo., 2
Biehle, Mo., 10
Altenburg, Mo., 1
Princeton, Ind., 20
Griffin, Ind., 6
Owensville, Ind., 6
Perryville, Ind., 5
Elizabeth, Ind., 3
Witham, Tenn., 23
Lexington, Ky., 1
Springfield, Ky., 2
Enfield, Ill., 12
Glasgow, Ky., 9

    The twister apparently came out of the Ozark hills due to a low barometric
pressure in Arkansas and first struck at Annapolis, Mo.  Reports today indicate
that more than 800 lives were lost in the tornado that yesterday afternoon swept
from Southeastern Illinois and dipped into Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.  It
was the most devastating storm in this country in half a century.  It is greatly
feared the death list may be increased as the ruins are examined.  The injured
are estimated as upward of 4000.

    The greatest loss of life occurred in Southern Illinois, where more than 600
were reported killed as the tornado tore north eastward through Murphysboro,
West Frankfort, DeSoto and other towns.  At DeSoto, a school house was ruined.

    The main path of the tornado was less than 200 miles in length, but
divisions of the twister hopped off in several directions.  Loss of life was
reported from 27 towns, most of them in Southern Illinois, but it was believed
that death and destruction visited many others in the storm area from which
reports were still to be received.


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