Jackson County IL Archives News.....CHILD KILLED, BROTHERS AND SISTERS ESCAPE March 19, 1925
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Mary Riseling riseling@insightbb.com July 13, 2006, 5:43 pm

St. Louis Post Dispatch March 19, 1925

    Howard CARR, 8 year old son of Mr. & Mrs. Austin CARR of Murphysboro was
killed in the collapse of the Longfellow School in the storm at Murphysboro,
yesterday, while his three brothers and three sisters escaped unharmed.

    The home of the parents was wrecked, but after the storm they drove to the
school.  There they found their children, and bearing the body of the dead
child, drove from Murphysboro to Nashville.


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.
 
 
Transcribed by Mary Riseling from grandfather C. E. RISELING's collection of old
newspapers.

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