Jackson County IL Archives News.....INCOMPLETE DEAD-INJURED (REVISED LIST OF DEAD) -- OFFICIAL LIST INJURED March 22, 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Riseling riseling@insightbb.com July 13, 2006, 6:05 pm Murphysboro Daily Independent March 22, 1925 INCOMPLETE DEAD-INJURED (REVISED LIST OF DEAD) TOTAL REDUCED TO 197 The Independent and official committee on casualties to get a correct list of the dead, by checking lists and aid in correcting by calling The Independent office and give correct names and identity of dead. If you know of others not listed you will aid by giving The Independent the information. The new dead are: Cooper STOUT, Ernest J. SMITH, Wm. HUNZIKER The list of dead crawled from 188 to 192 over Saturday night. Mrs. S. E. SHAW, mother of W. G. SHAW, druggist Unidentified girl child at ZELLE's morgue, 3 years old. Picked up at 19th ahd Clark. Pretty. Name believed to be Irene BUSBE. Charred body of man at ROBERTS & Sons morgue. Body in sack there three days. Body picked up on Gartside between 15th and 16th Sts. One additional unidentified body at ROBERTS & Son morgue. Making a total of two unidentified at ROBERTS & Son. DEAD AND INJURED J. G. ANDREWS T. E. ARBERRY Clara BAILEY Millard BAKER, Jr. (at Holden Hospital, Carbondale) Mrs. George BAKER Albert BAKER Frank BAROLI Joe BARONI Minnie BECK Mrs. Geo. BERGER Child of John BERGER John BERRA E. J. BJIK Mayme BICK Mrs. Wallace BLACKLOCK Bert BLACKWOOD James BLEDSOE DAN BOUCHER (not D.L.) Edna Imogene BOUCHER Evelyn BOSTON Martha BOWERMAN Mrs. Mary BRANDON John J. BREWER Alice BROWN Foster BROWN Joe Henry BROWN, 3 colored Mrs. Lon BROWN, 54, colored Freeman BRYAN John BRYAN Angeline BUCHHOLZ Jerry CALLAHAN's child Albert CALLAHAN's child Elizabeth CARNER ------------- CLEMENTS Willis COCHRAN William COCHRAN Ethel COFFER Constant COMTE Helen May COOK (child) Joe CORRENTI's child Mrs. Mary CORRENTI Fred CRISTLER's baby boy D. E. DARBY Mary DAVIS Mary DeLUCA Gratia DeLUCA John DeWITT Henrietta DITZLER Charles DUKES, 60 years Arthur DUNN Round EASON child David ELLIS James FLEMING Son of James FLEMING Mrs. L. E. FILE Arthur FLATT Dr. FORSHEE's son-in-law Mrs. J. W. GIBSON Harriet GRAFF and son Alworth GREGORY Mrs. Ed GRIFFITH Louis GUOLDONI Josue Guy, colored J. B. HABERMEHL Ben HABERMEHL Son of L. B. HAGLER Barbara HALL (at Holden Hospital) Mrs. Mart HALLIDAY Frances HAMMER S. M. HANEY, Meridian, Mississippi J. G. HARRIS E. C. HARRIS' boy L. C. HARRISON, Jr. Ernest HARWIG Mrs. August HASSEBROCK Irvin HASSEBROCK Edna HAYES Jimmy HAYS' baby Joe HENRY Mrs. Mollie HIGGINS Ernie A. HINCHCLIFF Jas. HOLLOWAY, 6, colored Mrs. HUGGINS Mayme HUPPERT Pearl HUPPERT Robert ICENOGLE (at Holden Hospital) Marjorie INGRAM Aldencliff ISOM Dolph ISOM, colored Lorene JACKSON Luthena JAMES Mrs. Edgar JONES, colored J. A. JAMES Sam KEARNS Mrs. KELLY, colored Frank KEOUGH H. S. KOONTZ Herbert LENNINGTON Claud LIPE Ivan LIPE Campbell LIPE Mrs. Anna LOY Thomas LOY Charles LOY Mary MAINARD Mrs. Jas. MARTIN James MARTIN Ben McALLISTER Victor McBRIDE Orin McBRIDE Robert McCORD's child Jerry M. MIFFLIN Mrs. Louis MILLER Louis MILLER Joe MOORE John MORGAN's baby girl Zora Lee NAUSLEY, daughter of Ray Mrs. Ray NAUSLEY W. E. NEAL Mrs. Chas. NOLTE James O'GOOCH, Salina, Kansas B. A. ORLAND Della PATE Phoebe PELLEY Allen PENROD O. L. PERKINS Mrs. Joe PIERON Columbus PIERSON's child Luella PILTZ Robert PILTZ Mrs. Thomas RAINS Hugh REEDER Paul ROBERTS Mrs. Sam RODMAN Mr. RUSHING, age 80 Earl RUSSELL Mrs. Letha SAMPSON Mrs. John SCHIRA and four children Josephine SCHIRO Tressy SCHMALLERBERGER Elizabeth SCHOLLE Bernard SHELEY Mr. & Mrs. O. S. SILVEY Mrs. SLATER, colored Bertha Frances SIMON Mrs. Charles SMITH Evelyn SMITH James SMITH Mrs. SPELLAZO Mrs. Ardell SPANGLER and child Wm. SPURLAZZIE Dorris STEPHENSON Robert STEPHENSON Elmer C. STIVER Benny Franklin STIVER Sadie STRATTAN Tony STRATTON, colored Two STRIBAIT boys John SWAFFORD Louis THEISS Arabella THEISS Mrs. Leshe THIS Isabelle THIS Granda THORNTON Octavia TREMBLY Mildred TUCKER Anna TURNER, colored Earl VARNUM W. E. VARNUM Mr. VERNER and three children Major VERBAL and wife Junior WADE, colored boy J. J. WAGNER Joseph WAGNER Dr. L. R. WAYMAN's son Mrs. Mildred WHITE Mrs. Ahra WILL ---------- WILLIS, child One unidentified girl, 1 year old One unidentified man, 1922 class ring OFFICIAL LIST INJURED Of the injured, many less seriously injured have been removed from hospitals to private homes. Many others with lesser hurts were attended to ourside of regular or auxiliary hospitals. Surgeons and health experts assure herewith a greave waring to all with superficial hurts, even abrasions or minor cuts or splinters to at once apply and receive anti-tetanus serum. At Masonic Emergency Hospital Cora BAKER Jane BECK Clara CALANDRO and baby Christine CALANDRO Nick CORRENTE Mrs. Joe CORRENTE Mrs. Harrison CRAWSHAW Mrs. DeWITT Kenneth EBERLE Mrs. FARRARA Margaret HAUSEN Gladys MARTIN Helen MARTIN Mrs. NETHERCOTT Edw. PIERON Wm. PIERON Beatrice LIVELY, colored Mrs. Eliza SEYBER Wm. SCHMALLENBERGER Mrs. Ethel STEVENSON Bertha STIVERS Mrs. Emma STIVERS John THEISS Ben WALTERS Gladys WILLIAMS Mrs. Anna WILSON Ray WILSON Mrs. J. D. WRIGHT Laura WRIGHT At Eagles Emergency Hospital Thomas RAINES J. H. STAPLES, (transferred to St. Andrew's Hospital) J. E. BECK Josephine SCHIRO (listed as dead) Lorraine THEISS (transferred) Katherine DULUCCO Mrs. HUMPHREY A. WADE, colored Mrs. Vesta OVERTURF Henry BORGSMILLER, Sr. J. F. WRIGHT Lewis ETHERTON (transferred to St. Andrew's Hospital) Lawrence WEBER (transferred to St. Andrew's Hospital) William KEARNS Leon WAGNER (transferred to St. Andrew's Hospital) Yvonne WAGNER (transferred to St. Andrew's Hospital) William DUKE Harry BRADLEY Mrs. Edna HASSELBROOK Norma HASSELBROOK Mrs. Mattie BROWN, colored Mrs. Angeline SCHIRO Miss Clara SCHIRO Mrs. Josephine KEARNS Miss Ina McMAHON Mrs. Fannie SLAUGHTER Mrs. Lizzie DOWNEN Eugene THEISS (transferred to St. Andrew's Hospital) Helen WILSON Mrs. STAPLES Dorothy ZEIGLER Mrs. Louise PARROTT Mrs. Anita SPARCIO Mrs. Lottie SILVEY Miss Mabel BOSTON Josephine CALANDRO Beulah HUPPERT (transferred to St. Andrew's Hospital) Juanita HUPPERT Mrs. Catherine SCHOCK Mrs. Anna MASTERS Mrs. Betty HOLLIDAY, colored Lula May HOLLIDAY, colored Mrs. Lucy WHIPKEY Mrs. Mary DELEGONI Ruth PENROD (listed dead) Mrs. Anna CHAMBERLAIN Roy WILLIAMS Mrs. Beatrice WILLIAMS Mrs. Elizabeth MILLHOUSE Mrs. Jennie CUTINE Mrs. Rose RICHARD Mrs. Louise TURNER, colored (transferred to St. Andrew's Hospital) Lorraine STRATTON Herbert Lee LOCKARD Sam SPARCIO George BOWERMAN (transferred to St. Andrew's Hospital) Lawsen CLUGH Chas. CHILDERS At. St. Andrew's Hospital Elmer AIKEN Mrs. John BERGER Thelma TAVEGGIO Cooper STOUT (listed dead) Dan DUNCAN John SMITH Everett RUBLE Bert ROBINSON Ross GRIFFITH (dead) J. H. CRISSLER Mrs. Herman PATE (dead) Mrs. W. T. VARNUM Mrs. L. W. SCHMALLENBERGER Lawrence WEBER Beulah HUPPERT Mrs. Charlie SCHOTT Emma STANDFIELD Mrs. M. LOIRD (gone home) Edna HAYS Mrs. Mary VERBAL Mrs. YOUNG Maggie DAILY Mrs. H. A. YOUNG D. McCORMICK (gone home) Mr. GAULDONIA John JARRETT Theodore COX Mrs. Hattie WINTERS Mrs. Harry LOWDEN Louis ETHERTON Louis TURNER, colored Mrs. A. O. FREEMAN Elroy GROB Mrs. H. GROB Mrs. Lueila FLEMING Miss Eva FRAZER Mrs. RAY Mrs. J. REIMAN G. S. BANDY W. T. BURCHER Mrs. THORNTON Raymond WRIGHT Mrs. Mary CORRONDO Mrs. Atch LYTON F. M. WHITTINGTON Geo. BOWERMAN Unknown Baby Layron YOUNG Bernice McKINNEY Elsie RATHBERT Simpson HALL Mrs. Mattie TURLEY Mrs. Elizabeth SCHOLIA (dead) Mrs. James SMITH Mrs. Troy HAINEY Troy HAINEY, Jr. Gus AIKEN Grant YOUNG Laura EXUN W. M. HUNZIKER Mrs. SHAW Yvonne WAGNER J. H. STAPLES (sent to East St. Louis) John HASS, colored Douglas PARTINE Mary CURRENT Mrs. Nellie MIFFLIN MURRAY John FREEMAN Mrs. HARRIS 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/jackson/newspapers/incomple90nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 9.1 Kb