Jackson County IL Archives News.....The Tri-State Tornado - Revised List Of Dead: Total Dead Listed At 198 March 23, 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 26, 2006, 3:29 pm The Daily Independent Newspaper, Murphysboro, IL March 23, 1925 J. G. ANDREWS T. E. ARBERRY G. S. BANDY 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.) Evelyn BOSTON Martha BOWERMAN Mrs. Mary BRANDON John J. BREWER Alice BROWN Foster BROWN Joe Henry BROWN, 3, colored Mrs. Lou BROWN, 53, colored Freeman BRYAN John BRYAN Angeline BUCHHOLZ Jerry CALLAHAN's child Albert CALLAHAN's child Elizabeth CARNER Howard CARR, buried at Oakdale cemetery _____ CLEMENTS Willis COCHRAN William COCHRAN Ethel COFFER John COGDALL 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 Louis ETHERTON Mrs. James FLEMING Son of James FLEMING Mrs. L. E. FILE Arthur FLATT Dr. FORSHEE's son-in-law Mrs. J. W. GIBSON 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 HARDWIG Mrs. August HASSEBROCK Irvin HASSEBROCK Edna HAYS Jimmy HAYS' baby Joe HENRY Mrs. Mollie HIGGINS Ernie A. HINCHCLIFF Jas. HOLLOWAY, 6, colored Mrs. HUGGINS Wm. HUNZIKER 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 and children Peter, John, Maybelle, Mandelena 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 three children Josephine SCHIRO Tressy SCHMALLERBERGER Elizabeth SCHOLLE Mrs. S. E. SHAW, mother of W. G. SHAW druggist Bernard SHELEY Mr. & Mrs. O. S. SILVEY Mrs. SLATER, colored Bertha Frances SIMON Mrs. Charles SMITH Ernest SMITH Evelyn SMITH James SMITH Mrs. SPEILAZO Mrs. Ardell SPANGLER and child Wm. SPURLAZZIE Dorris STEVENSON Robert STEPHENSON Elmer C. STIVER Benny Franklin STIVER Cooper STOUT 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 Frank WHITTINGTON Mrs. Ahra WILL _____ WILLIS, child 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/jackson/newspapers/thetrist178nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 4.5 Kb