Jackson County IL Archives News.....THUGS IN THE CITY BY NIGHT - The Tri-State Tornado March 27, 1925
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The Murphysboro Daily Republican-Era. Murphysboro, IL March 27, 1925
  
      Thugs are abroad by night in Murphysboro.  A lineman, a friend of Jim
NORRIS of Pine street, brought here to engage in intensive relief work, was
knocked down at Walnut and 19th streets after the storm Thursday night and
robbed of $46.00.  Three men attacked the pedestrian, robbed him and ran.  One
suspect was arrested, a tramp with $47.00 in his pocket.


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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