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The outbreak included the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, the deadliest disaster in Illinois, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, and the second-deadliest registered in world history.
5 kwi 2019 · The tornado killed 33 schoolchildren, and 36 others, in De Soto. The death toll was even higher in West Frankfort, and only three buildings were left standing in nearby Parrish.
Tri-State Tornado of 1925, tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, that traveled from southeastern Missouri through southern Illinois and into southwestern Indiana on March 18, 1925. The storm completely destroyed a number of towns and caused 695 deaths.
The deadliest tornado in American history ripped through Southern Illinois on March 18th, 1925. It is widely considered by experts to have been an F5 Tornado, the highest rating on the Fujita Scale, though the scale wasn't yet being used at the time.
WEST FRANKFORT RAZED ; MURPHYSBORO BURNING ; THREE ALIVE At PARRISH. CHICAGO , March 18—A tornado tore through southern Illinois today after lashing eastern Missouri and then caused considerable damage in Indiana before it died out to the northeast after collecting a reported toll of 3 , 631 persons dead or injured on the basis of estimates ...
--(AP)-- Approximately 700 persons were killed: at Parrish and West Frankfort alone, by the terrific tornado which laid waste to a large section of southern Illinois today, according to word received here tonight.
In eastern Franklin County, 22 people died as the town of Parrish was virtually wiped off the map. The tornado proceeded unabated across rural farmland of Hamilton and White Counties, where the death toll reached 65.
