Tri-State Tornado in 1925...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, March 20, 1925 
 
* The Great Tri-State Tornado disaster...  
* Murphysboro IL Illinois

This 60 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:

* TORNADO ZONE NUMBERS DEAD
* Counts 823 Lifeless Bodies, 2,990 Injured After Second Night of Terror
* Doctors Work by Candle

with large photo of a devastated Murphysboro, Illinois.

Other news of the day. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise good.

 

wikipedia notes: The Great Tri-State Tornado of Wednesday, March 18, 1925, crossed from southeastern Missouri, through southern Illinois, then into southwestern Indiana, and was the deadliest tornado in U.S. history. With 695 confirmed fatalities, the tornado killed more than twice as many as the second deadliest, the 1840 Great Natchez Tornado. The continuous &S805;219 mile (&S805;352 km) track left by the tornado was the longest ever recorded in the world. Historians would recognize it as an example of the maximum issued rating of an F5 on the Fujita scale.