Ruins of the De Soto, Illinois, public school where 33 children were killed

Ruins of the De Soto, Illinois, public school where 33 children were killed. The storm hit the school at about 2:45 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado , the longest-lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled over 300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and killed over 600. In: Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, Vol. 30, No. 9. September, 1925.

Photo Category: Monsters - Tornadoes
Photo Location: Illinois, De Soto
Photo Date: 1925 March 18