Ruins of the Longfellow School where 17 children were killed

Ruins of the Longfellow School where 17 children were killed. The storm hit the school at about 2:30 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado, the longest- lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It travelled 300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and killed over 600. In: Effects of Tornadoes on Factory Buildings, Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, 1925.

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