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Murphysboro, IL Illinois 1925 Postcard Tornado Disaster, Logan School
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mfrederi7 (160)
Condition: Good for a mailed card. What a find! A postcard of the 1925 Tornado disaster in Murphysboro, Illinois on Mar 18, 1925. This tornado was the deadliest in US history, with this tornado inflicting 695 fatalities. Card is written by a relative o ... Read More
Condition: Good for a mailed card.
What a find! A postcard of the 1925 Tornado disaster in Murphysboro, Illinois on Mar 18, 1925. This tornado was the deadliest in US history, with this tornado inflicting 695 fatalities.
Card is written by a relative of a child that went to this school and was in it during the tornado! A note on the front has an arrow pointing to the spot where the young man was and described what he had to do to get out. A real piece of history.
"...Continuing to the northeast at an average speed of 62 mph (and up to 73 mph , the tornado cut a swath almost 1 mi wide through Murphysboro, completely flattening a large portion of the town. Entire rows of homes were leveled and swept away in some areas. Many other structures were also damaged or destroyed throughout the town, including the M&O railroad shop, where 35 people were killed. Schools in the area were devastated as well, with 17 students killed at the Longfellow School, and 9 others killed at the Logan School. After the tornado passed, large fires ignited and swept through the rubble, burning many of the trapped survivors alive. In Murphysboro, a total of 234 were killed, the most tornadic deaths in a single city in U.S. history."
What a find! A postcard of the 1925 Tornado disaster in Murphysboro, Illinois on Mar 18, 1925. This tornado was the deadliest in US history, with this tornado inflicting 695 fatalities.
Card is written by a relative of a child that went to this school and was in it during the tornado! A note on the front has an arrow pointing to the spot where the young man was and described what he had to do to get out. A real piece of history.
"...Continuing to the northeast at an average speed of 62 mph (and up to 73 mph , the tornado cut a swath almost 1 mi wide through Murphysboro, completely flattening a large portion of the town. Entire rows of homes were leveled and swept away in some areas. Many other structures were also damaged or destroyed throughout the town, including the M&O railroad shop, where 35 people were killed. Schools in the area were devastated as well, with 17 students killed at the Longfellow School, and 9 others killed at the Logan School. After the tornado passed, large fires ignited and swept through the rubble, burning many of the trapped survivors alive. In Murphysboro, a total of 234 were killed, the most tornadic deaths in a single city in U.S. history."
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User | Price | Quantity | Date |
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wphilpo2 (213) | $6.29 | 1 | 10/15/2019 00:53:55 |
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