Near F4 damage occurred near Marissa as two homes were mostly leveled. Curving to the NE, the tornado destroyed other homes, killing 2 people a the edge of O'Fallon.įormed 4 miles SE of Red Bud and moved NE, passing 2 mile W of Marissa and ending at Okawville. Sixty homes were destroyed along the 18-block section of Belleville, where 8 people were killed and 53 injured. Farms were leveled, homes destroyed, and additional 14 fatalities in Clinton County.įormed 5 miles SSW of Belleville to the west edge of O'Fallon. ![]() Lifting over Belleville, the tornado touched down or re-formed 3 miles N of Mascoutah and continued ENE into Clinton County. Striking first near the Imbs railroad station, the tornado moved to the E, leveling many homes and causing 10 deaths near Birkner station and two at nearby Harmony station. history ($2.9 billion realistic, $2.2 billion conservative). A recent study by Brooks and Doswell (2001) indicated when the damage is adjusted for inflation and wealth in 1997 dollars, this is the costliest tornado in U.S. This tornado killed a total of 255 people and injured 1,000. Tornado was apparently at maximum intensity when it crossed the river into East St. The loss of life to people living on shanty boats, whose bodies were washed down river. As many a 35 people died in the Vandalia railroad freight yards at East St. Louis, with a damage total of about $2,000,000, but the great intensity resulted in 118 deaths. No significant damage was done to the steel span of the bridge. On the east end of the Eads Bridge (built as tornado proof after an 1871 tornado) a 2 by 10 inch white pine planks was driven through the 5/16" thick wrought iron plate. Two people were injured near Cahokia.įirst formed in St. One person was killed in 1 of 3 homes that were destroyed near Centreville. Tornado formed near Falling Springs and moved NE, passing near Cahokia to 7 miles NW of Belleville, near Harmony Station. In the western part of O'Fallon, 3 homes, a school, a saw mill, and a lumber yard were destroyed. Moved E from 3 miles W of O'Fallon, destroying homes at Alma. There were a total of 60 injuries along the path. Several of though railroad facilities would be destroyed again on May 27, 1896. In addition, about 30 homes were destroyed and another 30 were severely damaged. ![]() Most of the $200,000 damage was at the six railroad deports that were destroyed. Ferries and steamers were torn apart on the river and fragments carried 30 miles. There was considerable dock and waterfront damage. Louis City and moved ENE at an estimated 70 mph from the west bank of the Mississippi River to East St. Tornado moved into Washington County, IL and dissipated.ĭeveloped over St. A tornado moved NE at Marissa, destroying barns and a flour mill.
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