Cairo, Illinois Tornado
May
21, 1910
HOUSES WRECKED BY STORM.
One Residence Blows 100 Feet-Another
50-Occupants Injured.
Four houses were demolished, several others were
badly damaged, a number of barns were wrecked
and many trees were town up by the roots by a
tornado which struck the northern part of Cairo
shortly before 7 o’clock the other night. The
storm came from the southeast and seemed to be
about 100 feet wide. The first house struck was
that of Henry Smith,
a lumberman. It was a substantial eight-room
structure, but was picked up from the
foundations and carried about fifty feet
northward and landed bottom side up.
Mrs. Smith,
who was in the house with her three children,
was severely injured and one of the children had
an arm broken. The storm next picked up the
cottage of Arthur
Landquist on Thirty-sixth street,
carried it 100 feet from its foundation and
landed it right side up, but twisted out of
shape. Landquest and his family were in the
house and they were badly shaken up. The entire
upper section of the house of
William Wise
was cut off about ten feet from the ground and
carried away by the storm. Wise and his family
were at supper and they were left sitting at the
table surrounded by shattered walls. Side walls
and porches of several houses were carried away.
A number or barns were wrecked, one large barn
being carried 200 feet in the air and landed on
a coal shed.
Cook County Herald, Arlington Heights, IL
27 May 1910
Transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you,
Jenni!
TORNADO IN ILLINOIS
Cairo, Ill --. A tornado that struck Cairo
at 6.40 o'clock Saturday evening demolished four
homes, damaged a dozen or more and destroyed
several barns besides tearing many large trees
up by the roots. No fatalities were reported,
but one woman was bruised and several persons
were slightly injured.
Carbon County Utah 1910-05-27
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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