Collinsville, Illinois Tornado
February 8, 1900
TOWN NARROWLY ESCAPES DESTRUCTION BY
TORNADO
Fifteen Persons in Collinsville, Ill., Injured,
Some of Them Fatally.
HOUSES REDUCED TO SPLINTERS
Fears of Fatalities at Other Places Along the
Indiana-Illinois Line.
St. Louis, February 8 --- The Town of
Collinsville, twelve miles from St. Louis on the
Vandalia Railroad, narrowly escaped destruction
by a tornado to-day. Fifteen persons were
injured in the immediate vicinity of the
village, some of them fatally, and there was
much damage to property.
The miners who live on the outskirts lost most
severely by the wind. A group of three fine
residences standing on a hill were reduced to
splinters.
The Injured Are:
PAUL QUARANLHI,
aged 35, perhaps fatal;
OTTO ODLERHOLE, 17, serious;
SOPHIE FIX, aged 17, skull fractured;
NEWTON ANDERSON, not seriously;
THEO LAWRENCE, internally injured;
FRANK KOBART, seriously;
JOHN MARQUETTE, badly burned;
son and daughter of
FRANK KOBART, severely cut and
bruised;
TONY SKALLA, wife and two children,
badly bruised;
BARNEY FALLETTE, seriously hurt;
TOM PAMATTE, arm broken.
The last two named were blown several hundred
feet from their houses into a field.
About 2:30 A. M. the storm was first felt at a
point one mile south of Collinsville. The first
house demolished was that occupied by
FRANK KOBART.
He, his son and daughter were buried in the
debris and it was some time before they were
rescued, bruised and bleeding, from the
wreckage. They were carried to a neighbor's
house and given such care as could be had until
physicians arrived from the village.
Brooklyn Eagle New York City 1900-02-08
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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