Easton, Illinois Tornado
November 11, 1911
Springfield, Ill., Nov. 12 -- Two were
killed and seven seriously injured in a storm
which struck Easton, Ill., last night tearing
away telegraph wires and leaving the city
isolated and the tragedy of
 the storm untold to
the world until to-night.
The dead:
INFANT CHILD of James Prater. Body
found 100 yards from home, which was completely
demolished.
MRS. ALLIE HENNEGER, 75 years old, died of
fright when her home collapsed.
The Prater home was the only one in the town
proper which was much damaged and it was
completely demolished, killing the baby, which
was hurled against a tree, and injuring all
other members of the family.
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort
Wayne, IN 13 Nov 1911
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