Madison County, Illinois Tornado
March 8, 1871
Another fearful tornado was that of March 8,
1871, which crossed the river at St. Louis
coming from the southwest, and swept through
this county with destructive effect. At East St.
Louis it did an immense amount of damage and was
so resistless that it lifted a locomotive from
the track and landed it in the ditch. At Nameoki,
in this county, it struck a string of box cars
and hurled them a considerable distance, besides
doing great damage to houses, barns and
out-buildings. Fragments of steamboats,
destroyed at the St. Louis levee, were carried
clear across Madison county and landed in the
timber and fields along the northern border A
church at New Douglas, in which service was
being held, was stood up on end and the
congregation precipitated to the lower level.
Centennial history of Madison County,
Illinois, and its people, 1812 to 1912,
1914, page 220
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