Modesto, Illinois Tornado
May 27, 1917
One Killed; Score Hurt at Modesto
Modesto, Ill., May 27.--One person was
killed and twenty injured, two perhaps fatally,
when a tornado from the south struck Modesto
late Saturday afternoon, laying waste to about
half the town. The body of
Mrs. Sarah Poe was found fifty yard
from her home. Mrs
Bertha Poe, her daughter, and
Martin L. McGinnis received injuries
which may prove fatal. The property loss is
estimated at $150,000.
Others injured were
Mrs. Martin L. McGinnis, Albert Meiher, Clyde
Meiher, Mrs.
Edward Allen, Mrs. Orin Martin, Frank Dalton,
Benjamin Padgett, Mrs Benjamin Padgett, Jesse
Padget and five children of
Frank Dalton.
With the storm came large quantities of mud
which had been picked up in the fields
to the south of the town, which, when the storm
had passed, was plastered over the
building of Modesto.
The Daily Review, Decatur, IL 27 May 1917
Transcribed by Connie.
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