Joplin, Missouri Tornado
April 12, 1911
STORM IN MISSOURI
JOPLIN, MO., April 12 -- Seven persons were
variously injured, many other experienced narrow
escapes, and property damage of many thousands
of dollars was inflicted and telegraph,
telephone and interurban railway service was
demoralized for several hours by a wind storm
that swept this district in four minutes
tonight.
T. J. Welton
was picked up by the wind in the heart of the
Joplin business section, carried ten feet into
the air and blown along the entire length of a
city block, being deposited in the hall of a
building. His right leg was broken and he is be
lived to have suffered internal injuries.
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN
13 Apr 1911
JOPLIN GOT A TASTE OF IT.
One Killed, Eight Injured and Heavy Damage to
Property by the High Wind.
JOPLIN, Mo., April 12. --
Mrs. Almeda Shelley,
60 years old, was killed two miles
north of here tonight.
John W. Shelley, her husband, was
dangerously injured. Seven other persons were
injured severely, many others escaped death and
property damage of many thousand dollars was
inflicted by a windstorm lasting less than four
minutes that swept this district tonight. The
Shelley home was destroyed.
T. J. Welton
of Joplin was picked up by the wind in the
center of the Joplin business section, carried
ten feet into the air and blown along exactly
the length of a city block, being deposited at
the corner of Fourth and Main in the hall of a
building. He suffered a broken leg and internal
injuries. His flight was observed by several
hundred persons, but by a peculiar freak of the
wind no others were carried into the air,
although several were knocked down by the blast.
The other persons were injured in the collapse
of their homes.
The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, MO 13
Apr 1911
Articles transcribed by Jackie
Harral. Thanks Jackie!
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