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Rockford, IL Tornado 1928

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DeSoto, IL School After Tornado 1925

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:: Albany, IL Tornado, Jun 1860 
:: Alton, IL Tornado, Jun 1860  
:: Alton, IL Tornado, May 1873  
:: Amboy, IL Tornado, Jun 1860  
:: Amboy, IL Tornado, May 1898
:: Assumption, IL Tornado, Jun 1907 
:: Assumption, IL Tornado 1917 
:: Barnhill, IL Tornado, Apr 1892 
:: Bloomington, IL Tornado Jun 1902 
:: Bush, IL Tornado, Apr 1912
:: Cairo, IL Tornado, May 1910  
:: Carlinville, IL Tornado, Apr 1860 
:: Carlinville, IL Tornado, Apr 1880  
:: Carroll County, IL Tornado, Oct 1872
:: Carroll County, IL Tornado, May 1886
:: Cerro Gordo, IL Tornado, Mar 1892 
:: Champaign, IL Tornado, Jul 1861  
:: Charleston, IL Tornado, May 1917  
:: Chenoa, IL Tornado, May 1858
:: Collinsville, IL Tornado, Feb 1900
:: Decatur, IL area Tornado, Jul 1915
:: DeSoto, IL Tornado, Mar 1925 
:: Dunkel Station, IL Tornado, May 1917
:: Easton, IL Tornado, Nov 1911 
:: Edinburg, IL Tornado, Apr 1880
:: Fulton Co., IL Tornado May 1873 
:: Galena, IL Tornado, Apr 1890 
:: Galesburg, IL Tornado, May 1858
:: Garden Plain, IL Tornado, Jun 1860 
:: Garden Plain, IL Tornado, May 1875
:: Geneseo, IL Tornado, May 1860
:: Golconda, IL Tornado, Mar 1890
:: Greasy Prairie, IL Tornado, May 1883
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Irving, IL Tornado, Apr 1860

:: Kankakee, IL Tornado, Apr 1860
:: Kankakee River Section, IL Tornado May 1917
:: Kingston Mines, IL Tornado, Jun 1902 
:: Lanark & Wacker, IL Tornado, May 1898
:: Lincoln, IL Tornado, Jun 1897
:: Lincoln, IL Tornado, Jun 1902
:: Literberry, IL Tornado, May 1883
:: Little Prairie, IL Tornado, Mar 1890
:: Lynden, IL Tornado, Jun 1860  
:: Madison Co., IL Tornado, Mar 1871
:: Marissa, IL Tornado, Jul 1870  
:: Mason City, IL Area Tornado And Electrical Storms, June 1871
:: Mattoon, IL Tornado, May 1917
:: McLean County, IL Tornado, Jun 1902
:: Merna, IL Tornado, Jun 1902 
:: Metropolis, IL Tornado, Mar 1890
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Modesto, IL Tornado, May 1917 

:: Morrison, IL Tornado, Jun 1860
:: Moweaqua, IL Tornado, Jun 1907
:: Mt Carmel, IL Tornado, Jun 1887
:: Mt Pulaski, IL Tornado, Jun 1902
:: Mt Vernon, IL Tornado, Feb 1888
:: Murphysboro, IL Tornado, 1925 
:: Murrayville, IL Tornado, May 1883
:: New Baden, IL Tornado, May 1896
:: New Douglas, IL Tornado, Feb 1876
:: New Minden, IL Tornado, Jun 1907
:: Oak Crest, IL Tornado, Jul 1915
:: Oakford, IL Tornado Blows Train From Track, Jul 1904
:: Odell, IL Tornado, May 1886
Okaw, IL Tornado, May 1858
:: Olney, IL Tornado, Mar 1890
:: Oquawka, IL Tornado, May 1858
:: Palm Sunday Tornado, Mar 1920
:: Pana, IL Destructive Tornado, June 1857
:: Pana, IL Tornado, Aug 1902
:: Pana, IL Tornado, Aug 1907
:: Pearl, IL Tornado May 1917
:: Pekin, IL Tornado, Jun 1911
:: Pekin, IL Tornado, May 1859
:: Peoria, IL Fearful Tornado Tears Through Towns, May 1858
:: Prophetstown, IL Tornado, Apr 1890
:: Quincy and Degraff, IL Fearful Tornado, June 1872
:: Quincy, IL Tornado, Apr 1880
:: Red Bud, IL Tornado, Nov 1892
:: Rockford, IL Tornado, Sept 1928
:: Savannah, IL Tornado, May 1898
:: Shanghai, IL Tornado Does Much Damage, May 1868
:: Sorento, IL Tornado Destroy's Small Village, Oct 1905
:: Stillman Valley, IL Tornado, May 1898
:: Tampico, IL Tornado, Jun 1874
:: Tampico, IL Tornado, Nov 1908
:: Taylorville, IL Tornado, Apr 1880
:: Tazewell County, IL Tornado, Jul 1897
:: Volo, IL Tornado, Mar 1902
:: Wapella, IL Tornado, Jun 1902
:: Westervelt, IL Tornado, May 1917
:: Wilmette, IL Tornado, Mar 1920
:: Woodford County, IL Tornado, Jun 1899
:: Woodford County, IL Tornado, May 1858
:: Woodford County, IL Tornado, Oct 1875
:: Woodlawn, IL Tornado, May 1883
:: York, IL Tornado, Jun 1907
:: York, IL Tornado, Jun 1909
   
:: Various Towns, IA and IL, Severe Tornado Destruction, May 1873
:: Various Towns, IA, NE, IL Tornado Damage, May 1899
:: Various Towns, IL Tornado And Storm Damage, July 1861
:: Various Towns, IL - IN - MO "The Great Tri-State Tornado", Mar 1925
   
 
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Hose Wagon, Morris, IL early 1900s