THE WORST WITD-3T0RTS OF THE FAST FORTY YEARS.
The disastrous storms in the "tornado belt” in the Liidle Western
and Southeastern States usually have occurred in the spring and sum
mer. Following arc some of the worst tornadoes in that section;
February IS, 1884 - 600 killed in tornadoes which swept the South.
April, 1892 - Forty killed in the path of a tornado through sev
eral Kansas towns.
Tune 14, 1892 - Fifty killed in torn .ado v/hich swept across five
counties in Minnesota.
June 20, 1893 - Sixteen killed in the Kansas River Valley.
September 20, 1894 - Seventy five killed in the path of a tor
nado through sections of. Iowa and minnesota.
May 27, 1896 - St.Louis, Missouri, and. East St.Louis, Illinois,
500 killed and several thousand injured; property destruction many
millions.
Larch 30, 1697 - Three fourths of the town of Chandler, Oklahoma,
destroyed.
Lay 16, 1896 - Forty killed and 51,000,000 property damage in
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin in a storm which swept northeastward
from Luscatine, Iowa.
April 27, .1899 - Kirksville and dew ton, Lissouri, nearly IOC
killed and Large sections of both ci'cies destroyed.
June 13, 1899 -Lore than 100 killed in Nebraska and v7i scon sin;
every building hut two in the town of Herman, Nebraska, destroyed.
Lay 9, 190 5 - At ? arquette, Kansas, thirty killed.
Lay 11, 1905 0 Snyder, Oklahoma, 130 killed and the town prac
tically destroyed.
Larch 2, 1906 - At Leridian, lississippi, 25 killed.
April 24, 1908 - Nearly 500 killed in windstorms in !• iseissippi ,
Louis ih an a and Alabama.
June 5, 1906 - 27 killed in northern Kansas and Nebraska.
I'arch 13, 1913 - Heavy damage and loss of life in Peoria, Ill
inois; Vincennes, Indiana, and towns in T> nnessee and Lo’usidia.
Lay 31, 1917 - 67 killed and 200 injured in southeast Lissouri
and southern Illinois towns.
June 23, 1919 - Fergus Falls, Linnesota, 60 killed, more than
400 buildings demolished.
April 25, 1923 - Nearly 100 killed.in several towns and villages
in Oklahoma.
July, 1923 - 63 killed in Pomeroy, Iowa.
Larch 27, 1924 - 24 killed in Kansas, Oklahoma, missouri and
OhioJune 28, 1924 - Lorain and Sandusky, Ohio, and nearby territory;
more than 100 killed, 3,000 injured, 4,000 made homeless. Property
destruction, approximat. ly 525,000,000.
Larch 18, 19-25 -The most severe storm of all swept Indiana, Ill
inois, Lissouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, killing 823 and injuring
2,990, with a property loss of over 550,000,000.
AIR PILOTS LOOK PORTAL TO HALLOO'1 PLIGHTS IH MAY.
Entries in the National Elimination Walloon Races to be held in
St. Joseph, }'o., lav 1st. include the United States Army, with a team
of two free balloons, and the Aircraft Developement Company’s balloon.
"The "Detroit". The Goodrich-Zeppelin Company has advised that it will
have an entry. 2 ajor General Patricx, Chief of the Air Service,
has directed a team of two officers at Langley Held, Virginia, to
have charge of one of the Army1 s big bags, and Lt. Prank LcKee, Scott
Held, "Belleville, 111. a technical expert of the Army’s Aviation
Department, has been to the field 'co look into the gas situation.
Lieut-nant Prank Kehoe Jr., Scott Held, has been detailed to
duty in superintending the inflation of the balloons.