DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES.
-O HUNDREDS OF DWELLINGS UNROOFED. St. Louis Monday. were killed and many injured by tornadoes in Central Missouri and Ohio. Hundreds of dwellings were unroofed, while a Catholic church steeple col»Rp?rd at Znnnsville and fell throu;-h tin' roof, killing the Rev. Tio:icli. who was engaged in adminis(tri.'ij; the racramcnfc .to a man prevoinslv stricken by a portion of a i all ins: wall.
Okiahama suffered severely and ninny deaths are reported. A freight train was blown off the tracks, while the wind carried a baby half a mile in mid-air. and dropped it almost unhurt.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 475, 19 June 1912, Page 5
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97DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 475, 19 June 1912, Page 5
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