ATD: Kirksville Cyclone

[Tim Strzechowski]

Shortly after 6:00 p.m., April 27, 1899, a cyclone traveled through Adair County, touching the ground just south of Kirksville and lifting again several miles northeast of town.  It left a three block wide path of total destruction generally between Florence and Stanford Streets, from Patterson Street to just north of Illinois, as well as other damage throughout the city.  Thirty-two people lost their lives that evening and hundreds of Kirksville citizens were injured.  The May 12, 1899 edition of "The Kirksville Weekly Graphic" estimated property damage at a minimum $125,000.  Doctors from Macon and other near-by towns came to help local physicians treat the injured and over $24,000 in unsolicited donations came in from around the U.S. to aid those who lost their homes. [...]

http://library.truman.edu/gallery/Tornado/tornado.htm


On the evening of April 27, 1899, a cyclone passing through Adair County cut a path of destruction three blocks wide, killed 32 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings. The popular song "Just as the Storm Passed O'er" was based on the event, and the Kimball Piano Company exploited the incident for its advertising, when one of their instruments was carried a long distance by the tornado but still found in working condition. 

http://www.answers.com/topic/kirksville-missouri


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