Mattoon, IL Tornado, May 1917 - Storm Freaks, Some Survivors
Posted December 27th, 2009 by Linda Houston
Storm Freaks.
Mattoon, Ill.-A flag pole was carried from the home of G. M. METCALF to the front yard of RAYMOND COON, four blocks distant, where the staff was planted upright in the soft earth with the stars and stripes still flying.
Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN 29 May 1917
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BABY WILL LIVE
Word came from Mattoon Wednesday that the infant which was born while the tornado was raging in that city last Saturday will live. The baby was first thought by its parents to be dead and was sent to an undertaking establishment. Later the undertaker was astounded when the baby began kicking up its heels and showing much life.
The Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois 30 May 1917
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FOUND NEPHEW INJURED
MR. AND MRS. LEE WARREN, 520 East Olive street, were in Mattoon Tuesday looking for EARL WHITE, a nephew of MRS. WARREN, who was reported killed. They found MR. WHITE alive, but badly injured by flying timbers. MR. WHITE was at work in the district caught in the storm and hurt, but his home was not touched.
The Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois 30 May 1917
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