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lllinois' 3rd deadliest tornado disaster on record occurred on May 26, 1917. On that date, 108 people were killed across central Illinois, almost all in the Mattoon/Charleston area. Injuries totaled approximately 638.
The tornado outbreak sequence of May 25–June 1, 1917 was an eight-day tornado event, known as a tornado outbreak sequence, that killed at least 383 people, mostly in the Midwestern and parts of the Southeastern United States.
On May 26 th, 1917, the third deadliest tornado disaster on record swept across Illinois. Mattoon and Charleston in Coles County were the most severely impacted communities. On that date, 101 people were killed across central Illinois, most of them in the Mattoon/Charleston area.
THE GREAT TORNADO OF 1917. On Saturday, May 26, 1917 at approximately. 3:26 p.m. a tornado of destructive force touched down at the northwestern edge of Mattoon and cut a swath a half mile wide through the city.
This webpage is dedicated to the May 26, 1917 tornado that crossed Illinois and caused Catastrophic damage in Mattoon and Charleston.
Over 400 homes were destroyed or severely damaged. Damages were estimated to be 1 million dollars in 1917. On this date 105 years ago, Illinois saw the third deadliest tornado disaster on record. About 108 people were killed with most of the deaths reported out of Mattoon and Charleston.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS TORNADO 123 The greatest destruction was wrought in Coles County, where the tornado struck the districts occupied by workingmen 's homes in the cities of Mattoon and Charleston, the former with a population of 12,000 and the latter with 6,000. The tornado passed through this county between 3 and 4 P. M., a
With 91 people killed — and nearly 600 more injured — in Charleston and Mattoon alone, the May 26, 1917, tornado still ranks as the third-deadliest on record for the state of Illinois.
With 91 people killed -- and nearly 600 more injured -- in Charleston and Mattoon alone, the May 26, 1917, tornado still ranks as the third-deadliest on record for the state of Illinois....
effects were observed from near Mattoon eastward for fifteen miles. About noon of May 26, 1917, a tornado developed in Pike County, Illi-nois, near the little town of Pleasant Hill. Its path, which is about 287 miles long, stretches over almost the total width of Illinois and three-fourths