Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1915 — Tornado Kills Many in Missouri and Illinois. [ARTICLE]

Tornado Kills Many in Missouri and Illinois.

St. Louis, Mo., July 7.— A tornado which swept through the central portion of St. Charles county, just northwest of this city, late this afternoon, cut a swath along the route of the Wabash railroad, completely, razed the towns of St. Peters, 30 miles northeast of here, and razed a district 18 blocks long and 14 blocks wide in the city of St. Charles. The town of Gilmore, 40 miles west of St. Charles, suffered heavy damage also. It is feared that many smaller points along the Wabash may have been After a jump nearly across the state of Illinois the tornado dived down into the southern part of Illinois and killed two persons and razed 50 houses at Lawrenceville, 111., 50 miles south of Terre Haute, Ind.