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The tornado outbreak of May 1927
Between May 7, 1927 and May 9, 1927, a series of strong tornadoes broke out across the Midwest and the South. At least two hundred and seventeen people were killed in the tornados. F4 damage occurred in rural Arkansas, before devastating the larger town of Poplar Bluff.
It only took three minutes for the tornado to pass through the town, killing 83 people, twenty-one of which were at the Melbourne Hotel. Thirty-one square blocks were completely obliterated. The tornado made its way from the North side of Imboden, Arkanas to North West Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
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The Victims
This is a list of the victims of the tornado that hit SEMO (Southeast Missouri) in May of 1927.
Adam Sherman Groshart, age 23
Airy Johnson, age 44
Albert Kaich Jr., age 6
Albert Kaich Sr., age 42
Alvin T. McDaniel, age 51
Aline Dalton, age 15
Alta (Warren) Vincent, age 46
Archie H. Kinnel, age 36
Arthur Greenwall age 26
August G. Seypholtowsky, age 61
Betty (Smith) Robinson
Crit McCollum
Dollie Vincent, age 9
Edward Brown
Ed Tonlison
Eli M. Cravens
Ethel Overfield
Ethel Wooldridge
Frances Casey Dalton, age 39
Frank E. Starkey
Grace (Shupe) Brown
George B. Mclellan
George C. Souders
H. W. Barnett
Harry Atkins
Harry Dalton, age 5
Harry Rexford, age 12
Henry Hendrix
Herbert Mackey
Hinda Belle (Whitworth) Lade, age 57
Houston Wilkison
Hunter Brown
Ida Opal (Burgin) Shirrel
Ida Scott
James Anderson Gray
James Henry Robertson
John Lee Davis
John R. Crane
John Wesley Huson
John William Hargrove
John W. McCollum
Kenneth Groshart, age 23
Laura May Overfield
Lee Jonas, age 27
Leigh Groshart
Lloyd Burgess
Loren E. Gatewood
Louise Alexander Ogle
Mae (Emerson) Smith
Mary E. (Beck) Scofield
Mary Jane (Pollard) Woodruff
Milton Moore, age 47
Ona Strain
Pat Barnett
Paul Adam Moore
Pearl Victoria Brown
Proctor Orson Cook, age 33
Sarah Emilee (Comer) Wisdom
Sarah Frances Hudson
Unidentified White Male 1
Unidentified White Male 2
Sources
Articles
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobutle2/news/DeemsTornado.html
List of the Deceased
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobutle2/history/tor-dth-lst.txt
Souder's Death Location
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobutle2/image/1927Tornado4.jpg
The goal of this project is to have a space to organize and remember the victims of the tornado that hit Poplar Bluff, Missouri in May of 1927.
Right now this project just has one member, me. I am Jourdi Cleghorn.
Here are some of the tasks that I think need to be done. I'll be working on them, and could use your help.
- Research victims of the tornado
- Organize their names on the page
- Collect accurate sources for the victims
Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!
