May 27. F4 tornado hits St. L. MO and East St. L. Illinois, with 255 fatalities in 1896.

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May 27, 1896.  F4 tornado hits St. L. MO and East St. L. Illinois, with 255 dead.Advertising trade card for fencing that can withstand a cyclone on the parries. Printed in 1901.

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