died from "shock & injury" when the school building (Central High, St Louis, MO) she was in crumbled in a windstorm per Mo. Death Cert.
"At 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, 1927, a powerful tornado touched down near Manchester Avenue and Kingshighway. Destruction was evident from Fountain Park to Hyde Park, with 78 killed and approximately 550 injured including students from Central High School where over 1,500 students were in class at the time."
"Shortly before 4 a.m. explorers seeking the bodies of five missing children in the remodeled Central High school found the bodies of two girls. Seven school buildings, housing 6,500 children, were in the tornado area but only at Central High were there fatalities. Eighteen other pupils there were injured when a huge tower crashed on the auditorium."
"Firefighters remove the body of one of the five female students who were killed when Central High School, then at North Grand Boulevard and Finney Avenue, was struck by a tornado on the afternoon Sept. 29, 1927. All told, 78 people were killed by the storm in St. Louis and in Madison County. The girls were Eva Michalske, 13; Zena Schneider, 17; Blanche Reid, 15; Alice Berner, 15; and Lois Shaw, 14. They were buried by the collapse of the school's large ornamental tower, which fell into the auditorium area. Firefighters worked through the night and didn't find the last body until 26 hours after the tornado struck. "
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Friday Evening, Sept 30, 1927
"At 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, 1927, a powerful tornado touched down near Manchester Avenue and Kingshighway. Destruction was evident from Fountain Park to Hyde Park, with 78 killed and approximately 550 injured including students from Central High School where over 1,500 students were in class at the time."
"Shortly before 4 a.m. explorers seeking the bodies of five missing children in the remodeled Central High school found the bodies of two girls. Seven school buildings, housing 6,500 children, were in the tornado area but only at Central High were there fatalities. Eighteen other pupils there were injured when a huge tower crashed on the auditorium."
"Firefighters remove the body of one of the five female students who were killed when Central High School, then at North Grand Boulevard and Finney Avenue, was struck by a tornado on the afternoon Sept. 29, 1927. All told, 78 people were killed by the storm in St. Louis and in Madison County. The girls were Eva Michalske, 13; Zena Schneider, 17; Blanche Reid, 15; Alice Berner, 15; and Lois Shaw, 14. They were buried by the collapse of the school's large ornamental tower, which fell into the auditorium area. Firefighters worked through the night and didn't find the last body until 26 hours after the tornado struck. "
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Friday Evening, Sept 30, 1927
died from "shock & injury" when the school building (Central High, St Louis, MO) she was in crumbled in a windstorm per Mo. Death Cert.
"At 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, 1927, a powerful tornado touched down near Manchester Avenue and Kingshighway. Destruction was evident from Fountain Park to Hyde Park, with 78 killed and approximately 550 injured including students from Central High School where over 1,500 students were in class at the time."
"Shortly before 4 a.m. explorers seeking the bodies of five missing children in the remodeled Central High school found the bodies of two girls. Seven school buildings, housing 6,500 children, were in the tornado area but only at Central High were there fatalities. Eighteen other pupils there were injured when a huge tower crashed on the auditorium."
"Firefighters remove the body of one of the five female students who were killed when Central High School, then at North Grand Boulevard and Finney Avenue, was struck by a tornado on the afternoon Sept. 29, 1927. All told, 78 people were killed by the storm in St. Louis and in Madison County. The girls were Eva Michalske, 13; Zena Schneider, 17; Blanche Reid, 15; Alice Berner, 15; and Lois Shaw, 14. They were buried by the collapse of the school's large ornamental tower, which fell into the auditorium area. Firefighters worked through the night and didn't find the last body until 26 hours after the tornado struck. "
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Friday Evening, Sept 30, 1927
"At 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, 1927, a powerful tornado touched down near Manchester Avenue and Kingshighway. Destruction was evident from Fountain Park to Hyde Park, with 78 killed and approximately 550 injured including students from Central High School where over 1,500 students were in class at the time."
"Shortly before 4 a.m. explorers seeking the bodies of five missing children in the remodeled Central High school found the bodies of two girls. Seven school buildings, housing 6,500 children, were in the tornado area but only at Central High were there fatalities. Eighteen other pupils there were injured when a huge tower crashed on the auditorium."
"Firefighters remove the body of one of the five female students who were killed when Central High School, then at North Grand Boulevard and Finney Avenue, was struck by a tornado on the afternoon Sept. 29, 1927. All told, 78 people were killed by the storm in St. Louis and in Madison County. The girls were Eva Michalske, 13; Zena Schneider, 17; Blanche Reid, 15; Alice Berner, 15; and Lois Shaw, 14. They were buried by the collapse of the school's large ornamental tower, which fell into the auditorium area. Firefighters worked through the night and didn't find the last body until 26 hours after the tornado struck. "
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Friday Evening, Sept 30, 1927
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