SEGMENT: TORNADO
Marie South Williams>UIS Collection T-Z>UIS Collection T-Z, Segment 24
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- TORNADO
- Mrs. Williams continues discussion of aftermath of horrific tornado. Tells of supplies sent & money raised by other towns, churches, & organizations. Federal government provided relief. Tells of a relative's pants & other people's items that were found in IN. Story of digging through rubble. Story of a store-owner being burned to death. Relative that ran General Store went into his bank vault & survived. Red Cross helped build houses.
Sangamon
1980s
90s
Recalls family and farm life in southern Illinois, early 1900s