View photos of the 1927 tornado that damaged St. Louis.
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. The tornadoโs path was 12 miles long and 600 yards wide and damage estimates ranged up to 53 million dollars.
4132 McPherson
Southwest corner of Sarah and Delmar
Whittier and Maryland
Looking Northeast at Cook and Sarah
Fairfax and Sarah looking South
East side of Sarah Street, looking South from Page
Automobile wrecked during September 1927 tornado
Surveying damage from 1927 tornado at Herman Body Co.
Ruins of Berean Church at Cook and Sarah
First Presbyterian Church at Sarah and Washington
Northeast corner of Whittier and Olive
Demolished house at McPherson and Sarah
