photo by: Special to the Journal-World
Damage in Lawrence following the April 12, 1911, tornado.
photo by: Special to the Journal-World
Damage to the Charles Simmons house in Lawrence after the April 12, 1911, tornado.
photo by: Special to the Journal-World
The house at 636 Ill. where Mrs. Joe Sullivan was killed after a tornado struck Lawrence April 12, 1911. An April 15, 1911, story said: "Pausing a moment to close a transom and save her carpet from being ruined cost Mrs. Joe Sullivan, 636 Illinois Street, her life last night. Before she could join her son [in the cellar], the house was swept from its foundation and both inmates buried beneath a pile of wreckage. Mrs. Sullivan lived but a few minutes after being extricated."
photo by: Special to the Journal-World
Damage in Lawrence after the April 12, 1911, tornado.