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Ruins of the Longfellow School where 17 children were killed. The storm hit theschool at about 2:30 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado, the longest-lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It travelled 300 miles from SEMissouri to Indiana and killed over 600. In: Effects of Tornadoes on FactoryBuildings, Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, 1925.