Nine of the fatalities were in a single home in Ortonville. Other killer tornadoes on that day touched down in Ogle County, Illinois (two different tornadoes) and Macomb & Tuscola Counties in Michigan. Several homes and farms in the Mount Clemens area were wiped out and others were moved from their foundations. The recently completed Colonial Hotel was leveled. Thirty homes were leveled in total, and two people were killed. St. Louis, Missouri/East St. Louis, Illinois The third deadliest tornado in United States history struck St. Louis and its metropolitan area on both sides of the Mississippi River in Missouri and Illinois on May 27. Preceded by a storm that nearly destroyed the city with electrical and water damage, that tornado alone at least killed 255, injuring thousands and destroying 50 million property value. This tornado in addition killed 27 other people elsewhere in Illinois and seven elsewhere in Missouri including three at a school in Audrain County. Twenty-four of the 27 other fatalities were recorded by a single tornado with 13 of them near New Baden. In that town about half of the homes were completely destroyed with damage figures at around $50,000. The towns of Belleville and Mascoutah were also hit. Three people were killed by the other killer tornado that tracked between Nashville and Mount Vernon. Fatalities were also reported the following day in Pennsylvania and New Jersey near Trenton between Philadelphia and New York City. See also List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks St. Louis tornado history Notes References Bibliography External links 1896 Killer tornadoes courtesy of the Tornado History Project 1896 natural disasters in the United States Tornadoes of 1896 Tornadoes in the United States Tornadoes in Texas Tornadoes in Oklahoma Tornadoes in Kansas Tornadoes in Nebraska Tornadoes in Kentucky Tornadoes in Iowa Tornadoes in Illinois Tornadoes in Michigan Tornadoes in Missouri Tornadoes in Pennsylvania Tornadoes in New Jersey Tornadoes in Maryland F5 tornadoes Tornado outbreaks May 1896 events