Tri-State Tornado PhotosWhen the tornado struck Annapolis at 1;15 pm, the townspeople didn’t see it. Instead, witnesses to the event described seeing a smokey fog that came rolling over the hills or describing it like a curtain coming down over the sun. In its wake, 90 percent of the town was damaged or destroyed. Depending on the source used, either three or four people were killed at Annapolis, with at least one of those deaths occurring at the American Lead Mine in nearby Leadanna. Another 25 people were injured.
Photos from Annapolis, Missouri
![]() ![]() Picture postcard of the tornado's damage in Annapolis.
![]() Photos from nearby Leadanna, Missouri
![]() In the wake of the tornado’s passing, 90% of the above ground mine property was destroyed or damaged, including the mines hoisting equipment. Seventy-five miners were trapped 465 feet underground and had to use emergency ladders installed in an air vent to climb to the surface. When the miners got to the surface, they found that 21 of the 54 miners’ homes at Leadanna had been destroyed. |