This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XMB.2ACE/1591 Message Board Post: Dexter, Missouri, November 26, 1909 (Special): A tornado struck Dexter and demolished 15 houses and wrecked the Stoddard County Fair Grounds buildings includung the amphitheater. Two women and two children were injured. The storm cut a path 300 feet wide through town and all buildings in it's path were demolished. Damage is $7000. East of Dexter several buildings were damaged in Essex. Trainmen of the Iron Mountain Railroad report that a heavy wind caused havoc near Duley.