Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-29
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TofnaAOes, and What They Hate
IN Demo. k~g

them totnadoes are named and thsif1
theory examined. They may start
from any point where the atmosphere
il in the peculiar state which generates
them. til true-at least We haNe hieh
.athorityf For asserting thstit is3trqe
that in this country tornsdoes are net
commoa Ii the Mississippi Valley; tint
they move generally-if.not inSariably
from east to west; and that they sre|
general spent before they reach the
dry regions. But no pai4 81 tho West,
and nawpart indeed qf therU United
States, r. exempt from them, And
they are 10 new or une1plsinsd vista
ton; they were known . The esrly set
tiers of tho eastern sections of our
country, and they have been known to
the present generation especially in
Pennsylvania and New York, where the
tracks Of tornadoes that occurred o.
century ago may still be easily traced.
We propose to mention q few Of
many tornadoe OF which there ID re-
cord, as having happened in substan-
tisl, we'll built cities, and having work
cd yAst damage - ( ~'
The frst tornado Tor the three FIRST
tornadoss, as three happened in the
same half hour. that va will mention,
occu1Tsd May %, 1909, at Cincinnati.
They occurred at9bout 2 o'clock in the
afternoon they we're each very mar
row, and within the area Of the city.
The account says general rain was
falling st the time, with violent cross
currents in the clouds. We may men
ten that several tornadoes were formed
1t about the same time. in tho western
pars Of Ohio, Kentucky and Tonnes
see. Considerable damage waasufered
by oinoinnsti, which, however, was
then small place, compared With that
city nov. -
The Niles Rseieter, Of . contempt
rsneous date, &al ) notice Of atornado
that fell upon Charleston, 8. c., on
the 10Th Of September, 1911. This
tornado was of West India origin. It
was lurid in appearance, and Of funnel
shape. Il occurred at half past twelve,
P. \. Many buildings were destroyed
and lives lost. :
Prof. L. G. Beck describes q tornado
that visited New Brunswick, N. j., at
5 O'Clock, June 10, 1885. Its track
exhibited the usual phenomena. The
waters Of the Raritan river were who'll
ly removed from its bed, 3
At Natchez, Mississippi, May I,
1910, occurred the most destructive
tornado ever observed in the United
States. We have q description (by
Tooley) Of the day and storm: ''The
day began warm and cloudy, wind south
4. veering to esst-5. at 1 P. M. wind q
gale N. e. and T.; at lis P. n. the
sky became lurid yellow, the storm
striking the river (tbe Mississippi) six
or seven miles below the city, reaching
it at 2P.M. The rush did not last
more than s minutes, and the destruc-
tive blast but few seconds. Houses
were bursted outward, and the central
point was . vacuum action. BIT persons
were killed in the city and on the river.
Sheet tin was carried 20.miles and win
dows 80 miles. Fhe direction of the
track M from W. 8. w. to N. E. and
Z. Nh The effect Of the storm up
on the leaves and buds Of plants was in
o measurs 10 sesf4Aem, obstructing &c
much Of thor vitality that such as did
not die outright were crisped, and thei,
growth sossuspended that it was ten
days or more before they, resusciated
and begausto growagain. Some very
thriving grape vines were killed-even
the succulent morus multicaulis appear
ed as if an Z astera sirocco had passed
over it," Such s. the description Of
the greatest tornado that has ever de-
vastated any portion Of this country.
Some of the effects mentioned-those
upon plants-were owing to the cleo
tricity, which it is known, always ac-
companies, and is part Of tornadoes.
Magnetism is also present. Weare in
formed that the effects from these
causes are visible in the region visited
by the tornado the other day, both on
Iowa and the Illinois side of the river.
The tornado that occurred at Med
ford and Cambridge, Mass, Aug. 26,
1851-an account Of which was at the
time written by Eustus Brooks
almost identical in shape, and its move
ments were@ery similar to the tornado
which happened the other day, and Of
which we pMted a graphic description.
In the case90f the tornado atsCam-
bridge, asdntha of the ono at Canaan
che and Albany, a very distinct form
was exhibitedyby the cloud, usually that
of an inverted cone, though often that
of an hour+glass. The cone came down
from tho cloud, moved about al short
distances, now pushing down9to the
earth, and nav rising from it. q Its side,
motions werecompared to an elephants
trunk. It d stated that it's width was
from fifty to seventy rods. Its course
was from W. 8. W. to E. N. E., but
it did not pursue straight line; it was
estimated that its rate Of motion was
nearly fifty miles an hour and its du-
ration was Eve or six seconds. The
width Of the egnad g calculated at
Camanchs to have Ssn more than .
quarter Of : .mile-itacprved percepk-
bly, in its progress; its rats Of speed
was not, probably, less than sixty or |
seventy miles an hour, ass dhfEa
Chapplesmith gives an account OF. |
tornado which oceurfsa at New Har- |