The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-20
Hondeirs,t Phenomenon.
wATERsPoUT sUCKs Up AND CARRIES
AWAY THE WATERS OF \ SMALL I.AKE-

A wATERsPoUT SUCKS Up AND CARRIES
AWAY THE WATERS OF \ SMALL LAKE.
An Augusta paper gives the following
particulars of most remarkable water
spout near Langley, Ga;
! dense cloud was first seen approaching
sn all lake or rond, beng apI a.ently
considerable di- tance up. Nothing partic
ular WAS thought Of it until presently a
startling circumstances occurred.
The cloud halted over the pond and es-
tablished connection with the latter. \
genuine waterspout Lad, in fact, been
volved. and an immense quantity of water
was rushing skyward through the liquid
conductor. When first seen the watCIspuUt
was near the dam, ana travelled slowly
across the pond until it reached the railroad
trestle-woIl, mile ard & quarter from its
starting point, when it disappeared, and
the cloud moved majcstically of, carrying
with it thousands ofgallons of water which
had been drawn from the pond.
The latter, covering an area Of six hun
dred acres, was, in fact. lowered fully two
inches The huge column which Joined tie
upper region to the expanse of water below
resenihled 4 cone in form. and rotated hor
izontally with great rapidity. The marvel
Gus speed with which the colnmn turned
impressed the beholder with the idea that
it was connected with whirlwiud. This
was most probably the case, as a tremen-
ous wind passed over Augusta, from tle di-
rection Of Langley, some hours afterwards
The heavens were brilliant with irces-ant
flashes of lightning after the spout desciib-
ed above had disappeared. There VAS no
rushing noise connected with it, as is the
case in some instances. The water under
ueatlthe clouds just before the spout formed
was in state Of great agitation. Waves
rolled an grily, and TeIceI tibie bulge WAS
seen. As the cloud hal Ell a sort Of funnel
protrudeJl from il and dropped slowly down
becoming larger as it heightened, tEe
broader portion, or base, being at the sur
face OF The cloud.
When it reached point about one fourth
the distance between the cloud and the
pond. the bulge on the surface OF tLe latter
rose to meet il. and the two at lenEtL i i-i-
ed, when the water Of the pond commenced
ascending into the cloud, which moved
slowly OF toward the jre-tlc- work. lhe
waves lis the water leaped and tended To-
wards the spout, and the spout itself con-
tinued the rotary motions referred 10 ao9v
The outside Of the watcry funnel Wa
dark and not well defined, Nhilc The centre
was much lighter, being rather Of a biuisn
cast. This would seem to indicate that tho
column was IaIfly hollow, The dark por-
tions representing the sides. There c-l Oe
no doubt out that tie immense quantity of
water which was transferred from the pond
to the cloud was literally sucked Up. ile
spout finally disappeared as IL il lad been
drawn odi'y NJ into the cloud. yhiis the
latter quietly moved of To parts unknown.
Not a drop Of rain fell during the occur
renee or aGterward. The formation and
subsequent motions Of the spout are dc
scIibed as having made up spectacle grand
in the extreme. Nothing of the kind was
ever before seen In that section. The
stanceSt part of the phenomenon was the
fact that the cloud, 50 burdeaed with water
moved off without dispensing any oi il in
the form of rain IN the neis h 5orAJOd.