Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-10-10
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A A0ARoLINA WATER -sro1E,a
A Singular phsaomsna at IAngsiy Mm
Pond---six Handred Acres ef water la1ssA
Uptc the Cleads. 4 e 81 C2T'
A dense cloud was first ssen approach
ing the pond being tpPsssntly con.
cular was tlfought,of' il, ,pths eitIsSHs Of
Langley being at the atime nssnRisd in
trying to keep cool, . hard tlit1o b do
with the thermometsr at 100 Aegyaes in
the shade. But presently : startling
circumstance occurred. The cloud
had halted over the pond and s5tab-
lished connection with the lattero A
genuine water-spout had in, fact been
evolved, and an immense quantity Of
water was rushing skyward through the
liquid conductor. When first seen the
water-spout was near the dam, and
travelled slowly across the pond until
it reached the railroad trestle work,
distance of mile and quarter from
its starting point, when it disappeared,
and the cloud moved majestically of,
carrying with it thousands of gallons
of water which had been drawn from the
pond. The latter, covering an area Of six
hundred acres, was, in fact, lowered fully
two inches. The huge column which
joined the upper region to the expanse of
water below resembled cane in form
and rotated horizontally with exceeding
rapidity. The marvellous speed with
which the column turned impressed the
beholder Immediately with the idea that
it was associated with q hwhirlwind.
This was most probably the case, as
tremendous wind passed over Angus
ia from the direction of Langley
some hours afterwards. The heavens
were brilliant with incessant flashes of
lightning after the spout described
above had disappeared. There wat no
rushing noise connected with it, as is
the case in some instances. The water
underneath the clouds just before the
spout formed was in q state of great
agitation. Waves rolled angrily and q
perceptible bulge was seen. As the
cloud halted sort of funnel protruded
from it and dropped slowly down, be-
coming larger as it heightened, the
broader portion or base being at the sur
face of the cloud. When it reached
point about ne-fourth the distance be-
tween the cloud and the pond. the
bulge on the surface Of the latter rose to
meet it, and the two at length joined,
when the water from the pond COM
menced ascending into the cloud,
which moved slowly toward the .trestle
work. The waves in the waterfall
leaping and tending toward the
spout-and the spout itself con-
tinued the vertical motions refered
to above. The outside of the watery
funnel was dark and not well defned,
while the center was much lighter, be-
ing rather of a blush cast. This
would seem to indicate that the column
was partly hollow, the dark portions re-
presenting the sides. There can berno
doubt that the immense quantity ,of
water which was transferred from the
pond to the cloud was literally sucked
up. The spout finally disappeared las
if it had been drawn bodily up into the
cloud, while the latter quietly moved
off to parts unknown. Not q drop.of
rain fell during the occurrence or after
ward The formation and subsequent
motions of the spout are described as
having made up q spectacle grand lin
the extreme. Nothing of the kind was
ever before seen in that section, The
strangest part Of the phenomenon was
the fact that the cloud, 50 burienAd
with water, moved off without dispe1ss-
ing any Of it in the form Of rain in the
neighborhood. Ea,a.,rsr, tsaat
The following interesting statement
was furnished by gentleman who re-
quested William Phillips, civil engi-
neer, to make the calculation: 4aaasaI
Area of mill pond, 600 acres; depth,of
water diminished two inches by wa
ter-spout, which prevailed fol about ten
minutes. The superficial area Of an acre
is 42,560 square feet, the decimal for
the depth OF two inches is {, O,1666 OF .
foot, hence 43, ,560x0. 16--6, ,666. 60 cubic
feet is the quantity taken from. one
acre-and then 1880, ,60x600---4.1 .1M.-
76O cubic feet as the whole quantity
taken from the mill pond The cube
root OF this last is about Lei feet, so
cube of that size would nearly measure
the quantity of water taken off. This
quantity would make column 10 feet
in diameter, So, ,243 fet high--rather
more than ten miles. At y62a pounds
to cubic feet would weigh 26J $780,
000 Wa aiv asi9 ia gslte
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