The Red Cloud chief., 1882-02-16
The Tornadoe> of ISL.

wv"
cnrrrI with unusual frequency IN our
~ country; and IN England a.~''
"h"r" they arr r'T'Ih r\l"r'N''''' -
many A. i'Hr >'I.,'>'t "'>'''.l''
"hir."lnd> '.,'''i Inherent '''T'' II '"'
kingdom during AH|l'' a.
Ga" 81 these fn@l~hiHrnAi"" 'arT.''!
a pI," 81 imh"r nat" 70" adjoining l"."'
u''''i a carpenter ~""p '-.l'L owe =
HAY ~it"h anu d'I"'>i'i ID '.' 'a' '...I
sale. and completely uHE".i''I . f'Hha-
~. y tornado al" carried 'H '"'. ''r'I
=, an" 81 'h'. ''l-' r+-NAN stations I'D
VIENNA aHH F''l NA'.h " VIZ ""t.-
"lha "i ~" or '-E'' HN"ir'F' IT,. I'D
I'rA"'h NH''i r@N~'l '|" ''N'i'. ~
IA" lay hud-", one ~ i'" u.'~l 'N'''-
Ni'' amt strongest 'EtH-' 10 lh' WORLD
Among The l'Tu.tl""~ H iiL~ ~'flu'',
during ih" year 'hAi 1f "" I'M
MINI. "a> 'h" mo-, disastrous I'"'-
CURED ON The I'm - ia~' June. ana III
4 lew % "r""N''i "n' ia'i>tn!
buildings u Killed '.iF'A persons.
III" hi!'l-A-> "'>l''''I 't"t .N.I. were
not ii.HI~' structures Il wood Indeed.
the wooden hUi'"lH@>. '>i''.i'.' Those
~ "Hu ! Nl''Nh - '"' .''''''ii l'i'i!''
"uiil-i"i TN" gale VIM hi.'H '"i."'",.
81 Which tlr" t""n Wa !aF-'.t composed
We're d'lii'.!>ii''l - II '''N h."l i''h ~
pa>j"-'"ard. Vince "''-lH'~~ '.""A>
N'r" destroy ''I. anu every i'''Ai i'.i I'D
lhr city was blown ".-
On the -1'h 81 September, 'iFlN- iN'
minutes, a hurricane. preceded is an
earthquake. dli great darH"-"Iu i-.n.r.t.
In jhi~ >'At'. IH' >iII" ~ "a 'h"r'H Wa,
blown across iu' >'I'''. A."l' 'N' Toms
II nrl"N W"T" deposited uI 'H' "'-ih ~
another church. AMI >"'"ri. hri'N Hi!.i-
lu-> hat HOLES blown clear through
them ON ia" following da' q tornado
Ii~'in" ONLY 'I'" minutes. i'hi "i~'" 'a'
N!ila-n Of a1ui"n. Ill. All lh' h"'-'N
except ;" being more "r les injured.
ant Nv" churches completely d'm".'~h-
"'i. Tres were torn up. AMI corn "i~
blown ont OF 'h" hr~A amt scattered T."
and wide. I"" day later. stanton M
Nebraska was nearly DESTROYED - ON"
II the" cyclones. and on ~" n"\i dJ'
another completely devastated u space
eighty rods WII'' AMI h'" "r IN INDIES
!nmT IN III" r"t-h'"rh""i II au'"int'n
Wisconsin. " ih" sam" lrmr 20 terrific
i"rna't" caused Widespread "-Iua-' m
the country about Omaha ~ Nebraska.
on tn" i'm III thu month i"" pt~>'u-
ger ears Of tn" t"I"rai"' "nir'l Railway
w"r" blown from tn" track near ''r""-"-
town IN that state
Tins i "a lit "i only a f." 81 The Dis
n~'rou~ t"rnid""> which hay" occurred
IN the r!'"d States during the present
Year. a Year memorable Tor IT. storms.
- Hoods AMI H. dr"l-hi~. Ih"i ar"
Iu~tancr'I ly IN" In" ri''" -lr't'''.'
which. after III" WhlrlNiUi a. IN. al
dressed inquiries I" ~"i"niIi" m"il AMI
architects III different l1rl~ 81 IN" com
m. with 4 view I" iiuniii- "uii The char
a"t"rl>iI"> ~ the" storms ana I" obtain
in~ practical Suggestions ~ Z" methods
of construction which ""uii "uall"
buildings To- withstand their fury. /"
il inquiries it has received many an
~w"r~. which present interesting facts
regarding t"rnat"'> or cyclones; hUi -"
lar ~ concerns the main purpose ui th"
investigation. tn" dcNi.iu% 81 means Ia
maxi, buildings proof against such
storms. they ar" very unsatisfactory.
In truth. the general opinion expressed
in the ~irttrr~ published 10y II seems &"
lee that no structure can be- devised
~;ron" enough I" withstand u tornado or
c%ycluuc when onrr TIA" wind i blowing
in full fury. A~"n" Of the writers from
Storm Lake. in Iowa. say "Out her" in
this country of 'urHad""~. We think a
hole in the ground about the safest
I pltc" 10 retreat "a when "" hear on"
approaching \ Kansas architect re-
. piles that h. tells hi clients that III"
will mo- attempt I" build against a
4 c,clnn". but only against steady. heavy
winds from any one direction. The
c%yclnuc proper. h. say further. has
a whirljn% motion. and sometime ""'|
bounding and skipping over tn" surface
81 tn" earth.
la In" report OF tn" Signal Service
Office. Ia" time during which an object
j. c~\pu>cd To- th'~c destructive winds
i pat Al between IN AMI ~i\'l seconds.
the av"rag" "f Il lar~c number Of eases
being sixteen seconds. y hulltlu@" \-
posed 10 these winds experiences bat
and The. destruction i done TIM, iu-