Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-28
MAGNETIC STORMS.

VI ldbe years cyciu nes m tue easterf
 States have attracted much attention
 lt Is claimed toy some that their visit,
 are more numerous and more destruct.
 i've than formerly, while others in-ist
 that owing to the telegraph which
 reaches every section of the country. a
 more complete record Is furnished, and
 that the rapid settlement Of the conn
 try and more numerous population has l Increased the possibilities of fatality
 from storms. At any rate. the cyclone
 question has become quite serious one
 n the States in tbe Mississippi valley.
 and the people have be rHu to devise
 ways and means for self protection. In
 Iowa, and some other western States.
 farmers are building cav. S, or vaults.
 with proper ventilation into which they
 with thelr families can retreat when
 storms approach and know that they are
 safe from destructive and almost fatal
 vlsItauOns of the much dreaded cyclone. John \. Tlce, of Missouri, has given the subject of cyclones muct thoI ght a d great deal of attention dur1ne the p st fifteen years. He has visited the trall of many of the cyclones that hav, passed through that region of country. and has closely examined thelr action upon the earth's surface, and hes ar. rived at the opinion that the greater force and destructive power of the tunnel cyclone is Dct composed of wind with velocity ot 500 miles an hour. but are caused by electricity. He maiutaIus that not only cyclones, but ali the phe- nomena of the atmosphere. are electric m their nature and character. That Imlnous and fiery cloud-spouts Ire seen to descend, which is met by flash from the earth where the spout touches. Simultaneous with the flash everything free at the point struck explodes into fragments, Is carried clear away and !. generally hurled i8to the clouds throu.h l the vortex. Combustibles are set on fire l Iu the buildings struck. and de- !. Flashes issue from the fur- 1 uiture in the house and sparas ! fali from the walls like from an emery i wheel After nigh, there tornado c,ouH 1 Is invariably lumiuous-often not per | aeIved in the day tune and e wave Ike . flame on the earth confron.s tine cloud ! zu151+ .- i- d. r-...,.- r.---..-g - 4.
 lace of the earth. He discredits tl mechanical the0ry, and says there k uo wind, strong or otherw se, when aad | while the tornado does its destructive work. He cites instances where tar- laios have level-d down stone houses -1 rhe foundation and every stone vs.- swept away, while F'hia sixty feet iron Tne-e they stood, { sbel- were uu- .ouched; that a spade leaning against rec standing within four feet of a hous, ,wept wa was not thrown down: th4' I.v-bins were iftel rom the hay auO 'trriei off, ont not au atom of ua wa.
 ken away. Tn the Marshfeli tornado le io1nd tIe pa. or 20 hickory tree Tha' lad b, en loo-eued from the roots to th,
 ID. but mt thrown of udstiIl encasiuC he stem. The tree stood i1 a der~s ,-ove in which the trees were very com lact, fev only showing traces of rhe ornado. so th-t there was no room fo.
 -udiuE or twisting. Iu fact the tor
 ado lifted at thIs point from the earth.
 ld did not come down again for twelve ,r fifteen miles, thereforei 1t did u pas- through tue grove but over 1t. lir. lice has embodied hls ideas upon the iuestion of cyclones and tornados in a ,aok. which pr nises Co be very ill., erestiug reading. and will be issued a, .n early day