Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-08

and the horses were killed and badly mangled,
the cart being reduced to a wreck and the lum-
Der scattered over several square miles Of terri
tory in the shape of kindiing wood People
have actually refused to run away from tor
nado with similar consequences. Others have
made the mistake Of running in front of it,
thinking to outstrip it in the race. But it is a
fact that anybody who has once encountered a
''cyclone" is always more than ready afterward
to promptly "hunt his hole
1t is not possible to determine with accuracy
the path OF tornado until it is too near to be
comfortable, save that its track is always from
southwest to northeast The question as to
which way to run may have to be decided on
the instant. Surprising the danger imminent
the proper way to do IL to run either north or
cause that is the direction in which the storm IL
moving. II 1t Is only q mile away and coming
directly toward the observer the latter has Just
about one minute to get out of the way. II he
does not start wrong the chances are that he
will escape. II In doubt strike for the north,
for, as has been said, that is the safe side Of q
tornado.
Happily, in the east such phenomena are
comparatively infrequent, but there is not q
state between the Tooth meridian and the At
iantic ocean in which they do not occur Ac-
cordingiy, nobody can be sure that he may not
at some time have to tackle a tornado, and
these rules, II not worth FASTING in ones hat,
should be at least remembered. As for seeking
shelter from such q danger in building. there
10 no safety in that. Experts in such matters
declare that no structure can be raised by man
above the surface of the earth which will resist
the violence Of this sort Of storm. Not even SO
massive pile as the treasury building could
Withstand frst-class tornado. In the great
'cyclone" at Grinnell, Iowa, few years ago,
which destroyed many lives and vast amount
Of property, one Of the buildings reduced to
complete ruin was q solid edifce of stone and
brick used for public school The tornado
tore 1t to pieces as easily a. II it had been 30
much lath and plaster.
On the contrary. building of brick stone
10 Q more unsafe refuge from q tornado than
frame dwelling. because, If destroyed, it tum-
bles In and buries people in the ruins When
the famous ''cyclone" Of 1890 struck Louisville
forty-four persons were killed in the wreck Of
the Falls City Hall. That storm wiped out
seventy-six lives and 81, $50 900 worth Of prop
erty in Louisville and in other towns fifty-nine
lives and 81. 0oo, 900 in property. The whirling
cloud, which was described as shaped like a
turnip. struck Louisville at about 7:45 in the
evening. The noise il made was compared to
the passage Of q heavy train Of cars over
bridge thousand times intensified. All the
gas lets in the city either went out or were
nearly extinguished. and the crash Of falling
buildings sdded to the appalling rumpus, while
a terrific electrical display served as an accom-
paniment, balls OF fire playing about. Appa-
rently the lower end Of the funnel did not touch
the ground, the destruction being confined to
the upper stories Of the houses.