Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-25

usual conductors. The Doctor had
hvDodermic metallic case in his hip
pocke. The hip underneath is raw as
II the skin had ben scorched OF by cleo
tricity. On the back fence of the Doc
tors residence hang the black Prince
Albert coat and the rest OF the suit he
wore into the cyclone. The most needy
tramp would turn away from those
clothes. Numerous rents supplement
the muds work of destruction. When
the BAN Of vapor rolled upon him DR..
Michael threw up the long skirts of<is
coat over his head and held them there
with his hands While he was traversing
space. Notwithstanding this precau-
ton. there ara bumps and scratches on
his head. but his hands and arms are
covered with wounds. He had several
dollars of silver in his trousers peck
cts when he met the cyclone. lie had
neither pockets nor silver when found.
The day after some one brought to the
Doctor the rim of a wheel. with tire at
Jached That is all he has to show for
his new buggy The horse was found
half a mile from where the Doctor turn
ed him loose. He was stripped o. har-
ness ard was bruised.
IL made a mistake in calculating the
course of the cloud said Dr.. Michael.
IF had kept on going west, as start
( ed. l would have escaped. l hear that
/ some describe the cloud as moving
slowly. not faster than the easy gallop
of horse. Put a horse on the dead
run. and you have nearer the speed of
. il. IL was from half TO thrce-quarters
/ Of a mile away when jumped from my
buggy. Il must have reached me in
minute or less. If ever near another
l will know IT, The noise is the most
peculiarly terrifying / have ever heard.
I If ever hear another coming l shall
guage its course as we'll as | can and
run at right angles with it, never stop
ping.
DR.. Michaers story is the most cir
/ cUms-antial and satisfactory told by any
| Of those VINO were in the cyclone. 1t IS
| matched in interest by the observations
! of Prof. A. Q. Nash, Of the Sherman In
/ stiute. Prof. Nash stood in front OF
/ the college buildings and saw the storm
/ cloud come and go within 600 feet of
/ him. The scientific phenomena chain
/ ej his attention.
/ The atmosphere that afternoon, the
/ Professor said. was what we call
heavy found il difficult to breathe
/ fro the house. and went out in the yard.
/ Further than this there was nothing
! unusual in the conditions. We had had
a rather long period Of drouth. This
/ had been broken by rain three Of four
! DAYS preceding the cyclone. On Friday.
/ afternoon it began 10 rain, and in an
hour and a half a good deal fell. The
/ rain slackened. Ii was then the cy-
! clone came up from the southwest.
AS the cloud approached continued
| the Professor. "faar left me. | had
feeling Of awe at the grandeur OF the
! sight. but no apprehension OF danger.
/ T thought to myself, WHAT small Things
I We are II the cloud had been coming
/ directly toward me I should nave stooa
/ ,here Just the same. When the CLOUD
p4ssed I'm front o. me it seemed 10 be
going at the speed Of @ galloping horse.
/ The speed was not so great but tbaL al
| most any one running to the east or 10
the west could have got out OF the way.
! The cloud SWelled out above the Sround,
| but the TOD of il was higher than the
sides. IL seemed to be chUrninS up all
( that ii touched and throwing OUT the
| fragments at the top. The shape ana
/ action was much like a gey5er. AT the
/ same time. as it moved along, the mass
| had rotary motion. 1t wairled round
I and round in direction from right over
/ 20 LEFT. jus, the reverse OF the move
| ments Of the hands of watch.
"Ony the outlines Of the mass could
he DISTINGUISHED. IL was impossible TO
/ see into it. Houses and other things
went up as the cloud reached tnem'
/ disapDearing in the revolving interior,
I At The t0D and around the edges | could
see things whirliEg and then falling as
/ tlev COZ beycnd the edges. The revolV-
/ inc velocity was so great it set the adj
isccnt air in motion, and the lighter
/ Things such as leaves and tWlgs ana
/ bi-s of pine and the particles OF mud,
ci~c1e5 far outside Of the cloud and fell
. Of considerable distance from the pain
/ of the cyclone In the snort Jihe l
stood .here watching the cloud pass !
was covered with mud and oienche0
with muddy water. AS the cloud pass
+ cd. The rotary motion could be seen very
plainly in the rear,
What was the force which WIougnc
sucb destruction? That isthe question
pro Nash mas been asking himself, as
a. has studied the phenomena. He mas
NOT answered il entirely TO his sajls-
fsc,ou. Whether electric Influences
Started the wind is open to speculation.
PROF. +. r. Kemp. Of the institute, VINO
has b m carrying OF this investigation
wish Prof. Nash. thinks electricity is
'ho n,fr,7qrv cause. The two Profess
se~s agree from what they have seen
2 Of effects that the cyclone, once start5I d,
generates electricity in great quanu-
ties.
TAKE a plate electric machine said
Prof. Nash. 1T generates electricity
bv much the same whirling action We
see in the cyclcne. And IL generates
surrounding breeze. too. just as the cy-
/ clone does.
There was q striking tendency in the
cvclone cloud" said Prof. Kemp, TO
come down 10 the earth and discharge
the generated electricity. 1t formed q
ground connection and clung to it until
it had stored more electricity by the
whiring mcjcl, when it descended
again.
The Professors were told Of q talk
with Undertaken Harrington, who pre-
pared for the grave many Of the victims.
The bodies. the undertaken said, show
ed wounds and fractures of endless Va
riety. bus upon none Of them did he
find any evidence of an electric shock.