The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

NEW YORK, July 20.-The Herald
nrIpts the following,
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II We "a iu'pHi' w as
an inventor no one has a greater repu-
tatlon, we need in future dread little
a,,sar from cvclones t-orrodoas h,,rri-
canes oI s"'i'uF Atmospheric disturb
Gnces. For years VI. Turpin has made
this matter a special study with the
.hI.o, ~ dayIstna s.n s,sn,a.a
'''e ~
against these u~esfoyers' ana now at
last he claims TO have attained this
desirable end.
n, Anor,oors b,s as,, nil,
~ u'eS "H'
prove OF speclai Importance as VIII oe
seen from his W words on the sub
feet:
"Thts subject has occupied my at
tenlon a LONE tlme' he says, ANA
whenever 1 read IN the american pa
pers gOout the trlghttul disasters
rough by cyclones my desire 10 dis
cover an antiaoie or safeguard was re-
doubled. Weli,l discovered n DAY the
principle or what may style the para
tornado AT once submitted II TO NJ.
Faye VINO Is Versed IN such matters
and ne SAID mat II was highly ingen-
ious. so went ahead' and In due time
] constructed the necessary apparatus,
Right here let me say that my chief
claim was to provide America with
some retiabfe. weapon against these
frighttul scourges, In Europe we &C.
caslonally have hurricanes n water
spouts, but they are OF trifllns moment
when compared with the cyclones and
the %tornadoes of America. An American
town In the path OF a tornado Is DOOM
ed. ! have heard OF q tornado which
killed seven hundred and fifty people,
wounded $500, and which, at the same
time, overthrow thousands of houses.
Facts About Cyclones,
.rNow this inevitable scourye comes
,oa,1 v.,.u,,
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AT the time OF the equlnoxes. during
certain years n notably between 1898
and 1889 there have been as many as
forty-tour tornadoes, Yet. though their
regular temperance has been clearly
notwithstanding practical steps have been
taken TO avoid them, True, watchers
have been appointed In DANGEROUS sea-
sons 10 signal the epproach Oh cyclones
anu wneh thSS ,s saEe oN Wr ,n, 'n srb p
reneon erottoes and thus escaped the
fury OF the tempest. Their dwellings,
however. were wholly destroyed. Now
ahy one using my system Of defense can
combat and overcome these enemies. /
claim, too, that any town using this
system can effectually protect itself
against all future cyclones.
ITO understand my system we must
bear In mind that a cyclone is a for
midable wind OF surprising swiftness.
which Is born In the Gulf of Mexico and
which goes In an absolutely invariable
direction, from the southwest to the
northeast. The route of cyclones has
never changed. 1t Is not. however. the
cyclone itself which Kills people, tears
up trees and destroys houses. These
disasters are really caused by what
may be called the epiphenomena which
are produced In the heart Of this blast
OF wind. Such are the waterspouts or
t~ornndoes-that IS to say, funnel shaped
masses OF water, the glratory move
ment OF which has an unheard of
swlftness OF two hundred metres a Sec
ond. They are the real danger.
Towers ns Guardians.
,.vro,, Ia, ne ossuma ,bo, n TOWN or
- -. ..atz.,
cry wishes 70 pro'e'' i'su't ae'
these cyclones or Tomatoes. what II
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