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his life and one person was injured. Immediately after passing Newton 

 the storm lifted but dipped down again in Kellogg, where the damage 

 was $2,000, and in Hickory Grove, the northeast township in Jasper county, 

 where the damage amounted to $100,000, but no one was killed or injured. 

 In Tama county the damage was of a minor nature, being confined to 

 roofs, chimneys and sheds. Part of the damage resulted from hail stones 

 which varied from one inch to the enormous size of 6i/^ inches in diameter. 

 No satisfactory estimate of the damage can be made. In this storm 

 there was one death, one serious injury and $350,000 property damage. 

 The storm traveled slowly, a total of only 41 miles in 2 hours. 



4. Tornadoes in Clayton County. 



About 6 p. m. a tornado originated near Wood and moved northeast- 

 ward near Elkport, crossing the Mississippi at Guttenberg and continuing 

 to the vicinity of Baraboo, Wis., a total distance of about 100 miles in 2 

 hours, or an average of 50 miles per hour. The damage in Iowa was about 

 $30,000. Eight persons were injured; none killed. Rumors have been 

 received that the early stages of this storm appeared in the northwest 

 part of Linn, county near Walker, but confirmation is lacking. About 7 

 to 7:30 p. m. another tornado moved in a path garallel with the first, 

 passing about 2 miles northwest of Elkport and about a mile into the 

 south central part of Garnavillo township. The path was about 10 miles 

 long and the total damage was about $3,000. (See storm tracks Nos. 

 VIII and IX, page 37.) 



Mr. J. H. Spencer, Official in Charge Weather Bureeau OflSce, Dubuque, 

 Iowa, obtained the following interesting description of the storm from 

 Mr. W. H. Landschultz of Dubuque: 



I happened to be at Elkport during- the late afternoon and night of May 

 21st. At 5 p. m. the atmosphere was hot and close. It was so bad, in fact, 

 that I thoug-ht something- was g-oing to happen, and remarked to a fellow 

 traveler, "This feels like tornado weather." At about 6 p. m. the alarm was 

 given that a tornado was approaching. I rushed out of the hotel, and off 

 to the southwest a roaring, whirling funnel cloud was plainly visible, mov- 

 ing northeast. It was a terrible and awe-inspiring sight. The funnel cloud 

 was of inky blackness and extended downward to the ground, but would 

 occasionally rise. As it passed by it was about one and one-half miles away 

 at the nearest point. The air where we stood was entirely calm, but the 

 clouds between us and the funnel cloud were rushing pell-mell toward the 

 funnel. 



Little or no rain fell in advance of the tornado, and remarkable to state, 

 I saw the funnel cloud for 15 to 20 minutes before it was finally obscured 

 by the heavy rain that followed it. We saw an object within the funnel 

 cloud that looked like the roof of a house or barn. It remained in the air 

 but was carried up and down. 



The weather did not cool off after the tornado to the southward passed 

 by. It remained hot and close and at about 7:30 p. m. another tornado 

 passed about two miles north of Elkport. We did not see its funnel cloud. 



On the 22d I crossed the path of the first tornado and witnessed the de- 

 sruction it had wrought. Trees two to three feet in diameter were torn up 

 b ythe roots and carried a long distance. The trunks of other reees were 

 still standing, but completely stripped of branches and bark. Farm build- 

 ings were destroyed. Woven wire fences were moved bodily for many 

 yards. A steel binder was picked up from a field and dashed to pieces in 



