2 QUERIES RELATIVE TO TORNADOES. 



main track of the Tornado — and was there any at a distance — if 

 so, how far off, on each side of the track. 



8. Was the day uiiusualhj ivarm, sultry, or not : — were there 

 observed any efl'ects of a super abundance of moisture in the 

 atmosphere — such as deposition on walls and on furniture in 

 basements and other cool peaces, rendering them wet or clammy 

 to the touch. 



9. State the character of the iceather for some time preceding 

 and following the storm — and, particularly for the few days im- 

 mediately preceding : — whether it was dry or icet, ivarm or cool. 



On the day of the Tornado, was anything unusual observed in 

 the asjyect of the sky — any lurid, "brassy" hue — and if so, how 

 long did it last. 



10. Give the damage done to Ufe and property : — full statistics 

 of this, between specified points of the course of the storm, are 

 desirable. 



11. State the manner and direction in which the icalls and 

 roofs of buildings appear to have been struck, and to have 

 fallen, or to have been carried away: — whether portions of 

 buildings were twisted around upon their foundations — and 

 whether, in the case of some buildings where the doors and 

 windows are known to have been closed at the time of the storm's 

 passage, the walls or roof were thrown down, as if by an explo- 

 sion oidwards. Careful sketch drawings of any of the appear- 

 ances will be valuable. 



12. Give any cases of the stripping of feathers from fowls, 

 and the clothes fi^om persons: — also the manner in \\\\\c\\ furni- 

 ture and materials of houses, barns, &c., were destroyed or car- 

 ried off, and in wliat direction, and to what distance. 



13. Did any of the persons in the immediate vicinity of the 

 Tornado, at its passage, experience any peculiar sensations : — 

 any shock, numbness in the limbs, loss of hearing, pecidiar 

 smell, feeling of cold, d;c., &c. — and how long did these effects 

 last. 



14. Was anything unusual perceived in regard to the irounds 

 of the persons or animals injured : were they difficult to heal, and 

 was there anything unusual in the appearance of the bodies of 

 the killed. 



15. State any facts observed as to the direction in which the 



