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easting. Immediately altering its course, it went straight 
up the creek for about half a mile, developing prodigious 
power. The large trees which lined the banks were torn 
and peeled and overthrown in promiscuous ruin. Ata point 
Fic. 13. 
where there is a small circular island, and a considerable 
amount of stagnant water around, the storm would appear 
to have stood still for a moment. Fig. 14. shows the 
position of the fallen trees at this point. 
There were no trees on the island itself. There was no 
evidence whatsoever that the barking of the trees had been 
effected by electrical action or sudden evaporation. Every- 
thing tended to prove that the bark had been loosened and 
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broken by the excessive bending of the trees and by flying 
missiles. One of the steers killed at this creek had an oak 
rail driven completely through its shoulders. ; 
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