354 The Iowa and Illinois Tornado. (July, 
where for a width of fifty yards it deprived the young trees 
of their twigs and of much of their bark, besides throwing 
down the full grown. 
The house of Nick Engledinger, Section 10, Clear Creek 
Township, stood about 100 yards from the south-east edge 
of the tornado. From any indications which the remains 
presented, the timbers must have first been carried north. 
Two persons were killed—one of them being torn to pieces. 
A hog weighing 400 lbs. was carried one mile and a 
quarter in the line of the storm. 
The house of Jacob Kcoerth stood fifty yards within the 
north-west edge of the storm. The timbers went south. 
The people tried to prevent the wind from blowing in the 
doors and windows, and could not. The wind entered and 
biew the house asunder, leaving the floor in its proper 
position. Hogs weighing 300 lbs. were carried to the north- 
east across a ravine and deposited 300 yards away. A horse, 
a cow, and a bull were similarly carried 200 yards. Sheep 
were carried 400 yards. In addition to the accidents in- 
separable from such an aérial voyage, the bodies of the 
animals were driven full of pieces of wood. On this ac- 
count the bodies of all animals which perished in the storm 
were burned. 
A horse-power machine, partly wood, but chiefly iron, and 
weighing 2400 lbs., was pushed or carried six yards. It 
was resting on the ground, and was separate from all other 
objects. There were no marks upon it arising from violent 
collision with other bodies. It exposed a surface of about 
2 square feet to the wind. It lay close tothe ground. ‘The 
master of this house was absent, and information, owing to 
the invalid condition of the inmates, hard to obtain. 
The storm now turned somewhat more to the northward, 
traversed several fields, demolishing the fences, until it 
struck the house of R. F. Campbell, Lafayette Township, 
on the borders of Clear Creek Township. The exact 
position of this and the two immediately preceding houses 
was difficult to determine upon the map, because of its very 
defeCtive condition, and because their owners could not tell 
me what section they were in. 
The following is the appearance the vortex presented at 
the distance of 70 yards. There appears to be two incipient 
funnels, one on either side. 
A post 8 feet in length, and driven into the soil 3} feet, 
and 4 inches in diameter, was pulled out by the wind. It 
stood without attachment. 
The width of the storm here is 160 yards. The house 
