364 The Iowa and Illinois Tornado. (July, 
by the south round to the north-east. A hedge ran along 
the road which connects the houses. It presented the ap- 
pearances already described. 
The house occupied by Mr. Waters was first blown to the 
north-west, the sills remaining. The sills were afterwards 
blown to the south-east. The sills of the school-house had 
likewise, after being deserted by the house, been pushed to 
FiG. 27. 
Representation of Effects of the Storm at these Houses. @ shows the position of the School. 
b, Waters’s House. ccc,the Road. d, Canier’s House. 
the south-west, and, finally, the position of the débris among 
the ruins showed there had followed a violent wind from the 
north-west; thus a tree lay across the foundation of the 
school from the north-west. 
L. B. Babcock, son of J. P. Babcock, Jackson Township, 
Section 17, said that: Hail fell before the storm as large as 
pigeons’ eggs. Ran to get into the cellar. Cellar door was 
blown over me as the house went. Came out of the cellar 
immediately and was blown south. The rain then came 
down in sheets with a north wind. The shutters from the 
house were carried 3 or 4 miles at least. Jacob Zek got 
only partly down the cellar stair and was hurt in the head. 
. P. Babcock’s house was 34 xX 26 x 14 feet to the eaves. 
The gable end faced the wind. The house was pushed 
bodily towards the north, crushing the northern foundation, 
tore up the ground a short distance, toppled over, and went 
to pieces. It stood on the south-east of the storm-centre. 
Mr. Zek’s house stands on the north-west edge of the 
storm. It was pushed from its foundations 12 feet to the 
S.S.W., ploughing up the ground. The windows on the north — 
