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rolling, tumbling forward, which later formed a black cloud with a 

 funnel-shaped tail. The noise made by it was described as being like a 

 hundred autos running at once. 



The noise of the wind was heard at Richmond for over an hour 

 first coming froin the west, then north, and finally from the east. Th 

 winds at Richmond were countershift winds, which blew at a velocity 

 of perhaps forty miles per hour during the greater part of the day. 



Most of the destruction was in New Castle where the side walls of 

 numerous houses seemed to be blown out, especially near the center of 

 the storm's path. The buildings on one side were thrown toward the 

 center and forward. The storm did not make as wide a path of de- 

 struction as the one at New Albany a few days later. 



The barograph record of the Richmond high school showed the 

 same amount of fall in the air pressure as that of the Ben Davis storm 

 of a few years ago which passed over the town. This storm was about 

 eight miles to the north when nearest to the barograph. 



The daily weather map for March 10th and 11th did not show 

 unusual weather conditions for Indiana. The storm developed because 

 of sudden local changes. 



The New Castle storm seemed to form in a comparatively level dis- 

 trict and crossed over the valleys and divides between the streams. The 

 large glacial valley on the west side of New Castle extends from the 

 northeast to the southwest, but it did not materially change the course 

 of the storm although the width seemed to be greater at that point, due 

 perhaps, to the wind rushing along the trough to the storm area. As 

 the map shows, all the main streams flow in an almost north and south 

 direction across the tract of the storm, and each of these follow a 

 valley. The area between the streams is gently Vindulating. 



