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from their foundations, and in similar cases, the arrows indicate the actual 
direction of movement. On the right of the axis of the path objects seem 
to have moved forward and to the left, while on the left side of the path 
they moved generally backward and to the right with reference to the 
advance of the tornado, although there are exceptions to this general 
statement. 
Houses on the edges of the path had their chimneys damaged. In fact 
the outside lines might be designated the chimney lines. ; Inside the 
chimney lines, shingles were removed in patches and usually on the side 
of the house nearest the axis of the storm. Farther in more shingles 
were removed, porches were blown away, roofs entirely removed and in 
Fic. 4. House with end blown outward. 
the middle of the path total destruction occurred, though not at all points. 
Greater destruction seems to have occurred on the right side of the storm 
path than on the left, and at some points the axis lies to the left of the 
middle of the path. The destruction seems to have been greatest where 
the storm entered the city and where it left it. The light construction of 
many of the houses in the part of the city traversed seems partly re- 
sponsible for the damage. (See Fig. 3.) 
The following incidents are of interest and may be briefly noted: 
The violent expansion of air in closed buildings was observed everywhere. 
Shimgles were blown from roofs by the sudden expansion of air in the 
garrets. Windows were blown outward. Mr. Kintsley, who was in a 
cellar, said that the southwest window was the first one to blow outward. 
