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Tornado in N. E. part of Ohio, Feb. 4, 1842. 299 
Unitep States. 
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; Velocity Lig pe sh 
Breadth in Length jin miles|Duration in) jects Persons Other effects. 
tods. jin miles|p’r hour| seconds. ried eniles killed, 
80-100 2 board 21-2 ‘cloud of the color of a lowing 
: [ove 
shingles 3 loud iiciecitly luminons 
a j book7 |” wand of the eolir o f red hot iron.| 
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mot ov’r320) 
30-80 mile 
40-80 F ‘ reticle 7 ; leeward roofs taken, Rarita 
. : 171-2 27 25 computed), ‘) letter 20 " [dried. 
70-320 about 30) 0 
|40-80 3 sheet 3 leeward roofs taken, fowls de- 
frock 5 z plumed. 
240-480 20 0 Genesee dried. 
s 25 7 8-10 |25computed 0 leeward roofs taken, water rais- 
[ed. 
30 estimated 
60 * 8 40 5 17 computed cape 3 0 fowls deplumed. 
10-40 34 1 
160: ve anaes in city }leeward roofs a fowls de- 
ba 80 few dow he pe onriv’r plumed, water raised. 
100-265 34 |?5 computed Slapb'rds leeward roofs ee oA fowls de- 
‘I (plumed, Chagrin dried.) 
nado. This result is quite remarkable considered asa philosophical 
fact. At Natchez the loss of life was very great, but the circum- 
stances were peculiar. ‘Those on the river were chiefly travellers, 
and ed mostly, if not all, by drowning. ‘The population: 
the city is 4800, that is, ;4,th of the permanent population in- 
- cluded. within the limits of the track were killed. This is prob- 
3 ably not greatly above the average, and it is certainly remarkable 
es that ninety nine in a hundred of those on dry land should sur- 
vive. 9, Leeward roofs are generally taken in preference to wind- 
— ge 10. Fowls are frequently picked of most of their feathers. 
11. In passing over ponds or rivers, water is invariably raised in 
considerable quantity. This last remark ig sufficient to show 
_that water-spouts and tornadoes are essentially the same. 
The tornado at Morgan in 1823, is thus described by Deacon 
Beach. . About eight o’clock, the sky became overcast with a 
dark cloud, attended with plentiful rain and some lightning. The 
rain suddenly ceased, but the cloud remained, covering the whole 
_ heavens and producing intense darkness. The air was perfectly 
~~ still after the rain for about an hour, and the heat unusually great. 
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At half past nine he heard a roaring as of very heavy thunder, 
which called him to the door. Upon opening it, he immediately 
discovered a bright cloud, having precisely the color of a glowing 
oven, apparently of the size of a half acre of ground, lower than 
