RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



95 



wind blew a gale, and the storm was accompanied by heavy 

 thunder and vivid lightning. The path of the windstorm was 

 perfectly defined, and extended over an area of about half-a-mile. 

 At Southgate, the lower end of the town, a tree was torn up 

 bodily, and many others were stripped of their branches. Slates 

 and tiles flew through the air, and the timber of one roof was 

 twisted by the fury of the cyclone. Crossing the road, the 

 wind struck an engine-house, tearing away the roof and 

 dropping it in a neighbouring orchard. The storm then made 

 a sharp turn up the valley, doing great damage in the orchards 

 and farmyards. A rick of hay had a huge hole torn in it. So 

 well defined was the track of the storm that some parts of the 

 town suffered no damage at all. 



