O. N. Stoddard on the Brandon Tornade., 74 
miles. 'The breadth, I have not been able to determine. At 
Dubuque, Iowa, on the 20th of January, it was clear and very 
cold, with the wind from the N. W. At the point named in Ar- 
kansas, heavy rains from the southwest occurred on the 19th, fol- 
lowed by a clear and cold atmosphere on the morning of the 
20th. On this day, the 20th, the storm passed over Ohio. 
The temperature became mild on the 19th, and on the next 
day at noon, the thermometer stood at 70° in Cincinnati, and 68° 
in Oxford; the latter place more elevated than Cincinnati and 
about 30 miles from it, N. by W. The barometer fell gradually 
during the 19th, and rapidly on the 20th; and at 45 minutes past 
12 m. the time when the storm began at Oxford, it stood 28:21; 
lower than at any period during the last twelve months. The 
air was saturated with vapor, and the walls of brick buildings 
Were dripping with moisture. Three strata of clouds were dis- 
tinctly observed: the highest cirri light and fleecy, moving tow- 
ards the N. E.; the second, the proper storm-cloud in dark heavy 
Masses, moving rapidly in the same direction ; the third and low- 
est, the scud of sailors, flitting violently past, a little east of North. 
Along the track of this wind, there were at different times during 
the day, violent rains, vivid lightuing, heavy thunder; and in 
some places large hailstones fell, though not in great quantity. 
In the northeastern part of the state the storm assumed the form 
of a tornado of great violence. 
It first struck the earth in the S. W. part of Miller township, 
Knox County ; N. Latitude 40° 18’, and Longitude 5°30’ West 
of Washington. ~ 
_ Iscourse in that county was N. 564° E. Traces of it are found 
im some of the counties farther east; where its path gradually 
curved more towards the east; presenting its convex side to the 
north. The tornado in Washington Co. Pa., on the same day, 
Was not probably a continuation of that in Ohio, as its location 
Was several miles farther south. The track pursued in this state 
18 given in the accompanying diagram. 
It appears to have passed over one tier of counties without 
diagram) the north gable end of which was crushed in, and the 
eastern half of the roof taken off and scattered to the S. East. 
On the right were a barn and house (2, 3,) of E. Coleman, 
both of which were unroofed, and a rafter from the barn was 
ae through the side of the house and into a chest standing 
Within, 
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