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continue long, for all trace of it is lost in the forest one-fourth of 
a mile east of Brandon. 
We will now examine briefly the action of the tornado at 
Brandon. The right hand part of this storm seems to have slid 
over that division of the town, merely prostrating fences and un- 
roofing some small buildings. Its a ons effects were felt. 
; ‘opie of night cut it short: and the 
— observations were given to a part of the track farther 
east. Section [ represents that portion of the town most severely 
visited ; and the arrows represent the direction in which objects 
were ‘prostrated. The cluster of arrows (18) mark the —— 
of trees in an orchard. ‘Their direction was from N. to 
Casting the eye from this point along the track of the sin the 
buildings 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, give the same general result. Com~- 
bining them we obtain the mean N. 5° W. If we take another 
section farther to the left, commencing with the brick church (6) 
and extending nearly to Dr. Wheaton’s house (5), we obtain a 
mean result of N. 15° 5’ W. From this estimate a tree (20) 
and the church (9) are rbideted No. 20 was an apple tree which 
ad been twisted more than 45° after falling. The roof of the 
church was torn to fragments and scattered between N. E. and 
The direction in which the wind struck the church, can 
be made out with sufficient accuracy from other data. Ist, The 
south gable end was crushed in, and 2d, A bier was lifted from 
the grave yard, carried across the street ee the line of the 
dotted arrow, and set down in the church 
The remaining objects on the left Gucaing Dr. Wheaton’s 
house er barn, and the trees near the creek give a bearing of 
N. 33° 45’ W. From this 21 was rejected. It was a small oak, 
broken ee off, ids turned round 90°. No. 22 wasa limb from 
a tree carried S. 10° E.; supposed to be due to the reverse action 
f the storm 
own, Was not made; t 
In the tabular view of these bearings given. 
low, in order to fill it out for the right of the track, for which no 
Materials existed in Brandon, the first three are interpolated from 
@ survey farther wes 
1. N. 564° E. . 5. N.15° 9 W. 
2. N. 50° 37’ EB. 6. N. 33° 45’ W. 
3. N, 33° 45’ E. 7. ae E. 
~ B.  W, 
The bearings from this table are satvarlble: and if the read- 
er will construct a curve to suit them, he will find a singular cor- 
Tespondence with the cycloids which were planned with special 
referen nee to Sections If and d il. 
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