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On the Harrison wees Tornado. 165 
eres in before the roof went off: the gable end of the church 
ell 
Where both walls gave way, one as far asI could ascertain fell 
in and the other out. 
e wall of a small house was sprung out on the north, so that 
the ceiling was detached. A lady who was in the house at the 
time — that the south door was first driven in with great 
Violen 
The ¢ exception referred to was a brick house: A portion of 
the south wall fell outwards, but whether a current of air had 
_ found its way to the inside through a door or window could not 
be ascertained. 
Five miles east of Harrison the tornado struck a dense forest. 
On account of the level surface and the open country around, the 
_ Position was deemed a favorable one for giving a truthful record 
of the mode of the storms action. Here as at the Graham place, 
the track was divided into sections of thier rods each, and the 
bes of the fallen trees taken with a compass. These bear- 
ings are carefully laid down in the plot. The original division 
_ of this part of the State into sections of a mile square by the 
United We by a means of determining accurately the 
“course of the 
Tn renee ave sections, the tornado diverged to the north one 
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The fehewiig table gives the bearings of the last survey; and 
is inserted for the benefit of those who may be desirous of exam- 
ining critically the law of storms. The order of the bearings is 
the same as in the tables belonging to the Brandon storm,—from 
_ tight to left across the track. 
SURVEY ACROSS WAKEFIELD WOODS, 
| __ Whole breadth, 66 rods.) ~ Boatings. | Whole breadth, 66 rods. | _Bearings. 
1B: 6° So ; 
7th section of 3 rods, ok 
Ist section of 8 rods, aie ih f 15)N. 45 
4iN. 45° E, 
Bah 55 5|N. 52° E, a 
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4th “ < 9|E. 9th 
10)N. 45° E, 
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19\N. 5° RB, |} 1oth * 
13]N. 78° 
