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13. With respect to your family, give the whereabouts and condition of 

 each person on the approach of the tornado, and also after the tornado cloud 

 passed. Give age and sex of each person and particularize the character and 

 extent of injuries to each. State very carefully the distance and direction in 

 which any of the persons were carried, and also narrate any miraculous escapes 

 of Ufe. 



14. Be particular to note any evidence of the wind's extreme violence, as in 

 the lifting of heavy objects ; the twisting of trees or heavy pieces of timber ; pull- 

 ing up of fence posts ; removing heavy stones, etc., etc. 



15. In describing the injury to any person, animal or object, never fail to 

 give the distance and direction of such person, animal or object from the centre 

 of the path of destruction at the time the tornado cloud passed. 



16. With regard to destruction ia orchards, among shade trees and in for- 

 ests, be particular to give the direction in which the trees lie; how they lie on the 

 two sides with regard to each other and to the centre of the path of destruction; any 

 special acts of violence in the twisting, uprooting or breaking off of heavy timber ; 

 give circumference of large trees, height above ground where broken oiif and di- 

 mensions of earth and roots where notably large trees were overthrown. 



17. In general, when giving the position of any person or thing with regard 

 to the centre of the path of destruction, state the distance in feet or rods and the 

 direction as N. or S. 



18. Give the maximum and minimum width, in yards or rods, of the path 

 of destruction in your locaHty. 



19. How many funnel-shaped clouds did you see? Describe each, giving 

 their relative sizes, shapes and positions, and if possible a rough sketch of each. 



20. Did you hear a roaring noise on the approach of the storm, and if so, 

 state the intensity or any accompanying peculiarity. 



21. Did you notice any peculiarity with the manner in which smaU objects 

 were suddenly removed from around about buildings as if sucked in by the ad- 

 vancing cloud ? 



22. Did you notice any peculiarity in the falling of trees as the tornado 

 cloud advanced upon them ? Were they whipped about and bent to fro as in a 

 heavy wind or were they drawn steadily inward toward the centre on both sides, 

 as if by some mysterious but irresistible force ? 



23. How many rods of fencing (stating kind) did you have blown down ; 

 in what direction were the N. and S. fences carried ; what was the direction in 

 which the E. and W. fences were carried ? 



24. Give an estimate in money value of the loss to your property occasion- 

 ed by the tornado, the number of acres of timber you had destroyed, and the 

 number of fruit trees you had uprooted or broken off. 



25. Be particular to give the exact position, also the dimensions and prob- 

 able strength and weight of small objects which were not moved from about large 

 buildings, although the latter were entirely destroyed. 



