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from their foundations, and in similar cases, the arrows indicate the actual 

 direction of movement. On the right of the axis of the path objects seem 

 to have moved forward and to the left, while on the left side of the path 

 they moved generally backward and to the right with reference to the 

 advance of the tornado, although there are exceptions to this general 

 statement. 



Houses on the edges of the path had their chimneys damaged. In fact 

 the outside lines might be designated the chimney lines. Inside the 

 chimney lines, shingles were removed in patches and usually on the side 

 of the house nearest the axis of the storm. Farther in more shingles 

 were removed, porches were blown away, roofs entirely removed and in 



Fig. 4. House with end blown outward. 



the middle of the path total destruction occurred, though not at all points. 

 Greater destruction seems to have occurred on the right side of the storm 

 path than on the left, and at some points the axis lies to the left of the 

 middle of the path. The destruction seems to have been greatest where 

 the storm entered the city and where it left. it. The light construction of 

 many of the houses in the part of the city traversed seems partly re- 

 sponsible for the damage. (See Fig. 3.) 



The following incidents are of interest and may be briefly noted : 

 The violent expansion of air in closed buildings was observed everywhere. 

 Shingles were blown from roofs by the sudden expansion of air in the 

 garrets. Windows were blown outward. Mr. Kintsley, who was in a 

 cellar, said that the southwest window was the first one to blow outward. 



