G. Sutton—Local Thunder Storm in Indiana. 85 
Aurora along this road, after passing the center of the storm, I 
found the corn lying in the opposite direcfion, toward the south. 
Still farther the evidence of the storm was less, and at Rising 
Sun, eight miles below Aurora, there had been no rain. As 
we came up the river on the Kentucky or east side of the storm, 
a little above Bellview, we saw evidences again of the violent 
wind; here the corn is blown to the southeast; as we still came 
up the river opposite to the storm we found it lying to the east, 
and at Split Rock, still farther up the river, to the northeast, and 
on crossing the river at this point we found it lying to the 
rth, as before mentioned. Following around the north side 
of this storm, the corn stalks were seen lying to the north or 
northwest. -One mile above Hartford, seven miles from the 
mouth of Langhery Creek on the west side of the storm we found 
the corn lying to the west. The violence of the wind, however, 
did not seem to have been as great here as on the north an 
east sides, but still showed the most conclusive evidence of hav- 
ing blown toward the west. Crossing over to the south side of 
the storm, to the farm of W. Higbee, and all along the southern 
border of the storm, we found the corn lying to the south and 
southeast, while down the center of the storm it was lying in 
different directions, presenting no regularity. It was along the 
center of this storm that the hail and rain fell in such immense 
quantities, scarcely any hail falling around the circumference, 
and none on the west end of the storm. The effect of this un- 
usual rain-fall will be seen for years from the stone and gravel 
and logs and driftwood left along the banks of the little streams 
near the center of the storm. The amount of rain that fell is 
not known, as there was no measurement made by any person 
residing within the boundaries of the storm. 
his storm was between six and seven miles in length and 
two or three miles in width, lying almost east and west, extend- 
ing over an area of about fourteen square miles. It did not 
come from the west, but formed or concentrated almost directly 
over the country where it expended its violence. A farmer 
residing near the center of the storm informed me that he was 
at work in some woodland near his house, when it began to 
ram ; although a dark cloud was overhead, he could see clear any 
around the horizon, and consequently was not expecting muc 
Tain ; the atmosphere was remarkably stilland oppressive. He 
got under a tree, but in a few moments the rain came down in 
such torrents, and the wind began to blow with such violence, 
that he left the tree and ran to the house. Shortly afterward 
this tree, with others, was blown down. I have received the 
Same statements of the stillness of the atmosphere previous to 
the commencement of the rain from other persons residing 
Within the boundaries of the storm. 
