Show FREAK IN SEQUOIA FOREST Tree Trunk That Has Stood for Sixteen Sixteen Sixteen Six Six- teen Years Severed From Its Base Out in California there Is a tree trunk which has has' stood for Cor the last 16 years entirely severed from its base says the Wide World Magazine The stump is 15 feet in diameter and the trunk towers 75 feet In the air This kable J freak Creak Is located near the Sequoia forest reserve In Tulare count county county coun coun- t ty California and was sawn off by lumbermen for timber Through some m miscalculation when the cut was finished finished finished fin fin- the tree still held Its position and dynamite was resorted to to bring It to the ground which accounts for forthe forthe forthe the deep gash on one side After Arter the first charge of the explosive h had d been ignited the tree still remained standIng standIng standing stand- stand Ing and it was discovered that the entire trunk had been shattered by bythe bythe bythe the discharge and was therefore useless useless useless use use- less for lumber Accordingly the work was stopped and the giant has remained upright withstanding some of the severest wind storms that the state has known held in its natural position by Its great weight |