Show A CYCLONE FREAK surprising trick played by a Tl stef in nebraska new york cia on june 4 last the inhabitants 0 buffalo county ise bradli and particularly ot the town ot kearney were besieged by no less than seven tornadoes does we are in debated to edward C bricker for the accompanying photograph ot one ot caster driven through tree limb the curious effects produced by one 0 these and for the following brief in formation says scientific american that a number of houses should have been wholly and in part destroyed is naturally to be expected of any cy clone that Is at all violent but that it should pick up a caster from a table twist off the handle and drive the spindle through the branch of a wal nut tree Is surely no common occur rence mr bricher assures us that be tore the storm the caster found a place on the table of mr G F franks that it was intact with the bottles in their intended positions yet after the tornado the base was found in a wal nut tree limb exactly as it is shown in the accompanying photograph the wind had unscrewed the top and taken off the turntable one of the bottle was found with twigs densely packed into its neck without a leaf stripped the bottle however broken |