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Show ' EXPERIENCE IN A TENNESSEE CYCLONE In Farm and Flresld-j Is tho following fol-lowing remarkable account of a family's fam-ily's experience In a Tennesseo cyclone. cy-clone. Tho most curious part of It Is tho description of tho actual center cen-ter of tho funnel which is said to bo absolutely still . "Tho sky( becamo so dark that many peoplo had to light their lamps Tho atmosphere took on n strange I purplo blue, while a strong wind swept across tho rlv.er, carrying branches of cypress and sycamoro from a distant swamp. "A moment moro and tlio gigantic tunnel shaped black cloud leaped tho river and toro Us way through tho swamp, mowing dovn lmmonso trees ns if thoy woro straws and Btrlkln" our largo two story frumo building with full foico. "Wo were seated In tho largo en-franco en-franco hall In tho center of tho building build-ing when the first whirl of tho cyclone cy-clone caught us. It look our breath and swept us Into tho rear hall. Out-sldo Out-sldo bricks, timbers and branches of trees wcro bolng hurled about with a terrific force. "We stood for a few secftnds listening lis-tening to tho roar of tho storm and tho crashing of timbers. Our four largo brick chimneys fell with n crash. Thou wo wero enveloped In n dead calm not a sound, not a breath of air, lust a suffocating si-lenco si-lenco be) ond description, "Just a fow seconds of this calm In tho vortex of tho cyclone, nltho It scorned like hours, whon wo wcro caught in the second whirl of tho cloud. Tlio cntlro front of tho house was carried away, tho roof and second sec-ond floor colling removed nnd completely com-pletely demolished nnd tho Interlof of the first floor wrenched nnd twisted, twist-ed, partitions torn loose nnd rendy to collapse nt any moment, celling nnd floors hanging by only ono beam, every window shattered, stairs torn Iooho at top nnd bottom and tho wholo Iioubo on tho vergo of collapsing, col-lapsing, "All this occurred In less than threo minutes, nnd wo made our wny out rejoicing that wo woro unhurt. Hundreds wero killed In that cyclone cy-clone " |
