Show CALIFORNIA HAS HASI GREAT MYSTERY SA SAN LUIS OBISPO Calif April By lO-By By The A Associated Press Press- Presa The Tho mystery of just what caus d the series of ot mighty air convulsions convulsions northeast of ot the tha burnIng Union Oil tank farm tarm here last Thursday morning which left ut- ut utter Utter ut utter ter destruction In Its lt path hal ha emerged unsolved from a maze maze- of opinions and conjectures The Banks homestead consist consist- consistIng consisting ing log ot of dwelling a house garage barn and other outbuildings with an acre of ot fruit trees and gardens gordens presented a scene after the over over- overflow overflow flow now of reservoir No 4 that SUg- SUg sug suggested the tho strike of ot a a a Between the Banks Danks home borne whIch was three quarters of ot a a mile from No 4 were several houses housea apparently apparently apparently untouched by the destroying force torce The single gabled root roof ot of o the tho Banks homo home was wa-i lifted oft splintered and scattered over a wide field The rear porch was torn away awty and carried to the front yard the front porch was carried In a direction nearly 01 op opposite the house the fur fur- furnishings fur furnishings were broken up and and plied piled about In confusion In the dining room the four walls and ceiling ceiling- held Intact but the table able and chairs were mostly In pieces This becomes more mys mys- mys mystifying mystifying In view of o the fact that the house was not shifted on Its foundation The garage In the rear was no- no nowhere nowhere no nowhere where to be found The small touring car which has stood wit with within h- h hIn h in It was found turned upside down 25 6 feet away The barn was I completely demolished but but be- be between be between tween the barn and the the garage D a distance ot of about 60 50 feet stood another outbuilding which apparently apparently had been used as a pump house louse without even a scratch ex- ex except ex except Capt that of ot two O by four scantlings about 18 feet long had been driven through It It The Tho timber remained lodged In the building Its Us ends extending equal distance at each cach end Fruit trees were uprooted carried considerable distances Across the street probably feet awa away was another and aim sim- simIlar sim similar ilar liar homestead without a trace ot of Injury ry A row of high cedar trees along alonga a lane was laid down across the road Telephone wires were twist twisted ed cd about them Oil men advanced the theory that the tho terrific snapping of ot the columns of flame and smoke In Inthe inthe the air above the roaring cauldron probably created a vacuum In the theair theair theair air around which a whirlwind do- do developed de developed and swept out over the th surrounding low land Ill I'll |