Show twirler plays havoc on pehrson ranch I 1 preceding a severe hail and rain storm about noon on mon day 1 the wind resolved into a real tw ster on the F G pehrson I 1 ranch about three miles south of I 1 monticello and did coos considerable demable de rable i damage from the account given it apparently I 1 parent ly changed its course and swept everything in its ph up I 1 ro routing ting several trees and pulling a large pinon tree away from its roots as clean as if it had been 1 sawed off mrs pehrson said that one would almost have to see this remarkable evidence of destruct I 1 i tion to believe that a tree could be so strangely destroyed it measured about 20 inches across the trunk and was a very tall andi and I 1 beautiful tree it was hurled about feet fortunately away from the house other damage done included lifting a manger and sending it through hr u t gh space some yards or more into a corral damaging the corral as it struck the outdoor toilet was also hurled 40 feet and left on its side A shed east of the ranch house was partly destroyed when four stout posts supporting it were lifted out of the ground two young boys clay and clarence n had been playing close to the house during the morning and had gone to the kitchen for lunch when the twirl twirler struck they said they thought lightning had struck as they saw the tablecloth carried away with levery everything thing on it as the wind swept through the room they had a miraculous escape since the force of the wind might have damaged the house as well had it struck with full force there I 1 |