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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 98, 28 April 1931, Page 8

We all were thoroughly out of step, at Easter, because of,that record northerly, but if ono of the Middle "West tornadoes ever strayed across here we wouldn't mind earthquakes so much; The Federal Meteorologist, in. Kansas, has put on record some impressive figures. The only period of time over which a record of loss by tornadoe3 has been compiled officially is for the seven-year period, 1916-23. Figures for tho Murphysboro (111.) tornado, most destructive ever known, are not included. For this seven-year period, Illinois ranked first in loss, with 7,536,000 dollars; Indiana, second, 5,016,000 dollars; Minnesota, third, 4,477,000 dollars. Kansas, tho "cyclone State," was seventh, with 3,622,000 dollars. Tor.nadoes always do tho unexpected. They I may go along the ground for a distance, then, suddenly jump and not alight [again for miles, or perhaps entirely disappear. One of the strangest facts tabout a tornado grew out of the Murphysboro disaster. This cloud formed in Missouri, moved across Illinois, and disappeared in Indiana. It cost the lives of 742 persons, and destroyed 16,----500,000 dollars in property. Yet no one along its wholo path remembers having seen a funnel-shaped cloud. Tt undoubtedly was a tornado, since the damage plainly was caused by a powerful circular wind, travelling at enormous speed around a narrow circumference. This torror travelled 223 miles. Tornadoes usually occur in the afternoon or early evening, following a warm sticky morning.