TORNADOES IN THE UNITED STATES.
The Sicnnl Service Office has made a study of the OOP torna-lots recorded in rhf Um\ed States during the past eigh'y- seven y.-urs, and fir.-ds that . such sfi rms irnir most fVequPi.tly in June While they are liable te swoop down at any hour of the twenty-four, they g-. nerally do their work l.ep'Tcn o anil 6 p m Tornadoes always move with an eastward inn- . n'o.n, and their average path of destruction h only about a ri ■ th <d a mile. I'hey prevail chierlv in the West, and , Kansas leads the list among x tates in that section, having experiencd (>2 in the last -."j years. Although l accurate statistics are still lacking', i there >e<'ins no doubt that the v onth of Jn c th s year brought more serum-; storms tha "i any previous one, th" Oesi ' estimates putting- the loss of life by t ton.vi o<'S during- that month at 1 00, . while about 400 persons were wounded, and the oamage done to property r aggregated about 0,000,000 dols. — 'Frisco Post.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 33, 11 October 1882, Page 3
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