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Title: A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Pa.
Author: Richard Darlington
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A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT TORNADO IN CHESTER COUNTY, PA.
by
RICHARD DARLINGTON, Jr.,
Principal of "Ercildoun Seminary."
West Chester, Pa.:
F. S. Hickman, Printer & Publisher.
1877.
The unprecedented destruction of property by the tornado which passed
through the western part of our county on the first of July last,
created in the minds of many a desire to have a full account of the
movement, conduct, and origin of the storm cloud, together with such
scientific explanation as would throw some light upon this remarkable
phenomenon. After some weeks had elapsed, I gave the subject
considerable attention, and have prepared this pamphlet, which I trust
will meet some of the wants of intelligent inquirers upon this
subject, and will also be the means of enabling the people to have a
better knowledge of the loss sustained by those living along the route
of the storm. This account has been prepared at the suggestion of a
number who are interested in the subject.
R. D.
_West Chester, Aug. 15, 1877._
THE GREAT TORNADO.
The Summer of 1877 has been remarkable in some localities for the
severity of its storms. These, in several instances, have partaken of
the character of tornadoes. Mt. Carmel, in Illinois, was nearly
destroyed about the 20th of June last; Pensaukee, in Wisconsi
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