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The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Pa., by Richard Darlington This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Pa. Author: Richard Darlington Release Date: July 4, 2008 [eBook #25970] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT TORNADO IN CHESTER COUNTY, PA.*** E-text prepared by the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 25970-h.htm or 25970-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/5/9/7/25970/25970-h/25970-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/5/9/7/25970/25970-h.zip) 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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