“On Friday morning, May 30, 1879, the weather was very pleasant, but warm, with the wind from the southeast, from which direction it had blown for several days. The ground was very dry, and no rain had fallen for a number of weeks. About 2 P. M. threatening clouds appeared very suddenly in the west (against the wind), attended in a few minutes by light rain, the wind still in the southeast It stopped in about five minutes, and then commenced again, wind still the same, accompanied by hail, which was thick and small at first, but rapidly grew less in quantity and larger in size, some stones measuring three and a half inches in diameter, and one was found weighing one-fourth of a pound. This last precipitation continued for about thirty minutes, after which a cloud in the shape of a waterspout was seen forming in the southwest, and moving rapidly forward to the northeast. The cloud from which the funnel depended, seen at a distance of eight miles, appeared to be in terrible commotion; in fact, while the hail was falling, a sort of tumbling in the clouds was noticed as they came up from the northwest and southwest, and about where they appeared to meet was the point from which the funnel was seen to descend. There was but one funnel at first, which was soon accompanied by several smaller ones, dangling down from the overhanging clouds like whiplashes, and for some minutes they were appearing and disappearing like fairies at a play. Finally one of them seemed to expand and extend downward more steadily than the others, resulting at length in what appeared to be their complete absorption. This funnel-shaped cloud now moved onward, growing in power and size, whirling rapidly from right to left, rising and descending, and swaying from side to side. When within a distance of three or four miles, its terrible roar could be heard, striking terror into the hearts of the bravest.” The eye-witness judged that the funnel itself would reach a height of about five hundred feet from the ground. As the storm crossed a river, a cone-shaped mass came up from the earth to meet it, carrying mud, débris, and a large volume of water. The cloud then passed the observer’s house very near to 4 P. M. The progressive velocity at the time was considered to be about thirty miles per hour, although at Delphos, three and a half miles distant, it had slackened down to near twenty miles. A few minutes previous to and during the passage of the funnel, the air was very oppressive; but ten minutes after the wind was so cold from the northwest that it became necessary to wear an overcoat when outside.