Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1893 — CYCLONE HOUSES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CYCLONE HOUSES.

A. Kansas Man Devises a Safe Scheme for His Neighbors* A structure for use in countries where hurricanes and cyclones are liable to occur, and which will afford a secure temporary shelter during the heaviest storms, is shown in the accompanying illustration from the tat. Louis Republic, and has been invented by a Kansas man. A number of posts are arranged in a circle and. inclined to connect with each other at the top, forming a conical shell, the lower ends of the posts being firmly secured to horizontal anchor beamssome distance below the surface of the ground. The framework is- covered by a sheathing of heavy planks,

the top layers of which are nailed one upon the other and shaped to form a round top. The plank covering extends a short distance below the ground,and this covering is metal clad, making an earth connection for electrical currents, conducting wires also leading from the lower edge of the covering further down into the ground. A heavy door, also covered by sheet metal, allows access to tbe interior, which is suitably floored and is pr< v ded with a circular seat. Id the top are a number of vertical ventilating pipes or tubes, and there is also an underground ventilating pipe, terminating in the outer air just outside the building, and affording an ample circulation of air within when the door is tightly closed.

THE CYCLONE HOUSE.