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• Morrisburg (1888)
  Destructive tornado.Track length and direction both listed as "likely"
• St.Thomas (1885)
  Possible tornado touchdown accompanied by a destructive hailstorm. No funnel was mentioned. Hailstones with 1-4” diameters. Note: another severe storm passed over the area at about 8:00 that same evening “causing much damage” as well.Part of a multi-touchdown event.
• Millbrook (1881)
  Probable destructive tornado. Debris scattered in all directions from wrecked buildings.Time: 13:00 or 14:00
• Hagarsville Townsend Township (1888)
  Strong tornado ripped through the Ottawa valley leaving a trail of damage and destruction in its wake. Part of outbreak of tornadoes in Eastern Ontario, Southwestern Quebec, and Northern New York State on the evening on July 11. Track length listeda as likely, Deaths listed as 0, possibly 2
• St. Raphael's to St. Lambert (1888)
  Probable strong and long tracking destructive tornado part of tornado outbreak in Eastern Ontario and SW Quebec.Injuries listed as "at least a dozen", Direction: ~230°, Damage Cost: Estimated at least $250,000 [~$6.2M (2017)]
• Parkhill (1885)
  Hail 5” in circumference. Possible destructive and damaging tornado referred to as “cyclone” in newspaper. Occurred near the lakeshore. This event is stated to have happened on the night of June 7th or 8th.
• Mono (1884)
  Probable tornado referred to as a “destructive hurricane” in newspaper.Time: "afternoon", Max Width: "few hundred yards"
• Goldstone to Alma to Orton (1884)
  Probable tornado tracked just south of Elora/Fergus area and between Speedside and Oustic. Second tornado to touch down in Wellington County and possibly occurred at the same time as the Goldstone-Alma tornado. Direction: ~270°
• Toronto (1883)
  Possible damaging tornado. “A destructive hurricane” in newspaper. Witnesses described the storm as “the most violent they had ever witnessed.”The time of this event was stated as 'evening'.
• Kincardine (1882)
  Probable destructive tornado. Upgrade may be warranted due to the destruction mentioned. “A most destructive cyclone passed over this section of country on Sunday, 18th about 4pm., accompanied by thunder and lightning and rain… Not a building, tree, fence, of even stump in the fields withstood the force, everything levelled to the ground.”Deaths: 0 (several horses)
• West Erin (1881)
  Referred to definitively as a tornado in newspaper. Research cheese factory to see what construction it was.Time: "night", Direction: Possibly NW-SE but TBD
• Rothsay (1880)
  Probable “The oldest settlers admit that it was the most violent storm they ever witnessed.”Damage Cost: Thousands of dollars. [likely >$100,000 (2017)]
• Mayfield (1889)
  Probable damaging tornado referred to as a “sort of cyclone” in newspaper. Severe and damaging hailstorm also noted in Port Dover area in the same paper.Time listed as "Evening", Max Width listed as "a few rods"
• Waterford (1888)
  Info limited to a short newspaper clipping noting the storm.
• Alliston (1888)
  Details TBD from newspapers. Part of outbreak of tornadoes in Eastern Ontario, Southwestern Quebec, and Northern New York State on the evening on July 11. “That of last week seems to have originated in county Dundas, to have crossed the St Lawrence near Morrisburg and to have swept eastward, inclining as it progressed to the south.” From Mountsberg (not Morrisburg?) Weather Log: “Very high wind from West.” “Wind very high. Heaviest hail storm that was ever known in this section before. Also very sudden fall in mercury from 83° to 43°.”
• Aylmer (1888)
  Possible tornado touchdown. “Hugh Munroe, formerly a merchant at Lancaster Village, was killed by a barn that fell.” “A farmer named Munroe living at North Branch was killed by his barn falling on him.”
• Lanark to Ottawa (1888)
  A destructive tornado referred to definitively as a “cyclone…which swept everything out of its path” May warrant a rating upgrade.The time of this event was stated as 'evening'.
• Skeleton Lake (1885)
  The tornado was called a “mud storm” in the newspaper. No TPSS or other documents or data from EC other than a short Canadian Post clipping. Marked “TORNADO” by EC employee.The time and rating of this event is unknown.
• Strange (1885)
  Possible damaging tornado produced by strong hailstorm over St. Thomas. No funnel was mentioned to have been seen.Part of a multi-touchdown event.
• Port Hope (1885)
  Possible tornado. Very little info.The time of this event is unknown.
• Lobo to Melrose (1884)
  Possible damaging tornado in the Dorchester area. “In some districts, the storm was accompanied by a violent wind, which uprooted trees, unroofed sheds, and played havoc generally with insecure buildings.”
• Dorchester (1884)
  Possible tornado with a touchdown just west of Streetsville. No funnel was mentioned, storm was described as a ”tempest”.The time of this event is unknown, shape of the tornado was not completed, Deaths 0 (a number of sheep)
• Streetsville (1884)
  Destructive and damaging tornado. Confirmed and definitively referred as such in newspaper. Possible upgrade needed as many farmsteads suffered considerable damage. Damage possibly occurred in Moorefield as well and may indicate an alternate touchdown location. This tornado appears in some documents and lists as a “suspected F4”.Direction: ~258°
• Elora to Speedside (1884)
  No TPSS. One newspaper clipping as a source for info. Not confirmed by EC in the file, but the damage is consistent with a destructive tornado.The time of this event is unknown. Direction: "in a southerly dirrection", Injuries and Deaths to only animals
• Ottawa (1883)
  No TPSS. Storm damage noted in newspaper article. No other info, no funnel mentioned.The specific time of this event is unknown, it happened the week of August 19th-25th. The rating is also undetermined, either FU or F0.