The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-05

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.na ana Ss ns ss ana NE
Friday and morning Of saturday Of comparatively
s.ans q oss s' ,San sasnss an inch
Ii srsssss sess very
%u.s q our ses ols n
SSsa coast. we're an sa
and southeast coasts this evening" teit 84
The chart shows .'ugIy," "squaiIy," s'showery,"
''ioggy" and "dull" weather. with stormy winds Tor
southern portions Of she British Islands, out gives no
indications for France or Spain.
ss. A q e
unsettled state sne wind hss blown very strongly
hoas and still s"~s
sls.. sss..sa cloudy elsewhere. With shower. q
and cloudy weather and SNOW 10 che Netherlands duii
and cloudy weather IN Northern France, rain and
strong winds in Northern Spain.
Especial eorrespon dsnee Tims Feb. "a, "Fishguard.
soutn Males Fen 2S-We have again experienced - =
east AIDE the position the ships Il ancnos the
s ssis sa ~, hss
Wa lsar,u SEA rollins ~ =, lhs Tine aa., M,
lsins 4t)-,ihe prediction completely hiea Ths
and soatheastward with strong gaes rains TO
ssu 'HSs.a pns aud
From tho foregoing extracts ia pretty evident
that "unIavorabe weather prevailed before sunday,
and thai ih.rc was good deal OF ram 40 matter
with gaics az several stations Ii VIII also be seen
that the prediction was mol a"iotai failure" Tor the
South and France aud spaip and that Il was literally
fulfilled date and con dtlons weather. Other
instances OF where absolute uInments treated as
partial" .,ery partiar success ses, 'rotal fall
ures," occurr throughout the tabular statements OF
Mr. Scott, nut their discussion would Involve time
and space that cannot DO now spared 10 it, How
ever SINGLE OF stotal luiure according TO the
Scott tables Will be sufficient 10 show whether The
prediction referred TO Jailed or
HlrRAlD prediction aud Warning Feb 25.) Probability
bal thar with gale. Brssh and French coasts after
Weather synopsis son Thursday night. March
Our . .sas RI a RI
sscsp. 4. s,crnow.y ara md ~sasnsf 4. an
.n IN ~ srm ms S poo s n"vs
s1nieal balletn eight A. NJ March Times Register Of
in most other places The sea Is oagh except ~ tue
,uaicai salieiin sis r. H. March Times Ha.on %,
M q j 's ireland last evening nh has
ara sxtende 70 AZ parts 2 M un.ea King ioa fhe
evening With threatening iang
,"rmy snrsarmnce :" The NV m. irish Coasts w.re
i4at night and The wa nnsh sheen 70
s sSs A"' "'''s'' e''s'' anu ''N
Chart shows the above conditions, with strong
winds in Bay OF B,scsy and on Norwegian coast No
indications are gwen Tor France
Official bulletin. eight A. NJ, March 2Iimes' Register
our western stat ons yesterday morning has ex
tended ALI oi these islands and the Of France
hahn h,s been gen ra ov.s .msse Islands ana continues
The art shows general ciordinsss and rain except
In Northeastern Scotland, aud '.duli" woathor,
"misl" and srain' in France isf 4 .# 8ts
Times weather article. March a)After three days of
sew @ a ma ~4a sw ' s BY hy
Of ,ain winch continued " 70 ysstsrssy nes.in.n
was comp iulniIsd5 The began the
o. the Vs. Of March ns and ran 81.
Europe during this I'd Sd ana 4ih Of March"
Where ihs customary abbrevsatlon vi the cable mes
sage The omission OF word. without, however,
ia any way rendering the meaning Of the sentence
doubtful Mr. Scott docs not appear to have recos-
nizsd the aDbrevat'on Uus has based his inquiry, &c,
on sentence constructed OF the words cabed without
regard 10 their true relations Ho frequently refers
rather vaguely u what tho sender OF the message
must have intended to convey, and this supposi-
tion builds . criticism Of the prediction aud
comment IT'S stature" Again, when the
cable message states that a storm depression
will arrive, say on the British coast about
tho l4th 1t certainly means that the disturbance may
reach there the day before or the day after the
14th la several cases Mr. Scott sets down failures
because The events predicted dad not occur on the
exact date given. As storm ID stated arrive
COAST when its marginal orces hrst experienced
SO supposed lass long tho mars nal
continue to operate. Storms sometimes cross the
British islands in less than twenty-lour hours On
tho other hand, they have lingerel on the passage
Tor several days. The object OF the HERALD Weather
Service IS the prediction OF tho arrival of
storms the coast Of Europe. After the dts
turbauccs arrive incre the local observations
arc supposed TO determine their character. Lastly,
It must be rene inferred tnat there about
Ave hours difference of time between New York and
London; that very many ol the London morning
papers not published on Sunday; that the hours
OF publication are liked, while ,hoso Tor storm
mcnts vary. Consequently, warning sent ON Friday
at midnight would be late for Saturdays Times or
other London morning journal. would published
on sunday and would appear Monday morn ~, pos
siby when the event predicted was occurring For
tunateiy the London Bureau oil tue HERALD forwards
the reoict,ons TO inc provincial press aud
some OF the London evening papers publish ihem so
that tho service 10 the public is mantned, but not
without difficulty Some OF the HERALD warnings
commenced ON by Mr. scott as being loo late. In
tho matter OF transmission IRON the HERALD Weather
bureau In New York tho messages were always from
eight days ahead OF inc storm arrivals Eng
land or France.
II would be easy TO OIL these columns with proofs
OF The unsounaness OF the views advanced ny those
inclined crtcise the HERALD Weather uua-
voraDy. The general reader Is ndisposed 10 inves-
cato subjects ike this iron tho TACT that the issues do
not interest hun Immediately and the trouble would
be considerable. 1t IS thus that misstatements often
travel faster thor ADDITIONS, AMI
n der than trutn. Every great and usciu, un-
dertaxing xbeu commenced must necessarily disturb
some hing that old SGT aud obstructive. There Is
mere aust created by the tearing down oil ancient
aud ruined chimney than In BUILDING new house.
THE MAGENTA EXPLOSION.