The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-11-19

ca. The storm reached southeast "a for "a
augusta. NY. Wires were worked from
mere 70 Columbus and st. Louis wlthont !
os"e,y at this end. The wires were very
neaviiy charged. flame appearing when
contact was broken. ""en
NASHVILLE, TENN, November 1.-THE
electric storm at noon to-day almost CON-
pieteiy suspended operations in the West.
ern onion Teiegraph-officc here. At inter.
'aIs tue wires were worked solely bv tho
aurorai current. The needle OF the gajvan.
oue'er oscillated in the most eccentric
manner, varying as much As eighty degrees
experienced operators say the storm 10.
uay was the most remarkable of the t;nd
for many years. WIG "'"o
WHITEHALL, N. Y, November l-.-TeIe.
graphic communication I'D 10 noon .o-day
was considerably interrupted by the elec.
trical storm. "' ''''-
TORONTO, ONT. November 17.-The cleo.
'ric storm Is delaying al, reports tonight
BANGOR, Me-, November 1.-THE elec'
trical storm has greatly interfered with tho
transmission OF Geographic messages, A
uiSpatch was sent to-day from this CITY 70
North sydney. Cape Breton. a distance ~
'VO miles, without the use Of battery.
EXPERIMENTS IN TERRESTRIAL. CIRCUITS.
WASHINGTON, November IA mag.
netlc storm OF more than usual intensity
I oegan mere ut an early hour this morning
ana mas continued with occasional inter.
iup'lons throughout the day. seriously
interfering with telegaphic comm,lnica-
non Before noon all the lines OF the
western Union Telegraph Company run
ninS north and west from the city
were interrupted by strong earth
( currents, alternating at intervals in
polarity, took virtual possession Of
the wires. ut one time doubling the
strength Of the main batteries and then
neutralizing them entirely. In reply TO in
quirleS tonight the chief operator OF the
Western Union Telegraph Office here said
that the magnetic interference was greatest
on The east and west lines, but il was found
that by using wire for the return current
instead OF the earth, and thus making 4
metallic circuit throughout, most OF The
trouble was avoided. This, in his opinion.
clearly indicated that the proXimate source
OF the disturbance was the earth and not
the atmosphere, although it is in the at
mosphere that such magnetic storms usual
~ manifest Themselves in the form OF bril-.
liant aurOraS.
As an experiment one Of the wires OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company was
worked between Washington and Balti-
more this afternoon with the terre,trisr
current alone, the batteries having been en-
TREY detached. a similar experiment was
successfully tried at the Office Of the United
states signal service on wire leading 10
Norfolk.
No special observations are made either
at the Signal Office or at the Naval OBJ
Servatory upon magnetic phenomena, al
though records are kept in both places Of
aurora>. The officer in charge at the office
OF the Signal Service SAYS that great trouble
has been experienced to-day in collecting
the weather reports. on account of the
general Generalization Of the telegraphic
circuits.
EUROPE FEELS TIE SANE DISTURBING INFLU-
ENCE.
LONpON, Eng, November l7.-Earth
currents and atmospheric disturbances
continue to seriously delay kilograms from
the continent.