The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-11
THEY SAY IT WASN'T UIGGINs's.

lars ana sailors put out 10 sea-
THEY SAY IT WASN'T WIGGINS'S.
signal Service Men Lay Claim to Yesterday's
storm. and speak Of II Lightly.
Both Virgins and tho Weather Bureau
were knocked out by the unforeseen yesterday
morning: yet before the day was over each had
nt least verlncation enough to lean up against.
So far from being clear. sunshiny. and warm.
the day from beginning to end was wind and
drlzzle and downright rain. which let the Of
flclal weather sharps out without any laurcls
or other emblemntc vegetables worth speaking
Of And. SO far from being a terrific storm. in
which nothing anoat smaller than Cunarder
could live. and incidental to which tidal waves
would devastate all low-lying coasts. the affair.
in this latitude at least. hardly arose to tho
dignity Of an ordinary March gale. and the
tidal wave was so conspicuously absent that 1t
was doubtless still rushing up the Bay OF Ben
gall" oil Of which left Wiggins's prophecy cold
and dead. But before tho day ended the Signal
Service officers had demonstrated that they
could tell by telegraphic information whore
there was storm. what 1t amounted to- and
where it was going; while Virgins had at least
the comfort Of knowing that there had been
disturbance enough to make some people think
him q little Of prophet and look with interest
'H Victims gins y stocs Is was very general
II s Ra 0 GsGpS a.
increasing force Of the wind, BY, half past9
from Since the BUSINESS end q bis storm was
the wind grew the more, steadily it came from
the soutiheastIiust the direction IN which Wig
us 10 the rep
diation OF Wiagins by the officers OF steamers
np snE aes SSsy for % f nsa Whsn Dkee eos to
spain, the Neckar. the Furnessia. and the Penn
White Star line that fear Of the storm had. !.
Baltic took but fiity. cabin and dfty steer;
age passengers. many less than she might
At the Maritime Exchange the report was
sa that rs yssse aSpS IN
italian craft. The. Jolly old Captains about the
PsnhWST ia the Marine Agent by addressing him
Mr.. Merrill. et the signal service station on
to be depressed by the failure OF his prediction
Of the night before. Though young. he is OIL
GOOD for tHss o
The e, weather to keep it's engagements with him.
Sn sa. 1t ws sp as last Ts
about midnight. It came from the ocean. from
the southeast and Id, dd not get into our 4. field Of
ass S0R 70 eSua
III s'1 s sRs that
to srMs rs% Sst the direction that
boil Wigglnsl He could not have said It
Ss;o;s 4 sas
h. hnpTsSn.d to make pretty good guess this
| hQcungn
not a%s T taken the aS sd
couldn't move IN tho track he laid out. and viii
no ,, do SO after today and finally because this
retely out. storms do not follow each other
| over the same area so very closely. not within
this one aeG passes D Of there ai nv
whatever for tho fufIment Of his prediction
the dp he s hs He we are
and that's ali there is about that" v
storm has kept right aSnF the
as 1892: There tho mnxmu,m velocity attained
HsayiSf io1 Ills ssnson T FTGvips C Massy:
thing in these March gales for the barometer
readings to get lower and lower as we go up
seosty N S shs s' Sn At HsSk w sd LAIN a
miles per hour; but 1t sank rapidly SO that be-
fore evening It was RECORDED at y miles as far
signals along the coast below Baltimore had
been ordered, down. All day however. strong
winds prevailed along the New Jersey and
San sort Ss MsG ss an, We w sSn sster anys
to Wssins things are to to be at their TorstS
We will have the first good Sunday OF this
will stake my reputation on that
westerly and souihxesterly winds. sunshine.
At midnight one OF Sergeant Merrilrs young
aids said: II see no signs Of a new storm
qnpounse what the weather yin probably be;
ass h %na s hs wsf the
Some people Living on the ne, low lands near the
ha se
Virgins. and YESTERDAY morning when the
to be a storm. and S. IS Just now high tides may
Hs reas sRns
sGs Ss isa s fsfe hSsSa
f m Se 9hSs sshSss them
sats e e. Hss IsSs o. safe
launch on the crest Of the mighty tidal wave.
tain on Staten Island, was tho point where all
tho boats were to land. But the scare subsidized
as the sea and wind went down with the ebt
tide. and skepticism BECAME rampant to such
degree that the great Virgins was spoken OF
Virgins BIO blowed!" said an old salt He
wants only to get talked about; and he Is the
best talked OF man In the country to-day. 1t is
pity that Guiteau didn't adopt Virgins
plan. 1t would have saved q heap Of trouble. u
Report ON the Croton Reservoirs.
Chief Engineer Newton has made report tc
the Commission on Water Supply storage reservoir