Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-12
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER r. 1885,

The Hayward plantation, which adj
joins Mr.. Sweat's, Is flooded, the banks
being broken in several places.
Not q single plantation along the Sa-
Yannah river escaped so far as learned
last night Every field was covered with
water, and Ia many places not even the
tops Of the stacks We're visible.
Messrs. Huguer and KING, who plant
on Back river, opposite the CITY, estimated
the minimum loss al 80 per cent, and
both gentlemen feared 1t will reach 10 per
cent.
The planters win undoubtedly suffer
heavily, and the reports yet to come In
viii, IL is feared. show the loss TO be
I every bit as heavy as has been stated
I None put the loss to the crop at less Than
/ one-half, and several say that not more
| than One-tourth Of crop viii be saved.
I The cost Of saving TIE rice this year has
/ been unusually large. The grain now IN
/ the stacks will have to be united and
dried. This will greatly increase the
cost, while the grain will be damaged in
! quality.
MOVEMENT or THE STORM.
The first indication Of the disturbance
| on Saturday and yesterday was observed
last Thursday at Key West aud Jackson
VILE. where a fall In the barometer was
reported, accompanied By wind from the
northeast. AT tho former station at
O'Clock in the afternoon on oct. 3, the
harometric reading was 29.o2 with the
wind blowing at the rate OF IA miles,
while at the latter station II had a yelO-
city Of y miles and the barometric read
ing was 29.9s. brief mention of the
fact appeared in the NEWS on the
following day. The storm centre was
at the time moving from the West Indies
and by Saturday night telegraphic COM
muncatiO1 with Key West was inter-
rupted by the storm, and no reports have
been received from that station since. At
Jacksonville, yesterday morning, the
barometer had fallen 10 1857, with the
wind still blowing from the northeast.
The weather was cloudy and the wind had
velocity OF 4 miles. That station had
been visited by heavy rain during the
night. BY O'Clock in the afternoon the
barometer had taken another tumble and
was reading 29.49, while the weather was
cloudy and the wind from the east with
velocity Of II miles. These reports
showed that Jacksonville was north of,
but
NEAR THE STORM CENTRE.
At Savannah yesterday morning the
barometer read 29.82 with the wind from
the northeast blowing Is miles and ac-
companied by heavy rain. Light rain
with wind from the northeast blowing at
the rate Of u miles an hour was also re-
ported at Charleston where the barome-
ter read 1891. The reports from signal
stations west showed that the storm COW
cred large area. At Montgomery, Ala,
tho wind was light from the north
east, the weather was cloudy
and the barometer reading 1892. BY 3
O'Clock in the afternoon the reading
OF the barometer at that station was 29.S2,
and the wind had increased in velocity
from the northeast, and was accom-
panied by light rain. At Atlanta. the
barometer fell during the day from 30. to
1892, and at 3 O'Clock, in the afternoon,
the wind was from the northeast. with a
velocity of is miles, accompanied by
light rain. AT Augusta. at 3 O'Clock, the
barometer read 1884. while at Charles
ton, the reading was 29.Sl. At the latter
station the wind was from the east, with
a velocity OF l6 miles, and rainfall of
Lao inches was reported.
HEAVY RAINS FALLING.
At Savannah the barometer at O'Clock
read 800, and the wind was blowing
from the northeast at the rate Of % miles.
The rainfall up to that hour measured
pol inches. A velocity as great as 81
miles an hour had been several times OBJ
served during the day, when the wind
came in gusts from the northeast. Last
night at O'Clock the wind was from the
east with velocity OF % miles. By IL
O'Clock it had backed 10 the northeast
and was blowing at the rate of so miles
an hour, though there were gusts Of five
minutes duration reaching "A velocity Of
from thirty-siX to fOrty-hve miles. The low
est barOmetrlc reaching for the day was at
/ 1 O'Clock last-night, the figures being
29.j3S. The total rain fall Tor the day at
this point W as 4.43 inches. The rain fall
for the corresponding day last year was
80 Of an inch. At midnight the wind
luled for time, but the rain continued.
At that hour the storm was south Of
Savannah moving northeast.
The average rainfallir the the Savan-
nah section of the cotton belt during the
day was 172 inches predicated upon re-
ports received from ten stations as fol-
lows; Alapaha, 1.22; Albany, 80; Fort
Gaines, 90; Jesup, ga; Live Oak, POI;
QuitmRn, 80; Smithville, IS; Thomas
vile, go; Waycross, l.S0. The indica-
lions for to-day are: Threatening wealth
er and rain. dangerous northeasterly
winds, becoming variable, slight changes
in temperature, falling barometer in
northeast portions, and rising barometer
in southwest portions.
THE WIRES DOWN.
! are down south OF Savannah. and conneo-
ton with Brunswick and Darien is cut
of. The wires to Augusta and points
west were working badly and caused
good deal OF delay last night. The prin-
cipal trouble was with the Augusta wires.
The wires TO Charleston were in working
| order and northern messages were sent
through all right. Linemen will be
! sent out to-day, aud the breaks will be
repaired as soon as possible. The same
trouble was experienced by the Southern
as by the Western Union Company. The
Iybee wire was working all right last
night and Is uninjured. The trouble Oc-
curing on Sunday, when telegraph bust
ness Is light, there was not the delay
there would have been had the break oc-
! CURED at any other time.
TWO KINDS OF STORMS.
In view Of the confusion that exists I'm
the use Of the words tornado" and "cy-
cl0ne,n the following brief description OF
the characteristics Of these very distinct
\ kinds of storms is published
Cyclone IL name suggested by Pid-
| dington in East India, about forty years