The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-11
SWEPTUPFR0M THE GULF
THE ENTIRE SOUTH ATLANTIC
COAST IN A STORM.

The Wind Reaches a Velocity OF
Nearly Fifty Miles an Hour Here
A Rainfall of over Two Inches-The
Storm Reaching from Jacksonville to
Cape Hatteras-The Signal Bureaus
Observations 49, Dangerous Weather
at sea.
Tie entire South Atlantic coast was
visited by a heavy storm last night. Al
midnight the wind was blowing forty miles
al hour at the signal station. The storm
started in the eastern Gulf day before yes
terday It passed up the eastern C asst of
Florida yesterday morning, and last night
was central here.
The first warning OF the storms approach
was the hosting of the storm signals on
the postoffice building at II o'clock on the
receipt of the following order from the
chief signal Office.
THE SIGNALS UP.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 1888.
Observer, Savannah, Ga:
Hoist Cautionary northeast signals savannah
and Savannah section. Storm central in Eastern
Gulf, moving northeast toward Cedar Keys.
Expect northeast winds. OREELY.
A drizzling rain fell during the forenoon
BY o'clock it set in in good earnest, and
the fall up to 10 o'clock last night was over
9 inches. The officers at the signal station
We're on duty all night. At o'clock, when
the first night observation was taken. the
wind was blowing thirty miles an hour.
The barometer was falling rapidly.
FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
At9 O'Clock tie wind had increased TO
forty miles, and the barometer had fallen
10 of an i CHI in a little more than an hour.
The storm was then rapidly approaching.
At II o'clock Observer Deuson made
a special observation for the MORN
ING NEWS. The highest velocity of
the wind that had been reached up to
that hour was fortY-eight miles. The
barometer had gone down another 10 of an
inch and was sinking rapidly. The tele-
graph revorts from the stations south of
here indicated She track of the storm. The
low est barometer was at Cedar Keys. The
wind there at 8 o'clock was blowing twenty
Six miles an hour. Key West reported
velocity of twenty-f our miles.
JACKsoNvILLE's RAINFALL.
The rainfall at Jacksonville was over 9
inches the heaviest fall reported anywhere
in the south. Live Oak also reported rain
fan of inches, and Thomasville and Jesup
each reported fall of "a inches. Balm
bridge reported very nearly inches The
rain was heaviest on the coast and did not
extend further west than Montgomery,
Ala, and Vicksburg, Miss.
At / o'clock this morning the force of
the storm was believed TO have reached
here. Observer benson was on duty at the
signal station, and made hourly observa-
tions. The wind kept up and ranged very
nearly forty miles an hour from s o'clock
until this morning
BAD NIGHT on THE STREETS.
There were few people on the streets.
Those who were not compelled to be out
Etiid indoors. The wind overturned several
trees in the southern part of the city, and
did great deal of damage to flower gar
dens. Broken branches were blown across
the sidewalk and the streets The telephone
and fire alarm telegraph wires were disar
ranged, and the city exchange rang for half
an hour between II o'clock and midnight
No report was received from Tybee after |
O'Clock, but the wind then was blowing a
gale there. The storm extended last night
from Jacksonville TO Hatteras and heavy
rains were reported from every station
on the coast.
The only shipping that went out yester-
day was the steamship Gate City for Boston
and the Mars for New York Taey sailed
in the afternoon, and were out at sea before
the force of the storm reached here.
The signal service predictions for to-day
are: Rain, cooler northwest winds backing
10 northerlY, brisk to high ON the coast, at
tending cyclone moving northeasterly.