The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-31

nsasisn ~ bard can f.e psbsisA1a. m.
alnscSt NJ the tsasE of the s3iTisiun Il
taken up = the preparation Ct
sasEnshly piles chart cf the North At
iansic. This great disaster lends ~
}osah3est forre 10 the urgent rerpna
yaeEafztlna en tks April chart 4 pnls
hslae3 to-day. for tho establishment d;
raoTe comprehensive system Of tells
! grzpAir weather r~Eorts from she
West indies during the coming hurri
cane season tJnty 20 0ctohert for tfx
eesseflf Of our GaIf and Atlantic sess-
tosErsds and the commerce of every na.-
ton fre4nerting tkese waters ?
The Samoan islands. Lieut.. DYER
says. are IN the southern hemisphere,
xssi the harrscSxse TIsanshs are. there
fore. the summer months af th1z
sphere--fazas ~ INremhsF 90
March Inclusive In the West Inssisss
the terrific tropical cysloaeS that origi.
nate there rs granite vhirlwinds
rotating ia a direction against fAs
hands OF . watch tas ron loos 81 the
watch lasa Ssown with the fAce npl
move first westward. then norshwari
snEa she temperate 1one and
eastward again intc higher iafi-
tn9leS. In the southern hensisphers.
however saeouf Samea for inssanes.l
the tropical cyclones that originals
near the equator have an opposite rk-
sary motion. revolving in j direction
with the hands o{ = watch. and move
bosiiay westward. then curve 90 the
southwark taway from she equafofi
temperate zone The hurricane thssf
xrrs.g4E ~..s exs<@ \. .ss.ss ssr
x.sa l..
sity on the 18th inst. originated prob
aas.y sos0e so raiiss 70 the n0rtisx ziss
OF the islands, ia aboat latitude. 10
degrees sonth longitude, isD degrees
west, ard moved rarSaiy southwest.
ward directly towards them. II the
signs charae s0ristie Of the approach ,sF
a hurrieaiss were Observed tlenr.
feathery carrus csouds. q thackenirr
veiI OF cirrns clouds, halos and .ieIy
tsnts at dawn as sUasetl no doubt su
possible precautions were txken to ride
cut the storm at anchor. The centsir
Of the hurricane musg have passed
direrfly over or very near the hsrhor.
and n the case of 8 very severe truls-
fcal cyclone tas this mus have beeil4
absolutely nothing e@n resist It's fury.
In the great hurricane that crossed
the island OF Cuba IN uctDher. fSss.
for example. vessels foandsred a.
their anchors in q few hoaTs il tl%
land locked harlor Of Havana. port
almost nnrivaled for the security pl
its anchorage
Lieut.. Davenport. T. :. n, nzyis.s:-
ing officer of The Nlpsie. slAs on duty
at the hyslrographie oEflce in Washing
tea as late a. fss-. ane a recent repart
made by him from samoa contains the
following information. quoted in part
from Nineteen Years in Pesynesiz,
hy Rev. tfeo. Turner, Ii. D.. The
climate of the islands i vafi.
able, and tire II asuish
bad weather. particularly duTi,sg
the winter months. when hong and
heavy rains. attended ct times with
high winds and northerly gales, are
frequent. The normal temperature -
about 50 in summer and 5s in winter,
the maximum in seven years obsers'a-
tiQns only reaching se degrees and the
minimum Is degrees Such ulai-
formity Of temperature Is almost
unknown in the temperate zone.
where the extremes Of temperature
IN the daily range are very great. The
weathe- is often cloudy and rainy,
with frequent squalls. accompanied
by thunder and lightning, particularly
at night Between the months Of de-
cember and April cyclones are tsx
pecfed II the barometer falls aud
the winds come from the north.
Hardly year passes witaealt
hearing OF one OF these gales in the
neighborhood. their course neing gttn-
orally toward the s. Sc. In Api.il.
$50, one swept over the center OF
Upolu. In April. 1855, another Skin
mel. as the natives call il, swept every
thing along the East coast. but l,e-
tween 1855 and 1859 no cyclones Wis
tied the islands" /" --.e~.-ss~es