The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-21
In AND ABOUT THE CITY.
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The Hot Spell Shows no Signs OF a
Let uD-Yesterday's Storm.
Yesterday was hot and sultry. The heat
during the morning was almost unbearable.
The thunderstorm in the afternoon cooled
the atmosphere considerably, but last night
1t was sweltering until midnight, when a
breeze sprang up. The Thermometer regis
tered 69' in the afternoon, and the mean
for the day was S0o Savannah was cooler.
however. than any of the interior towns Of
the district. the report ranging from 800
to 9Ss
The day was hot throughout the whole
country. The reports to the signal service
show that the hot wave is general. The
northwestern states are swelteriug in the
first hot wave Of the season for that section
Omaha reported temperature of So at s
O'Clock last night, 100 higher than at Savan-
nah. Away out in Cheyenne, at an alti-
tude OF more than 1000 feet above sea
level, the mercury stood at 81. Even
st. Vincent, situated almost at the
extreme northern limit for the profit
able cultivation Of wheat, reported maxi
mum of $40. In the Lower Missouri valley
st. Louis sweltered at $50, while Kansas
City was heated I'D to the 800 mark.
The Ohio Valley is hot enough for comfort.
Nashville reported $50 and Knoxville $40.
Things are comfortably cool down in Flor
ida, however. Titusville had an eight-mile
breeze last night, with a tempera-
ture OF 74s. Texas sustained its old
time reputation for torridity, Palestine
reporting a maximum of S60. The upper
and lower lake regions and New England
states are good places to live in at present.
Portland has a 500 thermometer, while
Duluth enjoys a northeasterly breeze from
Lake Superior, with temperature of $40.
There is no indication for decidedly cooler
weather. The next twenty-four hours
promises to be sultry and muggy, with
thunder-storms.
The thunder storm which swept over the
city in the afternoon did considerable dam
age. The rainfall was not heavy, but the
lightning was severe During the storm
several buildings were struck. The
DeRenne building on Bay street, between
Drayton and Abercorn streets, was struck,
rear of Stubs q Tison's Office was
thrown down. A chimney on Stoddard's
range was struck and demolished. w. G..
Morrell's office and Wood & Bro. g offices
were considerably damaged. The lightning
passed down the chimney. twisting the top
of a stove in Wood & Bro. s office and
filling the rooms with dust from the
chimney. Nearly the entire river front
felt the force of the shock.
One OF the dynamos at the Brush Electric
Light and Power Company's works was
burned out, but the damage can be repaired
with little delay. In burning out the dyn-
amo lamps in the lower part of the city
were extinguished.
The fluid ran in on the electric light wire
at Reids drug store at East and South
Broad streets, and there was loud concus-
sion, which ratified the decorative ware in
the show windows. Mr.. Reid says that at
the time he thought it had played more
havoc than bull in china shop, but for
tunately little damage was done.
The telephone in the Postal Telegraph
Cable Company's office was burned out.
end the telephone and electric wires in the
counting rooms were all hot with the cleo
| trio current from the overcharged cloud,
| and bells rang. No one had the temerity to
| respond to Jove's call when he rang them
up at the telephone.
A beautiful shade tree at South Broad
| and Price streets was blown down by the
storm.
The freaks of the lightning in the MORN
ING NEWS building were numerous and
varied. The globes on the electric light
| pendents in the reportorial rooms cracked
| like glass ona frosty morning, the telephone
bell rang, the big photographic press re-
| ceived shock and scattered the currents in
every direction, and desks and floors seemed
| to be in blaze.
Glasses in the windows of Boldens barber
shop at Bryan and Whitaker streets were
| cracked by the conclusion, and all over the
| city every one thought that the house of a
next door neighbor had been struck. The
telegraph, telephone and electric wires re-
cefved the greater of the current and dis
tributed 1t in every direction, the damaged
| dynamo in the electric light works getting
| the lions share.
While the storm was at its hight lightning
struck the pointed top of the wind vane
| support on the roof of the signal Office, and
| following the conducting cable of the self.
| registering apparatus, entered the office,
| exploding with a noise like the bang of 9
cannon cracker, within six feet of where
the observers were sitting. A portion Of
the bolt also struck an old lightning rod on
the same roof. knocking it into state OF
| innocuous desuetude and shaking up the
| bricks in a nearby chimney.
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