The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-23
TIE CITY IN A BLOW
Swept By Gale of Wind, Rain, He'll
and Lightning.

and Lightning.
! Yesterday was the worst day for weather
1 that Savannah has experienced in long
/ time. IN inch Of rain feil. The wind lust
before night blew gale. Telegraph and
| tele noue wires were blown down and we. e
I twisted IN all So Is Of ways, and tie iFe-:-
/ err UHi,r GaG Postal Telegraph commands.
/ wires were ,:own. and telegraph communi-
/ cation was broken.
The storm struck Savannah about 5
I O'Clock. Tho Thermometer raa up Co 7So in
| the forenoon. Toward u0on clouds began
! u form IN ne west They cane W and
disappeared, and came up again. Then
! they wave-ed a. if in a quandary whether
I to come this way or not. Finally theV
started, and III few minutes spread out
nike vast black sheet. The wind blew a
gale, and the dus1 was driven everywhere
into tue stores, through parlor windows, and
into the dining rooms. This was the fore
IL cler Of the storm. Following it came
tie rain, aEi then t began 10 hail. The
lightning was vivid. Peoplo who Stopped
IN this stores down town 10 wait until the
shower was over, staid goot while.
From o'clock /. the afternoon until mid
night 1t TaiHed steadily
Bad a the storm was, it had well nigh
spent its force when it reached Savannah.
1t BEGAN IN the western part Of louisiana
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. At
Mobile the winds velocity reached twenty
four miles, and at New Orleans it blew
eighteen miles an hour. it blew twenty
miles in Pensacola, and nearly an inch OF
rain fell. Montgomery reported nearly two
inches. Jacksonville reported o storm of
twenty-five miles velocity Cedar KEYS re-
ported twenty miles, Half OF an inca of rain
fell at Norfolk, one-half an inch at Char
lotte and nearly as much at Charleston. An
inch tel at Augusta ald over al inch ut
Atlanta up TO S O'Clock, when the last obSer-
vatioas were taken.
The rainfall in Savannah for this year is
nearly ten inches. The indications for to-
day are clearing up this morning.
Six carloads of people, packed like sar-
dimes i'll open cars, were pretty well drenched
on their way from the ball grounds on the
Coast Line railroad yesterday afternoon.
AT the Belt Line crossing at Gwinnett
street car ran off the track. but WITH the
aid Of the passengers it was got back on
a tor delay of five minutes
or so. Between Castor and Gordon
streets the car got of again, and there it
stuck.
There did no5 seem to be any par
ticular reason for the ruG-off, and tue pas
sengers did not like the idea Of getting out
in the pouring rain and putting
the car back on the track themselves
There was but one conductor for two cars,
and with the lack Of help to get it back
on, the car stood there blocking the track
and keeping five loaded cars behind it for
nearly half an hour. Many, finding that it
was growing dark, braved the storm
at the first lull and were caught
in the heavier rain which followed the hail
storm, and were dreached to the Skin.
Some Of the blll players got wet, and car
rlages were sent for the others and they
were driven to the De Soto. Many later on
took the Liberty street car for
transfer TO West Broad, 10 find the West
Broad street car packed, and the platfor,
and steps crowded, ana some had to walk
nome in the rain in different parts of the
city, owing to the lack of car acommoda-
dations. The Saturday night crowd from
TIE market and the crowd returning from
the bali game made jam which had not
been provided against, and the heavy ram
made the matter eXasperating.