New-York tribune., 1890-03-29
THE COURSE OF THE STORM.
STARTING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
CROSSES THE COUNTRY. TURNING

SOUTHWARK.
According to Sergeant Dunn and his assistants on
the top Of the Equitable Building. the great storm
which swept the Southwest started on Wednesday
In the Rocky Mountain region. Thence it moved
directly in eastery direction but. it took more
sontherly course than most Of the storms Of the
have taken, Louisville fell in its pathway and
stories Of severe vstatOns may be expected from
Georgia. the Caronas aud other parts of the South
Thursday morning the storm central over Eastern
Kansas and. by O'Clock in the evening 1t had
reached Springfield, ILL.,, the barometer then reading
about twenty nine inches. Along its whole course
in the northern quadrant the storm accompanied
by wind and snow, or what known as blizzard
conditions. In the western quadrant there were
heavy rains SHOWS and to the southeastward to.
nadc conditions prevailed. resultant upon the col
lision of the warm air from the south and
the cold blasts from the north 1t was not a cyclone
that struck Louisville but tornado; tornado is
local development Of a general storm, or cyclone,
sweeping over wide exparr,c Of country
Yesterday morning at O'Clock the storm was
central over Lake Erie. with local storms over vr.
gnia, Maryland and New-York. There WAS snow in
New-England ard along the whole North Atlantic
Coast dangerous winds prevailed. The centre of the
storm passed over New York City al O'Clock ves,er
day afternoon when the barometer recorded the ,owes
point. 1920. From that there was a iumn of a
tenth OF inch inside Of few moments Al o,c,ock
the view from the portfolios out the roof Of the
Equitable into sea OF threatening darkness
But on the roof there experienced only n su,ht
increase in the velocity Of the wind. Immediately
upon the passage Of the storm centre the eastward
cold westerly currents succeeded the warm most
air. condensation followed and the rain came down in
torrents.
The approach Of the storm was felt here AZ 10 30
Thursday night. At about that hour, TOO, the mer-
.ury began going into gradual decline until O'Clock
yesterday afternoon The wind reached It's highest
velocity thirty eight miles, between 10 and II O'Clock
yesterday morning, ranging at from twenty 10 thirty
miles during the Gay. Az the time Of the O'Clock
sun:,,l IL blowing at The rate Of fwenysx miles.
rLe rainfall up TO O'Clock threcquarters Of an
inch and by D. m. il was 81 inch. The rolling OF
thunder was first heard yesterday morning about 7
o'clock being nermittcnly audible until alter D.
From 53 10 10 the electrical disturbance was the
most marked.
TIe storm passed over New-York and New England
nto The ST. Lawrence Valley, and the Signal SER
Vic people yesterday that IL only question
II hours when clearing weather would be experienced
accom- panied by cold winds from the northwest Along
the Atlantic Coast high winds would continue to pre-
vail possibly for some days.
CLARA BARTON GOING TO LOUISVILLE.
Washington March os.-Miss Clara Barton, Of the
Red Cross Society called at the White House to-day
and informed tho President. who Is the Oco chair
man of the Government Board Of that organization.
nt 1t was her intention 10 start for Louisville ana