The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-23
FURIOUS WINDS.
The City Visited by a Destruc-
tive Southeastern.
Broken Windows, Falling Fences, Buildings
and Telegraph-Poles, Flying Debris and
Blocked Cable-Cars.

The winds reigned supreme throughout the
State yesterday, although their fury burst
with greatest violence on San francisco,
where destructive southeasterly gale blew
at the velocity of forty-six miles au hour.
In all localities, but especially in North
ern California, Nevada and Oregon, the
barometer fell further than at any other
time during the season, If not for many
years. The lowest reading in San Fran
cisco was 1912 inches. and the precipitation
of rain up to o'clock yesterday was SO of
an inch.
The most prominent features of this storm
are, in addition to the fall in the barometer,
the high wind velocties and the high tenn
perature in California.
The gale tore down Valencia street with
almost resstless force and from Liberty
street to Market no less than five telegraph
poles were thrown to the ground, stopping
all cars going one way.
A wINDoW-PANE GOES.
a large pane of glass in the window of
a fancy-goods store On Market street. above
Van Ness avenue, was blown in, and the
fences around the new City Hall lots fell
with resounding crash.
at about o'clock in the afternoon a
fancy center piece was blown from the roof
of house on Kearny street, one door above
Bush, two pedestrians barely escaping with
their lives.
A crowd of people assembled at the
corner Of Market and Eddy streets, being
attracted by the perilous swaying of the
Baldwin Hotel flagstaff, which, supporting
an immense flag which stood out straight in
the bowling wind, seemed on the point of
swapping in two at every eddying gust.
TENTS BLOWN DOWN.
On Frederick street, near the Haight-
street baseball grounds, company of
graders employed by the Southern Pacific
Company had their implements, clothing
and goods stored in some tents erected for
the purpose. Suddenly terrific blast of
wind struck the tents, causing them to
COLLAPSE with a crash, and for moment the
air was full OF tin cans, torn canvas,
blankets and quilts, causing the utmost
CONSERVATION among the unfortunate labor
erS. One tent which was blown away lie 1T
fifty head of horses without shelter
The several hundred people who went TO
the Cliff House to view the remains of the
wrecked Elizabeth were disappointed, moth
ing but the vast. unbroken eXpanse of ''ol d
oceans gray and melancholy waste" meet
| ing their eXpeetant gaze.
DESTRUCTION GENERAL.
Throughout the city the destruction to
property was very great, signs being blown
down aud windows broken on every hand
waking on Inc streets was almost ImpOS-
sble, the winds fairly carrying one off his
feet, and tie usr of umbrellas had to be
dispensed with, those that did not blow
inside cut being wrenched from the hand
add carried whirling through the air.
Following is the forecast till o'clock this
evening:
For Northern California-Rain turning to
snow in the mountains; south to west
winds, brisk to high; dangerous gales off
the Coast; cooler. except nearly stationary
Temperature at Keller.
For Southern California-Rain turning to
snow in the mountains; southwest winds
increasing in force; nearly stationary tenn
peTature.
POSTPoNEMENTs.
The occurrence of the storm necessitates
the postponement Of the contemplated out
door exercises in celebration of Washing
tons birthday \ high sea made the re-
gatta impossible, and the parade, which
was to have taken place to-day, will be
abandoned altogether. The meeting of the
Occidental CourSing Club at Newark an
neUnced for tO-day, has also been indefinitely
postponed.
At O'Clock last night large sign d feet
long was torn from a building at the corner
Of Sacramento and Montgomery streets, and
was thrown across the street, FILLING with a
loud crash TO the sidewalk in front of DOno-
hoe, Kelly IL Cos Bank. Two ladies, who were
passing at the time, had a narrnw escape, as
they were not 10 feet from where the wreck
fell.