The sun., 1893-08-29


KEEPING TRACK OF THE CYCLONE.
One After Another Souther rn Wires Go Down
Watch the Direction OF the Wind.
Prudent people OF this port will not go out to
soa to-day. New Prophet Smith. who has
taken Farmer Dunn's place during the latter's $
vacation. says that tho storm. tho vehemence
Of which he does not undertake to predict. will
strike us to-day before nightfall. He thinks it
will be less severe than the last one. but 1t Is
also moro inland. Bulletins have been issued
warning steamers to hug the ports where they
are now tied up.
At IL o'clock last night. according to tho
Signal Service reports, the storm was central
near Lynchburg Va. and moving q little west
Of north The centre was travelling at a rate
OF about twenty miles an hour. picking up
speed on Its way 1t Is accompanied by q very
heavy rain There was q rainfall at Lynch
burg OF = 621OO inches between and 10
o'clock last evening. At 8 o'clock bulletin
that was received said that the rain was fall
ing throughout tho North clear to the lakes
Mr.. Smith said at midnight that the storm was
increasing in energy as it advanced. causing
heavier rains and higher winds.
The cyclone left the West Indies four days
| ago. 1t moved very slowly on Sunday. and the
reports received on Sunday night tended to
suggest that it was broken up The bulletins
received early yesterday morning showed that
it had gathered itself together and was we'll
defined taking unto itself strength as it moved.
According to Southern reports received at 10
o'clock yesterday morning the storm was
moving across North Carolina. crossing Char
otts in direction little east OF north at a
velocity Of fifteen miles an hour That is.
that was the velocity at which the storm centre
travelled. The whirling wind was OF course.
blowing at a much greater rate OF speed. Be-
low Hatteras all Communication was shut of
on account Of disabled wires.
The bulletin sent out from Washington.
stating that tho storm had reached Charlotte.
notified the local Office that signals had been
ordered along the north Atlantic coast as far
north as the remotest port in Maine. warning
all shipping not to venture out on account Of
the storm.
At 2:3O O'Clock yesterday afternoon a second
bulletin was sent out from Washington. which
was practically a duplicate Of the first. saying
that the storm was gathering volume and was
moving north. bulletin at O'Clock stated
that in the last twenty-four hours Augusta.
Ga. had had a rainfall OF 3.74 inches and
Charlotte. n. C.. 2.6S inches. Mr. Smith said
that this fall eQualled the usual monthly av-
eraRe.
When he was asked last night at midnight
about the storm he said 1T is coming fast.
and it Is a big one. II it was over the sea 1t
would be very severe 1t Is fortunate 1t is on
land. This storm is known as q wel-defned.
tropical cyclone. 1t will probably be very vio-
lent. although not SO disastrous as the hurri-
cane OF a few days ago. One OF the peculiar
features OF the atmospheric disturbances is
the extensive cool wave overspreading the
upper valleys and lake regions The tempera-
ture at Huron =. D., registered yesterday but
% above the freezing point.
According to orders received from Wash
't one at noon zoe and one at 3 O'clock At s o'clock
this morning the wind here was southeast.
eMs measared s6Di. the humidity was 50. and tho
temperature ~. At noon the barometer fell to
1902. the wind was southeast and had died
a.. and the humidity G6O. At the 3 o'clock
special observation the barometer was 2a9s
and the southeast wind had Increased in
velocity to II miles an hour.
OF the storm. our O'Clock observation this
evening showed that the wind stu from tho
Ss sna sS the Rss 1Os
and the barometer 20 so. At 10 O'clock tho
wind was moving is miles 9h ian an hour %a;r at
was still increasing Now 1t is about "a and
skipping along; q, ina. ,r,on .,o s.orm ,u,
reach us. Ii will surely be here before to.
morrow evening. however. and when it comes
nSn will d % eanrs 81 the We sSrm f S the the
direction OF the wind For instance this storm
,s st Tbas ThS d bn
we are on tho northeast quadrant OF the out
skirts Of S thS Srh m the the %na %
shilt until It blows from the southwest.
II we get a wind directly out Of the north the
storm is Just leaving u1 & tn the .t west 81 IT.
after the southeast wind. Atthe present time
we are on the point where the north and west
storm centre Is travelling. The velonity q the
cation Of the storm centre and our relative
as thS tG sS1 H 1e got sss
Was Still Increasing and that the storm would
get here probably long before night,
Tss nnSsu to tho sgna bureau erS % ce
graph the bulletins OF he storm to any Post
master on, tho coast where tho public may bo
II was about noon when the wires began to
90 down before tho g., storm storm on the Florida
That It was going to- be bad time for shin;
ping was one of the last messages received
WorRinr yoR nssGS South w Of Rchmond AT At 10 ocloSE
ichmond was g tho nrunt mt Of ~ i qnd 9rn her wrHs
rect Communication with al points Gouth OF
Washington. Half an hour .t later ihe tatli;
'St At II i O'clock the Western Union,s Washing
intemdnnt Robinson OF tho Western Union said
at ] O'clock that the condition, OF tho wires
showed that the effects OF the storm wero felt
North. At ] O'clock tho wires
between this city and Philadelphia were work,
Postal Telegraph Company said at ] O'Clock
that It had a wire to Richmond but no other
There was a sprinkle OF rain here at 12:45
A. NJ TO-DAY. -
The INTERRUPTION OF communication with the
Western cities which occurred later was not
d uo to tho cyclone. but to other causes.
Pittsburgh reported that 1t had been rain,
O'clock this morning Baltimore. was tho |
only Southern city which had tele-
graphic. communicsti9n with this city