The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-04
A PLAN TO WARN MARINERS
Benefits Of the Weather Bureau
Likely 70 be Extended.

The Scheme Suggested by the Recent
Hurricane - Extraordinary Exaoti-
tude of Prof Abbe's Late Prognos-
tieations-Three Standard Rules to
Which Sailors overtaken by Gales
May Adhere With the Probability
of Esoape-The Use of Oil Also In
dorsed to Prevent Heavy Seas
Breaking over Vessel.
Washington, Sept 3.-One sequel to
the great hurricane would be an effort to
have the government furnish weather
predictions for mariners as it does now
for farmers and business men. To this
end the attention of congress will be
called to the work of the photographic
bureau of the navy department in furnish
ing information to seafaring men concern
ing coming storms. 1t is interesting tonOte
that the hurricane was predicted by the
weather days before its appearance,
and the supporters of the movement to
secure representations for weather on
the ocean use this as an argument to
prove that. if such accurate predictions
could be made on the meager information
received by the weather bureau concern
ing the hurricanes formation near the
West Indies, much better results would
be obtained by extending the service to
islands in the sea and other places ada
cent to the United States.
ASTOUNDING ACCURACY OF CALCULATION.
Credit for the wonderful predictions
concerning the origin and cause of the
hurricane is due to Prof. Cleveland Able,
of the weather bureau. From Friday
morning, Aug. %, when Prof Able 10
Gated it on scant information 500 miles off
of Florida, until its disappearance, the
professor did not make a single error in
his predictions. He gave warning to the
sections devastated days in advance. of
the hurricane appearance, ana, even when
all wires were down, he still issued his
representations and managed to give the
true result. This extraordinary work of
the bureau will be used in support of the
scheme to secure predictions for the
benefit of mariners, to be distributed daily
by telegraph to newspapers at all ship
ping ports.
NORTH ALTA MTG PILOT CHART.
The pilot chart of the North Atlantic
ocean for September. Just issued by the
photographic office, is made up from re-
ports furnished by captains of vessels to
the weather bureau and the newspapers.
but its value is somewhat diminished by
the lateness and infrequency of its publ
cation. This months chart contains
some valuable information in regard to
the recent storms, and the following rules
for the benefit OF the mariners, yachtsmen
and others when overtaken by a hurri-
cane:
WHAT TO DO N HURRICANE.
Rule If the squat freshens without any
shift of wind you are in or near the storm
track. Heave to starbOard, tack and wait for
some indication of a shift, observing the low
clouds particularly, II the barometer falls.
say half an inch without shift and if wind
and sea permit. run of with the wind on the
starboard quarter and keep your compass
course.
Rule III the wind shifts to the right you
are to the right of the storm track in the
dangerous semi-circle. Put the ship on the
starboard tack and make as much Roadway
as possible until obliged to starboard tack
Rule 8-lf the wind shifts to the lBft you are
to the left of the storm track IN the navigable
semi-circle. Bring the wind on the starboard
quarter and keep your compass course. If
obliged to lie to, do so on the port tack.
General Rules-Always lie to on the coming
up tack. Use oil to prevent heavy seas from
breaking on board your vessel.