Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-14
THECYCL0NE'S WORK
Damage to Buildings, Trees, Tele-
graph Wires and Poles.
CUT OFF FROM COMMUNICATION.
Wires Down in All Directions Dur.
ing Last Night.
GREAT DANGER FROM FIRE

Ano.A.- a.-.-..
Ahotner destructive West Indian cyclone
passed over this city last night. and ragged
with tremendous fury for sev~r.l hour~
II was accomnan,aa NV . b., -, en- -. -,
ana ono considerable damage to trees. houses.
teiegrapn wires. ano. In fact. 20 every
thing that was exposed to the strength of
the wind. On five-minute aver,res the ,rtna
RE-, ., ~. -. :. -. ene ~ine
e e Vi iorty-t"o miles an nour'
auo the barometer went down q tr1fie below
e. a point which It has not reached In this
cit v for a number of year. na.t
T., its cane. -. p
oiiein ana track the storm
OF las' nisnt was almost precisely similar
to the one mat swept over the city a cou-
ple of months ago IL did nos 40 o. ,o,ch
damage along a.. co,--o -. s..
A, as oio tne Ausus'
cycione, ou' 'nis was not the fault OF the
:, % for thev he poS'e eoS wene better prepared for
to heed the warning of the weather bure.u
This storm, like the August cycions hsd
its beginning in the Wesf Ina,ss w-h.ra - :,
had been hoyerine srnnnd -. VIZ ~
getting up Strength for s,s t,g,,,,,'na,y s. osyS
Finally IL got ali the u,ind a. I,.s,.S - -
then il proceeded to bring the nice srrn
wind along with IL, and thar was the -.
for all who had 10 Keen their -sndo-s ciS.ss
cd last night to Keen as mnch ss ra.sshi.
of the weather out OF Doors
The first definitely known of this storm
N haFl urAA
q bserved on the eastern end OF the Ra-
IN lmas By the evening of that day A. had
ma wed over to the northwest of the Rah.
ma and there were heavy gales along fHs
coz II of Florida. Thursdsv mor1,nS ~ -
st of Titusyille and by evening fhere vsrs
stron gales all along the south Atlsntic
coast. Yesterday morning IL had moved
as IA, north as Charlesfon NTH an e~
tremely low barometer By noon n was
midvay between Charlotte ana wflpninc-
ton, n. c.. and In the evening when A.
reached ynchburg the barometer went az
low as %. IS. The highest wind during the
storm was at Southport, n. c., yesterday
morning. q hen II blew at the rate OF 81
miles The center OF the storm passed
through weA ern dt xirsinia si and did not touch
AS already stated. the greatest velocity
noted here wa 4 miles. But az this was
a steady blow kept up for five minutes or
more II does m ! oy any meens marx tns
ssea.es. s,,s ior =, -. ,bably reached n velocssx
of over sfxtv mfIe 3
AS a result OF Is experience with other
storms this year the weather bureau felt
justified in using es cry enort 70 spread tne
Information of the aomins cyclone as soon
as IT was known. In tnis way ample warn
ings were given fort s.eient noers m eo-
sanSe si sSe e. wes;ses S bureau said to Star re-
porter this morning tina the damage done
by the wind had been .materiaiiy iesssnec
by the heed which the pa ople savs &c, 70 ne. snn
we have ever gone before" said Prof. Gar
riott "In addition to the usual precauuons
taken special messages were sent 10 al
agents of the bureau. post onces. raiiroaos
and shipping interests along the track OF
the stoa m We autfsnfzed all agents along
the cos at TO use Their own -diso-etto IN IN
ic,,krfne X szfrpnse for teleeraphtng. They
H3 .ts - .,,r.,,s ,he neva, In every
nossihle wav ana IN All directiona where IL
Possis Mas, T 1s;sdnss rsilrsad com.
nansss and othrrr were given Henty of
rra,nir-. ana they kpew hat IL wa worth
warn ~arh anu anu sy.n,son and to 40 All In
wniie ~, Pas ssar.os. the yo~rasdlity OF
sneI. po"e rso, ,h,s was a saffsfactory
movement has been proved beycad all