The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-04
A MONTH OF CREATSTORMS.
August, 1898, Will 90 Into the Worlds
History Of Disasters.

Highest Velocity OF the Wind From
the Weather Bureaus Statistics 80
Miles an Hour-The Barometer Read
ing the Lowest Known-The Rainfall
Nearly Half a Foot-The Preceding
Cyclones Which Swept up the Coast.
August, 1898, win go into history as the
month of the greatest storm ever known,
involving a loss of life and property, the
extent of which, even yet. it is impossible
10 estimate.
The weather bureaus report, just
issued, puts the maximum velocity of the
wind at the Savannah observatory on the
night of the 9th during five minutes at
70 miles an hour from the northeast
The extreme velocity, from record of
one minute, was 80 miles an hour. The
rainfall Of Sunday and Sunday night was
nearly go inches, swelling the rainfall
for the entire month to a fraction
over % inches, the greatest August rain
fall known here with two exceptions. In
August, 1871, the rainfall was eighteenI
inches and in 1885 it was fourteen inches.
The nearest to that of this year was 1214
inches in 1872. The average for August
a
mendous fall during the last week makes
the excess for August over 5 inches and
adds to the years rain up to this time an
excess over 4 inches.
The temperature last month was a de-
gree below the average for August, being
7qo The highest temperature reached
was 92o and the lowest was 81.
THE LOWEST BAROMETER KNOWN.
The barometer was the lowest ever
known here, being 1928 at l o'clock Mon
day morning, the 2Sth during the lull be-
tween the first sweep of the hurricane
and that which followed with such ter
rifle force.
The photographic bureaus reports of
the series of cyclones which swept the
coast during August, ending with
that which resulted in such
tremendous loss, is of interest.
The weather over the North Atlantic
during the first half of the month was
fine. A few areas of low pressure existed
in the higher ATTITUDES, but were not &C
companied by gales.
The latter half of the month was
marked by very heavy weather in that
part of the ocean east of the United
States coast and between Newfoundland
and the Windward Islands, West In
dies
FOUR CYCLONES.
Four distinct tropical cyclones, follow
ing each other in quick succession, tray
ersed this part of the ocean, and were Sc
verely felt till they had disappeared to
the north.
The first passed to the westward
of Bermuda about S o'clock a. m,
Aug. Is, curved to the n. n F., and was
central at noon of that day about lat. 80
N, lon. 65o W. AT noon of the 18th it
was central about lat 44' N, lon. So 80
w. Thence it continued on its n N. E.
course, crossed close to Cape Race, and
disappeared to the N.
The second cyclone originated to the
northeast of Martinique on the 18th,
passed south of St. CroiX on the 10Th, and
at noon of the 18th was central near the
east end of Hayti. During the night Of
the 18th and 18th, the wind blew with
hurricane force at Puerto Rico. At noon,
Aug. IL, the center was near Turks Is
land, and at noon of the 10Th about go
miles northeast of Cat Island, Bahamas
On the Goth, near lat 29' N, lon. 76o
W., it curved to the Nd and Ed and was
central at noon, Aug. p about lat. 1880
N, Ion. n w. On that day several YES
sells felt the full force of the storm, most
of them recording the wind 1912; lowest
barometer IS 60 inches On the night of
the 2lst it crossed Nova Scotia and on the
22nd passed over the northern part of
Newfoundland, whence it moved about
northeasterly.
THE ONE NEXT TO THE LAST.
The third cyclone originated northeast
of st. Thomas, Aug. 20, moved north
westerly and then north-northwest-
erly. The British steamship Alps,
Capt Byers, encountered it on the night
OF the GOTH lat. 81 ~, lon. 649 30 w,
force of wind 10. 1t appeared off Hatteras
at midnight of the 23d and moved directly
toward New York, where it was central
at noon of the 24th. During the night of
the 23d and on the oath vessels near the
coast reported very heavy seas, and tor
rents of rain. Much damage to shipping
was done in the vicinity of New York and
many lives were lost. Lowest barometer,
20.16 ms
The fourth cyclone, and which is the
most disastrous ever known, was reported
on the 25th N. +. of Crooked Island
Thence it moved northwesterly along the
bahamas on the 26th and 27th and struck
the coast near Savannah on the night of
the 9th, and continued until the following
morning.
The photographic bureaus forecast for
tne remainder of September is as follows:
Moderate or fair weather generally over
the North Atlantic. Occasional gales
north Of the 35th parallel; also near the
american coast Tropical cyclones, or
hurricanes, very probable Fog west of
me 43d meridian, across the Grand
Banks; also east of New England Ice
DeTpS in 40 trio;rsttr of Dol1o Tc1o