Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-29
A GREAT STORM .
Wind and Rain Sweep Violently
Over the City.
TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE FRUSTRATED.
Trees Blown Down and Much Other
Damage Reported.
SOME OF THE AILS.
TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE FRUSTRATED.
SOME OF THE DETAILS

SOME OF THE DETAILS.
Barometer-2ak
Wind velocity-3 miles.
Raanfaii|3 inches
1t was . hurricane It was not . tor
nado.
As a hurricane it came up to all expecta-
tons. 1t played its part to perfection. Or
binary August breezes were not to be COM
pared to it. For hours 1t ragged all along
the coast. The center Of the hurricane
passed directly over the fair city Of Wash
ington.
The storm was foretold days ahead by
the weather bureau and 1t came along ac-
cording to program. 1t Ii to be hoped that
the next time the weather bureau attempts
to bring a cool wave in summer and a sur
cease from condition Of extreme humidity
1t Will do 1t In a reasonable manner. To
the ordinary mind there would seem to be
no particular use in tearing up trees un-
roofing houses and soaring the timid half
to death just for the sake of drop Of a
Few degrees In temperature. 1t II such q
| foolish waste Of energy.
What Weather Omcials Say.
And the weather bureau officials say 1t
! was not SO very much Of q storm. anyhow.
and they can't see why the people should
| be making such fuss over It! There 1t is
| again: the people make up their minds
that they have been going through one Of
| the worst experiences imaginable. and
along comes a weather prophet who mas all
| the records at his fingers ends, and he
says that an average velocity of forty-two
after all. He says that an average Of sixty
| miles or even eighty has been recorded
Some sSd ct these % days tired populaee VIII rise
practice OF saying. This is good enough for
little storm. but you ought to have seen
or forty-three. or thirty-three. it really
| But last nights storm was enough to sat
meteorological effects II any one wants
any more he should fill out a coupon and
file 1t with the coupon editor at the wealth
All day long the weather had been threat
enins, and even those people who had not
winds preceding a hurricane center knew
| that there was trouble ahead. Yesterday
afternoon there was a heavy wind that
more Of warm day in March than of
August. Occasionally there were little spits
and spurts Of rain. an awning would fly up
| or a shutter go banging against the wall.
and people shook their heads and wisely
said there was a storm coming. They were
it was not an ordinary summer storm. but
| a weii-developed hurricane that was head
Ing this way. The clouds hung low and
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1t Came with . win.
| At Q o'clock front steps were deserted.
and, SO we're the streets. Awnings were
triced up and window blinds securely fas-
tened back. At 10 1t was blowing a gale.
At IL people who had gone to bed at 10
found they were not asleep yet At mid
| night many Of them found themselves hur-
rying around to find If all the windows
| and blinds were as securely fastened as
| they might be. II they were not, there was
trouble. Many blind was torn from its
aSy ny ns
There is little need to tell people that the
storm did very great deal Of damage
badly and many a. fine big specimen was
| found PROSTATE when the sun came out
bright and clear this morning. Telegraph
through this section Of the country. and
| after midnight this city was pretty well
cut on from communication with the out
| The weather bureau was a heavy sufferer
by this break in the telegraphic communi-
cation tor tor this morning It was &c completely ,SI
cials had no way Of telling what had be-
come Of the hurricane after it left this
very very much to do, % for there % We're "G. no re.
ports from observers to record and work
upon. All they could say Of the storm
when 1T struck US and passed the pre-
sumption was that 1t was somewhere in
| Pennsylvania this morning. 1t might have
SO the chances are they are having some
lively northeast gales on the great lakes
Ever since early in July there has been
a severe and costly drought all to the south
and west of US. So far as the south is
concerned the drought has been broken all
to pieces. While the rainfall here during
the twenty-four hours was but 1.3 inches
to the south 1t varied from to S inches.
1t did not go west of the Alieghenies. how
The Wind and Rain.
A heavy fall Of rain, with such a wind as
prevailed last night, is no small matter, as
those who were out in it are ready to tes-
tify. Umbrellas were Of no avail against
such a fusillade Of drops, for they were car
ried up as well as down. and a rubber
swimming suit would be the only thing
that could keep one dry in such a storm
| 1t beat in under windows and through part
y opened blinds 1t simply penetrated
Wherever 1t wanted to go 1t went and
that was all there was about it. All, that
| Is to say. until the time comes to pay for
the repairs to damaged walls and ceilings
The first known Of the storm was last
Saturday. when It was noticed abou,
twenty-five miles of the further end OF
the Bahamas. From the direction in which
1t was then going the weather bureau said
1t would strike in about Georgia and follow
up the coast. The promise was carried ou,
to the letter. for it not only struck Georgia
DuL tne center passed directly over Savan-
nan. the very point toward which 1t was
heading. The center then continued up sc
that 1t passed over Augusta, Charlotte and
Washington. and then went a little to the
east Of Baltimore
| In the case Of a hurricane the center Is
really a point of comparatively slight dis
turbance. Prof. Cleveland Able, the fore
cast officer at the weather bureau was
pretty well bored today because he haC
been quoted as saying that the worst of the
storm would not be here until between
and o'clock this morning. He told a Stal
reporter this morning that what he mao
said was that the center would be here tbi.
morning at an early hour. This would
mean a let-up In the severity of the gale
not an increase in its fury. AS a storm
moves along the center increases In size
but the intensity of the wind dminishes
| After the center of the hurricane haC
passed this morning the wind naturally
| veered around into the west. 1t blew witt
considerable violence from that quarter al
day.
The best Of 1t all comes last Prof. Abb
| said this morning that the result Of thi
!, hurricane would be a continuance for sew
erai days to come of considerably cooie
| | weather. There would be cool, dry wind
!, from the west, in which direction there Il
, said to be a nice large area Of coolness cl
which We can draw in nice large draft
without the necessity Of passing then
| through the clearing house.
The damage in the country around Wash
ington was very great. In every direction
trees are leveled. telegraph poles were dow
| and the landscape presented q some wha