The evening world., 1894-09-27
The Rainfall at Jacksonville,
1862 Inches in 36 Hours,
Is Unprecedented.
MAY REACH HERE TONIGHT.
Horseshoe Bend and the Upper
Bay Dotted with Outward
Bound Craft.

Slowly, but with undiminished
force. the West Indian hurricane. which
has created such havoc In the South, Is
creeping up the Atlantic coast towards
New York.
Local Forecaster Dunn, who gave the
warning three days ago, Is keeping close
watch of the unwelcome visitor, and this
is what he said at 10 o'clock this morn
Ing:
The hurricane centre Is now on the
coast of South Carolina. The lowest
pressure is at Charleston, where the ba-
rometer marks 29. 80.
THE storm is moving very slowly in
a northeasterly direction, and while its
centre has not travelled this way very
far since midnight. the advance guard
Is already being felt as far north as
Hatteras. This we know. because all
the wires are down at the latter point,
and Hatteras Is 400 miles from Charles
ton.
THE radius OF the storm extends over
a wide area, possibly 900 miles In diam
eter. The velocity of the. wind near
the centre of energy still keeps up to
Us standard of from 40 to 70 miles an
I'VE will FIRST feel the effects of the
hurricane tonight, and probably to-
morrow 1t will be at its height in this
vicinity.
.If the rainfall keeps up New York
will get more Of It than It has had for
The fall at Jacksonville, Fla, has
never been equalled In my recollection.
During thirty-six hours 1859 inches fell
there.
New Workers. can Judge what this
means when 1t Is remembered that
! inches fell in forty-eight hours II we
had wires from Jacksonville this morning
there would no doubt be reports of heavy
| floods.
An through the southern country the
rainfall has been heavy. During the
last twenty-four hours they have had
S59 INCHES at Savannah, 2.7s at Augusta
and 1.02 at Charlotte.
The rain area has already reached
rrgbnIa Sara and there is little doubt of its
All wires south of Jacksonville are
also down, and no reports are to be had
from wide area of storm-beaten coun-
While Mr.. Dunn is of the opinion
that the hurricane will not strike New
| York with the same force that 1t did the
southern cities. still he insists that
leaving port before the storm passes.
His warning has been needed by all
the soss soush,bonnd ;a steamers. several Of
caster yesterday and to-day. While
many OF the steamers left their piers
at the usual sailing time, not one has
Of the Clyde line steamers are anchored
OF Liberty Island, and the Horse Shoe
Bend is dotted with craft whose cap
tains have faith In Mr.. Dunn's prognosti-
NJ The no force of the storm, according to
MI, Dunn, VIII not equal that along the
Coasts f;ras Of FloTida, Georgia or the Caro-
thinks. because its general northeasterly
course VIII carry its centre out to sea.
5O0 miles to the east OF US. New York
will get Its western edge. however, and
that viii be trouble enough. Mr. Dunn
Several Of the big Atlantic liners cap
asked his advice about sailing He told
them that the steamers which sailed yes
terday would doubtless escape the vio-
which left the other side about the same
time would run into the hurricane before
many days.
Island and Sandy Hook show that the
wind Is blowing twenty-eight miles an
hour at both these points. This bears
out Mr.. Dunn's prediction that the wind
would rise gradually and work up its
There is a possibility that the storm
centre may swing, In towards the West
after It passes Hatteras II this hap
pens New York will experience more
weather than 1t has for many a year,
The temperature reports this morn
hange occasioned by the storm. Through
out the Eastern States there has been a
rise OF degrees, and In the Lake region
the thermometer has gone up 10 de-
grees.
In New York at 10 o'clock II was Sc:
Boston, 4s Chicago. bS: st. Louis. 5s;
St. Paul, Denver and San Francisco, 81
1t Is hottest at New Orleans, with the
Temperature at 70. and coldest at He ena
Mont, where the thermometer regis
ters 40.
Supt. Humstone, of the Western Union
Telegraph Company. said this forenoon
that while there was no communication
south Of Jacksonville. the wires north
OF that point were in fairly good con
dition. He expected, however. that
everything would be tangled up before
night.