The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-19

liar to September storms. 1t found out
and uprooted beds or mud and filth that
Commissioner Andrews's men never
dreamed existed. 1t flooded cellars.
cleaned the streets perfectly. choked up
the sewers. killed the sparrows. and did
hundred and one other things that
the entire STRENGTHENING Department
could not do In year.
1t gave the Broadway policemen a
chance to half carry timid women over
regular mill races. 1t caused the Bridge
officers 10 say questionable words. 1t
helped block the cable. and, to sum 1t
up. 1t made everybody feel miserable
everybody save those who live in Brook
lyn and who for weeks have been threat
ened with water famine.
No one knows all about these things
better than Farmer Dunn; yet he had
the assurance to-day TO say that It was
all nonsense. The storm was only mild
one, and not even within seeing distance
Of the record.
why" he said, Just think of It.
The total rainfall since 6 o'clock yes
terday morning. until 10 o'clock this
morning, was only two inches and
twenty-seven hundredths. That was
for twenty-eight hours. In 1882. for the
tweaty-four hours between Sept. % and
%. six inches and seventeen one-hun-
dredths rain fell. When, again. between
Sept. l6 and II. 1890. Ave inches and
twelve one-hundredths OF rain fell.
thought at one time to-day that
this st9rm-or rather two hours OF It
consolation ID denied. Between s and
10 o'clock l12 inch fell Aug, 10, last
year, however. for one single hour, the
rainfall was l;eo, 30 that this storm was
~" fou think it is bad enough in New
York but look at the South. They have
got more than twice as much. and
stories of floods from that section ought
soon to be coming over the wires"
Mr.. Dunn then consulted his map, and
from II gave out the Information that
the general rain area extended all along
Massachusetts. and that II, rained in
land as far as the Ohio Valley and the
lake regions. Throughout Georgia, he
heavy. four inches forty one hqndredths
being reported up to o'clock to-day.
Allendsls and Gpesnwo9d, All n The
been reported. The heaviest rainfall
during The night was 2H at Tampa,
Fla. In this. city only 100 Inches had
little bit, but about noon II began to
fall apparently as hard as ever. An
hour later Mr. Dunn again began fg-
uring. and then he announced that the
total rainfall up TO that time had been
800 inches. Not very much after all, he
thought, for thirty one hours.
1t did not seem TO blow very much
about here, vet Mr., Dunn says the
wind was bowling along at a twenty
four mile-an-hour rate at o'clock and
IL had only dropped two points at 10.
While he promises clearing seather
towards The close OF the day, Mr. Dunn
announces that what looks like storm
centre IL forming over the Carolinas and
is moving northeast. The storm is as
yet undenued, and he cannot tell Just
what IT Will amount to, 1t may get here,
and then
West OF the Ohio valley and the lake
regions II II generally fair and be-
coming warmer. There is very little
change In the temperature, as AT S
clock to-day the thermometer regis
tered 10 degrees There was then, how
ever, SO per cent of humidity in the at
mosphere.
That the storm may have proved dan
gerous to navigation is evident from tire
fact that besides rain and wind, there
is a dense fog all along the coast.