The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-27
SIXTY NILES AN HOUR.
The City Swept by a Storm Of Hail
and Wind.

The Ground Covered by Hail Stones
Until it Was White-The Wind
Sprang From a Dead Calm Into a
Gale-The Blow a Brief One and No
Heavy Damage Yet Reported-Severe
at Tybee and at Sea.
Savannah had a lively blow for few
minutes last night. During the rain and
hail storm which swept over the city be-
tween and S o'clock the wind reached
sixty miles an hour.
Thirty minutes before the storm broke
it was almost a dead calm. About 1880
O'Clock a fresh breeze sprung up
from the northwest, and in ff-
teen Minutes it was blowing a
gale. The blow lasted only few minutes,
and then subsidized as suddenly as it came.
Over half an inch of rain and hail fell 10
less than thirty minutes.
The hailstones ratified against windows
and beat on roofs, and the ground fer a
few minutes was as white as if there had
been a snow squall
RUSH FOR SHELTER.
The storm came up Just as the streets
were most crowded with Saturday night
shoppers and marketers, and there.was a
pellmell rush in all directions for shelter.
Hundreds of people and baskets of Sun
day marketing were drenched and soaked.
The hail storm was an unusual occur
renee, coming as it did at night Hail
storms occur at all hours of the day, but
large hail usually falls during the hottest
part of the day, between 2 and 4
O'Clock, and is nearly always preceded
by high temperature. The weather
Observers report last night showed
that the temperature did not go above 81 o
yesterday, and the mean temperature was
below the normal.
The storm was entirely local. No rain
was reported elsewhere than at Savannah
in this district of the cotton belt, except
trace at Fort Gaines, and a heavy
shower at Gainesville, Fla.
BEATS THE RECORD.
Observer Smyth said last night that
the weather this month has broken
the record of all previous MAYS for
the last twenty-three years. The lowest
temperature SO far is 440. % lower than
ever known here in May. The rainfall so
far is nearly inches, while the greatest
rainfall for May, prior to 1894, is less
than 81 inches. The wind last night
reached higher velocity by miles
than has ever been known in
May. Inc velocity OF b0e WIND
recorded by the weather bureau
is based upon a period of five minutes.
The velocity for a single minute was at
the rate of sixty miles an hour, and for
five minutes it blew forty-four miles.
NO HEAVY DAMAGE REPORTED.
So far as known, no serious damage
was done in the city beyond the breaking
down of plants and flowers and the wash
ing of streets and gardens by the rain.
In the park, the walks were strewn
with broken limbs and branches of trees.
No report could be obtained from the
truck farms, and it is not known whether
the crops were seriously damaged.
On the river the blow made things
lively while it lasted. Some of the small
boats anchored in the stream were torn
from their anchorages and blown adrift.
The damage may have been more severe
than is now known, but so far no reports
of serious loss have been received.
THE BLOW AT SEA
The City of Augusta. which arrived at
/ o'clock, reported striking the blow be-
tween Hunting island and Martins In
dustry lightship The blow lasted for
some time and was quite severe. Hail
ratified fiercely on the ships decks for
awhile. The blow was also quite severe
at Tybee, and parties from down the
river said it was the severest blow, with
the exception of the August hurricane,
that they had ever experienced.