The evening world., 1894-09-27
HEAVY RAIN COMES WITH IT.
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 Ip 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 29.3o.
1.-THE storm is moving very slowly In
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
wide area, possibly 1000 miles in diam
eter. The velocity OF the wind near
the centre of energy still keeps up to
It's 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 It's height in this
III the rainfall, keeps up New York
will get more of 1t than 1t has had for
"The. fall at Jacksonville. Fla. has
there.
| means when 1t Is remembered that
| during our last heavy rain only five
| inches fell in forty-eight hours. II we
| had wires from Jacksonville this morning
| floods
'All through the southern country the
rainfall has been heavy. During the
last twenty-four hours they have had
80 inches at Savannah, 2.76 at Augusta.
22 at Charleston, 2.64 at Wilmington
and 1.O2 at Charlotte.
The rain area has already reached
reaching here"
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
sea going craft will run great risks in
leaXing port before the storm passes.
His warning has been needed by all
the south-bound steamers, several OF
whose captains called upon the fore
,,,ste caster yesterday and to-day. While
ventured beyond Sandy Hook Several
Of the Clyde line steamers are anchored
on @ Liberty Island, and the Horse Shoe
3end is dotted with craft whose cap
tains have faith In Mr.. Dunns prognosti-
cations.
The force Of the storm, according tc
linas It will lessen In intensity, he
thinks, because it's general northeasterly
course VIII carry its centre out to sea
500 miles to the east Of us. New York
will get its western edge. however, and
that will be trouble enough. Mr.. Dunr
Several OF the big Atlantic liners cap
tains called on Mr.. Dunn yesterday. anC
asked his advice about sailing. He tolc
terday would doubtless escape the vio
lence OF the storm. Those. however
which left the other side about the sam,
time would run into the hurricane befor,
many days.
! Reports this morning from Bloch
Island and Sandy Hook show that thu
wind Is blowing twenty-eight miles al
hour at both these points. This bear
out Mr.. Dunn's prediction that the wine
would rise gradually and work up IT.
There is a possibility that the storm
! centre may swing in towards the Wes
after i passes Hatteras: II this hap
weather than II has for many year,
The temperature reports this morn
ing show that there has been some littl
mango occaslohedDyth the STORM lhrouBh
, out the Eastern States there has been
rise OF degrees, and in the Lake regiol
the thermometer has gone up 10 de
grees.
In New York at 10 o'clock It was SO
Boston, 4s; Chicago. IS; St. Louis, 5S
St. Paul, Denver and San Francisco, 81,
1t is hottest at New Orleans. with tn
temperature at 10. and coldest at He ena
r Mont. where the thermometer regis
ters 46.
Supt. Humstone. OF the Western Unioi
Telegraph Company, said this forenoon
: ! that while there was no communication
= south OF Jacksonville, the wires nortl
e of that point were in fairly good con
dition. He expected, however. tina
! everything would be tangled up befor
!; night.