Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-26
THE CHANGE OF WEATHER
A Big Drop of the Mercury, and Why It
Behaved So.
A Cold Wave From the NOrthwest-A
Change Expected Tomorrow After
nOOn-PrOgress of the Hurricane.

Last night the mercury dropped to 46
degrees in this city, which was very low
for this season of the year in this latitude
The temperature did not rise in any ap-
preciable degree by business hours this
morning, and the fgurative early bird who
came out betimes to catch the early worm
found himself liable to catch a cold instead,
if he did not have his overcoat.
Cold Wave From the Northwest.
The low temperature was caused by the
arrival of a cold wave from the northwest,
which has been progressing in this direction
since last Saturday night, bringing frost in
Its train. The coolest point in the United
States last night was Northfield, VT, where
the thermometer registered 26. The cool
wave will hang on until tomorrow after
noon, when the temperature will gradually
begin to rise, and by Friday 1t will be much
warmer.
Progress of the Hurricane.
The weather bureau is very much more
interested in the progress of the West
India hurricane than anything else at pres
ent. 1t is advancing northward at a lively
rate and Is kicking up heavy sea along
the Atlantic coast.
Tudny's Special Bulletin.
The following special bulletin regarding
the hurricane was issued this afternoon by
the weather bureau:
The tropical hurricane announced in the
special weather bulletins of the 24th and
18th reached northeastern Florida this
morning. At IL am. the wind had shifted
to northwest at jacksonville, with a pres
sure of 2936, showing that the storm CEN
ter was few miles southeast of that sta
ton. The observer there reports many
trees blown down and houses unrOofed.
The indications are that the hurricane will
move in a north northeast direction along
the Atlantic coast, probably reaching New
York Thursday night. All the principal
towns along the coast from Connecticut to
Florida have been warned of violent gales
and high tides.
The situation at Savannah.
A special dispatch from Savannah to the
Philadelphia Press gives the condition of
things last night at that point 1t says: Not
a ship has gone out of this port today. The
New York steamer City of Augusta. sched-
uled to leave this afternoon, is hugging her
wharf All along the river front the ves-
sells have double anchors and strong haw-
sers attached to the wharves. Down at
quarantine, near the mouth Of the river,
where two British steamships and one or
two sailing vessels are lying, every pre-
caution possible has been taken. There,
with the storm eight or more hours off, the
steady maximum velocity Of the wind is
now over fifty miles an hour, with frequent
gusts OF sixty miles or more.
The quarantine station is deserted, DIR.
Grahs M and his corps of assistants and the
city tug men, thirteen in all, came up to
the city early tonight, the sanitary board
having set aside the regulations temporar-
lily, and directed that the men do not ex-
pose themselves unnecessarily. In the
storm of last August the quarantine station
Was almost destroyed.
Tybee Island. facing the ocean at the
entrance to the river. is almost deserted.
Il
noon, and all the women and children, and
as many Of the men as desired, were
brought up to the city. A few men pre-
ferred to risk their lives to look after the
property. Hutchinson Island, in front of
the city; Warsaw, Wilmington and other
islands in this vicinity have been practi-
cally depOpulated today, no one caring to
repeat the experience of August %, 1888,
when on each of them lives were lost and
much damage done.
The water in front of the city, thirteen
miles from the ocean, is salt. The north
east winds are driving up the Savannah
river an immense volume. The entire rice
crop is in danger. Practically none yet has
been harvested, and If the water is driven
as high as now appears probable the banks
may give way. The salt water would then
ruin the crop.
coast. will again be exposed apparently to
diverted from the course it now seems to be
pursuing, will strike them tomorrow morn
ing.
At o'clock tonight the wind in the city
had a maximum velocity of about thirty
five miles an hour.