The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-03
CAPITAL IN A HAZE.
sharps Try to Give an
EXPLANATION

explanation.
Il Warrington, Sept. 2-The peculiar haze
- has been noticeable in the sky all
- the country for the last week or so.
beeu matter of great interest to
4~steoroIogists, and mary experiments
- been going on in different observa-
.o,ies of the country TO determine its
- and nature. The weather bureau
Isescials. whose reports from the weather
Isonditions are daily read throughout the
iYSnitsd states, have been making obser-
1 carions of this phenomenon. and the opin-
1 ,ons of two professors of meteorology
/ Tere given to a reporter of the United
Press.
prof. Henry A. Hazen said: This is
u1at may be called the Indian summer
dry haze Just what is the cause of it, is
little difficult to determine Similar
Conditions have been noticed in the past,
notably on the dark days" in 1871. which
vas due to a dense condition of the atmos-
rbere probably caused by smoke In
iS.l there was another dark day,"
Fnowu as a yellow day" which extended
from New England to Virginia on the
Atlantic coast. In 1871 the smoke was so
dense that many thought the day of
Judgment" had come. In 1881 the gas
vas lighted in the streets of Boston at
IA
In Washington, still the haze was very
dense The murky atmosphere that has
been noted west of the Mississippi river
Is of a very different character from that
to the eastward, as that is much lighter
It is probably caused every year
bv a settlement of dust or smoke
PARTICLES. The air is generally
duiet. and there are no conditions which
would precipitate the particles causing
how TO D.,
conditions east of the Mississippi river are
Observation-Disclosures to forest fires, Just as in
1871 and 1881. The tlres this year, however,
have been much more serious than com
mon, owing to the drought that has ex-
listed. The atmosphere has been very
dry and extends to enormous nights.
This smoke is not dense in any one place,
but when you get a glimpse through a
great thickness, it appears quite So"
Prof. Cleveland Able of the weather
bureau, who has made a special research
into this smoke phenomenon, said: Il be-
gun to-day a collection of all the data the
weather bureau has relative to the speed
OF the haze which now covers the greater
part of the United States. Early in July
began TO receive reports of forest fires
and large areas of smoke in Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Since
then reports have come from lower Michi-
II. L
is every reason to believe that all of the
smoky haze which now covers the country
is the result of the diffusion of the smoke
of burning forest fires and crops. A COM
paratively little fire will make a large
quantity of smoke, unless it is widely
diffused by strong winds, in which case
the smoke becomes like the thin haze of
the Indian summer But it so happens
in this present season the United States
H.
and light variable winds, so that the
smoky haze has not been carried away
to great distance. 1t has, therefore, at
the present time an average density
greater than usual. 1t will doubtless all
be cleared away by the action of the first
general storm that sweeps over the
country.
This smoke from forest and prairie
fires is dffused perceptibly to greater dis
tances than many people would imagine
possible
VERMONT HAS 1T, TOO.
Bellows Falls, VT, Sept 2.-The curious
condition of the atmosphere in this vi
ciuity caused much speculation regarding
the cause. Some consider it similar to
the dark day. of 1888. Although the
sun shone all day, it has not cast any
shadow. 1t has been so dark that lights
were necessary in many churches and
dwellings,. The sun was very red and
looked like ball of fire all day Reports
from Rutland, Windsor and many other
places in the vicinity state the same con-
ditiOns existed there 1t may have been
caused by smoke from the forest fires,
but it seemed too yellow for that. 1t has
caused an uncanny feeling, and in some
instances real fear and excitement.
DARK ALL OVER NEW ENGLAND.
Boston, Sept. "A peculiar atmosphere
cal phenomenon has to-day attracted the
attention of BOstonians. During the latter
part of the morning and all the afternoon
the sun, unobscured by clouds, has feebly
shown through a stratum of smoke sup
posed to come from the forest fires now
raging in the lake region.
The effect has been a wierd, unhealthy
tinge to the atmosphere, made oppressive
by the general absence of stirring air
The day has been a repetition, although
IN lesser way, of the famous yellow
Tuesday, Of 1851 Reports of a similar
phenomenon have been receivedfrom cities
and towns all over New England.