The record-union., 1894-12-10
TT BLEW SIXTY MILES An HOUR.
That Was the Speed of Yesterday
Mornings Gale.
But No Serious Damage Done Here
Showing In the Sierra Nevada
and the Siskiyous.

About l o'clock yesterday morning
rain began to fall again, and with 1t came
violent windstorm. which increased in
fury until near noon, when il began to
taper of. 1t made things rattle for few
hours.
According to the Weather Bureau rec
ords, it was the heaviest windstorm that
has ever been recorded on this station
during the last eighteen years, or since
this station was first established IN July,
1877.
A maximum velocity of forty-eight
miles per hour frequently occurs IN De-
cember, January and March, but yester-
day morning at $40 o'clock maximum
velocity of sixty miles was reached, ana
an extreme velocity OF nearly elghty
miles per hour.
During ten consecutive hours, from
A. NJ. yesterday to l P. NJ, 342 miles OF
wind passed over this station, being an
average OF thirty-four miles per hour
The actual hourly velocity was as iol-
lows: From ) A. NJ. to A. NJ, Il miles;
4 A. NJ. to D A. NJ, 2S miles; A. NJ. TO .
A. NJ. 81 miles: a. NJ. to a. NJ, 81 miles;
IA. NJ. to s A. Ne, IL miles; a. NJ. 10
A. NJ, 40 miles; A. NJ to 10 a. NJ, 10 miles;
10 A. NJ. to ii a. Nj, 81 miles; ii a. NJ. 10 II,
noon, 30 miles; Il noon. 10 Y. NJ -
miles; total, 342 miles.
The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yester-
day to have been $50 and 43', with hlgh
southerly winds and stormy weather pre-
vailing.
The barometricaI readings at a. NJ.
and p. NJ. were 1898 and 29.9S inches,
respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago Saturday were 69. ana 40 :;
one year ago yesterday 690 ana A, ana
one year ago to-day 63o and Al
The rainfall during Friday nlgnt 5
storm. and up TO a. NJ. SATURDAY, meas
ured L. 10 inches. The storm OF Saturday
night and yesterday gave 66 OF an lnch,
making for this month 3.26 lncnes, as
against but l.16 inches Ior the enllfe
month of December, 1888.
The total precipitation Tor this season Is
5.6S inches, as against 3d. lnches 10 an
equal date last year.
The total rainfall last season up TO jan
uary lst, was 5.O2 inches.
40 serious damage was done IN this
city or vicinity, at least none has been re-
ported. A few fences were Hattened out,
shingles ripped from shed-roofs. trees
blown down and branches blown of, but
no houses are missing, nor were any
structures upset
Out ON street the telegraph and
trolley wires were down for several
blocks during the forenoon, and Railroad
Train Dispatcher Breckenteld was obliged
TO temporarily establish his office in the
eastern portion OF the city in order to OBJ
tain connection Eastward. The street
cars were running again in few hours.
1t was very haro day on umbrellas,
and there Will be a pile of them sent to
the repair-shops to-day.
Umbrellas were not the only things
..I, hn nd -n1 l.oE-
Ladies on their way to church had all
they could do to make the trip III any
thing like the condition they left home,
and in several cases the attempt was a
failure.
The cruel wind dealt with one lady's
skirts just as remorselessly as 1t did with
umbrellas whenever 1t got good hold.
a heavy blast seemed to come right out
of the ground, and catching the lady 5
skirts took them up over ner head, de-
spite her most frantic efforts to hold them
down. Her escort was busy chasing his
hat just then, and the lady's embarasS-
ment was thereby intensified, as she had
great difficulty in getting her garments
back where they belonged.
At5 o'clock in the morning, while taking
the observation for that hour, Observer
Barwich's hat blew off and has not yet
been found. 1t is a soft felt sombrero,
and when il left il had a crease in the
center If the finder will return it to the
Weather Bureau Office be will receive the
thanks of the Observer and no questions
will be asked.
ON THE MOUNTAINS.
It was showing lightly on the Sierra
Nevada yesterday morning down
as far as Colfax. and drifting consider
ably. but the railroad company had no
difficulty in running all trains on time,
only about :. foot Of snow having fallen
during the storm in most places. lester-
day mornings report showed the follow
ing condition OF fall for the preceding
twenty-four hours:
Truckee-Four inches; total depth, 3f
inches.
Summit-Five inches; total, 56 inches.
Cascade-Filteeni inches; total, Is inches.
Cisco-SIX inches; total, 6G inches.
Emigrant Gap-Eight inches; total, 5t
inches
Blue Canyon-Five inches; total, 3:
inches.
At Gold Run 81 inches had fallen, and
at CollaX it had just commenced showing.
Three feet OF snow had fallen along the
Oregon line through the Siskiyou Mount
aims, and the wind was causing it to drift
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