The herald., 1894-03-18
IT WAS THIRTY MILES AN HOUR
The Way the Wind Blew Here
Yesterday.
But Vessels at Port Los Angeles We're
All Right.
The Utility of Creased Trousers Proved
Beyond Qusstion-sOms Facts
About the BIow-NO
Damage.

This city and vicinity were treated
yesterday to q very severe windstorm,
which kept up all the morning. In the
afternoon it subsidized considerably, and
people could open their eyes for awhile
without fear OF being blinded with dust.
For time. however, the vigorous bslmy
breezes reigned supreme and ran things
with high hand, or were at least the
cause OF sending unwary pedestrians
running down the streets in pursuit Of
their hats, on which they had for an in
slant loosened hold. 1t was especially
day of trial and tribulstion to the
ladies, and could some of the dress re-
formers have been in the city they would
have hailed with joy the universal ad-
fair sex of Los Angeles.
For the first time since their appear
ance here has the practicability and use
OF creases in trousers been proved. In
vain have the ''gilded" gesticulated
wildly and grown intensely eloquent
in their endesvors to tell just why
fashion demands the crease. While
they talked the proverbial blue streak
it took mightier agent to raise er ough
wind to explain the latest vagary in
pants.
Eolus, god of the winds, was kind,
however, and came to the rescue with
yesterdays gale.
The poor reviled and ridiculed fellows
with the creases stalked down the street
as though the wind was as gentle as the
falling snow. Those sharp creases stem
med the gusts and cut the hardest on es
in twain, producing three separate and
weak currents of air from a previous
heavy blow. The conventional man
with the bags at his trousers knees was
forced to battle with the winds,
there being nothing about him to split
the air, and now, with the dawn of
new day, he will awake to an apprecia-
tion of the TACT that there is some little
use for creased trousers even il not for
wear.
The weather bureau man described
the situation ss follows:
During Friday night the winds were
light and fresh, which continued until
5 80 O'Clock in the morning, when they
became brisk and high. From then
they increased to from l5 to 80 miles an
hour until p. M, when the volume di-
minished and the strength of the wind
Rad been spent. The storm was due to
an srea of very low pressure in Southern
California, causing an indraft OF denser
air."
The wind blew harder than at any
other time since March. 1888. The
weather bureau also furnishes the fol-
lowing figures OF some March storms
and the highest velocity attained by the
wind since 1881; 1881, 46 miles;
1882, 80 miles; 1888, 80 miles: 1884. 80
miles: 1886, 25 miles; 1888. 80 miles.
The indications ior the weather today
are clear, and the forecast for the winds,
brisk, northelly winds becoming west
erly.
But that forecast comes from San
Francisco, aud must be treated accord
ingly to its reliability.
While the wind was very heavy in the
afternoon, no material damage was
done. Several trees in the Sixth-street
park were blown down, as we're the sign
boards at the corner of Seventh street
and Broadway. A lady was passing at
the time and narrowly missed being
struck by the falling boards. Officer
Rich, however, who wac near, saw the
danger and sprang forward and held up
the timbers until she got past them.
SANTA MONICA ALL RIGHT.
No damage was reported as having
been done by the storm at either San
Pedro or Santa Monica. The wind was
blowing perfect gale and the breakers
were quite high. At II am. it was
blowing the hardest, but about 2 in the
afternoon it began to subside, and ali
danger had passed. The two vessels un-
loading at Port Los Angeles were un.
touched, and the work was proceeded
with without any trouble. Contrary to
report in an evening payer. the steam
ship Corona stopped at the wharf the
same as usual and landed a number of
passengers and received freight, casting
loose and putting to sea the same 90 on
q calm daY.