The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-27

TIE maximum velocity Of IS to so miles
an hour occurred about 100 O'Clock.
The extreme velocity Of 90 miles an hour
was taken from one minute records and
occurred in gusts during the afternoon.
This velocity was maintained for Eve
minutes at time on more than one occa-
sion. The total local rainfall for the
tweuty-four hours ending at 5 o'clock last
night was 3.O5 inches.
Business was practically abandoned in
the afternoon, as few people cared to
brave the blasts of wind and rain which
swept the streets. Many stories of
the storms doings were told, but
few Of them were verified II was
reported that a street car had been blown
/ OF the track on Bay street, but as the car
was found TO have gone in the teeth Of the
wind. the opinion Of sober minded men
was that it had run of the track Presi-
/ dent urse Of the Board Of Trade de-
I clared, that the car on which he came
down town after dinner was stopped by
the force Of the wind, but persons on the
street averred that it was only the troll
ley which had slipped the wire.
FEW ACCIDENTS REPORTED
Only one accident resulting from
falling wires was reported
during the day. A young man who was
coming along Bay street at noon caught
hold of the dangling end of an electric
light wire at the foot of Abercorn street.
He was knocked fat on the ground where
he remained struggling, being unable to
release the wire which he held in his
hand. Several gentlemen who saw the
accident rushed to his assistance and one
of them knocked the wire from his hand
with an umbrella. The young man did
not appear to be seriously hurt and
was able TO make his way off
alone. Fallen wires were seen in various
parts of the city, but no further accidents
were reported The Electric Light Com
pany shut off its current during the after
noon, but resumed again when il was seen
that the worst period of the storm had
passed. The street railroads managed to
operate their cars with tolerable regular.
ity all day, but after night they seemed
To experience more difficulty and cars
were uncertain and not to be depended
upon.
SHUT OFF ITS LINES.
The Electric railway shut down
altogether about lO:30 o'clock, but the
City and Suburban managed to operate
few cars at intervals for an hour longer.
The weather Observers office was
thronged with eager inquiries all day and
up to late hour at night. In fact, it
was the center of interest, and
the latest news from the weather bureau
was constantly inquired for on the streets.
Observer Smyth was as courteous and
ready in furnishing information as he is
efncient in his reports. The thor
ough manner in which he has
kept up with the storm and
his promptness in giving notice to all in
terested ofits possible results is worthy
OF the highest commentator
DANGER TO THE wHARvEs.
The expected high tide in
the river did not materislize last
night, due to the change in
the direction of the wind late in the af-
ternoon. The result is a great saving to
the rice planters, and to the naval stores
men and lumber dealers, who had large
stocks upon the wharves There are
$1,000 barrels of turpentine and no.
600 barrels of rosin on the
wharves besides several million feet
Of lumber, and the damage in case of a
very high tide would have been very
great The water in the river brought
in by the morning tide receded very
slightly during the day, owing to the
continued northeast winds, but the wind
having changed TO the north the evening
tide was but slightly in excess of the
average high tide 1t was reported that
the tide came nearly to The level of the
Savannah, Florida and Western wharves,
and that considerable water accumulated
on the wharves by flowing in from the
low ground in the rear, but there was
not sufficient water to cause any damage.
The work of loading cotton was discon-
tinued yesterday on account OF the stormy
weather, but will probably be resumed
to-day.
INSURANCE SHUT OFF.
Storm insurance was cut off yesterday.
and all the agents refused TO write any
more of it. Plenty was offered, but it
looked too much as if the storm were
heading this way, and they did not desire
to take the risks in the teeth Of it,
There was little business transacted in
the city during the day The approach
ing storm seemed to have a demoralizing
effect on the business community which
il was unable to shake of The wind
and rain kept everybody indoors except
those who were compelled to be out. Bay
street talked of little but storm. and the
probable damage to the rice crop, the
naval stores on the wharves and the cot
ton. The clerks in the Broughton street
stores had clnch. Their chief amuse-
ment was in gazing through the closed
| glass doors at the falling rain and listen
ing to the wind howl. 1t is an
| i'll wind that blows nobody good,
and, while some of the stores
thought it advisable to close
up for the time being the waterproof-coat
and rubber-shoe man had his hands full
| There was run on these articles. One
merchant said he sold more of them yes
terday than he had for the past year.
The business houses fronting on the
! river made preparations during the early
| part of the day to confront the storm
! The cotton exchange had carpenters at
| work barricading the glass windows TO