The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-30

contrary to their predictions, took a more
southerly trend and showed with far
greater energy than they had imagined IL
would from the south and southeast. This
mistake in their calculation they attrfb-
ute TO the cause ascribed, more that of
the weather stations being too remote
from the center after it had traced the
course for all of its vagaries to be report
ed. Had the sweep of the storm over the
Atlantic been not so far south, but some
hundreds of miles further to the north as
expected, the results would probably have
been as the weather forecast indicated,
and instead of the destructive storm, Sa-
vannah would have had nothing more
than very stiff northeasterly winds
Many captains of vessels intending to
depart yesterday made inquiries at the
Savannah station day before and yester-
day morning early. for they had seen the
storm signals that We're displayed and
wished to take nc chances by putting to
sea. In every instance they were warned
against putting out. as the indications
pointed to strong winds, especially Off the
coasts.
The last report was received at the
weather bureau at s o'clock stating that
the storm was central near Jacksonville
with the barometer standing at 1884,
which, while quite a low measurement
L.
Indicate a storm of such severity as re-
suited, But it seemed to gain energy as
1t came northward, and from local OBJ
serVations, for telegraphic communication
with stations was at once cut GA II was
judged to have passed through the city
from southeast to northwest, veering so
as to blow a portion of the time from
south to north.
The greatest velocity of the
storm occurred just as it was
shifting from the southeast to
the south This was between u 80 and
l2:45, and Observer Sherier says it must
have reached seVenty-hve miles an hour,
for the thermometer failed to record prop
erly after 1915, owing to an ENHANCEMENT
of the wires. AT 1915 the instrument in
dicated a velocity of 60 miles, and 1t is
thought this increased considerably about
12;45 o'clock After that time. a steady
decrease was shown by the thermometer,
for shortly after 12:45 o'clock, it was again
put in working order, and at o'clock it
indicated a velocity of twenty miles.
Atb:15 yesterday morning the wind sud-
denly shifted from the north to the SOUTH
and at $40 1t got into the southeast
from which quarter it blew until 12l5
when it again got in the south and
wound up at 2:15 in the southwest. No
Advices were received by the bureau from
the south after the report from Jackson
VILE SO its course before reaching the
city could not be ascertained. Neither
could its course after passing through
the city be learned.
The weather bureau office recorded
some close observations and Observer
Sherier prepared a careful description of
the storm. During the morning low,
scudding clouds were moving from the
southeast, but with not any very great
swiftness. Between midnight and in
the morning the barometer fell less than
L of an inch, and there seemed to be no
local indication of a severe storm.
Shortly after s o'clock the wind began
to rise, and was blowing with velocity
of twenty-four miles and hour at 10
o'clock. This at 1045 had become TWEEN
ty-eight miles, and by noon, forty-eight
miles and special observations were be-
gun.
The barometer at that time was 90 IS
inches, but, before the special observa-
ton had been finished, an additional fall
of 0.3 of an inch was noted the corrected
barometer for the sea level being then
20 275 inches The lowest reading was mo-
ticed at 1245 O'Clock, which, corrected
for the sea level, stood at 29.00 inches.
Then an impetus was given the mercury
and it rose rapidly until 4 o'clock, when
it stood at 29.75, but after that time. its
rise was more gradual a..
the weather office at II 80 from Tybee
which stated a velocity of 36 miles and
very ominous local Indications. The OBJ
server began special observation, but
| the increasing fury Of the storm and the
Office full of visitors interTered TO prevent
any satisfactory results until 70 o'clock
IL was then found that all telegraph com
| munication had been cut off, and it was
impossible for Observer Sherier to get
the result of his work on the wires.
In the storm of Aug 27, 1893 the wind
! reached a recorded velocity Of 70 miles an
hour. The barometer was 28.31, and rain
fall SIT inches During that storm the
barometer fell lower than ever recorded
in the United States. In the great storm
of August, 1881, the barometer fell to only
2908 and the wind reached a velocity Of
60 miles an hour. when the anemometel
at the weather bureau was blown away
| The observer estimated the maximum We
locity of the wind at between 70 and 81
| miles an hour.
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