The evening times., 1896-09-30
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.
Most Severe Hurricane in This City
Known Since 1871.

|
Known Since 1871.
The Weather Bureau officials rate last
! nights hurricane as the most severe that
has passed over the city since the es.ab-
| llshnent of the bureau, ,in1SI1. They have
no record that approaches the wind We
locity recorded at 1880 p. M, the maxi
mum being sxty-sX miles an hour. il
| continued at that rate until nearly IL
| O'Clock, with the exception OF a fuGEtiul
burst of speed lasting two-tbirds Of j
minute.
II began at 1852 o'clock. when the
| VI city register showed speed of eighty
| miles an hour. The gust came so suddenly
| ana with such force that the instrument
| seemed Ia stop for M omentt as though to
| catch its breath. and the officials say the eX-
IRENE velocity may have reached 100 miles
| an hour.
The nearest approach to This record was
F., In July. 1877: July, 1874. and in February
| 1876. whenin enc da Y of each oftbe months
! naIneu the wind ilew ut The nIaNimu 'ra =,
!, uf sixty miles an hour.
| There was a hurricane in the cit y on the
2ith day OF November, s9i, which caused
! a property loss OF 81 90 900 and one death
The extreme rate OF speed ut that time was
sixty miles an hour, but the registered
| ma Ximum was but fit y-four miles an hour.
What the havoc OF last nights storm was
| outside OF the city, or where 1t went from
| here, the Washington Bureau cannot say
The wires are down in all directions. and
! up to Il late hour this afternoon commu MICA
tion had not been restored.
| The officials say, however. that it prob
ably mGNcd 20 tie northeaStwaId. attended
| by destructive gales on the New England
/ coast. Tie only forecast the Bureau gives
| Today is confined practically TO tie District
| area, where fair weather is predicted.
TIE origin of the hurricane is given as
| fellows:
ne storm was first reported on Sep
| teu:ber 20 as topical cyclone moving
Northwest from Che caribbean sea, il be
| ing then southeast of Cuta. During tie
| 2Ith il passed -Durthwcstward into the
southwestern part of the Gulf of McXi,
uuu on The 2-th moved northward west uI
| Florida.
'Cn the morning of the 2$th t was cen
| trai over southern Georgia and by s p.
IN. of The 29th had ada aLced 10 soutE-
'v"S'crU NiT=i;it. The center ra>son over
Washington about ll:30 Tuesday evening,
S.,r>, saruinetcr I..tuit r, i',.E lS.au.
During the first thrcc Guys The storm ap-
pcarcu to have very little energy. hut on
lhe 29th ucvelt pcd force rUpIGIy as il
| moved nor; ;hwaId. when q velocity Of fifty
frur miles u.a ;rred al Charleston and
furty-twu at Wilmington.
Information Of tie STERN was sent from
Washington on the Goth. and shippers in
Subsequent movements.
Warnings were extended on the 2Sth 10
Eastpurt, Me. and at $50 on Tuesday
hIrrlcane siGnals were displI yed from
Wilmington TO foston. The uIder included
notice to shippers. and the order 'D ECist
hurricane signals was accompanied 10y the
folio win. message: STORM central on
Soalh Carolina Goa st increa sing IN rrergy.
| Will cause dangerous eastcTly gales. in
CTeasing TO hurricane force on the middle
4 tl3ouc and New England coast tonight
nistiibute information and VAIN shipping
not to leave port
At Z 50 Il. moi Tuesday the following
message was sent To the President at
Gray Gables. The tropical storm moving
i.Crlhwarifroin Florida VIII cause dams eerous
gales Oh the New England coast by Wedues-
daymOrring AllShipring ginnorthern ports
have beeTBotife1. he path OF the storm
from The morning OF the 2Sth to the night
al The Esthis shown to have been typical
path of tie tropical storms which occur at
this season OF tie year"