The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-03-12
THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY
oLD B0REAs GIVE THE CITIZENS OF
 THIS CITY REMINDER

 of tho B'g Blizzard of 1sss-snow and Hail Driven by n Northeast Gaie-Ihe Wind Reached Velocity of Fifty Miles For Hour-The Hurricane Signal .rdered- Tho sto,m an Extensive Ono.
 The residents of New Haven and vicinity had the blizzard which began on March Il, 1888, called to their minds yesterday by the appearance of a light snow storm about o'clock The uni versal salutation was: Do you think we are going to have a bliazard?" and the atmospheric conditions seemed to justify an affirmative answer.
 At F o'clock Weather Observer Meyer received instructions from the weather bureau instructing him to hoist the hurricane flags. Snow continued to fall until the middle of the afternoon, when rain and hail seemed to be the order of the day, with a strong gale from the northeast. At o'clock the wind had reached velocity of forty miles per hour
 The velocity was increased until maximum of 45 was reached, when the backbone of the hurricane weakened and at s o'clock the weather observer said that the aerometer only showed velocity of 35 The general blockade which the observor had put on the transportation lines was declared off and notice was sent to the parties in terested that it had been indefinitely postponed. The extreme velocity for any one mile attained yesterday was 49 miles.
 MT. Meyers expects fair, cold weather to-day, with occasional snow squalls and fall in the temperature of 15 de- grees.
 At Ii o'clock last evening the steamer Richard Peck had not arrived at her dock in this city There were no fears entertained for the safety of the boat at the company's office, as it was thought the Peck did not leave her New York dock.
 New York, March 11-A hurricane is on it's way to New York, and to- morrow, the anniversary of the great blizzard of 1888, is likely to witness, not duplicate, but something in the way of weather that will approach that memorable stormn in fierceness.
 The snow storm that reached New York this morning is the advance guard of the gale that is rushing up from the South Atlantic states, gaining added velocity as it comes.
 The weather bureau has sent out warning to mariners all along the coast toSrun to shelter.
 The wind was blowing at the rate of twenty-three miles an hour in this city this morning, but it was increas- ing, and it is expected that the storm will be at it's height at midnight.
 The snow fall will be heavy, but not so heavy in this city as many previous ones. So Weather Prophet Dunn says. Speaking about the storm, MT. Dunn said:
 "The storm is central this morning over South Carolina and Georgia. It is developing considerable energy and is moving rapidly northeast. It is at tended by rain over the South Atlantic and East Gulf states. The rain extends as far north as Virginia. Oven Penn sylvania, New York and sections of the lake regions it is showing. West of the Mississippi river it is fair.
 ''The storm will create northeasterly a1es on the coast tonight and storm signals have already been displayed, giving warning of the storm. The snow fall is not heavy.
 1The rain fall over the southern states is quite heavy, measuring at Charleston 2.62 inches, at Montgomery 1S2, at New Orleans 2:20
 'The snow fall in this vicinity will be heavy. It will be followed by decided 1y colder weather. A wave with an area of his pressure is moving rapidly down over the Upper Mississippi Val ley The temperature will fall rapidly. It is very cold over Canada now.
 ."The cold will reach us tomorrow night The temperature here at 8 o'clock this morning was 31 degrees.
 '"The forecast is: Northeasterly gales this afternoon and tonight; snow to- morrow morning and cold weather"
 MT. Dunn has received the following from Washington:
 ''An order has been issued to hoist hurricane signals and be active in noti- flying shipping. A severe storm, now central in Georgia, will probably reach the intensity of a hurricane along the coast line as it moves northeastward to New England during the next twen- ty-four hours. A storm blockade is probable in New England and the Mid dle Atlantic states, followed by decid- edly colder weather Thursday.
 Heavy snow tonight in New Eng land, New York, New Jersey, Penn sylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland; high northeast winds shift ing to northwest; storm central in Geor- gia, and is moving up the Atlantic coast Will probably reach the inten- sity of hurricane"
 WEATHER PROPHET HORACE
 JOHNSON ALL RIGHT AGAIN.
 Middletown, March 1.-The heavy storm which set in early this fore noon has called to mind the prediction of Horace Johnson, the veteran weather prophet, living in this neighborhood. Mr. Johnson foretold the blizzard of March Il and r, 1888, and a few weeks ago sent out another notice predicting a. terrible disturbance in the atmos- phere between the 18th and the 17th of March this year. When the snow be- gan to fall this morning nearly every body who remembered the blizzard of 1888 concluded that MT Johnson's fore cast had come true day or two in advance. MT. Johnsons signed predic- ton says that 'the earth will pass
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