The evening times., 1896-03-11
HURRICANE is ON ITS WAY
Severe Storm Predicted for This
Section Of the Country.
Heavy Blizzard PrOnIised-Today Is
the Anniversary of the Great
Storm of March, 1883.

| When Washngtoniaus woke this morn
Ing they found that the weather men had
supplied them with such a quantity of the
pure stuff as would delight the Inhabitants
OF an Eskimo village, and which made the
polar bears at the Zoo hake their sides in
rapturous laughter,
| The practical side of the storm was ex-
| tremely embarrassing. People who had
to report somewhere for daily duty or show
| cause why they did not. lay in bed an hour
| trying to conjurc up excuses for their alb
| sence. 1t was fortunate individual in
| deed who managed 10 walk over three
| blocks without several times receiving
the contents of a puddle of sush in his face
and coat front by the downward thrust
OF dray-horse's hoof.
Equally embarrassing was the seduc-
tive bunch OF white, solidlooking snow Just
beyond the curbstone. that gave way to a
pool of water shoe-top deep the instant the
foot was laid caressingly upon the surface
| OF 1t.
1odays weather is only the advance
| guard OF genuine storm OF true neteeuth
century proportions. the Weather Bureau
| Officials Say. Strange to relate, today is
the anniversary of the great storm of March,
1888.
In fact. awful pandemonium of wind,
snow and extreme cold weather, the whole
OF the Atlantic seaboard. and the New Eng
land States, were swept in manner never
known before Theloss OF life and property
on land and sea was appalling.
As was the case in the blizzard March
IL. 1sss, the storm center was this morn
ing over Central Georgia. 1t was pre-
pairing to move. and moves rapidly, and
unless something heads it off. it will whirl
directly up the coast line. and find itself
in upper New England by tomorrow even
ing.
THE storm has already assumed hur-
ricane characteristics" said Prof. Moore
TO Times reporter. at will be cold here.
but there will probably be comparatively
little wind and the rain and snow will cease
by tomorrow evening. AS the storm center
moves up it will draw the cold air in from
the North and strong northeaster will
blow.
Snow and wind may be expected from
Ohio up to New England. 1 have tcIe-
graphed the transportation lines to be on
guard, for the storm will be severe Along
the ocean it will be still worse
There is no great danger TO property in
land. have ordered the hurricane signals
up along the coast. owever. from Hatteras
to Boston. Shippers have been warned to
prepare, and they always heed the signals
now.
1T will be decidedly colder but we are
unable yet to say whether it will assume
the proportions OF a cold wave. The storm
Will not be so severe here in any particular
as the last one was.
There is possibility of the storm CEN
ter bolting out to sea when Norfolk is
reached, but do not think it will do that.
If that is the case the severity of the
weather north of that point will, of course,
be very much hdecreased.
"Do you consider this the brea king storm
of the winter?'' asked the reporter.
II would not like to say that" re-
piled the professor, but 1t may be. We
are likely to have another spell of weather
yet 1t will hurt nothing If we do. In
fact, it is gratifying to see winter hold on
until late.
when it breaks early, there is almost
certain danger to budding vegetation of
being nipped by early freezes. If the cold
continues week or two longer, we are rea-
senably certain Of a continuous spring."