The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
FEARS FOR SHIPS AT SEA.
THE HURRICANE AT ITS HIGHT
OFF THE COAST.

Cape Hatteras and Kitty Hawk Felt
It's Full Force-The Coast south of
Wilmington, n. c., Escaped-The
Storm Moved Directly in the Path
of Constvvise Vessels and Heavy
Damage Feared by shipping Men.
The signals Ordered Down in This
Section.
signals are down at Cedar Keys, Tam
pa, Key West. Santa Gorda, Miami Jup-
iter, Jacksonville, Jacksonville section,
Savannah, Savannah section, Charleston,
Wilmington. Wilmington section. The
hurricane has passed northward and Is
now being felt of the North Carolina
coast. Stations to the southwark Of VIII
ington have just escaped the dangerous
gales which were very severe of the
coast"
This telegram from the central Office at
Washington was received by tho weather
bureau al Il o'clock yesterday morning.
The storm, It seems was more severe
off the coast than on shore and very
high velocity must have been attained
along the track of the coastwise maritime
damage has been sustained by vessels
that take the coast route, for with the
greatest velocity reported, at forty miles
an hour, which was at New York, that off
the coast, where the path Of the blow is
supposed to have lain, must have beNp
far greater
The steamship Chattahoochee, which
was to have arrived from Boston yes
terday afternoon, has not yet arrived,
and it may have been that she was de-
layed by the storm. The steamer City OF
Augusta, for New FORK, and the William
Lawrence, for Baltimore, which were to
have sailed Saturday, but did not venture
out on account OF the blow, sailed yes
terday morning. The bark Morgenroden
also went to sea. No vessels arrived yes
terday. The Tallahassee, which was to
have left New York Saturday afternoon,
will be likely TO bring news OF the storm,
The steamship D. II. Miller, which left
Baltimore Friday, and is due this morn
ing, is also likely TO have felt It.
The trend OF the coast that juts out into
the Atlantic on the North Carolina shores,
threw the greatest land energy of the
storm on Hatteras and Kitty Hawk. Com
munication with those stations has been
cut off by the blowing down Of the wires.
From this 1t would seem that the sever
ity or the storm at those points must nave
been great.
The greatest velocity the wind attained
at Philadelphia was "a miles an hour; at
Boston. "a miles. and at Wilmington, 20
miles. At o'clock last night these veloc-
tiles had diminished; that at Philadelphia
being 20 miles, Boston "a miles, Wilmington
3 miles, and New York, whose maximum
was 40 miles, was at 80, which was the
highest any where along the coast at that
hour.
The forecast for to-day is: Fair; no de-
cided change in temperature"
Yesterday was considerably warmer
than the preceding three or four days.
Tho mean temperature was 81 degrees,
which was Z degrees above that OF the day
before Yet this mark OF "a degrees was
8 degrees below the normal estimated for
Oct. II.
In connection with the weather bureaus
warnings OF the storm the following by
{ he New York Herald OF Saturday will be
read with interest by those who have
watched the forecasts: As the distur-
bance progresses (Which It will probably
do to-day Saturday in a northerly direc-
tom it viii become more energetic and
dangerous. and after passing Cape Hat
teras it may very readily and rapidly be-
come hurricane-hke along the coasts as
far north as Sandy Hook.