The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-23
THE STORM DID NO DAMAGE.
nut 1t Brought the Coolest seDtem-
err weather Seen in Years.

err weather Seen in Years.
The Storm Of which Savannah had
! taste Tuesday passed east of the city
some time during the early hours Of yes
terday, the wind blowing at velocity Of
about forty miles an hour. Much anxiety
! was removed as the entire city had been
! apprehensive since the storm signals were
hoisted. and it was given out by the
weather bureau that the storm was cen
tral in Northern Florida and moving
northeasterly.
in its movement it Travelled in north
easterly direction from the East Gulf
coast where it originated, TO the east Of
Charleston, where it was last reported. 1t
passed somewhere east of Jacksonville IN
its course the wind blowing at a maxi
mum velocity of thirty miles an hour. At
Tybee the velocity Of he wind was sixty
miles an hour while the progressive move
ment Of the storm was very slow, indeed
The wind was more violent az TyDee than
at Savannah, because of it's being farther
east, ana therefore nearer the storm cen
ter. The direction of the wind, as OBJ
served al the weather bureau, indicated
that Savannah was on the western edge
Of the storm center and would escape.
There is a mistaken idea about the hJr-
ricane signals" Observer Sherier said.
when we hoist the storm signals here,
that does not at all indicate, as I find the
general public seem to believe, that the
storm which is being sgnalled is to visit
Savannah. The storm signals are hoisted
as guide to the shipping interests and
a warning to them Of possible peri.s at
sea. That was the case here Tuesday.
and after the signals had been hoisted, l
noticed there were no vessels that sailed"
Unless some vessel has encountered the
storm and suffered the damage done by
il will be very small. Had it struck Sa-
vannah. many who had remained awake,
would have witnessed it, Much prepar-
alton had been made to resist its force,
such as the fastening Of windows, and
otherwise terrifying houses against its
possible violence. The idea of the repe-
ution of either of the great storms which
had heretofore visited the city, occa-
stoned more anxiety to most people, than
they cared for, when they were craving
sleep.
Frost would have whitened the house
tops of the city had it not been for the
clouds and prevailing high winds. The
mercury dropped 46 degrees, which was
the lowest temperature for September
that has been known since the weather
bureau was established in Savannah. The
next lowest temperature, which has ever
been noted for the same month, was when
the thermometer dropped down to IS de-
grees, Sept. 80, 1888.
1t was reported that some of the wires
TO the south were out of order during the
early morning hours, but they were re-
stored to operation by o'clock.
The wires of the Postal Telegraph Com
pahy were not damaged by the storm as
at first supposed The wind merely af-
fected them slightly late Tuesday night,
when ii was at its highest, but when they
were tested on opening the office yester-
day morning every wire was found In
good condition, and there was no inter-
ference with the business
The Florida Central and Peninsular was
the only railroad, except the Central. that
sustained any damages at all from the
heavy blow day before yesterday. Neither
road suffered materially The Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular, having its line more
IN the track of the storm, was hurt worse
than the Central. It's Geographic commune
cations TO the south are cut off and two
or three small Washouts at Woodbine and
Kingsland, that have now been repaired,
were sustained. Until these could be filed
in some little delay was experienced in the
running of the trains. The northbound pas
senger No. IS was two hours late yester-
day, but the rest were all on time The
CentraFs only damage was to the wires
between Macon and Atlanta They did not
work for a while, but communications
have now been restored
DIR. w. J. Linley, the city's quarantine
officer, who came up from the station
afternoon on account of the
storm, made a trip to the station yesterday
on the Theckla, returning to the city i'm
the afternoon. DR.. Lnley stated to a
Morning News reporter that he found no
damage done at the station by the storm.
The five vessels at the station had suffered
no damage whatever.
The storm did not damage any of the
shipping. Every vessel was safely moored
to the wharves, and the tug boats were
securely harbored in the Central railroad
slip. The usual business along the river
was resumed during the day. The regu-
lar coastwise steamers sailed on schedule
time. The pilot boat returned to her sta
ton, and the tugs took a trip TO sea- but
found no vessels needing their assistance.
The vessels at quarantine We're reported
to be safe, not having sustained any dam
age from the storm.