The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-22
RAIN AND Winds
DAMAGE THE CITY.
Yesterdays Storm Caused a Gen
eral Suspension of
Business.
FIRST TOUCH OF THE WINTER.
A Hurricane Was Promised, But Brunswick
Got Only Part Of It-Freaks
of the Weather
The bircs predicted wisely.

The birGs predicted wisely.
When the people saw the great
flocks of crying wingsters above the
city Monday night, they knew that
something was coming-Uhatthe birds
were harbingers of either cold wave
or storm. And besides, the stars were
extInguished in pail of murky
blackness, and there was an ominous
stiffness that made one apprehensively
wonder. Some thought it might be a
presage of earthquake, and reflected
on that August night of 1886; others
imagined a hurricane and fearfully
considered that only few day
elapsed before the anniversary of the
house-hurling, ship-wrecking, town
destroying visitation of last year.
And so the average Brunswicklan
slept with one eye open. and started
from bed at each slight whlstling of
the wind.
But the birds prophesied truly and
about l o'clock yesterday morning
there came flood of rain, sudden
drop in the temperature and most
perverse and cutting wind.
There were tree limbs that snapped
and whirled, for brief time, through
space, to fall on the highways, and be-
come impediments to traffic; there
were decrepit fences that collapsed
into piles of refuse and creaking sign
boards that lost their hold and tum-
bled dismally into rain gullies. But
there was no great damage.
When the day dawned the wind aud
the rain were still holding high car
nival, which continued all day. To-
ward noon came a message from the
official watchers of the weather, an
nOuncing a hurricane en- route, with
path through Jacksonville and
course steered for Brunswick, The
hurricane must have touched only in
high places, for there was no increase
in the velocity of the continuous gale,
and the rain grew monotonous with
its constant wind swept splashing.
The dreadful weather stopped the
currents of city life to a great extent.
There was little talk of strikes and
strikers, and the quarantine system
languished. There was practically no
business, and dearth of news that
made the reporters indulge in express
sions that sounded like profanity.
DR.. Burford, from quarantine, re-
ported no damage of consequence, but
a gale of wind and high tide.
After dark, however, the wind grew
wilder and the rain more drenching.
and it was evident that a portion of
the hurricane had intruded itself into
our midst. There were excited rings
of THE TIMES telephone, followed by
ms less excited inquiries for informa-
tion, something aster this fashion:
"WIll there be storm?"
"Have you advices of a hurricane?"
"For heavens sake, is one coming?"
"What time is it comins?"
"Do you think there will be any
danger?" ETC., etc.
The crews Of all the craft along the
bay had taken the warning seriously,
and, fortunately, had used the accus-
toned precautions. Consequently
there was no damage of Importance to
any of the boats.
Reports from st. Simon say that
much damage was done there to the
cottages along the beach and the ho-
tel. 1t was impossible to get full re-
ports of the damage.
NOTES OF THE GALE.
The weather bureau thermometer
registered minimum of As for the "a