The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
HARBOR FULL OF WRECKS.
Continued from Eighth Page.)

short distance into the interior. For In
stance only 81 inches of rain fell ateWay-
cross and none at Quitman, Thomasville
or Gainesville, Fla. Augusta reports only
"a inches of rain and a maximum wind
velocity of IA miles. Jacksonville reports
no rain at all>And a wind OF only eight
miles an hour. The peninsular of Florida
seems to have escaped entirely. Charles
toms highest wind velocity was "a miles
and only .O6 inches of rainOfell.
1t appears, therefore, that the damage
done blythe storm. was altogether in the
section immediately surrounding Savan-
nah 1t did not extend north of Hardeville
or Falrfix, s. C,o on the Charleston and
Savannah and Florida Central and PENN
sular roads, west of Rocky Ford on the
Central or south of Ways Station on the
Plant0SySem.
For Several daysoprecedlng. the storm,
accoFdingOto Observer Boyer, the char
acteristic signsoo Cuff or tropical storm
were noted. OnQAug.-273 the local weather
bureau gave notice of the formation of a
mild storm center near Calves ton. This
center of0storm development was closely
watched until Aug. 30 when it formed a
loop or off-shoot, covering North Florida
and Southeastern Georgia. During the
morning of Aug. 80 cyclonic indications
became more pronounced, and the central
office at Washington called for special
observations. 3
The observations taken alta o'clock
Tuesday afternoon showed storm develop
ment off the 'coast0of Georgia near Savan-
nahc The northeast storm signals were
Immediately ordered. Warnings which
stated 0that high northeast O winds along
the coast as far. northaas Norfolk were ex-
pected,o were posted O but the hurricane
int Of naz nF At -
as it was not anticipated It's rapid, devel
opment to hurricane proportions was
phenomenal If Its point-of inception was
Immediately off the Georgiaocoast. It is
more than probable, therefore, that it
was fully developed storm force in from
the eastward direct from the Atlantic.
Usually storms of this character move
to the northeast along this section of the
coast but in this case the storm was fore
ed into an unusual path by bank of air
about the North Carolina coast. This
bank of air held it in check in this vicn-
ity. The center of the storm, which was in
close proximity to Savannah, was evident
ly forced inland, slightly to the north of
this point.
The storm proper began about 10 o'clock
Tuesday night. There was a rapid in
crease in the force of the wind from the
north, while the barometer then register
ed 1888 inches started on rapid decline.
BY idnight, the wind, then northwest,
had attained a velocity of 40 miles on
hour At midnight the barometer had
fallen to 29.73 inches. From midnight on
to $3.50 a. m. the wind blew with great
velocity, and with terrific gusts and
squalls At 4:30 a. m the barometer reach
ed it's lowest point 1913 inches and at the
same time the wind reached its highest
velocity record of 76 miles an hour be-
ing kept up for five minutes, with an
extreme velocity of 50 miles for a mo-
ment. Immediately after these fearful
gusts the barometer began to ascend rs
rapidly as 1t had fallen, and the wind
abated perceptibly but slowly, the direction
veering to west shortly after a. m, to
southwest at $40 a. m and to south at
a. m.
The amount Of rainfall from 8 o'clock
a. m. Of Aug. 30 to p. m. of Aug. g. a
period of thirty-three hours, was S.2S
inches, and of this amount 5.41 inches oc-
Cured during the nine hours from s
o'clock yesterday morning until o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The total amount
of rainfall for the twenty-four hours end
ing at o'clock last night was 7.31 inches.
The record for any one day in August was
S.57 inches Aug. 5, 1872.
The rainfall during the present month
has perhaps surpassed all previous rec
ords. 1t has been something phenomenal.
The total amount for August up to s
o'clock last night was was 2.79 inches,
while the highest previous record was 1913
inches in August, 1871. The next highest
record was 1873 inches in August 1885. 1t
is probable that this August surpasses all
other months on record In the amount of
rainfall.
The weather prediction for to-day prom
ises more rain, with no decided change in
temperature.