The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11
wARSHIPS WARNED.
or STORMS Expected ON
'Oii THE CUBAN COAST.

oi 49,, 0anger-Largest Tank
10 IN the WOrId-Steamship
's..o y. Withdrawn From the saV"n-
baltimore Line-List of
p'" pound for Savannah.
'' chart of the North Atlantic
me ,ra month of July has been is
0'55I me topographic office. A notice
USE ,r,,e-- printed on 'he chart calls at
10 - a.. ,r- West Indian hurricane sea
te''''-' i..., will begin the latter part of the
Sun The warning is of unusual inter
mo-, .... season. when vessels,laden with
e. and supplies for the United States
'''- AMI navy. are sailing every day
uo'P .-s slong the Atlantic coast for
..sar, points. These storms are fire.
81. very, destructive to shipping along
q''D, of cuba, and the warships of
-. 1.oirel states in that vicinity Will be
1s rack Of the dreaded storms.
'(.-rfrr to the approach of the storms,
tse notice SAYS:
fl, v.su for masters of vessels sailing
indian waters and the seas ada
~, t-.s coast of the United States to
.,.,r times prepared to encounter these
~ and TO keep constant watch for
-. sisr= Of their approach, as they are
,st without exception, attended by
lind and seas of such violence as to
',..otsD disaster TO such vessels as hap
.,ots. in t1e neighborhood of the storm
center
.Tbe tropical cyclonic storm Of the
North Atlantic, better known under the
..oe or West India hurricane, is of the
come general character as other cyclonic
.rorms with the exception of the fact that
tr ,be earlier stages of its career the mo-
.oo Of the storm center has frequently a
osrrsin amount of westing, due to the
General westward motion of the atmos-
mere in the low attitudes in which the
storm originates. The area throughout
which this occurs covers the Caribbean
va and the ocean Immediately to the
eastward of the Windward Islands. Here,
owing to the high temperature of the sur
face water. the atmosphere equilibrium
H during the hurricane season is unstable,
n and uprising columns of warm air are apt
10 be frequent the place Of the ascending
q heated air being taken by the cooler and,
n c9nseuuently denser surrounding air which
PUSHES in from all sides to fill the va
81 c8Dcv. Such a system of air currents at
n any point of the earths surface, not clos
erto the equator than 6 or degrees, tends
a TO give rise to an atmospheric whirl,
around which the winds circulate in an
4 ant-c.ockwise direction. The majority
n Of the whirls are proba bly, promptly dissi-
Il pated but under favorable circumstances
4 one may he maintained, and, in such
event is borne to the westward by the
general movement of the atmosphere in
the tropics, increasing IN extent and in
4 tensity very much as an eddy is borne
along by the current of a river
If off our coast to the north of Hat
eras, a ship threatened by a hurricane,
and in grave doubts as to her position,
with regard to the storm track, should
lie-to on the starboard tack for a times
in order 10 watch the barometer and the
shifting Of The wind. If her barometer
fall decidedly, and the wind hold steady
and Increase, she is probably directly up
on the storm center, which can be rudely
estimated by the rate of fall of the ba-
fometer Her proper measure is now to
he-to on the port tack. If the winds veer
shift 10 the righO, she is in the right
a s5m-circe, and may either lie-to on the
Il s,arDoard tack, or, if fearful that the
d center may advance toward her, she may
cross the track in front of the advancing
Storm, again keeping the wind well on
Inc sIarboard quarter. If an anchorage
sought care should be taken that it be
such that the wind in shifting will afford
continuous lee under the land"
Inc weather forecast for the month of
1Ay issued with the chart, follows:
GENERALLY fair weather, with moderate
10 Iresh winds. Occasional moderate gales
n eong and 10 the north of the TRANSACT
aluc routes, and east of the American
coast north of 35th degree north. Beginning
me West Indian hurricane season dur
'ls me latter part of the month FIRE.
n Vusnt log, as shown, in the region of the
us-ANahtlc routes, west of the fortieth
r r-..L.lah 10 the American coast; bands of
"o4lnun frequency occurring south
easl OF Cape Race, aud again south of Sa-
~, i9i1h4. Icebergs in the vicinity of
& E,E He Ise and east of Newfoundland to
4 t''n oegIee west, with probably a few
Wigs as far south as the 4Sd parallel"
RI Inc largest tank steamer in the world
81 c 9'a soon be launched for the Standard Oil
to g"P T, at the Roach shipyard in Ches-
o LUG capacity will be 1901 900 gallons of
81 G.o,l ana me ship Will cost $250,OOO. The
all o., "lS DIS IOuOWS: Length over
-S' lett; beam, 40 feet; engines. 5O
81 ,rI power, speed, u knots per hour. The
chs. aie arranged fore and aft, with ma
loratS ana mems quarters amidships A
srs9. '1uIhal bulkhead divides the tank
M EG.s ~ haH, and three water tight cross
n.', ',a0S Onward and aft, make twelve
41 o tank dimensions.
frs. tpgN4ut the oil from reaching the
on e,tt I'aAase, two wells are located. one
n t5eso '',.l sue of the machinery space and
can 'ie Ailed with water. Each well
n a sroal,p pumped OUT from the deck through
I'D t8nls e'uN Gaping the well Extension
n tanks o''N connected with the main
n The rori iaAe up any surplus oil shifted bv
tanks . nl OF the ship, and keep the main
cap esGb "SS Iull. Large vent matches
means g VI me deck tanks and provide a
n ing tari.o 'he escape of gas. Four fu-
thr0Ipb connect with the deck tanks. ana
. into The , use mains oil will be pumped
raagen,..ra' l.hs at the company's dock Ar
n and F-rIS are also made for carrying
an ex,e sus fuel oil, though this is as ,,l's
4 Which Murphy Of the ship Shenandoah,
N er1ooI arrived az Baltimore from G'iIl,
4 against ''out to institute a novel enit
Il on b1 '-.9 government. When ba ~"
San Fem. seas in April last, bound from mn
n eaed .o Tor Liverpool. was was de-