The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-13

hour, sky-Hghts smashed In, sledge-ham-
mer blows pounding our sides, our trusted
propeller turning over just sufficiently to
hold head on, the lives of all hanging on
that little wheel; the heavens appalling,
clouds writhing and twisting like serpents,
the water jumping and dancing, the scud
rent into feathery drifts overhead, Shrek
ing winds, bowling through our rigging
like mad demons, bent on our destruction.
Even breathing was difficult at times Up
on shifting of the wind our course was Ie-
sumed, and although for some hours tho
violence of the cyclone was terrific, still
the shift made it possible TO steam on our
course, Capt. Daggett, with usual skill,
bringing US back in safety to our axious
families
The malignant force and suddenness Of
some of the cyclones in the past will be
remembered by those unfortunate enough
10 have been in wooden vessels, as passen-
gers a quarter of a century ago, when,
with my Compagnion du Voyage, Judge
Isaac Beckett we encountered the famous
hurricane off Hatteras shoals in the sew
entities, on board the old wooden Herman
Livingston" Capt. Fleetwood. 1t was then
that the unfortunate Magnolia foundered
In thirty minutes, going down within few
miles of our position. A foreign bark,
hove to near by, saved my very old
friend, Capt. Chessman, and crew, with
their boats. Nothing saved us but our
powerful engines and the cool Judgment
of Capt. Fleetwood in running rapidly
away from the course of the storm. How
those wooden shells ever stood hurricanes
has been a mystery. 1 wonder if Judge
Beckett will remember the many bottles
of Bass ale we punished, with crackers
and cheese, on that famous trip? QUEEN
Sabe?
AS alluded to, the barometer falls rap
idly during q cyclone, and it Is proper 70
state that as the barometer fails tno
thermometer rises, until at times the neat
is quite oppressive during a hurricane.
This is generally confined to the dropphS
of the barometer, for it, at the end Of d
cyclone and consequent rising OF the va
rometer, the thermometer should also com
mence to rise, you can look out for ano'nel
cyclone the day following. In overlooAHs
the bulletins of our signal service one ca,
almost to certainty predict tempestuon
weather. The rule is simple. The VIM
blows from a high TO a low baromeWt
its severity anticipated by comparlns lu
extent Of difference between the hlgh pm
to windward, and the low local rating a.
marked. These bulletins can be founa a.
any of our business places, the Unl'el
States kindly favoring my front once a.
midday daily. Watch the arrow pom
ings and barometer ratings in the We
and you can expect, with high palVIt
eter there and low ratings here, with We
erly to northwesterly winds, blows Oh ~
verify, accompanied by cold If low ti'e
mometer also exists.
The cyclone three years ago last Sep'el
Der gave us a fine opportunity for oose
ing the much dreaded vortex or center
the storm era, at least to those awake
the time, as it occurred at midnight
thirty minutes calm, during which op
served a rapidly rising thermometer VIZ
oppressive heat sultry atmosphere III
lowed shortly by corresponding seVel
hours of cyclone and terrific vino gus
only from an opposite direction, sho"ns
how exact nature had drawn her cHl.J'
the barometer only reaching about ~ WIN
little rain.
Two years ago midday developed lle
hurricanes full fury from the east, stiP
ping roofs of their tin and uprooting use
during its short stay. A gradual increase %
wind with a steady dropping of the paIon,
eter for three days-especially bet"ee"
August and October-should warn the pfu-
dent to leave the sea coast or make prepa-
rations for the autumnal cyclone.
Edgar II. Nichols, NJ D.