The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-12
THE STORM COURSE
Today Raging in the Valley
of the St. Lawrence.
forecaster Won Herman Outlines Its Course
and Tells Something Of The Destruc-
ton il Has Wrought.

1t is likely that the great storm that
annihilated Galveston, has not yet finish
ed it's career of destruction. 1t was yes
terday speeding across the plains of Ne
| braska, passing near Omaha and Lincoln,
and last night entered upon the Great
Lake regions, just few miles north of
Chicago. The windy city, however, is
not likely to take any damage from the
storm, as it comes from the land instead
of off the water Had its direction been
reversed, it might have been Chicago de-
stroyed, and the damage to Galveston
would have been inconsiderable. The in
jury wrought by the stress of wind was
slight, as compared with that of the water.
Since leaving the ruins of the Texas
emporium in it's wake, the storm has
passed overland, not displaying much
force, it is thought. Reports are meagre
as to the damage done the cotton fields of
Texas. AS the storm approaches the Lake
rgion, where there is abundant moisture
it is again increasing in force, causing
a very heavy precipitation in the upper
Mississippi Valley. The report from St.
| Paul received at the Weather Bureau
| here yesterday, shows a rainfall of 1924
inches in twenty-fOur hours.
From Omaha, the storm took north
eastern course, heading for the great
| lakes.
This will cause high winds in the vicin-
| ty of Chicago, but coming, as they will
| from the south, and off shore, the dam
age done will not amount to much
Last night the storm passed into the
n noin iohf {lo al
ley of the st. Lawrence River This may
cause some disturbance along the extreme
| north Atlantic coast, but the damage done
| there will be inconsiderable.
After the passage of the ST. Lawrence
| has been accomplished, the storm will
head out to sea. Here either one Of two
| things may take place. After passing to
sea from the coast of Newfoundland, the
storm, striking different winds, and at
| mosphere of a different density may dis
Sipate its strength, and be heard of no
more. 1t is also possible that it may pass
| into Europe, and do much damage there
as it has caused on this side of "Old
| Brinv"
This storm is remarkable not only on
account of its violence, and extent of
| the disaster it has caused, but it is also
| notable on account of it's direction. 1t
originated near Cuba, and passed east
wardly to the United States, at Tampa
| Florida, then directly to Port Eads, and
| then to Galveston. From there it went
almost due north to Nebraska, where it
''recurved' into the st. Lawrence valley
Ordinarily, it recurves near the southerni
part of Florida and goes up the Atlantic
coast. The reason assigned, at the
weather bureau here for this abnormal de-
Election is that at the time the storm
struck Florida the Atlantic Coast States
were covered by a high barometer impen-
etrable TO the damper and less compact
low area of the storm. Consequently, the
storm followed the course of least re-
sistance, and made the circuit above
given.
The known damage done by the storm
at Galveston, and the probable damage
done in the inland cotton belt across
which the path of the storm lay, helped
to cause the sudden rise in the price of
cotton. Ib