Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-14

officials. giving the progressive move
ments Of the disturbance. ON Oh. Gtn
the tropical storm had moved up over
southern Florida, thence IL changed i,s
course and moved westward boo the
Gulf ana was central OIL the Louise
ana coast on the morning Yl the ,rh
when northwest storm warnings were
ordered up for Galveston. on the
morning OF the Sth the storm had inc
creased In energy and was still moving
westward, and az 10 p. m. the north
west storm warnings were changed 60
northeast
WHEN DANGER WAS SEEN.
Then was when the entire island was
In apparent danger. The telephone 10
the United States weather bureau office
was busy until the wires went down,
many could not get the use of the
telephone on account az the line being
busy, and people came 10 the office 10
drOyes inquiring about The weather
About the same time the following in
formation was given 20 an alike.
"The tropical storm is now in the
Gull. south or southeast of as. the
winds win shift to the northeast-east
and probably TO the southeast by morn
ing, increasing In energy. IL You re-
side in low parts OF the city move 10
higher ground
PREPARE FOR THE WORST.
Prepare for the worst. which is yet
10 come, was the only cunso,iug words
OF the weather bureau officials from
morning until night. when no iniJrma-
ton further could be given out
b.. %
server stayed at the 0ince throughout
the entire storm. The local forecast
Official and one observer Were uu, taxi
ing tide observations about & "a. IN. ou
the eth Another observer lgiJ after
he had sent the last telegram which
could be got Oft, 1t being filed az H0us-
ton over the telephone wires about 4
y. m. over half the city Was covered
with ude-water By p. M.
no CONSOLATION GIVEN,
one Of the observers left for home at
about p. m. after he had done AN Doe
could as telephone wires We're then
going down The entire city was then
covered with water IRON one Co. i've feel
deep. On his way home be saw hum
dreas of people. and be- informed all he
could that the worst was still to come,
and people who could not hear his voice
on account Of being quite a distance
of. he motiOned TO them 20 go down
town. The lowest barometer by OBJ
seryation ives 1858 inches al $40 3. m,
but the barometer went slightly lower
than this according to the Paragraph.
The tide at about S .. m. stood at
from TO 10 feet deep throughout the
city, with the wind blowing slightly
- H.
highest wind velocity by the anemo-
meter was SO miles from the northwest
at about S:l5 ,. m, and the extreme
velocity was a hundred miles an hour
at that time. The thermometer blew
down at this time and the wind was
stil higher later, when II shifted 90
the east and southeast. when The OBJ
server estimates that % blew a gale Of
between 40 and l2O miles.
TIDAL WAVE CAME.
There was an apparent tidal wave OF
from four to six feet about 3 ,. M.
when the wind shifted 10 the east and
southeast and carried on many houses
which had stood the tide up 10 that
time.
The observer believes from what rec
ords he has now that the hurricane
moved inland near Galveston going up
the Braz0s Valley II Is believed that
much damage has been done loo the in
terror OF the State by this Storm
Warnings OF the United states wealth
er bureau were the means OF saving
thousands Of lives. The hurricane wa
so severe. however, that Ia was impus-
sible TO prepare for such destruction.
The observer states that the barometer
"a "a a D.. al q
there Is no indication of another storm
The bureau has issued no storm warn
ing. The bureau office has not been
closed during the entire storm, and they
state that they viii gladly correct any
wild rumor when called upon for
information.
PLANS FOR REBUILDING
New Orleans, La, Sept IA special
from Galveston says:
j. W, Maywell, general supor.nteud-
ent, and j. w Allen. general freight
agent OF the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway, have arrived here for
the purpose Of comforting with General
Manager POLK OF the Gulf. Colorado
and Santa Fe, and Manager Hin of the
Galveston, Houston and Henderson
railway. with the object Of combining
their efforts on the reconstruction of
one bridge for all railways entering
Galveston for the time being and thus
secure an early resumption OF traffic
and the partial restoration of business
IN Galveston, Such a plan, d is be-
lcyed, viii be adopted
WRECKING VESSELS.
Among the foreign steamers which
trTlflHIlHI ItH D
Flats, north OF the city, thg NurWe-
fgan steamer Gyller. and the British
steamer Norma are of and berJheI
alongsIde the wharf The British
steamer Benedict il Is reported. can
Dc Iioated without much difficulty Tn.
British steamer Hilarious and the keu-
dan Castle which are carried out fuT-
Their into the flats, win have Co Dr.
canallcd out The Norma. which was
carried through the railway bridges into
the west bay and the British steamer
Taunton, which was carried iu q north.
west direction. twenty-scyeu miles uu
the bay, ana stranded near Cedar po.u.
VII ln an probability. remain as py..
ocnce 60 the frightful velocity of ta.
WHO which prevailed last saturday
night The steamer Alamo is suI
grounded on the northern edg. az th.
channel, opposite Twenty fourth stro.r
ana Il Us expected IL win DE 0oltol
without much difficulty after she is
lightencd ot her cargo. which Will %.
done as soon as the bargcs are obtained.
a SAD WEDDING.
The British steiner woodleigh. for
haVre, ana the Spanish steamer
Ramon de Larrinaga for Newcastle-0u.
Tyne, have sailed. The latter went TO