The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-24
SATURDAY NIGHTS GALE
THE WIND REACHED A VELOCITY
OF FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
Mr.. wappenhans Declared This to BE
an "ordinary storm"-The Parks
Frightened by Rain.

The great pow-wow in the sky Saturday
night and yesterday morning, which caused
women 10 shake with terror and crouch
with heads beneath the bed covers and
children 10 cry piteously in excess Of
fright. assumed commonplace aspect
when analysed In a cool. deliberative man
ner by Weather Observer wappenhans
yesterday. Mr.. wappenhans admitted that
Il was a very pretty display OF celestial
electricity. but declared that Indianapolis
has been treated to much grander and
more beautiful exhibitions of heavenly py-
rotechnics in the past. To the belated pc
destrians that had trouble from keeping
their umbrellas from turning inside out
in the furious gusts OF wind that blew
from IL O'Clock Saturday night up 10 almost
oclockyesterday morning the WIND seemed
a veritable hurricane. Not so. says Mr. Wap-
penhans II was only an ordinary wind
storm. viewed officially, since the velocity
of the rushing atmosphere did not increase
beyond forty miles an hour. This express
train rate of speed was attained at five
minutes past II o'clock Saturday night
AS TO the rain. which TO timid women in
dwelling houses seemed as IL coming down
in quantities sufficient TO flood the back
yard. and TO people on the street as If it
were a harbinger of a second deluge, OBJ
server Wappenhans admitted that it was
good-szed shower. but remarks that
there have been larger precipitations OF
moisture The exact figures show that 1872
inches OF water fell during the storm. At
one time the drops of water were coming
down so thick and fast that 40 OF inch
was deposited in sixteen minutes Mr.
Wappenhans did not state Just when this
occurred. but each and every person who
was out in Saturday nights great storm
Will believe that this 40 oil an inch Of
water was deposited on his umbrella Sum.
ming up the big disturbance OF the ele-
ments. Mr.. Wappenhans said with delicious
sang froid: 1T was nothing more or less
than an ordinary thunderstorm"
Adverting to the subject of temperature
the weather observer gave out some Of
fcial figures that will be received with
doubt by all who were compelled TO per-
form exertion Saturday and yesterday.
lie said the highest temperature OF Satur-
So The seeming greater heat OF yesterday
the official attributed 10 the excessive
great precipitation OF rain. AT o'clock
yesterday morning the humidity was So "A
pretty high figure. BY night nearly one
degree was only as Early Saturday morn
ing the thermometer on the ninth floor of
the Majestic registered 20. while about the
same time yesterday morning IL showed
"a. Mr.. wappenhans said during the storm
Saturday night the barometer rose about
IL OF an inch in about an hour and fifteen
minutes His Official figures showed that
the rainfall ceased at 1853 o'clock yesterday
morning
speaking of weather. climate and atmos-
pheric phenomena. said Clerk Schuessler
OF the Denison, I'VE have had a number OF
these things here the past few days. Fri
day and Saturday we had with us Storms.
from Lafayette; FAN. Of New York; Cloud
OF Cincinnati. and Halle OF New York. We
paying close attention to changes of
the weather just now.
Two accidents were rpnorfed a u the result
OF Saturday nights discharges of lightning
The nagstaff OF the Blacherne was struck
and shivered. but no harm was done 10 the
building itself. The bolt OF lightning that
played this prank was the one that emit
ted peculiar ripping or tearing sound just
before the great crash came An outburst
OF electricity that IL described as resem-
bling a ball OF FIRE. entered the roof OF the
Hollenberry home. 1924 College avenue
descended TO the front room and let so
with a terrific uproar. IL damaged the
front windows considerably. but no con-
Migration was kinded. The loss occasioned
can be made good for $50.