The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-16
CITY WIND SWEPT
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE THOUGH
MUCH UNEASINESS CAUSED.
RESORTS WORST SUFFERERS,
ATTENDANCE AT ALL OF THEM
THE POOREST OF THE SEASON.

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Were DeDefitted by Rain-Numbcr
of Trees Blown Down i'm Country
and one or Two in City, but No Ac
cidents RepOrted-Several Resi-
dents of Tybee Sought safety in
Cfty-Storm in Western Georgia
Yesterday and still Travelling
Northvard-Rain and High winds
Predicted Again for To-day.
The high winds which struck Savan-
nah day before yesterday, when they
attained a maximum velocity of %
miles an hour, yesterday increased to
from IS miles an hour. the greatest
registered velocity. to As miles an hour
in gusts. and caused a good deal of
uneasiness though they did but little
damage. A few trees in the city were
blown down, large number of branch
es were blown off, and signs torn from
their fastenings. but this was all.
In the surrounding country, where
the winds had freer sweep trees
were blown down. but no accidents
have been reported. The truck crops
are all right, little windblown and
bedraggled looking, one farmer report
ed, but on the whole really benefited
by the rain that accompanied the
winds.
Warned by Signals.
The warning signals. which had been
flying since the day before were kept
in place all day yesterday and last
night. In the afternoon they We're
changed from northeast to southwest.
the progress of the storm having
brought about that change in the di-
rection of the wind. Such part of the
storm as reached Savannah and its
vicinity had about blown itself out by
midnight last night Heavy clouds
still threatened rain, and the wind
blew in little gusts at times, but
with neither the constancy nor the We
locity that marked it earlier in the day.
At Tybee both yesterday and the day
before the velocity of the wind was
greater than at Savannah, On Sat-
urday at one time it reached a regis
tered velocity of A miles an hour and
was considered sufficiently dangerous
to make number of the residents of
the island come to the city for the
night. Yesterday the greatest velocity
attained at the island was thirty eight
miles an hour.
Many People Anxious.
During the hight of the storm a
great deal of uneasiness was felt by
many people, so that the telephones
of both the Weather Bureau and the
Morning News office were kept busy
answering inquiries as to the where
abouts of the storm center, and
whether Savannah might expect any
danger from it. This uneasiness was
brought about not so much because
of the high wind that prevailed here
as because of the origin of the storm
and the well-known power and de-
structiveness of these West Indian
visitors.
The storm was located off the Gu
ban coast Friday afternoon and trav-
eled slowly northward. Yesterday at
/ O'Clock it was located in Western
Georgia and was still working its way
nortnward.
ExcursiOnists Knocked Ont.
The greatest damake done by the
storm was to spoil the day at the re-
sorts, where the attendance was
smaller than it has been since the
season began. Thunderbolt. especial
~, was a sufferer At that place quite
a series of entertainments for the af-
ternoon had been arranged, among
them being a regatta over the Casino
course and a balloon ascension. Need
less to say both had to be postponed.
The balloon ascension may be made
Sunday, but the yacht race will not
be sailed until Sunday week.
Despite these disadvantages, how
ever, some four or five hundred per-
sons visited the Casino in the after
noon, where they enjoyed the usual
band concert, especially the numbers
of Miss Jessie Millar. the cornetist
High winds at Tybee.
How hard hit Tybee was is shown
by the fact that whereas last year or
the same date the railroad carried tc
the island thirteen hundred people
yesterday up to dark less than six hun
bred passengers had been handled. OF
these many went because it was neces-
sary to do so in order to get theil
tickets validated.
The maximum temperature yesterday
was 81 degrees and the minimum, 13
The mean, Is, was 1 degree below th'
normal which increases the accumu
lated deficiency of the month to de
grees and that of the year to las. Thu
rainfall to O'clock last night was q
of an inch. The month is still shor
1.56 inches and the year, $50 inches.
The indications for to-day are TO
showers and brisk to high west wind:
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