The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-11
RAIN RECORD BROKEN
FOUR DAYS OF ALMOST UNCEAsING
DOWNPOUR-
STORM HAS PETERED OUT.
FELL BACK EXHAUSTED AFTER A
PERSISTENT FIGHT.

barometer Began Rising Rapidly in
Afternoon and the Rain stopped
Last Night-Star Made Its Appear
ance in the West and Luna Smiled
the Baptist VisitOrs-Rainfan
for May Inches in Excess and
Year Is 5.25 Inches Ahead-LOw
Lands Under Water and Marshes
Submerged.
After four days of unceasing rain,
breaking all records since Forecaster
Boyer has been in charge of the
Weather Bureau here, the downpour
ceased last night, and a single star
showed itself for a few minutes in the
west. The Baptists will yet have a
chance to see Savannah as it usually
appears.
1t began raining early last Thursday
morning, and the fall was intermittent
until ? O'Clock in the afternoon. At
that time it began raining again, and
the records at the Weather Bureau
shows that the rain was continuous I'M
til last night Nothing like it has oc-
CURED since Mr.. Boyer has been in
charge of the station, and that has
been a long time.
1t was a record breaking spell, and
although the month has not half gone,
there is an excess of four inches of
rain. The year is ahead of the normal
by 5.25 inches. These figures, and
they are on record at the weather sta
ton, are%evidence of the fact that the
weather of the past three days is some
thing unusual in Savannah and the
attention of the visitors is invited to
the records.
The Florida storm, the disturbance
that has caused all of the trouble, has
never reached Savannah. 1t has been
fighting against the high pressure to
the north for three days, until it has
fallen back exhausted, practically pc
tered out. This will be good news not
only to the 5000 strangers in the city,
but to Savannahians as we'll. 1t rain
ed all day yesterday, and 1.19 inches
fell up to s o'clock last night.
Low Lands Under Water.
The low lands around the city were
under water yesterday and the truck
farms have been damaged not a little,
particularly the strawberry crop. In
quite a number of places just outside
of the city water entirely surrounded
houses and the inmates were penned
in.
The tides have been unusually high
and the marshes have been under wa
ter for two days. The water was up to
some of the WharVeS at Thunderbolt
yesterday and the same thing applied
at the other resorts. The steady and
strong northeaSter kept the water in
the streams even when tide was run
ming out, and the tides have been high
er than in a long while. Despite this
fact, so far as is known, no great dam
age has been done.
The rain yesterday put the resorts
out of business and hardly a corporaPS
guard visited the Casino at Thunder
bolt. The city lines were literally pat
ronized. however. The Baptist visitors
found the weather disagreeable enough
but have not been kept in doors by
the rain They have bravely faced the
elements, and, too, almost uncomplain-
ingly. Some of them were kind enough
to say that it was probably all for the
best because there was no temptation
to leave the meeting places.
Weather Man Happy.
When during the afternoon the
| barometer began rising rapidly a
| smile stole across the lace OF
Forecaster Boyer. No one well
| coined the break in the wealth.
| er more than the genial officer.
| He has been abused more than any
other man in the city for several days,
and yet he had nothing to do with the
| weather conditions.
Day and night Mr. Boyer was called
| upon to answer countless questions
| and he had to be most amiable, while
! those who fired queries at him were in
| many cases rather short. But the break
came last night just as Mr. Boyer said
1t would, and there seems to be nothing
| TO fear for some little while yet. The
predictions sent out from Washington
| are for fair weather both to-day and
| tomorrow. This is joyous news and
the umbrella and rain coats will be
given well earned rest.
While the telephone and telegram
companies suffered not little, the re-
been confidently expected that yester-
day would be a record breaker at the
| Casino and Manager Kidder and Super
| intindent of Transportation Oakley of
the Savannah Electric Company had
| made arrangements accordingly, In
! anticipation of a rush to the Casino
to-day and tomorrow these officers in
tend putting on extra cars and the
| crowds will be well handled. 1t is ex-
| pected that many of the visitors who
have been to a large extent weather
bound, will visit the Casino during the
| day. Trips on the river will also ne
! popular.