The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
IS NOW NEAR TAMPA
HURRICANE HAS CUT OFF COMMU-
NIOATIoN WITH SOUTH FLA.
FUTURE COURSE UNCERTAIN
But CHANCES FOR MISSING SAVAN-
NAH ARE INCREASING.

over This Section and the PrObab-
iHty of storm Reaching Here Is
smnII-Absence OF Reports May
Mean That Tampa Has Been Cut
on From All TeIegraphio COmmu-
nicatiOn-The Day in savannah.
There have been practically no
changes in the conditions regarding the
storm which has been expected here for
several days. There Is still evidence Of
ats slow movement, the storm center at
present being believed to be somewhere
south of Tampa. Its exact location Is
unknown. The following telegram was
received at the Weather Bureau yes
ssrday afternoon, and is the latest that
had arrived up to 10 o'clock last night;
Continue northeast storm warnings
at $3.50 at Jacksonville, Savannah and
Charleston. Hurricane evidently in the
vicinity of Tampa. All communica-
lions below Tampa are broken Future
course of storm is uncertain"
Is Travelling Slowly.
The telegram alone is sufficient to
show that the storm, though evidently
a severe one. moves very slowly, 1t
having reached Tampa three days after
1t was first reported in the Bahamas
The destruction of the telegraph wires
tor the stations south Of Tampa have
made it impossible for the weather fore
casters to predict anything concerning
the storm, as there is no way by which
they can learn definitely concerning its
movements. The only two stations be-
low Tampa are Jupiter on the Atlantic
coast, and Key West, and both of these
have been cut off from communication
by the storm. The only Florida sta
ton above Tampa is Jacksonville. so
that 1t is probable that little can be
learned concerning the storm for some
time, or until the wires have been re-
paired to the southern stations.
Wires Down in Florida.
1t seemed probable at 10 o'clock last
night that the storm had broken the
wires from Tampa, and that that sta
ton also was cut off from communica-
ton with the others. The foundation
for this report is that when the condi-
lions existing at other stations were
reported that there was no report from
Tampa. Tampa is one of the stations
whose reports come regularly to the
Savannah bureau, and it's absence
means probably that the storm has de-
stroyed the telegraph wires there.
The Weather Bureau at Washington
ISSUED the following at IL o'clock:
THE Southern storm is probably CEN
tral near the Gulf coast of Southern
Florida, but it's exact location cannot
be determined, as telegraph commune
cation has been interrupted since Sat
urday morning, when a northeast gale,
which low pressure was prevailing at
Tampa"
savannah May Escape.
There is more confidence at the
Weather Bureau in the belief that the
storm will not reach here, especially
starm will not reach here, especially
sf the present conditions prevail The
high pressure area which hung over
this entire section Friday was again
in evidence yesterday, there being
scarcely any noticeable change. AS
long as this area continues to hold
ats position the storm must find other
quarters. 1t was expected that the
high area would move away during the
day but it did not and there is good
reason to believe that it will practical
ly maintain it's position to-day. When
It does move it will probably go out
ITO sea and the chances are that the
storm will then swing in and move
out along the Gulf coast, missing the
South Atlantic coast entirely. There
may be other developments later which
will change this prediction, but so far
as known, and the details are very
meager, the Gulf course seems the
more probable.
Severe on Florida Coast.
kilograms received here from Flor
ida points regarding the storm agree
that it is a severe one. Jupiter. be-
fore the communication was cut off,
autographed that the storm had been
raging with hurricane force. and that
it was dangerous to send any ships TO
the Florida coast. The Ocean Steam
ship Company also received word early
in the day that the storm was severe.
The Savannah weather conditions
yesterday were practically the same as
Friday. The maximum temperature
was So degrees at o'clock, and the
minimum Y at o'clock in the morn
ing. This makes the mean temperature
for the day rs degrees, or an excess of
2 degrees above the normal. A cool
breeze blew nearly the entire day, and
at times during the morning, with con-
siderable briskness.
Showers We're frequent and of short
duration. The total amount of rain
fall up to o'clock last night was .02 of
an inch. The predictions for to-day are
for partially cloudy.
Heavy Rains South of Here.
There We're anxious inquiries all day
and up to midnight concerning the
storm, and the Weather Bureau and
Morning News telephones were kept
busy most of the time. Late in the
afternoon a rumor was started that the
storm had struck Jacksonville. and
that part of the city was under water.
The rumor was uufounded. however.
AT midnight the railroad telegraph OPP
orators reported that a severe storm
was prevailing between Jacksonville
and Folkston on the Atlantic Coast
Line. The Waycross telegraph office
closed at II O'Clock. and nothing could
be learned of the storm in that section.
Incoming trains reported heavy rains
all along the lines south of Iesup and
Brunswick
A Jacksonville special to the Morning
News at l o'clock this morning SAYS:
The storm has done little damage
with exception of blowing oranges from
the trees in South Florida. Reports
received here are meager, on account
or the wires being down, but passen-
gers arriving here state that the dam
age 10 Industry has been great The
weather Bureau here says that the
storm has not reached the velocity of a
hurricane"
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