The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-23
BY HIGH WINDS
DAY WAS MARKED
TEMPERATURES FELL OFF.
AND LOWERING SKIES MADE THE;
DAY A GLOOMY ONE.

wilma NelOc1t1eS varied from Is to
20 Miles an HOur-In Outlying Sec
lions Wind Appeared to Have
Greater Strength-Dust WhirIed
Into Faces of Pedestrians and
Close Grip Had to he Kept on
Hats-Highest Point Reached by
Mercury Only "a Degrees.
High winds, falling temperatures and
whirling dust marked weather condi-
lions in Savannah yesterday. The APP
proach of a storm was generally fear
ed, though the Weather Man assures
that there is no disturbance any,
where in this vicinity beyond that ev-
idenced by the winds.
1t was real fall weather. weather of
the variety usually associated with the
colder climates over the Mason and
Dixon line and seemingly entirely for
eign to this section of the country. A
high northeast wind bowled along dur
ing the entire day. Skies were cloud
ed, and when the sun did manage to
creep out from between the gray COW
ering of clouds, it's rays were cold and
cheerless, and served only to increase
the general gloom by the contrast
In the country where there were no
houses to break the force of the wind
it seemed all the stronger. 1t whistled
through the tall weeds and bent them
before it, then letting them swing
back into place like a great wave of
vegetation. 1t howled through the live
oaks and the willows and the naples,
and once within the city limits il
whistled through the stiffened leaves of
the palmettoes with wierd, shivering
sound.
The leaves of the NAPLES and other
less hardy trees, just family color
ing with the brighter hues of autumn,
dropped from the branches, only to BE-
caught up and sent whirling in little
eddies down the streets. The dust from
the streets was caught up and hurled
into the faces of pedestrians, pushing
along against the wind and struggling
to keep their hats firmly on their
heads. The dust blinded and smarted
when it struck the face, and this,
coupled with the wind and the bleak
skies, only added to the general air of
dreariness and desolateness that SEEM
ed to pervade entire city
Mercury Fell Considerably.
The gloominess of it all seemed at
last to effect mercury, which had been
striving to climb up the thermome-
ter tube to its accustomed hight. The
effort was a vain one and by O'Clock
it had only reached the IA degree
point, only two points above the low
est temperature of Wednesday,
Then it gave up in despair and,
yielding to the general tendency of
all things, both physical and mental,
began falling again. The lowest rec
ord for the day was Sc degrees at 10
o'clock in the morning and eight
little degrees was the only improve
ment of an all day struggle. When
the downward course began again the
wind only howled the louder and
added a few miles to its hourly veloc-
ity, as though celebrating the decline
of all resistance to its general gloom
mess.
The instruments at the Weather Blu
reau showed that the wind bowled
along at velocities varying from Is
to 20 miles an hour. Even after
nightfall there was only slight let
up and at 10 o'clock at night the
whirling cups of the wind instruments
were recording hourly velocities of
10 and II miles. 1t was a dreary day
and everyone seemed glad when it
had ended.
No Evidences of Storm.
Toward nightfall query after query
was made over the telephone to the
Morning News office regarding the
whereabouts of the storm. That there
was one in the vicinity was the gen.
eral impression, though the Weather
Man says there is none. The high
winds are due entirely to normal
causes.
lowering over the northern section
of the country is a high bank of air
which has been forcing itself steadily
southwark. AS it makes its way in
this direction, weather becomes I'M
settled, air currents are pushed hither
and thither, and the winds result. 1t
is not expected that there will be any
continuance of the conditions that pre-
vailed yesterday for any great length
of time, though variable weather is
predicted for to-day.
Reports from interior sections of the
country reported high winds, and in
some cases considerable damage was
done. All of these winds, however,
accompanied the thunderstorm which
passed over the city on Wednesday,
and are not considered as marking the