The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-28

uprooted and debris was scattered over
the place no material damage was
done
The weather bureau In MONTGOMERY
was without semblance Of a report
from Mobile at an early hour last
bright for communication with the
Gulf city.
Before noon yesterday. reports OF
high winds and rain were received by
the service from New Orleans by way
Of Cincinnati and Washington, the di-
rect wires to the Louisiana metropolis
being down The local bureau receiv-
ed no regular reports from Pensacola
and hence the weather force here can
not be in a position to give out any
thing regarding the storm in the Flor
ida port Grave fear Is entertained for
the safety of Mobile.
When advised of the damage wrought
by the hurricane in Pensacola and New
Orleans, Montrose w. Haynes. forecas-
ter in charge OF the Montgomery wealth
err bureau, was surprised at the mag
nitude the storm had assumed. While
the department had predicted the dis
turbance on the gulf coast, he had
not thought the hurricane would ter
inmate so disastrously. The depart
ment, he said, could predict such a
hurricane and warn tho people of APP
preaching danger. but they could not
determine the proportions such a storm
would take on, in approaching the
coast
History of storm.
The history of the gulf hurricane be-
gan Monday, according to the wealth
err service, when there were marked
indications of an atmospheric distur-
bance somewhere near the western end
of Cuba. 1t was then sufficiently de-
fined to influence the wind directions
over Florida and along the entire Gulf
Coast On Tuesday and Wednesday, the
effects were felt to considerable ex-
tent over Florida where the weather
was rainy and brisk to high southeast
winds were blowing. The weather bur-
eau kept in close touch with the move
ment of the disturbance. Although the
center of the storm was in the gulf. the
observations from gulf coast stations.
Cuba and Mexico were sufficient to give
n very accurate idea of the location of
the storms center The Montgomery
office has been forwarding special OBJ
servations to Washington since We'd
nesdaX morning.
All day Wednesday, the weather in
Montgomery indicated tina storms ap-
proach. The sky was overcast and the
wind was fresh to brisk from the north
cast About midnight Wednesday. the
that had been falling since 10:40 p. M,
became a steady rain Before morn
ing the wind was high and was blow
ing swiftly between northeast and east
At o'clock Thursday morning, the
yeather chart prepared in the local Of
flee. showed tina storms center to be
very near Mobile. The Mobile obser-
walton was not received. but the New
Orleans report showed the prevalence
of high northeast wind which the
Weather Bureau took to Indicate that
the center of the storm was to the east
of New Orleans
Montgomery In It's Path.
After - o'clock, noon. yesterday. the
wird in MONTGOMERY went to the south
east and continued to blow hard. The
shifting to southeast was regarded as
an indication that the storm was NOV
ing to the northward and west OF Mont
gomery At 6 o'clock last evening,
however, 1t had not moved very far
inland from the gulf coast and all day
Thursday Montgomery was in the
northeast quadrant of the disturbance.
According to the Weather Bureau. the
Indications are that as the storm moves
northward. the wind direction In Mont
gomery will go gradually to the south,
and will continue to blow In high gusts.
with ram.
Between o'clock yesterday morn
ing and I O'CLOCK last night, l.2B inches
of rain fell in Montgomery. The max
imum temperature throughout the day
was rs degrees, and the minimum 70.
No dangerous rises in the Alabama
River. the Tallapoosa or the Coosa Riv-
or are anticipated by the Weather Blu
reau.
1t is believed here that the warning
sent out by the Weather Department.
the approach OF tine gulf
storm. has been instrumental in lessen
ing the loss of life and property In the
places visited by the center of the hur-
rLcane.