The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-21
Violent Squall Here About
Midnight After Plenty
of Storm Signs.
Small Vessels Went to the
Windward Shore to Be
Under Protection.
Conditions Last Night Were
For High Winds Here
On This Day.
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WE'RE
NOT SUCH AS TO PERMIT A
PROPHECY OF ANY DEFINITE
CHARACTER AS TO PROBABLE
EXTENT OR INTENSITY OF THE
SEEMINGLY NEAR STORM.

Ten minutes before midnight Pen
,Sacola got her first touch of real
equinoxial weather, the barometer
having fallen a fraction here after
dark, while falling faster in other
places to the westward.
At so last night there was puff
of wind, then a rush and a roar, and
while the wind, for a minute, perhaps,
blew as high as 81 miles an hour,
flood of rain came down, driving UNI
der shingles and states.
From that time until The Journal
went to press the weather was very
nasty The wind shifted freely and
suddenly, and while there was no sus-
tanned velocity, puffs came, of con-
siderable velocity, frequently from
the southeast, and less frequently from
other directions. 1t rained more or
less constantly, and driving, heavy
showers were occasional. NOW and
then there was vivid lighting in the
northeast, electrical displays there
generally followed by southeast
squalls with heavy showers.
Forerunners.
The display of storm warning sig
mails, high tide, falling barometer and
high winds, caused much uneasiness
in Pensacola during yesterday and
last night, especially among those re-
siding along the waterfront, who
feared that storm of marked violence
would strike the city. Indications
late last night were that the disturb.
ance, which has been watched closely
for the past two days by the weather
will pass into the mouth
OF the Mississippi river, and that the
center will be southeast of New Or
leans. which will likely cause high
winds, probably reaching a velocity OF
about forty miles an hour at Pensa-
cola.
Signals Displayed.
Yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock.
Observer Reed received the following
storm warning message from Wash
ington, and Immediately displayed the
storm warning signals: Northeast
storm warning 1890 a. m. Mobile,
Pensacola, ApaIachicola, Carrabelle
and Cedar Keys. Gulf disturbance
shows signs of approaching the mouth
of the Mississippi river. II so. will
cause high northerly winds on the
gulf coast tonight and Saturday"
Vessels Prepared.
In addition to displaying the sig
nails, Observer Reed notified the own
ers OF the vessels in Pensacola har-
Dor, and the latter prepared their ves-
sells for a blow Saunders & Co. had
all of their vessels towed across the
BAY under shelter These consisted
of the Carrie B. Welles, Minnie W.,
Favorite, LOttie S. HaSkins, Clara r.
Harwood, Kwasind and Ida Other
vessels of the feet are at sea, but it
is supposed they have put into st.
Joseph's bay. With one exception
the feet of the Warren Fish Co. is at
sea, and it is expected that they will
make for harbor.
Government Vessels.
The army steamer Poe and all other
government vessels, excepting those
at the navy yard. sought refuge
across the bay, while at the navy
yard preparations were made TO care
for the gunboats and tugs should a
hard blow develop. Extra cables were
rim IN those vessels at the d0cks