The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-09

Attention is called to the great West
India hurricane Of Sept. 17-21. The
map printed shows the progress Of the
storm which, on Sept. 20, was almost
directly over New Orleans, La. The
path of the center of the storm IS shown
by the curved line with the dates Il
10 81 marked on it, The nearly cir
cular lines show the distribution of the
barometric pressure on the goth, the
lowest reading being about 291 inches
of mercury.
This is very low when one considers
that 5000 inches is normal. The winds
in this storm very nearly followed the
nearly circular lines blowing in an
anti-clockwise direction. that Is, oppo-
site TO the way the sun moves. The
effect, then, would be a vortex. the
wind blowing very strong. reaching
hurricane velocity near the center Of
the storm, and diminishing as one goes
from the centeT-AlfTed Thiessen, di-
rector Of weather bureau of Salt Lake.
The weather bureau reports on the
West India hurricane of Sept. 1921.
During the present summer barOme-
1ric conditions have been particularly
favorable 10 the development of dis
turbances in the West Indian region.
This storm apparently had its in
ception near the middle islands of the
Lesser Antilles on Sept. l. and moved
thence westward over the Caribbean
sea without evidence of marked inten-
sity until Sept A. On that date two
CenteTs of CyClOniC action appeared, one
north and the other south of the island
of Jamaica.
"On the morning of the 18th the hur-
TiCane was central near the western
extremity of Cuba, and the station at
Pinar del Rio showed baTOmetric pres
sure Of 29.44 inches. twenty-four- hour
rainfall Of 7.SS inches and a wind We
lOcitN OF 60 miles an hour from the
northeast AdyiCes were issued at that
time to Atlantic and Gulf shipping
interests and ports that the hurricane
center would probably move uorthward
over the Gulf of Mexico and that yes
sells in extreme south Atlantic and Gulf
ports and also those that were prepar-
ing TO sail for those waters, should re-
main in port
THE hurricane center moved north
westward over the Gulf of Mexico ana
reports on Sept. 10 indicated its APP
proach toward the middle Gulf coast
Storm warnings were ordered along the
coast from eastern Texas TO western
Florida aud the usual information re
gaTding the location ana course OF lne
storm was telegraDhed to Atlantic and
Gulf ports. Sept. - the storm warn
ings were changed to hurricane warn
ings on the Louisiana coast On tue
morning of the 1Oth the vortex OF the
storm had reached point near the
mouth of the Mississippi river with ap.
prONimate central pressure about zS'OV
inches.
that position was nOTthWdTd over
Louisiana. Al D. m. OF sept ~ the
hurricane was apparently central some
where TO the westward OF New orleans
La. with barOmetric pressure at tnai
station 29.22 inches, with lOffenLld
rains and wind from the southeast Lndl
attained an extreme velocity OF 6o miles
an hour From this position us an
nOunCed course was nOrthWard up tht
NIississippi valley. At a. m of sept
81 the storm center was near and WeSl
of NickS burg. Miss, the pressure at Jha'
station being 29-O6 inches. BY the morn
ing of the 21st IL had reached south-
eastern Arkansas, with lowest reports
Dressure at Little Rock. Ark, Of 2S,5-
inches. and by the morning OF sept
p il had crossed the western lake re
gion with a marked decrease II
"Advices from New Orleans state thai
the total property damage IN that city
was. so far as reported, nearly SLoOu'
600 that many lives had been lost II
Louisiana and that it was not posi-
lie to ger information from section!
where the damage was beileNed 20 10
heavy. At Mobile. Ala, the Jiue II
the Mobile river OVerIlOWeu Two '
three blocks inland, and minor Gahias'
only was caused 10 vessels IN the mar
bOr The observer further states InaI
owing to the timely warnings, propaDil
all merchandise was protected \
Pensacola. Fla, large QUANTITIES OF I'm
her barges, small schOoners ah'
launches were sunk or carried ashore
and small wharves and bOaJhOuseS WeI'
Later reports Will show aggregate
losses of life and property the extern
to which the warnings governed Ih'
movements of shipping, and the ap
DrOxfmate saving OF lie ana proper /.
Through measures that were prompted
by the very ample anu aCCul ~ 80, a. ~
That were issued by the weather bu