Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-08
jhercury Takes Tumble With
| First. Real Fall Rain.
FEELS WINTRY OUTDOORS
After Long Dry Season, Jupiter Plu-
vius Gets Busy With Steady Down.
pour, Which Promises to Turn Into
Regular Worcester Today.

Though the day dawned bright and
clear and the populace wilted under
the suns intense rays during part OF
the morning, the weather man made
good his promise of rain yesterday
in this section and, for that matter,
all over Virginia. Coming as 1t did
after four weeks OF extremely dry
weather. the rain was welcomed by
both the farmers and city folk allke
and in Norfolk and other cities where
water famines were threatened II
was doubly welcome.
Preceding the rainfall was acoid
blast out of the north which sent the
mercury tumbling down the tube ana
caused the unprepared people TO
shiyere Around 10 o'clock yesterday
morning the unofficial street ther,
mometers registered 50 degrees ana
at 6 o'clock yesterday ev:nlng the
same thermometers registered ia
drop of twenty degrees.
Showers Are Very Heavy.
The cold wave hit this city and
section ABOUT IL o'clock yesterday
morning and the mercury immediate
Nv began tumbling. The wind, whlch
was blowing from the southwest III
the early morning, changed TO north
west and later north and almost WIN
trv weather followed. The fall OF
rain began about noon and continued
at intervals throughout the AFTERNOON
and evening. The first showers were
very heavy and another extremely
heavy shower followed in the even
ing. About 9:30 o'clock last night
fine misty drizzle set in and IL was
still falling at an early hour TINS
morning.
On the unpayed streets in the city
the rain was quickly sucked up Ds
the parcked earth and those streets
we're not near as muddy last night
az they usually are after heaV!
ownpour like that of yesterday am
last night. However, the paved
streets were quickly flooded and, as
has been the case for many months
after each heavy rain, the storm sew
ers in various parts OF the city were
choked up and great pools oil water
formed in the streets. Inc iarSes.
nools we're at Jefferson avenue anu
REIMBURSEMENT street and twenty
ninth street; Huntingdon avenue and
Thirtieth street and West avenue ana
Thirty-third street.
cave-!n On Street.
Resides the flooding of the streets,
the rain caused bad cave IN Oh
Twenty-fourth street between war
wick and Jefferson avenues and the
street force was callt\ out TO Dioch
the hole off to prevent vehicles from
driving into il. Some damage was
dona IN shade trees in East End Dy
tba wind a big limb being avenue ano
chestnut avenue The limb 1eil
across the sidewalk, blocking it until
the street force could remove the
limb.
More showers are promised TO-DAY
nv the weather man and northeas'
wind is predicted. This would indicate
that this storm is forerunner OF Sne
regular fall and winter northeasters
and II may last several days. Loca
weather prognosticators claim ina
tho nresent cold snap marks the al
vent of the winter season and tbs
uassing of the warm weather
Vessels Storm Bound.
That the "old salts" think that
the storm is TO continue several days
vas indicated by the fact that all OF
the sailing craft which finished load.
ing cargoes of coal at this port and
Norfolk yesterday dropped anchor in
HAMPTON Roads. not daring to ven
ture outside of the Capes.