The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-16
HURRICANE GOES
BY PENSACOLA
TOWARDS TEXAS
Expected to Strike Some
Point Between New Or
leans and Brownsville.
HIGH WINDS ALL
ALONG THE COAST
Southeast Storm Warning
Signals Here Caused Yes
sells to Watch Storm.

The tropical hurricane, which the
weather bureau has been anxiously
watching since it made its appear
ance last week in the West Indies,
proceeding up towards the gulf COAT,
probably viii strike in at some point
between New Orleans and Browns
vile early this morning. The passing
of the hurricane out in the gulf
caused very high winds at Pensacola
and this section, while the tide in
the bay was high, with the big waves
of the gulf breaking up on SAINTS Rosa
island.
The display of northeast storm
warning signals at Pensacola yester-
day caused shipping to prepare for
the blow that had been anticipated
for several days. The weather bu-
reau warning came at o'clock fol-
lowing day in which the wind blew
steadily with considerable force. The
warning was couched as follows:
Hurricane warnings ardered 5 D.
m. from New Orleans to Brownsville,
Texas, and northeast storm warnings
from Pass Christian to Pensacola.
The tropical storm is central over the
east-central gulf, moving northwest.
Will probably reach Texas or Louis
lana coast by Monday morning. All
shipping advised to remain in port"
The barometer was low at all gulf
ports last night. At o'clock station
which reported showed the following:
Apalachicola 29.90, Pensacola 29.ss,
Tampa 1892, Miami 1894, Mobile
29.88, New Orleans 1880, Galveston
29.80, Corpus Christi 1880, Browns
vile 29.74.
Pensacola showed the highest wind
velocity of any of the other ports at
o'clock. At that hour the wind was
blowing gale of rs miles from the
east, while at no other point did the
velocity exceed 16 miles.
DASH OVER ISLAND.
Parties who were on the island YES
terday, and some who arrived on
steamers from up the sound reported
that not few times during late YES
Oerday waters from the gulf washed
over Santa Rosa island, in the low
places TO the far eastward. Those
who patronized the boat excursions
yesterday had the most THRILLING SIGHT
OF their lives, witnessing the most
magnlncent surf rolling that it was
ever the fortune of many of them n
see, and the noise made by the rolling
breakers was terrific.
OF course it was only few nIaces
where the water was renortad -
nave been forced over the island. and
II this was the case, it is said that Il
would be- the first time since tbe
terrific storm Of 1905 when sevaral
cuts were made through the sandy
Island, and through which waters
from the bay and gulf would meet
Some who arrived from mn tho
sound yesterday were sure the water
did not completely run over the is
iano' opposite Deer Point beacon. but
eney qua say that the spray from the
gun went many feet inthe air as bill
low after billow broke over the sandy
beach. While these were not willing
to say they saw any such sight. thew
We're not unwilling to say that such
did happen.
J The spot where the water was re-
!. ported to have ran over the island Is
far to the eastward, and nowhere near
the spot where the pavilion is situat-
ed.
From the city, and with the naked
eye, persons with good eye-sight could
see the breakers from the gulf roll
over the gulf beach and whiten as
, they spead over the shores.
PREPARE FOR BLOW.
All ships in port before dark yes
terday made ready for some hard
t weather. Those vessels anchored in
the stream dropped extra anchors
very early in the afternoon, while all
vessels at the docks had crews putting
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