Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-14
THINK ENTIRE GULF COAST
IS IN PATH OF HURRICANE
Weather Bureau Orders Warnings
Displayed as Far as Browns
willie.
PEOPLE ALARMED
Wealthy Summer Residents Remove
Their Families TO New Orleans
From Threatened Louisiana Shore.
Water High and Wind Strong.
TBv AssocjaioL prns. !


NEW ORLEANS, Sept l3.-Although
no tropical hurricane. which first made
its presence known nearly a week
ago in the Bahamas, touched the coas;
Of Louisiana today observers at the
New Orleans district weather bureau
iouiGt; coGld only say thai the CEN
ter had not reached the mainland
and that the 10 feel the effects
Of the storm might include the en-
tire Gulf Coast
Coupled with admission by bureau
experts that the storm was apparently
one OF the greatest in area IL weather
bureau history came an order TO eN-
tend storm warnings from Eelasco to
i hr9 wnsville; Texas Probably gales
Rising barometers at various west
crn Gulf Coast cities earlier today
make its presence felt there. But the
hurricane. according ;c the weather
bureau experts. apparently was up
. setting calculations based on baro-
metric readings as Well as ordinary
observations Fort Arthur. for in
stance. il was pointed out showed n
23.dS against 29.74 twenty-four hours
ago. wiien it was thought probable the
Who'll" Gulf Const in storms pnth.
The area IS probabl 500 miles.
D:stric; ForeCastcr cline. the weather
bureau Official who forecast the dis,
astrous Galveston storm of 1900, stated
tonight. The cntir, Gulf Coast is in
it's path
Realization of the seriousness OF
The s;tuati ion came here late today
w y1aG the i9m;ayiie and Nashyiie Ran,
passenger and FIRE! cht.
New Orleans citizens who maintain
summer residences along the coast
from Lake Shore. Miss. TO Pass Chris
tn" city and reported high water.
strong winds and frightened villagers
along the entire route.
The New York New Orleans Limited
and the cincinnati New Orleans trains
bound for New Orleans over the louis
vile and Nashville Railroad were
halted al Bay ST. Louis and rcroutcd
by way Of IiattiesburS and the south
I'm Railroad, Two popular Saturday
muters were held in New Orleans.
I'enred Trains Might lie Trapped.
. 'S ra s,s b lne o rr trI ,h, was tn'
be caught between washouts and would
lie unable 10 move either way.
y: Dunbar. the Pearl River. walsh
divides Louisiana and Mississippi. was
reported above the danger mack as
was the pass a, RiGolets, where the
Gulf Coast route. The tWo-milc ,resi.e
over Mississippi sound and -o'ns:..i.:;
Gay -. ;.rn@ a"d Henderson cont
svas being watched by a gang OF
spcciaily-appointed employees. There
Was IA 'rafi. between Gulta"rt aid
Al Lake Catherine. La. where eleven
!ircS were !ost IN tn" StorIh - sep
tcnher 1913. the water OF tnknown
Pass. roancctlng Lake Catherine md
axe BrrEn". N.is reported o.sr IT,
railroad tracks and fishermen were
said TO be in great danger.
f'ifty-Milc Galc Reported.
y hfty-milc gale was reported blow
!nG at Lockport. near The central por-
ton of the Louisiana gulf coast.
Gas fields in the vicinity of Houma.
l.ouisiana'S natural gas section. were
reported under water. but the extent
OF the damage was not estimated.
NJ Morgan City, almost AT the geo
graphical center of the Southern
Louisiana coast, twenty mile
wind was blowing early tonight. At
iiurwOod, where Il hfty-two- mile wind
destroyed a section OF the weather bu-
rcau's observation equipment today.
the wind tonight had died down to
forty-two miles, and was coming from
the northeast
New Orleans, despite the fact that
the wind al $40 o'clock had died down
10 twcnty-onc miles an hour and the
ba romcter had risen 10 2?.No. was pre-
pared for heavy winds.