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August, 1901.
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW.
due to the hiiih tides. No ioss of life is reported. and vessels eoniinp in inter, wni.e damaged to some extent us lo rigging ami sail, rode safely throm/n the storm.
The captain of the steamship Enpanu reports that he first encountered the storm in tiie Gulf Monday, August I'J. at 2:;>0 p. m.. with wind 20 to 30 miles, which gradually increased through Tuesday and "Wednesday, until a maximum was reached Thursday between - and 7 p. in.,’.lie barometer fallins steadily all the while. The wind was estimated to he between Ghniul 70 mi l«s an hour from the soul heast. The Gulf was very rods'll, and waves broke over the funnels. lSeiween tiie hours of 2 and 7 in.. Thursday, there was so much spray thill it was impossible to see where tiie boat was ‘join". The captain and the entire crew hail remained on watch for three days and nLsrhls. and were in an exhausted condition when they readied port l-'riday mornins:.
The secreiary of the Chamber of Commerce informed me that the amount saveii by the warnings couid not be estimated, but would aggregate several millions of dollars.
Aside from advices issued in connection with the middle Gulf coast storm, no special forecasts or warnings were required in the United States: neither were hurricane warnings ordered, nor were they needed, in the West Indies.
The forecast center for the west Gulf district was closed at Galveston. Tex., August 5, and opened at New Orleans, La.. August •*. 1901.