4 DEFAKTMENTAL EEPORTS. 



On the morning of Novembei" 1, 1901, the following message was 

 telegraphed to the Weather Bureau offices at Hamilton, Bermuda; 

 New York, N. Y. ; Philadelphia, Pa., and Boston, Mass. : "Severe dis- 

 turbance moving northward east of Turks Island will probably pass 

 near Bermuda Saturday." 



Tlie following article from the Bermuda Colonist of November 6, 

 1901, verifies the accuracy of the advices furnished: 



The hurricane that was predicted by the Washington Weather Bureau for Sat- 

 urday arrived on time and raged aronnd the islands for twenty-four hours. All 

 the incoming steamers were delayed in consequence, and those that were south- 

 ward bound, the New York mail steamer especially, experienced exceedingly heavy 

 weather. The growing crops throughout the colony have suffered somewhat, 

 and the storm damage to property has been considerable. The principal damage 

 reported lias been occasioned to government property aboiit the islands in the 

 Great Sound, where the prisoners of war are interned, and it is said that the pre- 

 liminary estimate of the damage reaches the sum of £2.000. Reports from the 

 westward state that the contractors for the dock-yard extension works have also 

 sustained some loss; a large boat used for conveying laborers foundered and a 

 large quantity of balk timber got adrift. 



The first general frost-bearing cool wave of the fall of 1901 swept 

 from the noi'theastern Rocky Mountain slope southward to Arkansas 

 and Tennessee and eastward to the North Atlantic coast States, from 

 September 17 to 20. Amjjle warnings were distributed throughout 

 tlie districts visited by the frosts of the period refei-red to. 



The cold waves of December, 1901, were exceptionally severe in the 

 Lake region, the central valleys, and the Southern States. The fol- 

 lowing are among press comments made regarding these cold waves: 



[From Montgomery, Ala., Advertiser of December 10, 1901.] 



The cold-wave warning was issued fully thirty-six hours in advance of the cold 

 changes; it was telegraphed to all the important towns of the State, from which 

 points it was distributed by mail. It is learned that the information was posted 

 in over 1,500 places in the State yesterday moniing. which demonstrates the very 

 thorough and rapid system the Weather Bureau now has for getting such warn- 

 ings before those who are actually interested. 



[From Pacific Rural Prcs=, San Franci&co, December IT, 1901.] 



There has been some injury in the citrus-fruit and winter-vegetable districts, 

 but, thanks to the early warnings of the Weather Bureau, those who know how 

 to l)urn and smoke as a preventive from frost effects saved much property and 

 gave a new demonstration of the efficacy of the protective measures which have 

 been brought to high development in California. 



[From New Orleans Times-Democrat, December IT, 1901, editorial.] 



The Weather Bureati gave ample notice of the coming of the cold wave, and its 

 predictions have seldom been more accurate as to the extent of the wave, the 

 territory that would be affected by it. and the degree of cold the thennometer 

 would record; and this warning did much to prevent any serious damage to the 

 cane crop from the freeze by giving the planters time to prepare for it. 



[From Pittsburg Post, December li5. 1901, editorial.] 



Much credit is due the Pittsburg station of the United States Weather Bureau 

 for its truthful and timely predictions in the recent sudden changes of weather in 

 this section. Warnings far in advance of the first local intimation of a cold snap 

 were sent to shippers of perishable goods, and thus much damage was averted 

 that otherwise would have resulted. When the continuous rains and heavy 

 snows set in. warnings were also sent out notif j-ing property holders of the immi- 

 nent danger of a flood. 



