206 National Geographic Magazime. 
by this publication: “This preliminary publication, issued two 
weeks after the storm reached our coast, well illustrates the cor- 
dial support this office receives from masters of vessels in its ef- 
forts to collect and utilize data regarding marine meteorology. 
It is desired to collect as complete data as possible regarding this 
storm, in order to publish a final report, and the present publica- 
tion will be useful as a good working basis for a more complete 
detailed study of the hurricane.” Also, “Special attention is 
called to the fact that this preliminary publication is only in- 
tended to give a brief outline of the facts as indicated by data 
received up to date of publication.” Moreover, the name, nation- 
ality, and rig of every vessel whose report had been received in 
time to be used was published, and every statement made in the 
accompanying text was based on an exhaustive study of all the 
data. 
It is interesting to note how slightly the very complete data 
now at hand have modified this hastily-prepared history, and all 
the circumstances urge similar quick work and prompt publica- 
tion in every case, before. other storms and other conditions have 
dulled public interest and directed attention elsewhere. ‘The 
track of the easternmost of the two storms, as plotted on the first 
little chart, shows that it moved more rapidly than was antici- 
pated, and recurved farther north: the fact is, its very exist- 
ence was not even suspected till two hours before the final draft 
of the maps was made, and then only because the German steam- 
ship “Savona,” from Baltimore for Brazil, suffered such damage 
from the hurricane on Sept. 5th (see chart dated Sept. 3rd for 
position) that she was obliged to run in to St. Thomas for re- 
pairs, and our consul, Mr. M. A. Turner, forwarded her report by 
the first steamer to New York. The following is a brief extract 
from this report, beginning at 10 Pp. Mm, Sept. 4th: “ Full hur- 
ricane, ship lying in trough of sea, laboring heavily and shipping 
much water. Cargo shifted ; jettisoned 600 barrels of. flour 
and 60 tons of coal. Broke steam steering gear and wheel, found 
rudder adrift, 3 feet of water in the hold, foundations of engines 
seriously loose and getting worse. Bore up for St. Thomas.” 
It is impossible, in the space at my disposal, to refer even 
briefly to the reports of the few vessels whose tracks are plotted 
on the charts: the stanch steamship ‘“ EKarnmoor,” foundering 
in the heart of the hurricane on Sept. 5th, eleven of her crew of 
thirty escaping in an open boat, and of these only seven surviv- 
