The following special bulletin was issued at Washington on the 1dth ult, by the U.S. Weather Bureau "The great Atlantic Coast storm has passed on to the Nova Scotia islands, with rapid velocity and almost unprecedented development. At Wood's Hole, Muss., on Monday night at 8 o'clock, the barometer read 28.86 inches, a full of 1 inch in twelve hours; at Nuntucket, at midnight, the reading was 28.56 inches, and this morning, at Halifax, 28.90 inches.
"Owing to the extent and extreme destructiveness, this storm will always be remembered as the greatest storm in the history of the Atlantic Coast States, and most remarkable fur the perfect combination of the conditions necessary to produce such results, An abnormally high barometric area, accompanied by a severe cold wave, was moving southeastward to the Gulf States, and a disturbance was developing on its southeastern edge. The results were inevitable, and as rapidly as possible widespread warnings were distributed on Saturday in the West Gulf States of impending severe, freezing weather on the coasts.
"On Saturday night the warnings were extended to Florida, but both were further supplemented on Sunday morning by additional and more positive warnings, Other warnings were also sent on Monday to Havana and the Bahamas, While the immense loss of property is to be greatly deplored, it is gratifying to learn that
timeliness of the warnings.
much og possible. mas saved by the "Nearly: all temperature records were broken in the Gulf and Southern States. The temperature at New Orleans reached 6 deg., 9 dey. lower than any previous records; Vicksburg, 1 deg. below zero, 4 deg. below the record; at Jacksonville 10 deg. or 4 deg. below the record, with heavy snow and sleet. At Jupiter a minimum of 28 deg. was reached this morning. Information xs to the extent of damage caused by the c-id wave will apear in Other publications of the Weather bureau.
"As the storm moved northward from be changed, the Gloria being manned by Florida, the character of the destructive
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