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Foretelling Storms

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
July
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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i he Amirinm fiaitiroad Journal m nn artk'.lu ix-hrring lo the hito disas ipuw .mi Monn and Cretihula in l-nn■ nin nn] New York, sayu : Thö seieiiL-e of MtU'Oi-ology has liow inu'tvl at 8iu:h a piten thal eyery g'. ne-ri! violent storm, pucli as Üiat on íetlnesdny weck, tv.n bd predieted vii'.h alnio.-t absoluto ce! tainty twuntyfoiii' to thirty-sis l'nrs in odvanue. - J}y meniH o Lhe telegraph tliis uformat,on iniyht be confín unipuld to ill pill'ts oí' li! connliy iri ;i fcw (ninuto.-1, .o t'hjit pigjiald could bo diflpli yed ul()g i lie coast, whilc in tho interior, work.-s touifl bc put in :i state oí rendíweaa to irceive tln: e.vpected vi-tor. - Kveiy 1 1 m -i vi ir could be nin clry ; evvry carral be loivcrt-il ; even tl. o boatíiu.'ii e.HiU bo forewaroeil. A largo nuflibüi' oí valuablo Uves perished during llio late Irosliet, evoryouo of which ijlglit have heen sa vod to their own iamilies and the cominiimty at largo. We are liere making uso of no reekl(?s,s assertions. The e-speriment oí foretelling the oather has been trieii in England. It is uunducted on strict ly peientwe pnineiples by a Dopartn.fiit under tho supervisión of Admiral F-iuroy, 'J defmy tho necessary expenses in conniction with it, the ijiiiish (iovernrnent niakos a s!n;i!l appniprialion annually. A k'ading Eng lish Journal remarkd that thia inven)'.n has already been t'uo rneans of saving hundretls .■!' lives annually. It is Cuinilted od all hands iliat thongh Fi'zroy has made frequent mistaVea as to thu local irales, yut that no };r'!at storm bas visited tho country dnrin . the past yoar without being heralded int several honra in a Ivuneo by the display of siynnls along tho coa.st, waroing seamen to keep oö shore or i.ot venture out l'or the timo be'ng. - In luis cotintiy, owiug to the unifonnity oí Dar general coast lines, tho las i l ihti storm wül doublless bo found more ëitople Uan in any part of EuïMi.e. ili:íS)ipnj{rps.

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Old News
Michigan Argus