Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1913 — Equinoctial Storm Arrived Promptly on Schedule Time. [ARTICLE]

Equinoctial Storm Arrived Promptly on Schedule Time.

. Elias Colbert, a veteran observer of weather conditions and an astronomer of note, who lives in Chi- . cago, states that it was 18 minutes and 2 seconds past 11 o’clock Thursday night, March 20th, when the sun crossed the line on its journey from the south. “Nawsty” weather is generally supposed to occur at about this time, although frequently the storms are a week or more away from the exact time of the equinox. But this storm hit us right on the dot. There was a co|d wind Thursday evening, rain and wind at night, and wind and snow in the morning. The high winds have done more or less damage, breaking out window lights and twisting limbs from trees. Quite a number of pieces of stone from the decorations qh the court house were.broken loose and fell to the ground. A popular almanac forecasts a cold spell dating from today, with temperature nearing the freezing point as far south as Oklahoma, Tennessee and northern Georgia. But the cold wave is to be short lived and beginning with the 22nd it will moderate and balmy south and southwest winds are to blow over the states of the middle west.