On three several hurricanes of the Atlantic, and their relations to the northers of Mexico and Central America, with notices of other storms / by W.C. Redfield.

  • William C. Redfield
Date:
1846
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    4th, 6 a. m. E. 1, rain. 9 a.m. N. 3, cloudy, 3002 5th, 9 a. M. N. 5, 29-99 6th, 9 a. m. N. 4, 3003 7ih, 9 a. m. N E. 5, c. 30-13 8th, 9 a. m. X E. 6, b. c. 30-06 Mexican Norther and Bermuda Gale of Oct. 1842. 2.5 57. From Bermuda we have the following report, from the journal kept at the signal station, Mount Langton. Oct. 3d, 9 a. M. wind N. 1, cloudy, bar. 30 03 Oct.9th, 1 a. m. w'd S. E.9,c.m.r.q.br.29-91 noon, S. E. by S. 8, c. m.r. 29-91 2 p.m. S.S. E.8, c.m.d. 29-86 4 p.m. S.7, cm. 29-84 5p.M.S.W.b.W.8, cm. 29-84 10th,8a.m. S. W.4, c m. d. 29-96 noon, N. W.3, c. r. 29-98 [It appears from the above, that the right hand or southern side of the gale passed over Bermuda between the 7th and 10th, the gale being but moderately severe, its axis passing to the north of the island.] 58. The Sylph, from New York for Bermuda, encountered contrary winds and heavy weather off that island on the 8th. 59. Brig James, for Bermuda, was in lat. 30° 3', about 270 miles E. S. E. of Bermuda, at 1 p. m. of the 8th, when she first felt the influence of the gale, which increased with strong breezes from S. S. E., and cloudy with passing squalls. Oct. 9th, the wind had veered to S. S. W., and at 4 p. m. the brig was brought to under close-reefed topsails and storm staysails ; at 8 p. M. strong wind ; at midnight wind W. S. W., squally. At 4 a. m. of the 10th, more moderate ; at 6 a. m. made sail, and at 10 a. II. saw Bermuda, 8 miles distant.—(Logbuok.) We have no reports from the northern side of the storm at this period, nor any account of its further progress on the Atlantic, though doubtless it must have been met with by many naviga- tors. We may now take a cursory view of the weather on the two borders of the path of the storm. From the Caribbean sea, we have no accoimts that afford the slightest indication of the presence of the storm, either before or after its appearance in the Gulf of Mexico. On the 2d of Octo- ber, the Brig Echo sailed, with other vessels, from Kingston, Ja- maica, for Philadelphia, and met with no storm in those seas. So also the Effort, from Jamaica, as we have seen, made her first acquaintance with the gale near the northern part of the strait of Florida. There is the same absence of any evidence with regard to the occurrence of this storm at the great chain of the Antilles, and vessels bound northward from these islands, first encountered the gale north of the islands, in its progress to the eastward. In front of the gale, we find, that in Florida and elsewhere, a mild state of the winds preceded the arrival of the storm, at successive localities; and further eastward, in its route on the At- lantic, vessels were spoken in mild weather immediately before its arrival. From the left margin of the storm, we have the following re- ports ; some of which afford indications of the effects or influence of the storm.