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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![31° 21', Ion. chr. 70° 06'. [Had run 40 miles to the northward since 3 p. M. of 6th, besides drift in lying to. Probable position at minimum of barometer, 213 miles R.] 63. Ship Potomac, Oct. 6th, at 4 a. m., reefed down the sails with the wind blowing at E.; at 6 a. m. took in foretopsail, gale S. S. E.; at 10 a. m. took in maintopsail,gale S. S. E.; 11 a. M. hurricane from S. S. E., lying under bare poles; at Uh. 3l)m. was hove on beam ends ; cut away the mizenmast, then the mainmast, when she paid off and righted : Wind veering to all points of the compass. Lat. 32° 30', Ion. 71° 30'. [60 miles R — I infer that the gale blew from the western quarter after these shiftings near the center, but the close of the gale is not mentioned.] 64. Ship St. Cloud, Oct. 4th, lat. 33° 01', Ion. 70° 40', cloudy and light breeze from S. S. E. ; night dark and squally, barometer low, and appearance of an approaching storm. Oct. 5th, a. m., wind S. S. E. to E. and calm j lat. 32° 13', Ion. 70° 55'; p. m., light breeze fromW. and W. S. W., gradually veering to N. E. ; barometer falling till midnight, when it blew a reefed topsail gale. Oct. 6th, gale still increasing, from E. N. E. to S. E.; barometer 2870, and falling. At 6 a. m. the hurricane had commenced; furled all sail, ship's head to the southward ; wind, apparently, nearly steady. At 9 a. m. barometer 2840, and at a stand ; at, llh. 30m. wind had veered to S. E.; noon, no abatement; lat. D. R. 32° 20', Ion. 70° 25', (?) p. m. commences wind hauling more S., barometer steady at 23-35 to28 40 ; 1p.m. wind S. by E.; 2 p. m. S. S. W. and still blowing as hard as ever, and veering westward; about 3 p. if. the clouds began to break in the S. W., and the gale to abate ; 4 p. M. wind S. W. by W., got ship's head to S. S. E. and set a little sail, wind moderating, and veered N. W. and N. N. W. in 12 hours ; then in lat. 31° 53', Ion. 71° 40'. [The dead reckoning position on the 6th, seems not to accord with the observed positions on the 5th and 7th. Probable position at noon of 6th about 105 miles R.] 65. Brig Brothers, Oct. 6th, lat. 32°, Ion. 70°, [150 miles R.,] was thrown on her beam ends and totally dismasted. 66. Barque H. W. Tyler, Oct. 6th, lat. 31° 30', Ion. 68°, [265 miles R.,J experienced a severe gale from the S. which blew away the reefed topsails and foresail, and did other damage. 67. The Clara and Emma was dismasted in this gale in lat. 32° 23', Ion. 68° 49', [195 miles R.] and was abandoned in lat. 32°, Ion. 76°. 68. Brig Falcon, encountered the gale Oct. 6th, in lat. 32° 50', Ion. 65° 40', [315 miles R.] commencing from S. S. E. Was hove to from 4 p. m. till midnight. Two hours after its commencement, the gale began to veer gradually round to S. and S. W., and abated at W. It commenced blowing with a clear sky, but the clouds thickened up in the evening. A very heavy and irregular sea was running on the 7th. 69. At Bermuda, lat. 32° 15', Ion. 64° 40', [330 miles R.J the following observations were made by James Irwin, signal director at Mt. Langton. Date. Hour. Winds. Force. Weather. Ther. Barom. Oct. 1, 9 A. M. s. w. 4 c. 77 3012 2, 9 A. M. s. s. w. 5 c. m. 75-5 3011 3, 9 A. M. s. 3 c. m. p. 77 30-19 4, 6 A. M. S. by W. 5 c. m. d. 70 30.07 4, 9 A. M. S. W. 4 c. 76-5 3004 6, 9 P. M. s. 8 c. m. 76-5 29-86 7, 9 A. ME. s. w. 2 b. 76 29-94 7, 2 P. M. N. W. 3 c. 78 3002 An interruption occurs in these observations, Oct. 5th and 6th, but a daily series by an officer at the naval station, sent me by Col. Reid, shows that the barometer at 10 a. m., of both 5th and 6th, was but little below the mean for October, and the wind is given, on the 6th, as S. S. E., 6 ; rain, 0-27 in. on the 5th, and 028 in. on the 7th or the night previous. The roaring of a heavy sea on the reefs in the morning of the 7th, was generally noticed ; and attentive observers at Bermuda promptly announced that a great gule had passed to the westward of the island, in the direction of Newfoundland. Having followed the gale thus far, on the right side of its path, we may now return and trace its progress and character on](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21149549_0056.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
