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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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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    111. Ship Hottinguer, for New York, Oct. 6th, noon, lat. 40°, Ion. 70°. Had the gale from N. E., veering by N.; carried light sails till dark, in Ion. 714°, running 10 knots. At 8 P. M. close reefed topsails, furled mainsail, jib, spanker, and mizen-topsail, and run before the gale. Oct. 7th, at 8 a. m. moderate, out reefs and made sail; lat. at noon 39° 17', Ion. 73°. [At height of gale, about 265 miles L.] 112. Ship Isabella, Oct. 6th, it commenced blowing hard from N. E. at 6 p. m., and blew very hard for five hours, from N. E. to N. N. W., ending at N. W. Lat. 40° 30', Ion. 72°. [306 miles L.] 113. Ship Columbiana, experienced the gale on the night of the 6th, lat. 39° 40', Ion. 70°. [185 miles L.J Lost fore-topmast, and otherwise disabled ; had all sails furled at the time. 114. At Fort Adams, R. I., lat. 41° 28', Ion. 71° 23', [324 miles L. of axis line,] Oct. 1st, av. of bar. 30 101; Oct. 2d, 30-439; Oct. 3d, 30143, a. H. wind S. E. and S., 3; p. m. S. E., 3, 4, rain from half past 1 p. M. Oct. 4th, bar. 29-784 to 29595, wind S., 3, E , 4, heavy rain till noon, (21 inches,) clearing up with a sudden change from S. E. to W. ; p. m. wind S. W. and IN. W., 3. [This shows distinctly the first Cuba gale.] Oct. 5th, bar. 29 682 to 29-843, winds W., 1, 5; 10 p. m. W. 3. Oct. 6th, bar. a. m. 29921, 29-984 ; p. H. 29 945, 29-972, winds a. M. N. W., 3, 2; p. m. S. E., 1, N. E, 5 ; heavy rain with high wind in the night; (rain 1 in.) Oct. 7th, bar. 29-776 to 30 in.; wind a. M. N., 5, 4; p. m. N. VV , 3, 2. 115.* At Amherst College, Mass., [lat. 42° 22', Ion 72° 28', about 412 miles L] Oct. 2d, bar. 3015, 3003, winds S. and S. W., 1, 2. Oct. 3d, bar. 29-91, 29-7^, winds S. E., 1, 3, very rainy night. Oct. 4th, bar. 29-52, 29 30, winds E., 1, S , 2, S. VV., 1, rainy morn- ing. Oct. 5th, bar. 29-31, 2951, winds S. Iv, 1, N. W., 3, 2, blustering. Oct. 6th, bar. 29-70, winds S. E., 1, N. by W., 2; clouds, stratus from S. VV.; p. n. from N. E.; [proba- bly lower scud clouds;] fair—lowering and chilly. Oct. 7th, bar. 29-60,29-78; a little sprinkle in morning; cloudy and chilly day; winds, sun r., N. by W., N. W.; fair at 6 p. m. ; 8th, bar. 2990, winds N. W. and W., 1; fair, fine. 116. State Lunatic Hospital, Worcester, Mass, elevation 483 feet, lat. 42° 16', [Ion. 71° 47', 376 miles L.] Oct. 2d, bar. sunrise 2983, sunset 29 74, winds S. W., fair. Oct. 3d, bar. 29 59, 29-45 ; winds S. W., S. E., fair, cloudy, rain from 3 p. M., 083 in. Oct. 4th, bar. 29-18, 28-93, winds S. E., IN. \V\, S. W.; rain 166 in., fair, cloudy. Oct. 5th, bar. 2895, 29-13, winds S. VV., N. VV., fair, cloudy. Oct. Gth, bar 2935, 8930, winds W. and N. W., fair, cloudy. Oct. 7th, bar. 29-19, 29-40, winds N. W.; raining at sunrise, (0 21 in.,) cloudy. 117. In the Vineyard Sound, S. coast of Mass., lat. 41° 27', Ion. noon, 70° 45', [300 miles L.,] the Schrs. Henry and Cambridge were dismasted at their anchors, in the gale from N. E., on rhe night of Oct. 6th. 118.t At Nantucket, lat. 41° 15', Ion. 70° 06', [260miles L.,] Oct. 4th, bar. 29-55, 2950; winds S. E., 2, S. W., 1, cloudy and showers, fair. Oct. 5th, bar. 2956, 2958; winds W. S. VV. 3, 2, clear. Oct. 6th, 9 .v. M. bar. 2985, wind N., 1, fair, slightly overcast with cirri; 3 p. M. bar. 29 85, E., 1, cloudy, grows thick and looks threatening, wind increasing ; 6 p. m. bar. 29 80, N» E., 2, cloudy, every indication of a storm ; 8 p. B. bar. 29 66, N. E., 3, rain, wind increasing; 10 p. m. bar. 2960, N. E., 4, rain, gale increasing; 12 p. m. bar. 29 50, wind 6, and rain, gale extremely heavy. Oct. 7th, 9 A. m. bar. 2970, wind N. N. VV., 4^, slight rain ; (whole rain 150 in.;) 3 P. H. bar. 29-80, N. N. VV., 2, clearing. Oct. 8th, 9 a. m. bar. 3004, wind N. N. VV., and N. W., 1, weather delightful. 119. Schr. Mogul, Oct. 6th, 7th, lat. 40° 35', Ion. 69° 09', [195 miles L.,] took a heavy gale from eastward, which blew a hurricane for about 4 hours; split balance reefed main- sail, was hove on beam ends and dismasted. 120a. Ship Unicorn, from Boston for New Orleans, Oct. 5th, at 9 a. m. got under way, with a fine breeze from VV. S. VV. and pleasant ; at 1030 a. H. Boston light-house bore N. VV. by N. by compass, 2 miles. Noon, fresh breezes and passing clouds, course Observations of Prof. Snell, scale of strength of wind 0 to 6. The storm of 6th, 7th appears hardly to have reached Amherst, as regards the surface wind, t William Mitchell's observations ; scale of wind's force 0 to C.