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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    E. S. E., wind W. S. W.; 3 p. m. Cape Cod light-house bore S. W. £ S., distant 5 miles; night, wind moderate. Oct. 6th, begins moderate; 5 a.m. wind W. N. W., course S. by E. £ E., set studding- sails. Noon, moderate and cloudy, lat. (D. R.) 40° 34', Ion. 69° 6'. p. M. commences light breezes from E. N. E. and cloudy; took in studding-sails and braced on larboard tack, course S. by E. ; 4 p. m. wind freshening, took in m. royal and miz. top gt. sail; G i>. m. in fore and main top gt. sail, sent down m. royal yard and close-reefed the mizen-topsail ; 6-30 p. m. gale suddenly increasing, took in jib, spanker, fore and main-courses and mizen- topsail ; 7 p. m. gale N. E. ; 8 p. M. close-reefed fore and mizen-topsails. At 9 p. m. it was a complete hurricane, blowing the topsails to pieces before wc could get them in ; also blew the jib from the boom and the staysail from the hanks. At 11 p. m. a heavy sea making and ship rolling heavily, lost quarter boat and shifted the ballast; hove the ship to, head to southeastward. [Midnight, lat. computed, 39° 47', Ion. 68° 56'.] Oct. 7th, wind commences hauling towards N. W. and blowing a hurricane with a heavy cross sea, ship hove to under a tarpaulin in the mizen rigging; tried to bend mizen- staysail, but found it impossible ; forenoon more moderate ; at 10 a. m. kept off S.; set reefed courses, bent and set staysails. [Noon, computed lat. 39° 33', Ion. 69° 3'.J p. m. commences with wind settling at N. W.; unbent fragments of topsails, bent new ones and set them double-reefed; course S. by W. Night more moderate ; made .sail accord- ingly. [Next 12 hours pleasant, wind W.] 120 b. Brig Corvo, took the gale at 11 p. M. of the 6th, in lat. 39° 40', Ion. 68° ; was on her beam ends two hours; main-topsail and foresail blown away when furled snug in the yards. [103 miles L. of axis line.] 121. Ship Sarah fy Arsilia, for Havre, Oct. 6, a. m., moderate; noon, heavy rain in squalls from S., lat. D. B. 39° 20', Ion. D. R. 67° 38'; [103 miles L.;] p. U. begins wind S. E.; at 2 p. m. freshening, double-reefed the topsails ; 4 p.m. blowing a gale from E. S. E., close-reefed the topsails and reefed the foresail; at 7 p. m. the gale had veered to E. N. E., and at 8 p. in. hove the ship to, blowing violently ; at 11 p. m. blowing a hurricane. Oct. 7ih, at 2 a. m. the hurricane shifted rather suddenly to N. E.; at 230, shipped a heavy sea, stove bulwarks, &c.; [(?) 50 miles L.;] 8 a. m. gale still heavy from N. E.; 10 a.m. N. N.E., commenced scudding ; at 1 p. M. wind had veered to N. W., strong gales and clear weather with a high sea, set close-reefed fore-topsail and reefed foresail; 6 p. k. more moderate, shook out one reef; midnight, still moderating, set top gt. sails over single reefs. Oct. 8th, moderate breezes from W. N. W., lat. 40° 34', Ion. D. R. 64° 32'. [12 miles L. This vessel was in the Gulf Stream, which, with her general course eastward, prolonged the duration of the gale.] 122. Ship Zurich, Oct. 6th, lat. 40° 27', Ion. near 67°, [140 miles L:,] calm ; 2 p. M. IS. E., moderate ; 1p.m. E., freshening ; 8 p. M. gale N. E., scudding, double-reefed top- sails, took in jib and mainsail. Oct. 7th, 3 a. m. gale still increasing, split the foresail; 4 a. m. hove to: 8 a. m. gale had veered to N. W.; 11 a. m. bent a new foresail and made sail, winds more moderate with heavy sea; noon, lat 39° 30', Ion. 68° 30', [115 miles L.] 123. Ship Courier, for Gibraltar, Oct. 6th, a. m. wind W. to E. N. E., light, lat. 39° 43', Ion. 67° 19', [80 miles L.] p. m. commences with fresh gales from E. N. E.; 2 p. m. in top gt. sails; 3 p. M. double-reefed the topsails ; 4 p. m. close-reefed, gale still increasing, course S. E. by S. upon the wind; 6 p. m. reefed the foresail and hove to; heavy sea breaking over the ship ; latter part heading E., gale having veered to N. E. and iN. N. E. and increased to a full hurricane. [(?) 40 miles L.] Oct. 7th, a tremendous hurricane ; at 4 a. m. wind was N. W. with rain, having hauled from N. E. during the night; 8 a. m. gale abating ; 10 a. m. bore away and set reefed foresail, a heavy sea on ; noon, lat. 39° 25', Ion. 66° 25', [29 miles L.] At 1 p. m. gale N. W., set mainsail; 5 p. m. out one reef of main-topsail; 8 p.m. set jib and spanker, blowing in squalls, with a heavy sea; latter part moderate. At 2 a. m. Oct. 8th, out reefs and set topsails. 124. Ship Nathaniel Hooper, sailed from Boston Oct. 5th; noon of 6th, lat. obs. 40° 58' Ion. (chr.) 68° 21', calm; p. H. course S. W., winds N. E., increasing; 5 p. m. in all light sails; 7 p. If. wind increasing to a gale, shortened sail and close-reefed topsail; 10'30 p. m. gale increasing, with rain in torrents, took in mizen-topsail, and while handing fore-top-