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
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1846
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    sail gale increased to a tornado and caused the ship to broach to ; it blowing a perfect hur- ricane which tore all the sails into ribbons, blowing them from the gaskets; a tremendous sea, occasionally breaking over the ship. Oct. 7th, [about 152 miles L.,J blowing a hurri- cane, ship lying to; up N. E., off' E.; at 11 a.m. gale abating, still lying to, with aN.N.W. gale; at noon wore ship to S. W.; lat. (D. R.) 39° 54', Ion. 68° 48'; p. m. strong gales N. N. W. and cloudy; ends with light winds from N. W. Oct. 8th, noon, lat. 38° 44', Ion. (chr.) 69° 35'. Capt. Churchill states that his barometer fell to 2840, [add index error -20= 28-60,] and that three of the ships which left Boston in company with the N. H. returned to port dismasted. 125. In Boston Bay [about 318 miles L.] the gale was severe at N. E., and several ves- sels were driven on shore during the night of the 6th, near Point Alderton, at Scituate, &c. 126. Watertown Arsenal, Mass., lat. 41° 21', Ion. 71° 12', [352 miles L.,] Oct. 3d, winds S. E., 2; 9 p.m. S. E., 3, and clouds from S. E. Oct. 4th, a. m. S. E.; 3 p. M. S. W., 2; 9 p. m. N. W. 2; (rain from 3 p. m. 3d, to 1 p. m. 4th.) Oct. 5th, sunrise, W., 2; 9 a. h. S.W., 3; 3 P.M. S. W.,5; 9 p. m. N. W., 1. Oct. 6th, a.m.W., 2; 3p. M.N., 2; 9 p. m. N. E., 3. Oct. 7th, sunrise, N. E., 1; 9 a. m. N. W., 2; 3 p. m. W., 1; 9 p. m. N. W., 2; rain from 10 p. M. 6th to quarter past 1 p. M. 7th, 074 in. To this may be added the following barometrical observations of R. T. Paine, Esq., at Boston, made at sunrise, half past 2 p. m., and 10 p. m. Oct. 1st, 3023, 3037, 3038. Oct. 2d, 30-40, 30-3J, 3034; 3d, 3024, 3008, 29-96 ; 4th, 29-80, 29-47, 29-48; 5th, 29-48, 29-60, 29-79; 6th, 29 92, 2990, 29-79; 7th, 29-82, 29-86, 30-03; 8th, 3005, 30-05, 3006. 127. Fort Constitution, Portsmouth, N. H., lat. 43° 03.^, Ion. 70° 43, [364 miles L.J Oct. 6th, a. m. winds JN., 2, IN. W., 1, halo; p. m. E., 2, N. E., 5. Oct. 7th, winds N., 3; rain 0-38 in. At Saco, Me., about 30 miles N. of Portsmouth, the barometrical observations of J. M. Batchelder, taken at 7 a. m., 2 p. m., and 7 p. m., at 65 feet above high water, were as follows, viz.—Oct. 1st, 30-31, 3032, 30-37. Oct. 2d, 30-39, 3026, 3034; 3d, 30 32, 3017, 30-12; 4th, 29-84, 2959,29:57; 5th, 29-56, 29-56, 30-14; 6th, 29-93, 29-96, 2997; 7th, 29-86, 29-93, 29-94; 8th, 3006, 3007, 3004. 128. At Hanover, N. H., on the Connecticut, lat. 43° 41', Ion. 72° 22', [460 miles L.,] Oct. 2d, bar. 30-08 to 2988, winds M. W., S. W., S. E. Oct. 3d, bar. 29-76,29 60, winds S. E., rain from 8 p. m. Oct. 4th, bar. 29-40, 29-11, winds S. E. at sunrise, S. W. at half past 1 and half past 9 P. m., (rain to 3 p. m., in all 285 in.) Oct. 5th, bar. 2910, 2944, winds S. W., N. W., (bar. 2909 at 9a. m. and sprinkling of rain 10 a. m.) Oct. 6th, bar. 2959, 29-52, winds N. W.; N. at half past 9 p. m. 7th, sunrise, bar. 29-45, half past 1 p. M. 2959, half past 9 p. m. 29-71, winds N., rain from 3 p. m. 002 in. Oct. 8th, a. m. bar. 29 70, 29-72, winds N.; half past 9 p. M. winds S. W., barometer falling. [From these observa- tions of Prof. Young and those of Prof. Snell at Amherst, it appears that the strength of this second storm, as one either of wind or rain, did not reach the valley of the Connecti- cut, although barometrically, its influence was more widely extended.] 129. Ship Mediator, for London, Oct. 6th, noon, lat. obs. 40° 20', Ion. (chr.) 65° 36', [40 miles L.,] wind N. E.; commenced blowing at 2 p. m. ; at 4 p. m. blowing hard; 6 p. m. under close-reefed topsails ; 10 p. m. very heavy gale, hove the ship to, with head still to southward ; midnight, wind E. S. E. Oct. 7th, commences with gale still increasing; 3 a. M. wind had hauled to S. E.; [ship now near the axis line of the gale;] 4 a. m. gale, S. S. W.; 6 a. M. gale S. W. by W., still blowing hard ; 8 a. m. wind W.; 9 a. m. N. W. by N.; 11 a. m. N. W., and continued to blow in that quarter; noon, lat. 40° 32', Ion. 61° 36'. [98 miles R. of axis line ; having crossed the same during the gale. This accounts for the veering of the wind by the S., as the gale passed over, instead of by the N. as on the L. side.] Capt. Chadwick states that his barometer fell as low as 2820, of which he is certain, and he thinks lower, previously to 4 a. m. [This barometer reads 0 08 in. lower than my own, giving 2828 in. for the above observation.] 130. Ship St. Nicholas, for Havre, Oct. 6th, lat. 40° 30', Ion. 66° 20', wind E., cloudy, course S. S. E.; 5 p. M. [25 miles L.] commences blowing strong from E. N. E. with rain ; 6 p. m. double-reefed; 7 p. M. in fore and main-topsail and mainsail; 8 p. M. blows tre- mendously, hove the ship to under close-reefed main-topsail, head S. S. E., [wind about