REMARKABLE HURRICANE, #37 
The hurricane came on Auguft 14th, 1773. Its rife 
was very fudden, and without any previous uncommon 
appearance in the fky, or other fymptom of its approach. 
In the morning there was a light breeze of wind at the 
-eaft, attended with plentiful fhowers. At 7" 3 the wind 
veered about to fouth-eaft, where it became a brifk gale. 
In about two minutes, it got into the fouth-weft, and be- 
came on a fudden very violent. From thence in about two 
minutes more, it fhifted to weft-north-weft, and then fud- 
denly died away to a moderate breeze. While the wind 
was thus changing, it feemed to blow in every direction ; 
the gufts became very violent, and formed many little 
whirlwinds all around, attended with a very heavy fhow- 
er of rain, and an uncommon darknefs. 
At the place where Salisbury and Amesbury join, the 
violence of the hurricane was very great. Its firft appear- 
ance was on Merrimack river. At the time when the wind 
was veering to the fouth-eaft, its waters feemed to be in- 
ftantly thrown into a violent agitation; and came rolling 
from the eaft as if they would have overflowed the banks. 
The hurricane immediately ftruck the fhore at Salifbury- 
Point and Amefbury, levelling before it feveral well built 
houfes almoft new, unroofing, twifting, and wrecking 
others; and thus tearing down, or fhattering moft of the 
buildings that were in its way. Several buildings were 
fhattered to pieces, and others removed in an inftant. A 
fail-maker’s loft in which a man: was fitting, was carried 
away and difperfed in a moment; the unhappy man be- 
ing found fenfelefs at the diftance of gq feet from the place 
where the loft ftood. A large oak poft 14 feet in length 
and rr inches in diameter, was taken up and carried by 
the wind 138 feet. ‘Pwo new veflels of go tons burthen, 
were lifted up from the blocks and carried to the diftance 
of 22 feet. And a large bundle of fhingles was taken up 
from the earth and thrown near 330 feet, in a direction 
contrary to that of the poft and veflels. The trees around 
were 
