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At Moncton the tempest and tide was most disastrous, while at 

 Shediac, and Point Du Chene on the gulf not eighteen miles distant, no 

 damage of any description was done. 



In the Bay of Chaleur the water was much above the normal and at 

 Dalhousie, Restigouche County, bordering on the bay, the lower por- 

 tion of the town was inundated and boats used to remove property and 

 people from the lower levels. 



At the head of the Bay of Fundy, in the Basin of Minas, in and about 

 Cumberland, Hants, Kings and Colchester Counties, N.S., the gale was 

 not severe, but rain fell heavily. The chief damage was caused by the 

 tide, dykes were broken away in all directions, in some places the water 

 was two feet above the second floor of dwelling houses, many hundreds 

 of cattle, sheep, etc., drowned, large quantities of hay destroyed, great 

 stretches of the railroad carried away and travel made impracticable in 

 any direction. The wind itself did not do much injury, except to the 

 fruit crop. At Windsor, N.S. wharves were damaged and churches, 

 dwellings and business places flooded. 



In Cornwallis and Annapolis Counties similar conditions obtained. 



At Bridgetown, Annapolis County, N.S. a gale from the south set in 

 during the afternoon and continued some hours accompanied towards 

 night by heavy rain. At Annapolis, early on Monday evening, the water 

 stood knee-deep in the streets and flooded the stores, carried away 

 lumber from the wharves and caused great devastation. No marine 

 disasters were reported. 



Yarmouth, N.S. reported the following weather conditions. The 

 wind was strong from southeast in the morning, gradually increased 

 during the day, until late in the afternoon it blew with great violence, 

 accompanied with heavy rain. The gale continued to rage furiously 

 until towards midnight, when it gradually subsided. The tide rose to 

 a great height, in some places causing serious damage. A number of 

 buildings were unroofed or blown down in several parts of the County. 



The steamer plying between St. John and Digby, N.S. anchored in 

 Digby Basin and by keeping full steam ahead, managed to weather the 

 gale. Some damage to wharf and vessel property at Weymouth was re- 

 ported. At Westport, Brier Island N.S. much damage was done to the 

 wharves and ten vessels were driven ashore. 



The storm was not severe at Halifax, the night was dark and rainy, 

 but the blow was not an unusual one nor the tide extraordinarily high 



The following meteorological conditions were obtained from the 

 records kept by the late Gilbert Murdoch, at St.l^John — 



