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moderate gale. It continued blowing more or less strong until about 

 four o'clock, when it attained a very respectable force, but not sufficient 

 to do any damage. About five it began to die away, and at eight there 

 was hardly a breath of wind to be felt, and beyond two or three old 

 fences in the North end and a few shingles off some houses in Water 

 street, we have heard of no damage. Torrents of rain fell during most of 

 the night. Altogether, though Capt. Saxby and Mr. F. Allison deserve 

 all credit for warning the public of the approaching storm, the general 

 feeling is one of disappointment." 



Commenting on the Saxby prediction the London, England, Standard 

 said — 



"Saxby claims to have been successful in some of his predictions, 

 and he may prove either lucky or clever on the present occasion. As the 

 astronomical effect will operate over the entire globe, it is exceedingly 

 likely there will be a gale of wind and a flood somewhere." 



The chances of a hit in Saxby's case were greatly in his favour. He 

 had the whole world to range over, for he expressly stated the two hemi- 

 spheres would be affected alike. If then in any locality, on the surface 

 of the earth a violent storm occurred on the day named Saxby could 

 claim a fulfilment of his prediction. In these latitudes during the month 

 of October we are fairly certain to have gales, and that one of these should 

 occur about the time indicated is nothing very remarkable. 



The prediction of the weather prophets was published in Newfound- 

 land and the fifth said to have been a day of quaking terror, but both 

 Monday and Tuesday were perfectly fine, not a trace of the storm being 

 recorded there. 



The S.S. Acadia of the Anchor Line from Glasgow arrived at St. 

 John on the ninth, but did not experience heavy gales on the passage 

 out. 



So far as I have been able to trace the storm it was in the vicinity of 

 the Southern States on the second. 



Washington, D.C. had an excessive rainfall on the third and fourth, 

 The Tiber overflowed and some small buildings were carried away. 

 Storm subsided about 3 a.m. of the fourth followed by sunshine in fore- 

 noon. Maryland had an excessive rainfall. At Fort Washington 5.68 

 inches fell between third and fourth. Baltimore had heavy rain on third 

 but no gale was reported. Pennsylvania was flooded in many parts of 

 the State and at Philadelphia the river was full of floating wrecks, hi this 

 as well as New York State traffic was held up in all directions by the 

 flood. In Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island 

 and Maine, great freshets and floods were everywhere reported, rivers 

 were swollen by the run off from torrential rainfall, and in some cases 



