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A later great storm or hurricane occurred Sept. 28, 1903.* Though 
it was of comparatively short duration, it also did a great amount 
of damage. At the height of this storm, which was about noon 
(12.30 p. M.), the wind had a recorded velocity of 74 miles, from the 
northeast; after it shifted to the northwest it had a velocity of 40 
miles, at 3 p.M. It was accompanied by a very heavy rainfall, which 
washed away the roadbed in many places. Large numbers of cedar 
trees were uprooted, many large palmettoes were broken off, the 
Figure 33a.—Undercut cliffs at Clarence Cove, near the location of the great 
landslide of Oct. 6, 1903. 
banana crop was ruined, and numerous public buildings and_ private 
dwellings were damaged. A number of stone docks and sea walls 
were badly damaged or destroyed, and many boats were wrecked. 
Not much was said in the papers of the effects on the shore cliffs, 
but in the Royal Gazette for Oct. 10th the following item appeared: 
“On the North shore of Pembroke Parish—from Spanish Point 
toward the Ducking Stool—the rugged cliffs in several places show 
the effects of the fierce onset of mighty billows during the late 
hurricane. Huge pieces, wrenched up and swept away, have left 
* See ‘‘The Colonist,” of Sept. 30, 1903, and ‘The Royal Gazette,” vol. 
Xxxvili, No. 80, Oct. 7, 1903, p. 1, for details. 
