Right and Left Center of the Antje’s Gale. “9 
royal mail steamship Solway, left Vera Cruz for Havanna in the morning 
of Sept. od, ¢ and for the ee two days had very fine weather. On the morning of 
the 5th a seg epee need from E. N.E., (shifting afterwards to N., N. W., 04 
S. W. and S. E.,) which paioreatey increasing all day, til at night it had stnemasaiites 
perfect ote ane ; the heaviest of which was from midnight till 4 a. m. of the 6th. The 
ship lost ad <p but behaved admirably, and during the wo of the gale was laid to 
pea The barometer fell from about 30°10 to 29 gradually rose again 
ards eine of the 6th. The gale subsided as rapidly as it came on, and aa —— 
we the 7th was as fine and the sea as smooth as it had been sig ead ih usly. 
position “e the > mag at noon of the 4th was in lat. 22° 39’, lon noon net 5th, - 
© 50/; 6th not given.—[Leiter from Capt. Duwosn * sis "Ret —Capt. D. 
co kone Lieut. Motsann. commander of the Roman, that ‘he had never goes a 
ore mines eae or yori cross sea.’’] 
34. The of a urg brig informed Capt. Cor, of the Wm. Engs, that near 
Some Ate Seiad end me Cubs} the gale commenced at N. and veered by N. W. and W. 
to S. W.; and that his barometer here fell but 3-10ths of an inch. 
35. = S. Rover, Kure, from Tampico for Bermuda ; Sept. 5th, lat. at noon 23° 5 
lon. 9 d E.N. E., 4, yer Sancenehon 20:05 At4 p.m. N. by E., 5, clouds on 
blue ty er} 6th, at 5 a. m. wind N., ship steering E. by N.; the wind increasing and 
veering to the westward, with a Pasco swell N. W., strength of wind 8 [gale] with 
and ugly appearances, barometer pe ng. At noon, lat. 23° 49’, lon. 90° 27’, win: 
[strong gale] with rain and a heavy sea; barometer 29°50. At 2p. m. wind W. S. W., 10, 
[whole gale,] o.r.v. At3 P.M. M faba Fi 29-41, wind 11, o. r. u., with tremendous —_ 
‘the surface sea tans mings by the so of the wind. ilo considered the 
to be at its height, as the barometer oon me yif to rise, still blowing hard till 5 p. m. 
It then gradually riche and veered eto eS. . S. W., and S., leaving a 
very heavy sea. At midnight, iad S., 7-9, rain; putonaater 29:80. h, 
wind S., 7, 0. g.; at 4a. m. wind S., 6, 0. p.; barometer 30; sea greatly abated. Atnoon, 
lat. observed 24° 2’, lon. gge 21, ving S. E., 5, c.g. Current since noon al the 6th, S, 35° 
W., 24 fnilcn —(Logbook.) 
Our next report is from the right side of the storm. 
36. The sloop Dream, from Texas for New Orleans, was sunk during the gale, on the 
7th of Sept., off Raccoon Point, near lat. 28°, lon. 91°. 
Having thus followed the storm over the Bahamas and the 
Mexican sea, we come now to the reports of its appearance in the 
northern provinces of Mexico, as found in the Bermuda Royal 
Gazette. 
e hurricane reached the town of Victoria,* situated below the table land of red 
ico, in lat. 23° 28', lon. 102°, at 6 a. m., Sept. 8th, 1842. The wind 
creased in violence, from the same pro untill e.m. It then fell a profound calm re 
mite or six minutes, when immediately masta om the wind came from the south with re- 
ewed fury. Victoria is a town containing about 4000 inhabitants. Between two and 
pe hundred houses were blown down. Oaks and y forest trees were up- 
rooted, and some of them transported 50 or 60 yards. At Victoria “the storm set in with 
heavy rai eae account is from the aa Baron KaRwInsky¥, travelling for his gov- 
ene in Mex 
hb Bee eee flat. 23° 42/, lon. 98° 10’,] within 7 or 8 miles of the sea 
oun; ion wind blew as it did at Victoria, Baron KarwinsKy made every inquiry in 
order to trace its i = Mexico. He found it coaacs Woitwates but only 60 miles 
{from Victoria] and 
encountered the high seaees land. 
, and 
* La Ciudad de Victoria, or Durango. 
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