my 
156 Mexican Norther and Bermuda Gale of Oct. 1842. 
12. Barque Eliza Thornton, from New Orleans, — tremendous gales on the 
ar “” lat. 27°, lon. 86°. Lost topmasts, bulwarks, 
3. Brig Horace, from New Orleans, took the gale on ‘the sa ee 100 miles west of 
‘ort ae was thrown on beam ends, lost spars, sails, bulwarks, &c. 
14. Ship Charloite, in gale of 4th-5th, Tat. 28° 30’, lon. 85°, laid Ae = hours under bare 
poles: lost spars and sails, and suffered other damage.—(Marine Reports.) 
The next report enables us to mark the access ia progress of 
the right border of the storm, bebmeen the 'Tortugas and the west- 
erm part of Cuba. 
15. Barque Mallory, for Campechy, “4 = e Key West, begins with —s ne 
variable ; A. M. Regions breexts from 8. :. pe elnds: tet. at 
P. M. commen fi 5 SE .M, — - 
the me a: Sal ith s strong breezes and heavy sq 8 qualls, Oct. 4th, at 2 A. M. 
; double reefed fore and main-topsail, took in jib and mainsail ; om A. M. Close res 
ieee forenoon strong gales and head sea; lat. obs. 24° 3/, lon. 82° 40’; P.M. 
mences with 77 ai _— and cloudy; at 2p. m. close reefed main- oa blowing hard 
in squalls; ook in fore-topsail: 6 P.M wind S. W.; ship, head to the 
soushwaed oe Sociad to carry the ship out of t the gale f eae, mou moderate. 
Oct. 5th, a at 8 a. M. made » ifhey e wind; at noon lat. obs. 
24° 36’, lon. 83° 20’; p.m. wind W.S. W., moderate breezes and pleasant niiliot Oct. 
be ao airs, and passing clouds; lat. obs, 23° 33’, lon. a v0. 20',*—( Logbook.) 
ristiana, from Jamaica for Greenock, an topmasts, &c. in the gale while 
Pla in the east part of the Gulf of 
sails, &c. in the gale of 
17. Brig T. Street, from New Orleans for Jamaica, lost m 
or fifteen hours, from every 
Oct. 4th; which increased to a hurricane, and continued 
bt of the compass. [Position not given 
8. Brig Pantheon, from Tobasco, [south side of the Gulf of Mexico,] was spoken on 
aie Oth, between Matanzas and the south point of Florida, ‘vis loss of main-topmast in 
this gale on p 4th. 
19. Schr. Fancy dismasted and wrecked in lat. 26° 15’, Jon. 82° 23’, (south coast of the 
dts 4 Florida,) Oct. 6th. [This nautical date probe ly refers to the afternoon of 
the 5th, civil time.] 
. The brig Ann Eliza, on the Lite side of the Gulf é perce. off Cape San Blas, 
{abou lat, 29° 30’, lon, 86° 20’,] h e gale severe ice N. E. Oct. 5th, veering to N. 
N. W.—(Marine Reports.) 
1, Brig Samson came to anchor off St. Marks, Florida, (N. E. Border of the Gulf of 
Mexico on the 4th, weather squally d with much thunder and lightning. 
Every squall became harder, till at 4 a. m. on the 5t h, it was blowing a severe ee 
from Et by S., which drove the brig from her anchors, and continued, vary 
points eastward, till 4. m., when it suddenly died away calm. This pid Sat fifteen 
minutes, when the wind came from N. N. W. and blew with increased fury for about 
three hours, when it began to abate to a common gale of wind, which after 12 hours 
e During the hurricane no canvass could stand a minute. —(Statement of Capt. 
Sawyer.) (This account marks the border of the central lull of the storm’s vortex, 
De cg a a ee yA PE sa one ea 
* It will have been seen that ~ successive changes of wind on the south — of the Antje’s 
gale, in September, were by the west towards the south, the progress of the gale being west- 
ward, and this the left eee = ie gale. In this October gale, however, which advanced in an 
easterly direction, the southerly side of the gale becomes the right side, aie the order of the 
Rover, the changes pees sia —— towards the south. These opposite res sae ——— 
Pursuing opposite — 3. 
