338 Cuba Hurricane of October, 1844. 
10. Ship Dantzig, for Havana, was spoken on the 11th in lat. 23° 30’, lon. 86° 30’, 
having been dismasted in the hurricane on Seg 4th October. {Must have met the! hurricaill 
on the south side, or off the west end of C 
11. Barque Franklin, Oct. 4th, off th end of Cub i d 
ricane ; [(?) 235 miles L. ?] lay to 17 mers cians bare poles, par of the time “ her beam 
ends, expecting the masts to be blown out of her; suffered much damage, and was driven 
100 miles to the S. W. With calms and currents, took 14 days to gain her here position. 
[This shows clearly the general direction of the gale off the W. end of Cuba.) 
12. Schr. H. Plantagenet, for Havana, encountered the hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico 
about forty miles from ‘Tortugas, the wind blowing ‘strong from N. N. E.  {(?) 230 miles 
L.| Was — to throw over part of the cargo, but suffered no other damage. 
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We now pass from the left to the right side of the storm. 
13. Brig Trojan, from Kingston, 8S. side of ee asin Oct. 2d, and took the hurri- 
cane off the Grand Cayman, blowing from S. S. S. E. m the Ist of Oct. clouds — we 
flying wick and fast from ~ southward; the nes in say western quarter loo! 
and threatening. Oct. he barometer had fallen, and it confined to fall till oe M. oof 
the 4th. ne of the in, = breeses from Re E,; at 9a. M. SOmRAN NS blow- 
ing hard from 8. 8. E. d fi S. E.t0S.S. W., 
from which last point, ‘about 9.2 P. M., was the worst of the gale. (Then about 145 miles 
R.) At 10 p.m. the barometer had pot risen, the wind settling at S. W. as the gale 
abated. 
14, On pas pene daies Capt. Davis, in the Trojan, spoke the brig Homer, which bad 
sailed from Kingston two days before him, for Laguna, on the S. coast of the Gulf of Mex- 
po or nig totally dismasted on the 4th of Oct. [The Homer was probably in the 
15. Brig =. Star, at Falmouth, Jamaica, [N. side,] Sept. 30th, fine weather; at: half 
“9 Pp. M.a heavy squall of rain. Oct. Ist, fine, with land breeze through the day ; at 2 
P.M. sailed for Black river, [S. side of Jamaica;] wind southward. At7 P.M. was 0 
Montego Bay; at 8 Pp. M. took in top gt. sails; fresh breezes from S. S. W. with squalls ; 
at midnight, reefed. Oct. 2d, oat 2 a. mM. took in mailsail and jib ; [first gale, which appears 
to have been ba ;] Hn a. shook out reefs; set the mainsail. Atnoon, 
the W. end of Jamaica bore S. S. W.; Pp. m. fine weather and head sea, wind S, E. by 8.5 
fine breezes ; at midnight, a Negri sae E. by S. 
Oct. 3d, winds S. E. to S, S, E. with squalls and rain; at 4 p. m. blowing a heavy tem- 
pest; at 6 p. m. Cape Negril, S. point, bore E. S. E. (Thi is cape is in lat. 18° 15’, lon. 78° 
25/, 305 miles R.] At ie vai ain with heavy squalls. Oct. 4th, gale continues; at 
e N. side, wind S. S. E. = squalls; at noon was off Falmouth. 
The wind veered during this day fers S.S. E. to S. W.; fresh breezes and squally 
weather. Oct. 6th, calms and eye 
16. Capt. Ray, of brig Com. Hull, states that there was no blow at Falmouth, Ja.,; but 
on the night of the 4th and day following, a eng sea hove in from the northwestward. 
[Lat. 18° 28’, lon. 77° 41’, 345 miles R., and under the shelter of the mountains or hi 
lands of Jamaica, the wind being sou’ ub ‘ae 
17. At Montego Bay, Ja., {lat 18° 28’, lon. 77° 57’, 330 miles R., and under like shelter 
as Falmouth,] Oct. 4th, after threatening weather it commenced blowing hard from S. be- 
tween 9 and 10 p.m. A strong ground swell had heaved into the bay from about 3 P. M+ 
and before 2 a. M. of the 5th, it had acquired a terrific force. During the 5th there was 
. sydd the se oe of the mecond storm or hurri icane at Peicinpssn. indicates for it@ 
more easte gin tIV. There seems, 
however, . ee sth ei little separ ation in the two storms: in the latitude of Jamaica. 
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