Left Side of the Avis Line. — 341 
Oct. 4th, wind N. E., me mvgh ; yg ; noon, wind E, N. 
ind N 
» some rain, wind N. N.E,, sents 6 a. M,, houses falling, roofs blowing 
off, &e. edi } some rain; 94.M., wind N., more furious; noon, rain ceased; wind N. N.E., 
Telaxing ; at 6 p. m. the sun shone a quarter of an hoe § wind N. W.., light. 
i232: avana, iy tod 23° 9’, lon. 82° = about 85 miles L.] as nar Capt. Foster, ship 
St. Mary, Oct. 2d, it blew a gale from E. N. E., sufficiently strong to — the aid od 
best bower anchor; atmosphere continued dry, but env sdesfed:’ y a fine haze. 
. ard sunset the wind moderated, bine during the night veered to E.S. E., with an over- 
cast sky. This state of weather continued during the 3d, and in the evening there was 
much preenss in the S. E. near 
Early on the 4th, the wind was a uidlirelt from S. E., and rage weather apparently 
Soaedied. About 9 a.m. the wind veered gradually to E.S.E., N.E,, ¢ and finally neti 
tled at N. E. by E., with squalls of wind and rain 
from ~ seg Bat no — ‘was ain The e squalls increased in violence wit th 
torrent ht till early on La nas) of the 5th, when 
it foe « con hurricane en day ct on the 5th, vessels irections were 
drifting their anchors, coming in collision, dismasting and taking ng other. The St 
ary [which we have seen was roughly handled in the two prieph a s} was the 
only American vessel that rode out the gale without damage. At 10 . wind veered 
to North, _ granve gradually to N. W. Even then the gusts were not exceeded in vio- 
lence. By he wind subsided to a moderate gale, with streaks of cls sky in the 
Lace B i P.M. oo. wind became nearly calm, with a brilliant starry s 
unday, Oct. 6th, ushered in most delightful iar The mee ot dang to the 
pL Was very great. Many were dismasted, numbers were sunk, and several had 
oa Epsining setae up. "the south weatern shores of abe lta were strewed with 
nd this in 
es A — it a be or at Havana on the 6th, which had encountered the 
gale of the previo day to the N. W. of the Tortugas, where iol ex —— need only an 
See gale of wind, ae them to scores topsails. f ‘ 2?) 260 m 
 Mabaneee {lat. 23° 3’, lon. 81° 41’, about 50 miles L.] ding September, the 
de: se ig few remarkable variations ;_ but on oo Ist of October it was 29-60 
inches. In a few hours appeared a strong N. E. wind, which continued without change 
till the 4th, leon the wind ceased and it began to = abundantly. 
But the barometer, which generally stood at nches, notwithstanding the calm re- 
mained BF ~ inches on the 4th, which gave reason to suspect that we should have heavy 
te W In fact on the morn ing of October 9 it Bed to 28 inches, thus indicating 
the ey hnreane which almost immediatel y The wind, which 
at 10 p.m, of the 4th = Degne = increase by degrees, at 2 A. M. on the 5th blew with 
such violence that 1 remain of the immense destruction which it threatened. 
When the oe Gekned) it continued to blow from the N. E. with unheard of fury, and it 
was not till 10 or half past 10 a.m. that it began at all to abate. Shortly afterwards it 
ith the 
e violence as in the morning. But M. the barometer began to rise, promising 
the cessation of the gale, which soon ie 8 place. In fact, at three o’clock the storm 
R. M. steamer 7'rent, says in his journal :—On arriving at Havana [Oct. 
me bot 
rom u ment it 
appeared they had a heavy gale on the 2d of October, which lasted 2 tears The weather then 
‘became hasy; conan 80,) wate light rain, Tapraty driven. On the 4th, the sympiesometer 
and b ver ricaiaely. sha! former aan shortly after 
i EB, 
ND 
this wa be- 
fore se Seventy two ships were either upset or driven on shore, and others dismasted. 
Houses LOR | unrooted, windows blown in, and the crops seriously injured; cece computed 
rad ing 
to say, no one could give me an exact account. ne they stated was, they sod os never seen it lower, 
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