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In an account printed at Key West, it is stated that the unequalled 
res gale 
when atits = height can scarce be peor It swept every thing before it- 
trees, vessels—and almost every thing in its course was levelled with ne earth: or borne 
off with frightful velocity. 
At Indian Key, o ff the S. point of Florida, [lat. 24° 47’, lon. 80° 48’, about 75 miles 
«aes most of the houses remaining there were blown down and all the wharves destroyed. 
Brig Ventrosa, was lost.on the Bimin facet in the hurricane. [W. edge of the 
Sana Bank, lat. 25° 40’, lon. 79° 12’, about 35 s L. 
. At Jupiter Inlet, St. Louis Sound and Sevdiaai‘eh river, on the E. shore of Florida, be- 
‘ites lat. 26° 30’, and 28°, the gale was severe on the ret ae a great influx of the 
(This part of the coast is 112 to 150 miles L. of th ne.] 
42. At Fort Brooke, head of Teatips oey F relay “(at @72 57 ion 82° 35’, about 300 
miles L.,] there was no rain t.2d. The lowest 
observations of the barometer were ‘made on the evening of the 5th and morning of the 
, 29°79 in. It may have been lower in the night. The daily averages of the ola 
and state of the winds, were as fullows, viz.—Oct. Ist, bar. 30°50, wind, E., 3; 
bar. 30°16, winds N. E. and E., l*and 4; 3d, bar. 30-06, wind E., 1; 4th, bar. re i we 
N.E., 1; on the 5th, bar. 29°84, wind E., 2, 4, 6, 4;* 6th, bar. 29 88, winds N. E., 3, 2, 1; 7th, 
bar. 30:07, calm. [Fort Brooke is not more advanced i sn’ oe track oe the storm than the 
island of New Providence, Bahamas; and its deeply embayed position, on the me side 
e.] 
of the Florida peninsula, doubtless contributed to its ried from a force of the gal 
43.+ At Charlotte Harbor, [west coast of Florida, lat. 26° 48’, lon. 82° 5’, 228 miles I.., 
and less advanced in the track than Fort Brooke,} the “om blew from N. E. and was much 
pais ah than at Tampa Bay. Its violence greatly increased, on that coast, as we go 8. 
ward Key West, as I am informed by Capt. Pincka? this being in fact a nearer approx- 
imation = aie center path of the 
44.¢ At Apalachicola, [lat. 29° 43’, tol 85° 05’, near 475 miles L. of axis line,| there was 
no gale; the winds were moderate from the N. E., with clouds flying somewhat briskly 
from — ee 
, [Fort Marion, E. coast of Florida, lat. 29° 40’, lon. 819 35’, 305 
29 29 
N.E., 3, N., 4,7, N. E., 8, drizzling rain at 2 Pp. .; mean at 10 Pp. M. — to 9. 
Rina viest of gale i in the night.] 6th, bar. 29°75, 3001, winds N. W. 5, 6, N. E. 3,0; 7th, 
. brisk a. M. th 
axis line greater than at Tampa Bay, but the position of St. Augustine, on the E. coast, 
was far more exposed to the gale. The state of the barometer and winds show that both 
these places were toward the left border of the gale, which in passing onward did not 
fully extend its force to ieee and Charleston. 
45b.t Brig Demarara, at and from Neuvitas, N. side of Cuba, Sept. 28th, fair, light 
gs ~ - * NoEy; ch, fair, en breeze oe N. N. E.; 30th, begins calm, cloud 
a light breeze from N. N. W. Put tosea. Noon , lat. 21° 46’, lon. 77° 08'; 
Spiuins a Chana el;] lp.m. wind S. W. — and many, ooking squally in the 8S. E.; 
5 p. m. wind N. N. W., took in sail; 10 p.m. windS , close-reefed fore- 
topsail, and double-eeted smsnopeai. [Re ide on edge of Great Bahama Bank bea 
northerly.] t, a p to westward and close-reefed the main-topsail ; 
44. M. wore “is : ote M. ies off, aaa ut on to the edge of the Bank and then hove to, 
P. M. wore ship to westward; 8 p.m. wind S.E. by E. Oct. 2d, at 2 a. m. wore ship, head 
* Where successive entries for th posts, they ve to ak 
pen daily periods of dbwervilics which are raat ee dioiwrian; Gam, 3P 
9p, 
os and 44 are given on the pomieg of Saag Parker, who was then at a and 
afterwards ac fed. asa commissi ioner at Key Wi eo mers vitae, in oui 
iT th 2 tim: I 
