BE ee eS ee EE re, ag LP ee 
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ost 
caf shea ig ane 
— it died away; and in heh 30 minutes shifted fro 
eee a er = 
- Right Side of the Avis Line > 345 
below at the commencement of the gale, and was called to reef the foresail at half past 
11 a.m. 1 deem it proper to present the above details, but in estimating them, eloomoes 
may oe made for the position ‘nd cca of we suffering observer. Orange 
Riding Rocks are near the line given for the route of the storm's _— but its ous course 
may have been a little devious a a direct tele and here more westward. 
ip Chester, et niente th rie nono Islands,} Oct. ath | was boarded by the 
_. of the light aco, {Hole in the Wall, lat. 25° 51’, lon. 779 09’, about 70 miles 
R.,] who reported aa the hurricane: in blown down all the houses. The wind was 
aeons a S. E he 6t 
hiv; Maggi et, Oct. 5th, 6th, ‘omen ide os Abaco, [lat. 26°, lon. 77°, about 70 miles 
ii) =A a heavy gate of wind from E. 8. E. to 8: S. E., during which lost sails and spars, 
eee mieten en pee ends, &c, [Latter part - gale not mentioned.) Saw Schr. Chase 
Abaco, wind blowing on shore. Brig Partridge was also dismasted 
near Abaco. 
50. Barque Reform, for aon at noon ei: 5th, fresh breezes from S. E. and cloudy ; 
double are the topsails ; a’ made sail, and stood in W, 8. ~ for Abaco. 
made the land ahead me vanlext the ship to the wind; at 6 p. m. tacked ship to the 
astward, the wind increasing, with a paths sea from S. E.; close recied fore - main- 
lemaita furled courses, jib, and spanker ; at 9 p. m. wind still increasing from 8. E.; at 
11 p. a. fore-topmast staysail blew out ; fooks in fore-topsail and hove : fees: — refed 
shaiti-topeeil, blowing heavy. Oct. 6th, at 1 a.m. the we$ increase 
blew away the furled et from the gaskets. At 2a. M. gale aeabooina subsided a 
the wind changed to {N. of Abaco, a few miles “oh In 30 minutes: it was again 
blowing a hurricane 8s S. W., as hard or lee than before. About —— it began 
to moderate, and at 11 a. m. the wind had veered to W. Lat. at noon 27° 31’ 
51. Ship Star Republic, took the gale Oct. rs i 26° 46’, lon. 76° 59’, in po with 
Reform. Increased toa hurricane from E. 8. E. till about 2h. 30m. a. m. of the sr seen 
m E. S. E. to W, rai 
quarter with great at fu Ury.: aisha. ae of the lull the barometer stood at 28°10, [or as 
— sp: <_ ,] when it rose rapidly 3-10ths in 30 sonia and ‘tan 
ned st ry for t eal rising again as the gale abated. Lat. at noon of 6th, 
970 | 95), nie ore bs by computation, a Sak few miler R. of our axis line.] 
52. Brig Josephine, Oct. 5th, 21 miles N. = 
of the Hole i in tye Wall v Ee be pornk & oe ee S. E.; cleared the E. poin 
of Abaco, and s e 6th, ae it ln}led, and then came 
out from N. W. ae eas hebrinané for Ave ne on which dismasted the brig. Lat. at 
noon 27° ih Ton. 76° 30’. (?) ein brig’s position at the time of the lull is supposed to be 
at th le, which may have been to the right of our axis line.] 
53. . N. P. flat. 259 04", lon. 77° 18’, about 90 miles R.] We oe a se- 
vere hurricane on the Banks on the night of Oct. ag and the loss of lives ropert 
— cacy es ae of any previous gale for some years. ae atin bog from the 
quarte the wind, S. E., all was protected, nas damag 
muda il 
A letter from an officer at Nassau, seis - the cue: commenced with the wind from 
S. E., and gradually drew round to S., about S. W.—( Nautical Magazine.) 
. Letters from Long Island, Baha, lt 23° 20’, lon. 75° 15’, about 275 miles R.,] 
aa ani the ale me by no means sey re, blowing only in pasellase ssid with 
of rai m Key rad po sa little from its fury —Ber. so 23° 
ri 4 74° 43", ares 1 230 miles R.] These two islands are on the S. ger of the 
Bahama group, and opposite the eastern part of igi a highlands of which set afford 
some degree of protection, under the R. side of th 
55. Ship Berlin, Oct. Sth-6th, lat. 26°, it a, 1175 miles R.,} experienced a hur- 
ricane from S. E., "veering S. W., with a heav 
56. Barque Lagrange, Oct. sth-Bth, lat. 260 30" lon, 75° 30’, [127 miles R.,] eigen 
enced a very severe gale from S. S. E.toS,; which increased to a hurricane at 3 4 
Lost bulwarks, deck load, &c 
