348 Cuba Hurricane of October, 1844. 
the left side of its axis and along the American nr from Flori- 
da towards the gulf of St. Lawrence. 
70. Brig Leonora, bound southw: ard, encountered the gale Oct = between 5 and 6 P. 
M., preceded by a very heavy rain. During the night it blew hea y from E with 
increasing force. At midnight hove to with head to southward, ind 80 coal till the 
abated with the wind at N. W., and we judged ourselves then in Jat 30° 40’, lon. 749 45. 
[Being a few. pails: bs sneran nearer the axis a than at shift of the wind at9 a.m. Capt. 
ve been more westward than is here 
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71. Ship Arkansaw, from New York for Mobile, had the storm commence gradually on 
- — of Get. 5th, wact at 3a. mu. om t the 6 th wes hlowing.s a — from E. S. E., which 
At half past 9 4. M. 
wind ——— abated, hauli th 1e tim y the No a in fifteen minutes from 
the firs had set in mee in full 7 ote from W.N. ee which soon dismasted the ship. 
Capt. ree. in 32 years service, had never seen any thing like it in violence and 
strength. After blowing from this quarter = near two hours, the hurricane began torelax 
in force till reduced to a common gale of wind. At —— the gale subsided. Position 
at the shift of the gale about lat. 31° 30’, lon. 75°. [55 m 
. Brig Sterling, for New York, Oct. 5th, at ne in “i Gulf Stream, lat. 32° 31’, ne 
78°, "1233 miles L.,] fresh breezes from N. E.and cloudy, heading E. S. E., all sail set; 3 
p. M. took in light sails ; 5 p. M. single sa a, sad trysail ; 6 Pp. M. tacked again to 
E.S. E. and at 8 to N. N. W.; took in mainsail and jib and tacked to E. by S., the gale 
increasing and = eomieeelae zat midnight close reefed topsail and trysa ail and fur 
the foresail. Oct. at 4 4. M., wind N.; at 8 a. M. took in foretopsail. At noon heavy 
gales from N. N. W. ond squally, with a oa sea; lat. 33° 04’, near the outer edge of the 
Gulf Stream, {about 150 miles L.,] at 2 P ind N. Ws strong ane and rainy, lying to 
under close reefed main-topsail. At5p. usb g at midnight light airs and 
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73. ran ae barracks, Geo., lat. 32° 05’, lon. 81° 07!, (370 miles L. of axis line.) Oct. 
5th, winds N. to E., 1; 6th, W. (2), 1 to 3; 7th, W. 1 to 2. No rain nor gale repo 
74. aeewe orennnds (470 miles L. and 100 oar Pg N. W. of Savanna sy" _ average of 
barom - Ist, 2 ; Bd, 29°736 ; 4th, 29°564 ; Sth, 29° 2 a 
29-488 ; th, 29: 592. Winds from 2d to 5th ie chiefly S. W.; 6tha ON. E,3 
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ei Charleston, Me Ro sega lat. 32° 46’, lon. 79° 46’, [335 miles L.] Oct. Ist, barom- 
eter, (av.) 30°375 ; 3d, 30-054 ; 4th, 29-975 ; 5th, 29-975 ; 6th, 29 803; 7th, 30°10. 
Winds, 5th, N. 3, ‘i : ‘g NONE A ; 6th, sunrise, N.N.E. 4; during day, N. W.439 
p.m. W. 3; 7th, ee {The leat three places appear to have been little exposed 
to the gale, as a surface wind, but were all quite within its barometrical influence] 
76. Fort Johnson, near Cape Fear, N.C., lat. 33° 54’, lon. 78° 01’, [300 miles L.] Oct. 
6th, a. M., wind E. 6, N. E.6; p.m.,N. E.5; 9. mw, W. 2. No rain noticed. 
Fort Macon, near Beaufort, N. C. lat. 340 ay, Ton. 76° 30’, [270 miles LJ Oct. 6th, 
a.M., wind N. 3; Pp. m.,.N.6. Norain. [At the last two posts we have the gale e blowing 
in aausiceiele acpeneth; without rain.] 
8. Brig Capt. John, had the a’ in sos hee 22’, lon. 76° 20’, (near Cape map 
mice 4 oh axis line.] Shipped a which stove the galley and killed th 
e Bashaw, Oct. 6th, oP “330 10, lon. 75° 15', [140 miles Ll dh 
Fo te Ee which blew away main-topsail yard, top-gallant mast, & 
80. Brig Pennsylvania, Oct. 6th, lat. 32° 40’, lon. 74°, (57 miles Li was thrown on her 
beam ends in the hurricane, and totally dismasted. 
