350 Cuba Hurricane of October, 1844. 
95. Barque Montpelier, Oct. 5th, wind W., 8. m. wind N.; Oct. 6th, wind N., spe 
_. wind increasing from N.E.; at 7 a. M. took in jb and meinsail-—wind ne 
; 9 a.m. double reefed the a : ese wind E., took in foresail and — pa 8 
‘ia diane, heavy = and rough se p. M. took in fore-topsail and hove to with head 
to southward; 5p. M. took in nuinesohe adil 6. p.m. wind N.N.E.; 7 P- cae away the 
. vessel ayind rail gee! and would not right; 10 Pp. m. wind N. N 7 Lee 
gale a Oct. 7th, moderate breeze from N. N. W. and a heavy sea; ‘wits lat, 35° 
50!, 2° 15’, [about 108 ae 
96. Brig John R. Gardner, left Ne w York Oct. 4th, with westerly winds, which 
night of 5th hauled to N. N. E. and increased, the vessel scudding before it, till it Rae 
one of the most terrible hurricanes that ever swept over the Gulf Stream. [Direction at 
height of gale not given.] We were now, Oct. 6th, in about lat. sak 25/, lon. 73° 30/, 
[about 140 miles L.,] when the vessel broached to and lay on her b m ends; cut away 
mainmast, with which went the pat of foremast, a she righted. gw ee the voy- 
age to Honduras meer jury ‘ma 
Capt. Goon, who was then a “ the J. R. G., —_ me that the gale commenced at 
N. E., and ioe in its last stages it veered to N. a ee 
97. Fort Monroe, near Norfolk, Va., lat. 37°, lon. 77° ri [345 miles L.] average of ba- 
rometer, Oct. Ist, 30°57; 2d, 30-465 ; 3d. 30°129 ; 4th, 29°844 ; 5th, 30°052, On the 6th, a. 
m. 30°014, P wm. 29°842 ; 7th, 30°187. Winds, Ist to 5th moderate; 6th, a. mM. E Nes 
N. E. 3, P.M. LN, & ee mu. N. W.2. No rain pares) in the seven days. (These ob- 
{th 
gale in trength on the > and the barometric 
depression on the 4t tha eppeate connected with the se i of the first Cuba storm.] 
9 Severn, Annapolis, Md., Oct. 6th, winds N. E., 2 to 4, 1440 0 miles L.2 
99, Fort McHenry, Bowiaoce, Md., [465 miles L.] Oct 6th, winds N, 1; N. E. 3; 
aes 
00. icin. Grecimbo, left Delaware bay for Boston on the evening of ye 5th, wind W. 
N. W.; 9p. m. Cape Henlopen bore W.; before ee _— a .E. Oct. 
6th, at daylight ind N. E.,, clonnacl r ; .M. near Phi Fathom Bank, 
foe d topsails sa mainsail ; noon, 25 or 30 miles E a . -E. S. E., of Cape May, 
dN. E, ‘increasing ; 3 p. M. took in topsail; 5 P. M. blowing heavy gale from NN. #, 
be bonnet off jib, three reefed and handed the mainsail, and hove to under foresail ; u 
p. m. lost boat from the davits ; from midnight gale moderating and patie ee 
Oct. 7th, at daylight see N. N. W., more moderate, set three reefed mi nsail and ead 
of “ nee strong breezes N. N. W. and cloudy. [About 320 miles 
191 As Lowes, Del. aan shore Delaware bay, 360 miles L.] shane: was “a strong N- 
E. gal 
102. "Fort Mifflin, Delaware iver, Mts - 51’, lon. 75° 12/, (408 miles L.] There was 
no oye nor gale, b he night of 6th from N. E. Oct. 6th, agit 
i 1-0 a. maMot: - P.M. N. 3; 9 p.m. N.E.4. Oct. 7th, sunrise, N. 1} 
N. 
103. oo Orleans, near to the coast of New Jersey, between Egg Harbor and Sandy 
Hook, neste 350 miles L.,] had 3 age of the gale on the night of Oct. 6th, from N. E. 
fae ; was reduced to three reefed topsails for three hours, in carrying sail upon the 
win 
arque bring oy sailed from Thomaston, Me. for St. Kitts, Oct. 3d. On ” 
6th, in lat. 37° 55’, lon. 70° 43', encountered a severe gale from N. E. to E. S. E.; 
topsails and deck load, more halwarts, te. ie ae L. In this case, as in 91, t a: 
port of the hurricane own by the news collectors prs 
rtain 
regard to the order ft lime. On sees the hasan observations, it appears ce 
that the E. S. E. wind preceded that from E.N. E. As frequently happens, t the direction 
of the later part of the spt is not mention 
105. Schr. St. Pierre, encountered the gale Oct. 6th, in lat. 37°, lon. 69° 36/, [56 miles 
L.,] h E. S. E. at4 p. m.,and lasted 14 hours, during which it changed 
N. W. 
106. At New York, lat. 40° 42’ 40”, lon. 74° 01’, 400 miles L. of axis line ; Oct. Ist, 10 4- 
m. barometer 30:53; during the day winds light, chiefly from S. ; cirrous clo uds from 
