354 Cuba Hurricane of October, 1844. 
sail gale i increased kee . sorneae and — the ship't ~ broach to; it blowing a oa t hur- 
from the gaskets ; a tremendous 3 
ricane Wiki sails into rib 
sea, csenslénslly katie over the aa “Oct. 7th, fabout 152 miles L.,| Aree a hurri- F 
cane, ship lying to; up N. E., off E.; at 11a.m. gale abating, still lying to, with a N.N. W. g 
oon wore ship to S. W.; ‘at. (D. R.) 39° 54’, lon. 68° 48’; P. M. strong gales # 
N. W. and cloudy ; ends with light t winds from N. W. Oct. 8th, noon, lat. 38° 44, 
lon. acti ) oat 35'. Capt. CHURCHILL states that his barometer fell to 28-40, [add index 
r ‘°20=28-60,] and secon three of the ships which left Boston in company with the N. H. 
Wndhed to port dism 
125. In Boston Bay ona 318 miles L.] the gale was severe at N. E., and several ves- 
sels were driven on shore during the night of the 6th, ota Point Alderton, at Scituate, &c. 
126, Lasagegeti Arsenal, Mass., lat. 41° 21’, lon. 7 © $2’, [352 miles L.,] Oct. 3d, winds 
8. E., 2; m. S. E., 3, and clouds from S. E. oi 4th, a.m. S. E.; 3 Pp. om. S. W.,23 
9 p.m. N. owe 2; (rain aoa $4 m. 3d,to 1 p. M. 4th.) Oct. 5th, sunrise, W., 2; 9 a. M. 
S.W., 3; 3 P.M. S. W.,5; oe MWS Oct. 6th, A. m.W.,2; 3e. m.N., 2; 92. M. : 
N: B.S 3 -Oct. vith, sunrise, N. E., 1; 9 a.m. N. W., 2; 3 P.M. W., 1; 9p. mM. N. W.,2; 
rain from 10 p. m. 6th to quarter past 3 
To this may be added the wees Barometric “pet ations of R. T. Epics Esq., at 
Boston, made at sunrise, half p p.m., and 10 p.m. Oct. Ist, 30°2 23, 3 
Oct. 2d, 30-40, 30°39, 30°34; 34, on 30-08. et ne 29-80, 29°47, 29°48; 5th, 29°48, 
raion 29-79; 6th, 29-92, 29:90, 29°79; 7th, 29° 82, 29-86, 30:03; 8th, 30-05, 30:05, 30-06, 
27. Fort Constitution, Portsmouth, N. H., lat. oe 033’, lon. 70° 43, [364 miles L.,] oat 
ite a. M. winds N.,2, N. W., 1, halo; rv. m. E., 2, N. E, 5. Oct. 7th, winds N., 3; 
0°38 in 
At Saco, M e., about . a N. wt Portsmouth, the barometrical observations of J. M. 
BATCHELDER, aken's ..2P.M., and 7p. M., at 65 feet above high water, were as 
follows, viz —Oct. Meee 90°31. ‘30-3: 2 3D 37. Oct. 2d, 30°39, 30-26, 30°34; 3d, 30°32 32, 30°17, 
30-12; 4th, 29°84, 29°59, 29°57; sh het 29:56, 30°14; Gth, 29°93, 29-96, 29°97; 7th, 29°86, 
29°93, 29-94; 8th, 30-06, 30-07, 30:0 
128. At Hanover, N. H., on the ‘ccoiaiisilied lat. 43° pt i Fmes 72° 22', [460 miles Lge agt 
Oct. 2d, bar. 30:08 to 29°88, winds N. W., S. W., S. E. t. 3d, bar. 29°76, 29°60, winds 
at half 
— half past9 p. m., (rain to 3p. M.,in all 2°85 8 a = bar. 29°10, 99-44, winds 
(bar. 29-09 at 9a. m. and sprinkling of ra _M.) Oct. 6th, bar. 29°59, 
oa Me more N. W.; N. at half past 9p. m. 7th, sunrise, ote: 29. 45, pony M. 29°99, 
half past 9 Pp. mM. 29°71, winds N., rain from 3p. m.0-02 in. Oct. 8th, A. M. bar. 29 
29-72, winds N.; half past 9 ep. m. winds S. W., barometer falling. prt these observa- 
tions of Prof. nar and those of Prof. SNELL at Amherst, it appears that the strength of 
this second storm, as one either of wind or rain, did not reach the valley of the Connecti- 
cut, rita siardanctiine ty? its influence was more widely extended.] 
29 Mediator, for London, Oct. 6th, noon, = obs. 40° 20’, lon. (chr.) 65° * Y 
miles L.,) wind N. E.; ecedenoed blowing at 2 Pp at 4 p. mM. blowing hard; : 
under close-reefed topsails; 10 Pp. M. = heavy sila’ ad the skis to, with head sill é 
pat midnight, win S. E. t. 7th, commences with gale still eal 3 a 
a. M. wind had hauled to S. E.; poli now near the axis line of the gale; .m. gale, : 
me 3. Ws 6 A.M. gale S. W. by W., still blowing hard; 8 a.m. wind W.; ye m. N. W- 
by N.; 11 a. a. N. W., and ctatiitied to blow in that quarter; noon, lat. 40° 32’, Jon. 61° 
36’. [98 miles R. of axis line ; havitig crossed the same during the gale. This accounts 
is certain, ahd he thinks lower, setae Se to4a.m. [This barometer reads 0:08 in. lower 
my own, giving 28°28 in. for the above observation 
130. Ship St. Nicholas, for Mavi Oct. 6th, lat. 40° 30, lon. 66° 20, wind E., cloudy; 
course S. s. E.; 5 P.M. ate _ L.] commences blowing strong from E. N. E. with rei; 
6 p.m. double-reefed ; 7 n fore and main-topsail and mainsail; 8 P. M- blows tre- 
mendously, hove the ship a sere close-reefed main-topsail, head S. S. E., twind about 
