INVESTIGATION OF STORMS. 



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23. Northumberland, calm at 7, A. M,, then 44. 



N. W. strong. 45. 



24. Burlington, N. Y., S., changingtoS. W., 



and at 4, P. M., N. W. 4ti. 



25. Onondaga, N. W. all day. 



26. Pompey, N. W. increasing all day. 47. 



27. Montreal, S. W., fresh and heavy rain. 



28. St. Lawrence, N. E. all day. 48. 



29. Bennington, Vt., S. E. till noon, then E. 



very strong till 8, then W. N. VV. 49. 



30. Dartmouth College, S. E. all day, high 



wind, violent storm. 



31. Charlestown, N. H., S. E. all day, very 50. 



violent. 



32. Keene, N. H., S. E. all day, very power- 51. 



ful. 



33. Waterville, Me., S. E. drawing more 52. 



eastwardly all day. 



34. Kennebunk, Me., southerly and south- 53. 



easterly. 54. 



35. Newburyport, Mass., S. at 7, at 2, S. E., 55. 



violent in evening. 56. 



36. Gloucester, S. E. at night of 26th. 57. 



37. Boston, S. E., almost a tempest in eve- 58. 



ning. 



38. Dedham, S. E., strong. 59. 



39. Newport, R. I., S. E. till evening, then 60. 



S. W. 61. 



39. New Haven, E. S. E., increasing to a 62. 



hurricane at 5, P. M., western at 7, 63. 



light wind. 64. 



40. Stroudsburg, Pa., S. E. till evening, then 65. 



N. W. 66. 



41. La Fayette College, S. E. till evening, 67. 



then N. W. 68. 



42. New York, S. S. E., very violent about 69. 



2, P. M. 70. 



43. Philadelphia, S. E. till 2, then calm, at 71. 



2 h. 20 min. N. W. violent. 72. 



43. Haverford, near Philadelphia, E. till 2, 73. 



P. M., then N. W. 74. 



Squam Beach, S. E., severe. 



Elkton, Md., S. E. till 2, then shifted to 



N. W., a perfect gale. 

 Cape Island, from N. E. to E. S. E. till 



between 1 and 2, then N. W., violent. 

 Snow Hill, Md., E.till 12, then W., clear 



at 12. 

 Schooner Railway, S. E., violent gale ; 



schooner Wolga, same. 

 Ship Forum, S S. E., perfect hurricane 



from 11 till 4, then it moderated, and 



gradually hauled westerly. 

 Hudson, Ohio, N. W. all day, clear in 



morning, cloudy P. M. 

 Nantucket, S. E., on 27th W., on 28th 



N.W. 

 Beaufort, N. C., N. W., having been 



S. E., with rain on the previous night. 

 Freedonia, W. all day. 

 Levvistown, W., A. M., N. W., P. M. 

 Springville, N. W. all day. 

 Monroe, W. all day. 

 Steuben, N. W. all day. 

 Rochester, S. W., A. M., N. W.,P. M., 



great storm. 



Ithaca, N., A. M., N. W.,P. M. 

 Lowville, N. all day. 

 Franklin, N. E. all day. 

 Plaitsburg, E., A. M. and P. M. 

 Johnstown, E., A. M. and P. M, 

 Rensselear, N., A. M.,S., P. M. 

 Utica, S. E., A. M., W., P. M. 

 Hartwick, N., A. M. and P. M. 

 Hamilton, S., A. M., N. W., P. M. 

 Oxford, S., A. M., N. E., P. M. 

 Cortland, S., A. M., N. W.. P. M. 

 Fairfield, S. E., A. M., N. W., P. M. 

 Montgomery, S. W., A. M., S. E., P. M. 

 Redhook, S., A. M., S. E., P. M. 

 Kinderhook, S., A. M., S. E., P. M. 

 Albany, S. high, and E., very high. 



135. This storm seemed to originate within the territory 

 just named, and to have acquired its great force on the 26th. 

 It is true it began to snow a little on the 25th, to the west, 

 as far as Michigan and Ohio ; but it acquired no violence 

 till it reached Pennsylvania and New York. After it com- 

 menced its violence, however, it certainly moved towards the 

 east, arid if it moved exactly side foremost, its direction was 

 towards the south of east. The observations in my pos- 

 session do not enable me to decide this point with certainty. 

 It is not a little remarkable, however, that it began to rain 

 or snow on the 25th, in the north west part of Pennsylva- 

 nia, in the northern parts of New York, and even at Mon- 

 treal ; and at this time the wind was in all these places 

 southerly and easterly, as a general rule. Now it may be, 

 that, at this very time, the centre of an incipient storm was 



