220 PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS. 



At Trenton, N. J., the gale commenced at 3, P. M., with 

 the wind from N. E. 



In lat. 39 20', long. 73 30', the gale blew from E. S. E. 

 to S. S. E., and continued eight hours. 



At New York, the gale was from N. E. to E., and 

 commenced blowing with violence at 5, P. M., continued 

 with great fury for three hours, and then changed to W. 

 More damage was sustained in two hours than was ever 

 before witnessed in the city, the wind increasing during the 

 afternoon, and at sunset was a hurricane. At the time of 

 low water, the wharves were overflowed, the water having 

 risen thirteen feet in one hour. Previous to the setting in 

 of the gale, the wind was from S. to S. E., but changed to 

 the N. E. at the commencement of the storm, and blew 

 with great fury till evening, and then shifted to the west- 

 ward. 



At the quarantine, Staten Island, the wind was reported 

 as E, S. E. Other accounts fix it at E. 



At Bridgeport, Conn., the gale commenced violently at 

 S. E., at 6, P. M., and continued till 9, P. M., then shifted 

 to N. W., and blew till nearly 11, P. M. 



At New London, the gale was felt from 7, P. M. to 12, at 

 night. 



On the coast of Rhode Island, between Point Judith and 

 Watch Hill, gale from the S. 



At Middletown, Conn., violent fronrS. E. for five hours. 



At Hartford, commenced heavy from S. E. at 7, P. M. 



At Springfield, Mass., violent from 9 till 12, P. M., then 

 changed to the westward. 



At Northampton, from S. E. on the same evening. 



At Worcester, Mass., in the night between 3d and 4th of 

 September. 



At Boston, the gale commenced at 10, P. M., but does not 

 appear to have been severe. 



At the time the storm was raging with its greatest fury at 



