APPENDIX. 



A. 



Original Documents of the Great Liverpool Storm of the 6th and 7th of 

 January, 1839. See Section VI. 



[Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, 10th of January, 1839.] 



AT Arbroath,near Dundee, it blew extremely hard on the night of the 

 Gth, from the S. and S. W. On the morning of the 7th, the barome- 

 ter was lower than it was ever known before ; one tenth lower than on 

 the 28th of October last. 



At Newport, W. of Ireland, lat. 54, on the night of the 6th it came 

 on to blow a gale of wind from the W. N. W., and towards midnight 

 became a perfect hurricane. At Belfast, at 10, P. M., of the 6ih, we 

 were visited with a dreadful hurricane from the W., which continued 

 with unabated fury till 2, P. M.. of the 7th. On the 5th, the wind was 

 S. W., with frequent showers of snow. 



At Dundee, the rain poured in torrents on the night of the 6th. On 

 the 7th, the wind blew a gale from the N. W., and was so all night of 

 the 6th. At 8, A. INI ., of the 7th, barom. 28.10, symp. 28.1, having fallen 

 from 29.75 on the 6th. Still blowing hard at noon of the 7th, N. W. 



Edinburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 8. On Friday and Saturday we were visited 

 by a heavy fall of snow, more especially on Saturday, when it was accom- 

 panied with all the aggravations of piercing and violent winds, shifting 

 to every point of the compass. Sunday brought with it a beautiful clear 

 calm, with frost just sufficient to retain the snow in a solid form. In the 

 evening, the wind became piercingly cold from the east, for a time, but 

 suddenly changing to the opposite direction, a quick thaw commenced, 

 accompanied with heavy rain ; this continued during most of the night, 

 and early yesterday morning it blew a perfect tornado, which continued, 

 with little' intermission, for many hours, during which it was with the 

 utmost difficulty people could make their way through the streets. 

 About noon, yesterday, it had become comparatively calm, and the snow 

 in exposed situations had long before that time disappeared. Between 

 Sunday night and yesterday morning the mercury in the barometer again 

 underwent a remarkable depression, such as we had lately occasion to 

 notice, having fallen in the instrument to one tenth of an inch below 

 28. Last night we had a return of smart frost. [Edinburgh Advertiser. 



