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129.1 inches, at which it had stood in the middle of the day. As the wind 

 sprung up, it fell to 28.5, which was the lowest point observed during 

 the tempest. 



Drogheda Journal, Jan. 8, quotes from the Newry Telegraph, and 

 says, on Sunday night, at Newry, ahout 1 1 o'clock, the wind which pre- 

 viously had been blowing hard from the N. E. rose suddenly to a pitch 

 of fury rarely paralleled in this latitude. It continued to increase in vio- 

 lence during the whole night, but abated in the morning. 



[Drogheda Journal, of Jan. 8.] 



East Coast of Ireland. Never in the memory of man, has this town 

 been visited by such an awful storm as that of Monday morning. 



About 11 o'clock on the previous night, the wind rose from the S. E. 

 with a degree of violence as terrific as unprecedented, and continued to 

 blow a perfect hurricane until an early hour next morning. 



The Drogheda Journal of 12th January, 1839, says: On Sunday night 

 the Gth, the city and county of Dublin, were visited by one of the most 

 destructive storms within our remembrance. The weather during the 

 whole day, excepting only from 3 till 5 P. M. was very unfavorable, 

 misty and cold. 



About half past 5, rain commenced, with a smart gale from the south 

 and S. W., which increased at intervals until half past 11, P. M., when 

 it blew a complete hurricane. 



[Liverpool Standard, of 15th January, 1839.] 



At Cove, near Cork, during the whole of the night of the 6th, it blew 

 a violent gale at W. S, W., having commenced at 9, and terminated 

 about 4, A. M., of 7th. 



At Waterford, the wind set in a strong gale from the W. S. W. at an 

 early part of the evening, and gradually increased to an unmitigated hur- 

 ricane. 



At Wexford, south east corner of Ireland, we were visited, on the 

 night of the 6th, with one of the most violent hurricanes from the S. W. 

 ever remembered by the oldest inhabitant. 



At Derry, a tempest seldom, if ever surpassed, commenced at 11 

 o'clock, P. M. on the Gth, with the wind about S. E., from which it af- 

 terwards changed to S. W. It was accompanied at intervals and at its 

 most violent periods, by torrents of rain, and continued with little abate- 

 ment till about 6, A. M., on Monday. 



Londonderry Sentinel, of 12th, says, a violent westerly wind began to 

 blow at Belfast, about 11, P, M., of 6th, which increased in about an 

 hour to a complete tornado. The beginning of the night was compara- 

 tively calm, a considerable snow having fallen through the day of the 6th. 



[Shipping and Merc Gazette, of January 12th, 1839.] 



Jit Bowmore, Island of May. January 7, a very severe gale com- 

 menced here this morning, about 4 o'clock from S. W., and then veered 

 to N. W., still increasing. 



Ballina, VV.N. W., coast of Ireland, we had a tremendous gale of wind 

 here from the westward, on the uight of the 6th January, 1839. 



