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!ln account of the violent and destructive storm of the S3(? 



September 1815. 



BY JOHN FATtBATl, 



PEOrESSOR OF MATH. AKTD NAT. PHIl. IN THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE. 



A HIS storm was very severely felt throughout a greater part of 

 New En^lanil. It was most violent on and near the coast, but does 

 not appear to have extended far out at sea. It was preceded by 

 rain, which continued to fall for about twenty four hours with a 

 moderate wind from the N. E. Early in the morning of the 38d 

 the wind shifted to the east, and began to blow in gusts accompa- 

 nied with showers. It continued to chanire toward the south and 

 to increase in violence while the rain abated. Between 9 and 10 

 o'clock A. M. it began to excite alarm. Chimneys and trees were 



blown over both to the west and north, but shingles and slates, 



that were torn from the roofs of buildings, were carried to the 

 greatest distance in the direction of about three points west of 



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north. The greatest destruction took place between half past 10 



and half past 11. The rain ceased about the time the wind shift- 

 ed from southeast to south 5 a clear sky was visible in many pla- 

 ces durins: the utmost violence of the tempest, and clouds were 



seen flying with great rapidity in the direction of the wind. The 

 air had an unusual appearance. It was considerably darkened 



by the excessive agitation and filled with the leaves of trees and 



