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Date. Reports. 
1860. 
Jan. 25...... Ship ‘Atieth Rohaman,’ from Port Louis, 
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bound to Bombay, experienced a violent 
hurricane in 18° 8S. and 57° E.; wind 
from E.8.E. to W. ; lost topsails, jib, fore- 
top gallant and royal masts, &e. 
Ub etaasa Barque ‘Stag,’ in 22°.§. and 59° E., expe- 
rienced hard gales from E.N.E., N.N.E., 
and N., with heavy sea, much rain, and 
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lightning. 
The ceacs ‘Ship ‘Gulnare,’ in 30°S. and 70° E., experi- 
enced a hurricane which lasted ten hours; 
barometer 28°40 inches; wind N.E. to 
N.W., W.S.W.and S.; sprung a leak, and 
lost spars and sails; bore up to Mauritius 
for repairs. 
Lee Ship ‘Cossipore,’ in 17° S. and 75° E., at 
midnight, got into the vortex of a cyclone, 
blew and cut away a suite of sails, lost 
main topmast, yards, jib, and flying booms, 
mizzen topmast, boats, &c.; wind E. to 
E.S.E. and W. to N. and N.N.E. Baro- 
meter just before the calm 28°32 inches. 
104i...: Schooner ‘ Yarra,’ in 20° S. and 71° E., ex- 
perienced a very severe hurricane (baro- 
meter 28°30 inches, wind E. by 8. to 8.E.), 
and all at once fell calm, then recom- 
menced at N.N.H.; lost bulwarks, sails, 
&e. 
27......|French barque ‘Gironde,’ put to sea from 
Réunion, experienced a gale from §.E.; 
then calm ; afterwards a gale from N.W.; 
sprung a leak. 
22 ...... American barque ‘ Uriel;’ violent gale from 
N.E., with an awful sea; saw a sail astern 
under close-reefed topsails making signals 
of distress, the Portuguese brig of war 
‘Mondego:’ at 4.20 p.m. had received 
fifty-seven men in five boats; at 5.30 the 
captain, Ist lieutenant, and eight men got 
on board, leaving forty-three men in the 
wreck; at 6 the brig heeled to port and 
went down instantly. © +. - 
27 ...+..|French ship ‘Arthur and Mathilde, in 25° 
8. and 58° E.P., experienced a cyclone ; 
wind E. by N. to N.W. 
TO see: Ship ‘ Anglo-Saxon,’ in 17° S. and 63° E., 
experienced all the symptoms of a cyclone ; 
wind veering from HE. to N.W. by the S. 
IO ies French brig ‘Ibis, in 18° S. and 62° E., ex- 
perienced a gale which lasted twenty-four 
hours; wind 8.E. to N.W. by the 8. 
12-14..|/Barque ‘Anna Henduron’ experienced very 
strong westerly gales, with high cross sea. 
OD sarees French barque ‘ Bonne Mére,’ in 23° 8. and 
58° E.P., experienced a gale from 8.8.E. 
14-15..|Brig ‘Woodlark, in 25° S. and 59° E., ex- 
perienced a severe hurricane ; wind 8.E. 
to W. by the 8. 
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