26 On the prevailing Storms of the Atlantic Coast. 



Tn Lat. 39° 20', Lon. 73° 30', the gale blew from east-south-east 

 to south-south-east, and continued eight hours. 



At New York, the gale was from north-east to east, and com- 

 menced blowing with violence at 5, P. M. ; continued with great fu- 

 ry for three hours, and then changed to west. 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 hurri- 

 cane. At ihe 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 south to south-east, but changed 

 to the north-east at the commencement of the storm, and blew with 

 great fury till evening, and then shifted to the westward. 



At the quarantine, Staten-Island, the wind was reported as east- 

 south-east. Other accounts fix It at east. 



At Bridgeport, Conn, the gale commenced violent at south-east, at 

 fi, P. M. and continued till 9, P. M. ; then shifted to north-west, 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 south. 



At Middletown, Connecticut, violent from south-east for five hours. 



At Hartford, commenced heavy from south-east at 7, P.M. 



At Springfield, Mass. violent from 9 to 12, P. M. ; then changed 

 to the westward. 



At Northampton, from south-east on the same evening. 



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

 tember. 



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

 pear to have been severe. At the time the storm was raging with 

 its greatest fury at New York, the citizens of Boston were whnessing 

 the ascent of a balloon, and the aeronaut met with little or no wind. 



The general course of this storm, northward of Cape Hatteras, ap- 

 pears to have been from south-south-west to north-north-east, and of 

 its further progress we are uninformed. 



It appears from the foregoing statement of facts, that this storm, 

 previous to its reaching Long Island, extended but a moderate dis- 

 tance inland, and that its influence seaward from the coast was al- 

 most equally limited ; — that, between these boundaries, it maintained 

 a regular progress along the coast, from a great distance towards the 

 south, and probably even from the neighborhood of die West-India 



