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latter seems to have been a gentle breeze from the west, not 

 strong enough to prevent large hail-stones from falling per- 

 pendicularly. The hurricane itself was so violent that the 

 largest trees were in a moment torn out of the ground and 

 prostrated, and the hail was carried about in all directions, 

 — even, in some instances, in opposite directions, in the same 

 street, and at the same moment. 



" All the damage done in the lawn of the Royal Dublin 

 Society was by wind from the south-east. In Westmoreland- 

 street it raged from the north-west ; and a hand-cart was blotvn 

 down the street and found inside the iron rails in front of the 

 College, having, most probably, been carried over them. In 

 the College Park trees were blown down by winds from both 

 points, as stated by the President. 



" I have been informed by an eye-witness that, during the 

 hurricane, the wind blew violently down the river, and after- 

 wards up the river with equal violence ; and that, at the mo- 

 ment when the change of direction took place, he saw some 

 boats, which were moored opposite Bachelor's-walk, lifted out 

 of the water and capsized. I have been also informed, that 

 lower down the river, ships were torn from their moorings, and 

 carried away by the hurricane, which brought them back again 

 when its direction changed. In short, there is abundant evi- 

 dence that, in Dublin, the wind raged in every direction, and 

 that the centre of the whirlwind passed over it. The hail and 

 rain preceded the hurricane, which was not destructive to the 

 windows until near the time when they ceased. This may 

 account for the fact, that most of the windows were broken by 

 hail coming only from two points of the compass. 



" The centre of the whirlwind seems also to have passed 

 over Mr. Journeaux's mill on the south bank of the Grand 

 Canal, due west of Dublin. At this place a cart was carried 

 up into the air, and thrown over a hedge into the Canal, with 

 the shafts downwards, which were deeply imbedded in the bot- 

 tom. Much damage was also done to the buildings of the mill. 

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