33G H. F. Blanford — Catalogue of Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal. [No. 4, 



No. 





Month. 



Days. 



Details of Storm. 



Autho- 

 rity. 



LXVII 



1852 



May 



12th to 



From lat. 15° course due North 



P. XXIV. 









15th. 



to Sunderbuns. Centre passed 

 39 miles East of Calcutta. 

 Two river steamers in Sunder- 

 buns carried to middle of jun- 

 gle. Much damage in Cal- 

 cutta. 



B. I. 



LXVIII 



1853 



Mar. 



26th to 

 28th. 



Furious hurricane in Southern 

 India. Some 50 vessels sunk 

 or wrecked on the Coromandel 

 coast, South of Madras. 



B. I. 



LXIX 



1854 



April 



21st to A violent hurricane in Gulf of 



P. XXV. 









23rd. 



Martaban and at Rangoon. 



B. I. 



LXX 



1854 



Oct. 



6th. 



Hurricane South of Ceylon. 



B.I. 



LXXI 



1855 



May 



15th to 

 29th. 



Bay of Bengal between Burmah 

 and Madras. 



B. II. 





1856 



May 



14th. 



In Bay of Bengal. [This rests 



B. II. 





? 







on Buist's authority only. A 

 gale is recorded at Calcutta on 

 this day, but it was only a 

 violent hail-storm. H. F. B.] 



SGMA. 



LXXII 



1856 



Sept. 



3rd. 



Calcutta. Lowest bar. 29-156. 



SGMA. 



LXXIII 



1856 



Nov. 



17th to 



Bay of Bengal 5° to 20° North. 



B. II. 









21st. 



Felt at Madras. 



MJ. 1856 



LXXIV 



1857 



Oct. 



28th to 



Off Ceylon. Central calm passed 



B. II. 







Nov. 



2nd. 



over Nellore. Many houses 

 and trees blown down. 



MJ. 

 1857. 



LXXV 



1858 



April 



9.10th. 



From Andamans to Cape Negrais. 



L. 











Much destruction at Henzada IB. ii. 











and Rangoon, between which 













the centre passed. 





LXXVI 



1858 



May 



15th to 



Bay of Bengal across to Malabar B. ii. 









20th. 



coast. Also Chittagong at 

 Dacca. 





LXXVII 



1858 



Oct. 



25th & 

 26th. 



At Calcutta. Lower bar. 29-291. B. ii. 



SGMA. 



LXXVIII 



1859 



April 



21st to 



Bay of Bengal and also the An- 



B. II. 









27th. 



daman Sea. Prevailed with 

 greatest violence in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Negapatam. 15 

 to 20 inches rain over Tanjore. 



MJ. IV. 



T^XXIX 



1859 



June 



12th to 

 17th. 



Bay of Bengal off Akyab. 



B. II. 



LXXX 



1859 



July 



25th to 



Calcutta. Lowest bar. 28-179. 



B. II. 









27th. 



Incessant rain. No thunder SGrMA. 











or lightning. 





