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Pedlcr and Crombie — On the Tornado wliicli 



[No. 2, 



shewn in the sketch.* It was ushered in by a deep rumbling sound as 

 of a continuous distant thunder and it lasted about 3 minutes." 



On the same day, 27th March, an extremely violent storm took place 

 in the Pubna district, which passed over the villages of Barenga, Kalay- 

 anpore, and many others. The storm is said to have blown from the 

 north-west and crossed the Brahmaputra and Batabunda over to the 

 district of Dacca. It seems to have lasted, according to the published 

 accounts, about half an hour. Many huts and trees were thrown down 

 and some pucca houses badly injured. More than 20 persons were killed 

 and about 80 severely injured. No details as to this storm have been 

 received from the District Officers by the Meteorological Department, the 

 above facts having appeared in the daily papers, but, so far as can be judged 

 by its destructive violence, etc., this storm also must have been a whirl- 

 wind or tornado, though probably not connected with the Magura storm. 



From the 27th of March to the 4th April, again, the meteorological 

 conditions of the province call for no particular comment, except that 

 on the 1st there were storms in North Bengal, and on the 4fch a few 

 nor' westers were reported in Orissa and West Bengal. From the 4th 

 to the 6th there was an almost complete absence of local storms, and 

 weather appeared fairly settled. The character of the meteorological 

 changes which took place in Bengal from the 5th to the 6th of April is 

 shewn in the following small table : — 



Observations taken at 10 a. m. April 6th, 1888. 





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il 







a 



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d 



Q 



Pi f: 



pi 





5r! ^ 



T2 02 





^5 rrt "^ 



p^ 



H 



H 



H 



o . 





-l^rG 



"§ 





^ pi 



Stations. 



02 CO <E 



2-2^ 



CD t£ 



j:1 oQ > 



pi pi 



It 





. 6 

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o ^ 



'Bi 



pi w 





1- 



o 

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1 



? 2 



Us 





fC 



J 



^ 



^ 



1—1 



^ 



S 



^ 



5 



V2 



False Point 



29-848 



-•024 



87^4 



77-6 



85-3 



78 



s.s.w. 



11 



8 



Nil. 



Fine. 



Hazaribagli 



29-764 



-•023 



94-5 



69-9 



91-7 







N.W. 



12 







Nil. 



Fine. 



Patna 



29-758 



-•004 



997 



70'2 



94-7 



9 



w. 



7 







Nil. 



Fine. 



Saugor Island ... 



29-838 



Nil. 



90-2 



80-0 



85-9 



78 



s.s.w. 



19 



6 



Nil. 



Fine. 



Calcutta 



29-831 



+ •022 



97-5 



75-2 



86-4 



68 



s.s.w. 



4 







Nil. 



Fine. 



Jessore 



29-838 



+ •032 



100-8 



76-3 



90-f 



64 



s.s.w. 



3 



[Nil. 



Fine. 



Fnrreedpore 



29-868 



+ •005 



88-5 



76-9 



87-? 



65 



s. 



5 







Nil. 



Fine. 



Chittagong 



29-897 



+ 032 



88-8 



74-3 



86-( 



68 



s.s.w. 



8 



3 



Nil. 



Fine. 



Dacca 



29-820 



+ •012 



94-1 



77-0 



S6-) 



70 



s.w. 



8 







Nil. 



Fine. 



Mymensing 



29-823 





90-0 



761 



85-2 



63 



S.E. 



6 



2 



Nil. 



Fine. 



Seraj gunge 



29-800 



+ -ok 



99-0 



71-7 



90-7 



44 



s.s.w. 



5 







Nil. 



Fine. 



Dhubri 



29-801 



+ •059 



95-6 



697 



84-9 



44 



w.s.w. 



6 







Nil. 



Fine. 



Bogra 



29-777 



4 -030^ 100-3 



71-8 



94-5 



21 



s.w. 



6 







Nil. 



Fine. 



Dinagepore 



29-756 



+ ^020 1 99-1 



65-7 



96-3 



11 



s.w. 



6 







Nil. 



Sultry. 



Kampore Beauleali 



29-790 



- -009 , 98-4 



66-7 



95-6 



23 



s.w. 



4 







Nil. 



Fine. 



Berhampore 



29-810 



+ 018 101-2 



t 



72-3 



94-5 



18 



s.s.w. 



6 







Nil. 



Fine. 



* The diagram given is very similar to the shape of an apple. 



