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A Twenty -fourth Memoir on the Laic of Storms. [No 5, 

 Chandernagore, 15th May, 1852. 



Hour. 



Bar. 



Wind. 



Remarks. 



1 A. M. 



28.90 



North 



Gale increasing in violence as well as 



1.30 



.82 



. . 



the squalls. 



2 



.77 



, . 





2.30 



.72 



, , 





3 



.68 



N. W. 



Blowing a fierce hurricane, and squalls 



3.30 



.65 



, . 



in violent gusts, and in rapid succes- 



4 



.69 



, , 



sion : The lowest fall of the Barometer. 



4.30 



.75 







5 



.80 



W. N. W. 



Wind and squalls moderating in vio- 



5.30 



.86 



. ; 



lence. 



6 



.95 



, , 





7 



29.2 







8 



.10 



West 



Still more moderate and weather clear 



9 



.20 



. . 



ing up. Squalls occasionally. 



10 



m 



. . 





11 



.32 







Noon 



.37 



w. s. w . 



Moderate wind with fine weather. Ba- 

 rometer rising rapidly. 



Reports from the District of Kishnayhur, from Mulnath Factory, 

 Lat. 23° 05 V N. ; Lony. 88° 46'. E. 



The following account of the late Cyclone is contained in a letter 

 from the district of Kishnaghur : — 



"We have had a frightful storm here, the mischief done is almost 

 incredible; round this place nearly every tree is either down or injured, 

 and from all the factories I have accounts that nearly every thatched 

 building is quite destroyed. In the villages also it is quite sad to witness 

 the havoc that has been made, trees and houses all lying in one grand 

 chaos. Great numbers have received serious injuries, and there has also 

 been a very serious loss of life. On Friday it blew pretty fresh all day, 

 with the Barometer gradually falling. In the evening the wind increased, 

 and about 12 o'clock the hurricane began in earnest. It was worse 

 between 4 and 5 o'clock — the wind then from the N. W. and Barometer 

 standing at 28.4 where it remained till a quarter-past 6, when it rose to 

 28.6. At a quarter past 7 to 29, quarter-past 8 to 2.9.2, at 9 o'clock to 

 29.3, and at half past 10 to 29.4 when the storm broke, though it blew 

 violently till noon. I think we must have had it here more severely than 

 even you have had it in Calcutta — though you appear to have had it badly 

 enough. In this concern, thirty people have been killed, and I have just 

 heard that my boat, which I had sent for a friend, has gone to the bottom, 



