BY MR. JA8. THORPE. 



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the maximum about 4 p.m. ; duration, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. I cannot give you 

 any other barometer readings. The captain of *• Fiado " steamer, which 

 broke her cable with 150 fathoms out, and came on the beach, complained to 

 me of the uselessncss of his aneroid, for the wind came before it moved, 

 and that was my experience," 



*' FiADO," S.S. — Captain Ennis forwards the following readings cor- 

 roborating above, but differing slightly from the Pilot Station and Poole 

 Island reports, below : 



S.E. hurricane, barometer, (aneroid) faMing rapidly. 

 S.E. changing rapidly to N.E. ; min., barometer 



29-4 

 28-5 



S.S.E. 



12 



0. r. q. 



29-30 









29'06 



E. 



11 



o. r. t. 



29-40 



N.E. 



10 



0. r. t. 1. 



29-62 



74 



S.E-. 



30th, 6.80 a.m. 



9.30 a.m. 

 reading. 



11 a.m. 30-0 N.E. gale moderating. 

 No N.W. wind or even N., it remaining to E. of N. 

 Pilot Station, Port Denison. — 27th to 29th, sonth-east wind. 29th 

 10 p.m. Sea had a very bright phosphorescent appearance, hkc as if on 

 fire, or that the li.c^ht |of day was breaking upon it ; this con.inued until 

 3 a.m. 30th, when it gradually disappeared. The barometer fell gradually 

 until 9 a.m. on 30tb, after which it fell suddenly. 

 30th 9 a.m. 

 10 a.m. 

 3 p.m. 

 9 p.m. 



31sb, northerly wind. Barometer gradually rising. 



Queensland Government schooner " Pearl," Jan. 29th, morning, 

 by S. ; midnight S.E. by E. to N.N.E. hurricane ; off Hook Island. 



30th, morning, E.N.E. gale ; afternoon, N.N.E. gale ; off Dent Island. 



31st, all directions between E. and N. Feb. 1st, N.N.E. , 2 p.m. by 

 N. to N.W. 



Poole Island, Edgecombe Bay. — 29th, 10 p.m. "An ominous silence 

 proclaimed a change from the northerly weather which had prevailed for 

 some time past. It lasted but a short time, when a strong wind arose from a 

 point S, 25° \V,, increasing in velocity and pursuing a complete circle. 

 When it reached S 45° E. about 1 a.m. 30th, it blew with terrific violence. 

 Two miles out at sea, forming two-thirds of a circle, there appeared a 

 continuous phosphorescent light, very brilliant, * * * as day 

 broke the wind veered to N. 20° W., leaving but a small space to complete 

 the circle. The cyclone was at its height from daylight till noon * * 

 Rocks of tons weight disappeared from their beds, and stones fully 100 H&s 

 weight were thrown in masses 30 feet high . 



Dent Island. — 16th to 26th, northerly winds. 27th to 29th, south- 

 easterly. 



30th, 6 a.m. | S.S.E. | 9 | o. g. q. r. ] 75 

 6 to 9 a.m., wind baffling between S.E. and N.E., causing heavy sea. 



12 noon 

 6 p.m. 



N. 

 N.W. 



o. g. 



77 



31st, north-westerly winds. 

 S. S. "Maranoa," Flat-top Island. — 29th, 6.15 p.m., strog so"th 

 east gale all day. S.E. , terrific squalls all night; two anchors down, 

 and ship having to steam to her anchors. 



30th, noon, wind veered to fi.N.E., violent gale and blinding rain. 

 Midnight, sime, with thunder and lightning. 



31st, gradually moderated. The baiometer during the whole time 

 only ranged 6-lOOths, namely 30-24 in. to 30' 18 in. 



