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Cyclone at Nellore. [no. 5, new series, 



Aneroid Barometer. 



1st 9 30 p. m. 28-25 



2nd 0 45 a. m. 28* 6 wind from N W. with a good deal of rain. 



„ 3 0 „ 27-80 



„ 3 30 „ 27-74 



„ 3 45 „ 27-70 



„ 4 30 „ 27-62 



„ 4 45 „ 27-55 hurricane at its height. 



„ 5 30 „ 27-37 



„ 6 30 „ 27-16 a lull from 6 o'clock to \ past 7. 



„ 6 40 a. m. 27-08 



„ 7 50 „ 27*25 blowing hard from south and south east. 



„ 9 30 „ 27-70 a terrific hurricane from 8 to 9 a. m. 



10 0 „ 28-00 



00 ) 



j strong gale but breaking fast. 



„ 10 45 „ 28 

 3rd 12 0 noon 28-50 



The above observations show that between 9-30 p. m. of the 1st 

 and 6-40 a. m. of the second, the barometer fell 1 inch, and 11 

 hundredths, and that the total fall from the fair weather average 

 was 1 inch and T Vths, a fluctuation which is I believe enormous, 

 and far exceeding that of the gale of last year, which amounted to 

 ^| ths of an inch only. 



In the afternoon I visited most parts of the residents' lines, 

 a portion of the town, and the tank, and on every side there was 

 nothing but desolation ; many of the roads were entirely blocked 

 up with trees, every tiled house was more or less damaged, in some 

 cases hardly a tile being left on the exposed side ; sheds built on 

 substantial laterite pillars were levelled with the ground ; the in- 

 terior of the Church presented a sad spectacle, the doors and win- 

 dows had blown open, and the benches had been thrown about by 

 the wind like feathers, the bocks were lying in the water in pieces, 

 the register which had been in the vestry was lying torn and spoilt 

 under the communion table, the harmonium was blown from near 

 the main entrance to the other end of the Church, where it remain- 

 ed among the ruins of benches and tables, the roof of the Church 

 was laid bare of tiles for about \ of its area, and to crown the des- 



