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NOTES ON THE CYCLONE 
suspicious, and sea very rougi. and tlie water from tlie sea was 
coming in — no storm wave. Blowing first north-east after- 
wards changed north-west and then direct west, after which 
changed to south and ceased at 4 p.m. for a time. 
"2. On the 9th, Tuesday, the day of the storm, at 3 a.m. 
wind and rain commenced blowing north-west hard up to 12 
o'clock in the day and changed direct west with greater force, 
sm'f extremely high and boisterous, and kept on with double 
force up to 4 o'clock when the wind changed to south and ceased 
at 4 o'clock P.M. 
"3. A portion of the lighthouse plastering towards the north 
fell oS, and the water was running down from some crevices 
in the signal lantern and ventilators in the column. The water 
standing ankle deep at the entrance between the two store- 
rooms ; the light was maintained thi'oughout the rains without 
interruption. 
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" 6. The line of buildings erected for the lascars and which 
was nearly completed also suffered much ; large portion of the 
tiles were blown off and the plastering washed away and water 
standing on the floor. 
" 7. The Superintendent's bungalow has also suffered much ; 
the tiles nearly throughout the bungalow were blown away, 
the greater portion falling in and damaging the furniture. The 
water standing on the ground floor of the house about a foot for 
several hours." 
TliTis, wMle at Armeghon the wind began to blow fresh, 
from nortli-north-east and veered through east to south, at 
Pulicat the wind at 3 a.m. was north-west and it veered 
through west to south ; so that Armeghon was to the north 
of the centre and Pulicat to the south. The centre of the 
storm seems to have been nearer to Ai*meghon than Pulicat, 
and on the whole the observations are best satisfied by 
supposing that it crossed the coast line some 10 miles south 
of Armeghon. This agrees very well with the position of 
greatest damage on the Madras Railway as given in the 
