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NOTES OX THE CYCLOXE 
sentry boxes, and all description of liglit structures were knocked 
over and broken. The forest at Ballipalli suffered severely and 
a number of trees were blown across tbe telegraph wires. At 
Kodur the goods-sbed roof was blown off, and a number of trees 
were blown down. At Eajampet and Nandalur the goods-sbed 
roofs were damaged. The storm did not appear to extend 
further north than Nandalur, for at Cuddapah no damage was 
done." 
It will be noticed that the actual breacMng of the Madras 
Railway, which was by far the most serious damage done 
by the storm, was caused by the bursting of several tanks. 
These tanks gave way apparently not on account of heavy- 
rainfall, but through the pressure of the vdnd heaj^ing up 
the water, as in the case of the Red Hills tank on November 
21st, 1884. In Madras itself the damage done was compara- 
tively slight, but many hundreds of trees were uprooted, 
and the sea washed away a considerable part of the road near 
the Rayapuram Railway station. 
The following are the observations made by Mr. Pogson 
at the Observatory during the storm : — 
Hourly Records of Pressure, Wind, and Rain during the Cyclone. 
Time. 
Eeduced 
"Wind 
"^ind 
Eain. 
Barometer. 
Direction. 
Velocity. 
INCHES. 
POINTS. 
MILES. 
INCHES. 
Nov. 8th— 
10 P.M 
29-660 
N.AV. 
15 
11 „ 
Midnin'ht. . 
29-659 
N.AV. 
22 
29-626 
N.W. 
IS 
6 -OS 
Nov. 9th— 
1 A.M. .. 
29-589 
N.W. bv W. 
21 
0-12 
2 „ .. 
29-566 
N.W. hV W. 
17 
0-17 
3 „ .. 
29-541 
N.AV. bV W. 
20 
0-09 
4 ,, 
29-533 
N.W. bV W. 
24 
5 , 
29-515 
30 
6-05 
6 ,, 
29-521 
N.W. 
27 
0-02 
7 , 
29 527 
N.W. bv 
26 
0-10 
8 „ .. 
29-530 
w.x!w. 
22 
0-54 
9 „ .. 
29-520 
W. bv X. 
25 
0-36 
