| sir William Reid - 1838 - 474 páginas
...the environs of Bridgetown, formerly concealed amid thick groves, were now exposed and in ruins. " From the direction in which the cocoa-nut and other...wind ; but far the greater number were rooted up by the blast from the northwest." The centre of this storm appears to have passed a little to the north... | |
| William Reid - 1838 - 470 páginas
...the environs of Bridgetown, formerly concealed amid thick groves, were now exposed and in ruins. " From the direction in which the cocoa-nut and other...prostrated next to the earth, the first that fell must have heen hlown down hy a north-north-east wind ; hut far the greater numher were rooted up hy the hlast... | |
| Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1851 - 700 páginas
...fluctuated from 83° to 8.V. It is necessary to be thus explanatory, for the time the storm commenced, and the manner of its approach, varied considerably in...fort-adjutant at Barbadoes, was on August 10th at 8 P. if. 30-00 in. 11th..- 2A.M. 29-40. ... ... 4 ••• supposed to be under 28-00. t These, however,... | |
| William Reid - 1846 - 626 páginas
...the environs of Bridgetown, formerly concealed amid thick groves, were now exposed and in ruins. " From the direction in which the cocoa-nut and other...wind ; but far the greater number were rooted up by the blast from the northwest." The centre of this storm appears to have passed a little to the north... | |
| 1847 - 436 páginas
...for a few moments abating, made clearly audible the falling of tiles and building materials, tv/iich by the last gust had probably been carried to a lofty...71. The state of the barometer during the hurricane, accoi-ding to Lieutenant Bynn, fort-adjutant at Barbadoes, was on August 10th at 8 p. 11. 30-00 in.... | |
| Tempest - 1848 - 316 páginas
...scarcely in sufficient number to drag the dead from the masses of ruins under which they were buried. From the direction in which the cocoa-nut and other trees were prostrated to the earth, the first that fell must have been blown down by a northnorth-east wind ; but by far... | |
| LIEUT-COLONEL W. REID - 1850 - 580 páginas
...the environs of Bridgetown, formerly concealed amid thick groves, were now exposed and in ruins. " From the direction in which the cocoa-nut and other...wind ; but far the greater number were rooted up by the blast from the northwest." The centre of this storm appears to have passed a little to the north... | |
| Charles Tomlinson - 1861 - 408 páginas
...scarcely in sufficient number to drag the dead from the masses of ruins under which they were buried. From the direction in which the cocoa-nut and other trees were prostrated to the earth, the first that fell must have been blown down by a northnorth-east wind; but by far the... | |
| Heinrich Wilhelm Dove - 1862 - 374 páginas
...in the environs of Bridgetown, formerly concealed amid thick groves, were now exposed and in ruins. From the direction in which the cocoanut and other...wind ; but far the greater number were rooted up by the blast from the north-west. Thus far goes the account from Barbadoes. If we add to this that when... | |
| Heinrich Wilhelm Dove - 1862 - 374 páginas
...in the environs of Bridgetown, formerly concealed amid thick groves, were now exposed and in ruins. From the direction in which the cocoanut and other...wind ; but far the greater number were rooted up by the blast from the north-west. Thus far goes the account from Barbadoes. If we add to this that when... | |
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