When was it published?

November 17, 1829 in Providence Daily Journal, And General Advertiser

Foreign News November 17, 1829

Providence Daily Journal, And General Advertiser

Q: What keywords are associated?

Curacoa Storm, Tempestuous Weather, Harbor Swell, Salt Loss

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

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What is this article about?

Arrival in New York reports severe weather in Curacao from October 22-27: tempestuous conditions with rain, thunder, lightning, and winds from S.S.W. to S.W. causing heavy harbor swells. Shipping mostly secure except one man-of-war adrift; one man lost 8,000 barrels of salt inland.

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New York, Nov. 14—From Curacoa. We learn, by the arrival this forenoon of the brig Gov. Van Solen, in 16 days from Curacoa, that the weather at that place, from the 22d to the 27th of October, had been very tempestuous, with much rain and heavy thunder and lightning. The wind prevailed for three days from S. S. W. to S. W. which caused a heavy swell in the harbor; but the shipping, with the exception of one man of war, which broke adrift, rode out the gale. From the country the accounts were not so favorable. One man lost eight thousand barrels of salt by the break of the sea.

What sub-type of article is it?

Disaster

What keywords are associated?

Curacoa Storm Tempestuous Weather Harbor Swell Salt Loss

Where did it happen?

Curacoa

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Curacoa

Event Date

From The 22d To The 27th Of October

Outcome

one man of war broke adrift; one man lost eight thousand barrels of salt

Event Details

The weather at Curacoa from the 22d to the 27th of October had been very tempestuous, with much rain and heavy thunder and lightning. The wind prevailed for three days from S. S. W. to S. W. which caused a heavy swell in the harbor; but the shipping, with the exception of one man of war, which broke adrift, rode out the gale. From the country the accounts were not so favorable. One man lost eight thousand barrels of salt by the break of the sea.