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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A severe storm struck Barbados on September 2, alarming residents with hurricane-force winds shifting directions, devastating Carlisle Bay where multiple ships were lost or damaged, though five vessels that put to sea returned safely.
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Extract of a letter from a merchant in Barbadoes to his friend in this city, dated Bridgetown, Sept. 24.
"On Saturday night the 2d inst. the inhabitants of this island were alarmed by storm, which for some hours seemed to threaten the same direful effects, which were experienced from the hurricane of 1780. About 9 o'clock the wind blew very fresh from the N. E. and continued to increase in that quarter until half past ten, when it shifted to the S. E. and blew with the most alarming violence--changed suddenly and frequently to every point of the compass till about midnight, when it began gradually to abate. On Sunday morning Carlisle Bay exhibited the most striking picture of desolation, not a vessel having rode out the storm. The ships Townsend, Hibernia, and Generous Planter, and brig Bridgetown, ashore, and entirely lost.--One ship and two brigs ashore, but not lost. Five sail put to sea in the storm, and have since returned."
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Barbadoes
Event Date
September 2
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ships townsend, hibernia, generous planter, and brig bridgetown lost; one ship and two brigs ashore but not lost; five sail put to sea and returned.
Event Details
On Saturday night September 2, a storm with shifting winds from N.E. to S.E. and all points blew violently until midnight, abating gradually. Sunday morning, Carlisle Bay showed desolation with no vessel riding out the storm.