, 1872-09-18
From the Barbados West Indian

From the Barbados West Indian of
1Oth Septbr. we extract the following:
The sultry weather of last week accom-
panied with occasional showers was fol-
lowed yesterday by heavy rains and in the
morning early, with squalls from the West
ward and Southwark, which raised heavy
swell in the Bay, and drove a small Sloop
from Trinidad undergoing Quarantine upon
the reef; and two Brigantines the James
Baker and Amazon Gnter-colonial trader,)
dragging their anchors took the ground.
The Barometer had fallen on the day be-
fore to 1888 at which it stood at 6 O'Clock
in the evening. The gale began at A o'clock
the next morning accompanied with heavy
rain, which continued till about s o'clock,
when the glass began to rise and the storm
abated, the rain continuing with the wind
from the Southwark. The passengers and
crew Of the Sloop escaped to the shelter Of
the Quarantine Station on the reef. Later
in the day another Brigantine Grace KeHy)
from Halifax, was unable to hold her ground
being near in shore, the swell continuing,
and grounded upon the Pier wall abreast
of the Harbour Police Station.
e discolored water in the Careenage
and all along the shore of the Bay showed
the wash from the country and the heavy
rainfall, which we understand at "Hope-
well' in St. Thomas amounted to 5 inches.
It was scarcely so much in the vicinity Of
Bridgetown, but the appearance indicates
the rain was general, and more coming.
At 3 o'clock p. a., the Thermometer stood
at 90 SO with downward tendency. The
vessels driven on shore are as follows =
l. Sloop Bride Of Lorne.
2. American Brigt. James Baker.
8. Brigt. amazon
4. Brigt. Grace Kelly.
5. Sloop Maggie from Tobago arrived in
Corlisle Bay about 3 o'clock, while a heavy
surf was still breaking along the shore, and
making for the Careenage, as she neared
the extremity of the Pier, she was thrown
on the edge of it by the swell, and immedi-
ately afterwards sunk in the entrance Of
the Careenage, where she remains this
morning, the top Of her mast and rigging
only visible. The crew clinging to the
rigging were taken offby boats and brought
on shore, and they are now engaged fishing
up their chests from the hold of the vessel
H. M. S. Minstrel and Sirius were at an
Choir in the Bay and rode out the gale,
being higher up where the swell of the
sea was less felt.
The effects of the gale extended to the
northward. A telegram this morning from
Martinique the wreck Oft large
vessels and 7 smaller.
From Dominica Mr.. Leacock has receiv-
ed intelligence of the loss of his new vessel
"Sprimgham" intended to succeed the Spar
tan in the Admiralty Survey of the islands;
and we hear it said that accounts have been
heard of the gale at Antigua. without par
t~iculars.
Towards the south the. gale appears not
to have been felt, at least not so far as To-
bago, from whence two small craft arrived
in Carlisle Bay in the course of yesterday,
Before it's violence was entirely abated, and
the Mersey this morning with the Demerara
and Tobago Mails reports to the same eff
feet, that the gale had not extended to the
Southwark. AS it commenced from the
Westward and went round to the South,
its effects would naturally be looked for to
the West and North.