, 1876-12-29

tuau,teu % n1t'i prosperous. t'ackrrEnr,uc WI.
i''o,ss fer te rIrn craps, and tlr haryra. mis-,
~: MI unusually a'i dltr when thls .lfatrt os
oot export large quantity IT fnn.l nfter having
asIii!!f provided f'r IT, nsstl woEIts.
NJ Whnl.t rsiuntrS n .t,Yrfrtl will, Eat1,ly
ilsllH the villages standing a,ug then, liz:
lstahtls III the ocean. rs :! general rule tlcHe
slltngcs sonsst IT ff.'n' eight u twclvc houses,
nim ~. 5n stat' IT. IT. 3nts.ys q mile or tw, ow
v1liagc u any tize III tH islands, mid Is tic ata-
ttni, nf deputy Mncissrutc A,nl tivl rn,lrt.
lie cyrlohG appears tn fayu had its uriclu
1mn1newttrc IN t'c cns:ern pt,r.lnn If the lay Ut
bengal, rrt'nably a little tn the north uF t]lr
An,lan!ass. l'rdrctllny IN n,rtheriy ,lircr-
tinnt 1t 'lrat struck tltc laml at the Islam! tr
H,1tit!tep nhl IN the c!'lat Ut Cllllta{.t,ng. It
rs waM ahpcar I" hive then gt!,sc North, nlnl,
alter getting tn fttile distance Inana] to f,ny.
t'srnrt1 around a,ua swept .tfsn tic sicgllt,.,
Fafrflng with IL NJ, eiHrH.ntte Enr.h HnsH, t,r.
kilnl'l rather ray. si,4rasirf, u sHgI,,-,yay,~
a. my ralr. thfs description II TIL: course or
Gun a"cs,sltt fur hc differences IN hi: ,nrhs cfi
~ paHl!sI, ehntIabazi0rt. uhtt iIuttIah. fru.n
ihose to the east III HtlItdtcp md Chi taEunt
~ t!o twu tlrst-na1l'cd plares tt'r lse VI tln:
tseeo ahtt RUNS w9sl!d seem Ia Indicate that
tney were BLOWN down ur tIrontcu hy Il sturti
~ wayo from the north, wl,llu M the dtllcr tw,
the uestrncfi0n tee1ns to t,aru co.le frUm
sottlerly quarter,
~, re ~. "a + my, there can be no doub. Of
!ny o. my k[l!l, The three lsIanls u Dakhin
sf'asabaxpurc, llnttiall, and SuHlccp wore ell.
tircly subiHerKett. 4 nnlnbrr NJ the inhabinnts,
startled ironl ts's!r sleep, took refuge IN tlic
village, and they alonc were saved. Mani
unablc 10 reach the trees tltIuLeu ~, tu the
roofs Of the houses: Thrrc they fnind
nnly temporary eafcty, for thu water, r,sylling
bret I'll the roufst mid tlle tccctling waves cnr-
rlctl thcin out to seu, with the ,.appy ,yrctc1Ies
still ellngiug to them. somr few of tho people
VI sa,4ieep were drittc1 N. roofs or p!aHks
of len rn!1rs. Every snui wI.o was caylght by
the walcr bcforc hc la,l pI.ptlc fur 4 tree or i
root was drowned ut once: and It Is hardly
NJ Mskaggeration M 70 say TINT thr carly morning
tlon Of thc three lslaltls have named, nj we'll
rs of the acaboard OF the adIulning main land,
perccu Ill tile trees which naone ret,lnlrc YsibI.
aboVc tue wnter. 1t Is tlnllcult 10 s!y, mn, ptr-
i,aps It w,'l neser hS accurately kno,sn wiat was
reports VIC received at Calcutta pit It at 20 y9.
subsequently thu number wns satl to be
4o,ooo, anl thcn l5o.0V0, but sncc the return Of
thc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pnrty have learned
the several rolfca atatlo,!s, tic loss of life
eannot have been less than et5,00O pcrsol,s.
When src remember TINT threu Islands, tllc,n-
selves containing at lcast N0,0o0 so,sls, were
twentyto thirty feet Of watcr the storm wave !.
from tile sen meeting the STORM wnrc from tic
Mcghna, q terrible gale blowing a1 the timu and
no. an inch Ct high ground Gu srl'ic!, ~ tato
remember al th, ' T.: @ oay :n iasyei i tiat
awful night. 1t was remarked by tl,e Lic,ltcn-
ant'HovGrnor's party, during thclr tour through,
which they made Inquiries they wero told that
otle Ut moro tncnters of thc family bud per-
ished.
" 1t is some satisfaction to know Tint tt!s
calamity Is not likely to give rlae to much naa-
Of Backergu.l.o and Noakhoiiy can un}y tile
over tho next two or three weeks no appfclcn-
sion need be entertained. Meanwhile relief
centres have been established, anu tho officers
eistancc to all who really need II. An outbreak
OF epidemic disease ii what IL now ,upst to
be feared, and It Is said that elDlcra Inns already
mnte Its appearance In Soakl.olly: Seeing that
Kinds arc shattered over tho country, It. seems
sunse, CAtttugong aud other districts. Anloug
tllo tllo Other. other tncos.yeuiences suffered by
pest. pssps s taans ts 's'f IN ei tc q ausi tfs
lclta,-wlcrc wl,euled etnvcya,lces are un.
known. The cattle, ton, lave bccn almost All |
sWwspt w nwpy. soeiety w.!s, for time Ut lca~t,
utterly dlsorgantzetl., The police we're drowned
III tho Islands rcrfstctl. III former days the
people OF those paris bore an evil name, anl
yyerc reputed to bo giren to robbery aud thu.t. !
For u few days 1t appeared AZ It, an,ons tic |
general confusion, tho survivors were
lbout to fall back on the why's of |
;l.clr fathers. But the energy 1T tic |
,ody ot polIco from 0insD The netgiboriag e eols
ectoratcs, soon rcstorcl order, and nov eycry- |
hing Ia quiet unl peaveablc. do not know |
hat tho history of India records any storm SO /
instantaneous and 10 disastrous In lis effects rs
sas the cyclone Of the 9lst Of October. The DE-
ails which have come to hand show that the
'yGlonc Of the 01st did infinitely more dn.stnsc
Q life, and perhaps to property too, tan My
'tler storm thnt Inns been known in Inlla with
Il living memory"