, 1877-01-22


The supplement to tho Gazetts Of India, ta-
sued Nov. c5, 1876, contains tho minute Of the
Lieutenant. Governor of Bengal, Sir Richard
Temple, on thu cyclone and stotnl.wavc In tho
districts OF Backetgunge nnd Noaco!ly. Tho
following Is The minute, which Ia dated tho 9lst
Of November, 1870:
was p.occptllny IL Soacolty on an ordinary thur,
have received reports only Of cyclone having oc.
Noacol!y heard Of lie dI. .a.ter wch lid haIrrn:
GU In tho hlghlfcultl waited And thlck1y -tnha6itei
leland IT tlie mouth of tho Mcxna. known as thu
pore and both the con,ts Ut that Rrcas nyer; w
Ecu. short my visit To- Soacol!y, after Inspecting;
D e a s ts@s peas ss. e.s u 9Sq
ila! tho worAt stress Of tho storm n.t have boen.
Thus, besides the coatt near Suac0lly and ttr tu-
Ilsttca nnI l'ukhIn shnhtazpore In tho Megna,
'rhr IT. mnutt. aHd tue western coast Of tho great
fssh tSi' o T s:s ness: To- Rfst s.s 1T
iarc', and hsi tho preelse mortality in each house
asesr.n'ned in my own prcsenee IN the spot, 70 ns
authentic dat. thus oltafnca I'M ahls ia ci,eek io
loea! tatllaats4. and to casrs tho mlseh!c9 IN It
lneIo.rd /, m estimate O! tho probab,e number
Ut tlycs los tail. or nearly a by i.uwuIn3>, pre-
pared " Nr. lictn1lry aud myreif from our own
tell anu bascd on tin rrt,tths of thu l,st cru.us.
W" ,os Ss ;tt tAa. .s,s W. 5 'hi' u ars @
.,. !.',sa; RI TL's: -, Of Sc"aI.e, !. oaiy n
willis. perhaps nsscs will bs Eaown. Wo f1unI
" sonc u thu village 10 per ceat ut Tia inAah.
ltan* lost IN nthers 80 per cent III solno even 70
hopc that 1t may hs found 10 eseccl tho truth aid
thst ts 5sets 'nay rot rsura to be quite 20 dread
t9ll. stu. such !! the estimate 1t prChcnt At tao
testt f!sro must hasc been shocking loss III
Lun.an Vic. aud even tue ur.eHcy uf unr duty to.
warts ahu surviving cannot a!.c from our u,inIs
kIk u itf,tj.k kfJfA Ant,1
ThIru va. 1ctuFv cyclone IN the Hay Ut Bengal
on s4r nl1ht of t.e a1st =! Oc.pner. l:ut II was
TINT bad enough: It va. The sWrci,.
ing a'on. to he height OF from len to twenty fect,
aseo'!'n :" dtsrsa. loe,l'tlc.; n p:acss,
h;lrr ttan llat. l MlII sndeasor 10 !a4n meteor.
Illogical Inquiry n.alc - to how and from what q.
pcopls think 1t canio iron, tAs sea Hight up titS
grrat river tMeEna, Wish aat water; that then tt!s
fycS1ss tstnsd ,9n IND fosa n ts. atsF
wnter. vcni1uy ii.elf by a rus', ali eves lhs 4ur.
szpIanaton ii i. u.sacs.tooi tl,at thu M cs.scsu
coast Of thu Aesna al1 thu Su,,deep Island, adla.
eent thcrsto; ea4sht thu tnun,sataun,, from tho
sRnthwctt. Hut Tho AlMo,t unsafyin; lttcttt0n ut
thu rcnt drlccct anl uproocd trrrs fl liz Islands
81 lias,ca and l'ukhn shahba.pete aud TN west.
the storm brosu frum the north and ,or.i,'a+t.
~ tho c'enin: the weather was = liatlc windy
and Lazy. aml had been ."l'ss"hat hot; but th4
IL tcss apptchsndiug. nothing. But beforo II
O'clock thu wind saldenIy ffeshened, xud about
midnight there aroda \ cry Of "The Watcs il uA
rs, aud great sa'c burst over The country se,.
rral ftrt high: It w3s fallo~ei by analnsr Ea:r.
And u.a!a by Athlrd, all three rushing rar1y
sonth"ar.ls. the air anil wind brn. chilly cold.
THIS people wers thus caught up tstuse they lad
lns sysn 10 eliaa On to thsit roof. anu were lit.
hcanls and tllatehes Ut thvif cottages. Int tho
hotnssteads are surrounded W tEset, 7rs!m'. ban'
people were then tornc Iy the watcs W 10 thu tol.
md bsaasiles " thv tees Those wlso were ta::t
been swept away and wers Lost. noubs1e*s. there
this struggle Tor llfs with death. But
there is an extraordinary samenes. tn tbs
general manner Ia which people wrru
.4ved 81, iost. Ia mo.s cases tAey *ou!l .how u
thu particular tres which they stuck. aud gcnee-
ally thu survivors pointed to tho teysfe scratcle.
they received fsou. tho prickly branches u the
sa1aE arer. III reality, these thorn. In prfcklcs
bed them sjgns. !. 4 WITH na.4rs' s.sppliu:-
Tho nude Of h4blt4t,ou il IN lhla wlse. Each
hAmlrt consists q fuut Or six hou.ss tt9 each
lins) On slightly IaiAel platform, composed Vt