 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1837 - 442 pages
...The destructive powers of this hurricane will never be forgotten. Some houses were turned regularly bottom up. One large well-built house was carried...the harbour is levelled with the foundation, and the 24 pounders thrown down. It looks as if it had been battered to pieces by cannon shot. In the midst... | |
 | William Reid - 1838 - 470 pages
...he forgotten. Some houses were turned regularly hottom up. One large well-huilt house was carried hy the force of the wind from off its foundation, and...middle of the street. The fort at the entrance of the harhour is levelled with the foundation, and the 24-pounders thrown down : it looks as if it had heen... | |
 | sir William Reid - 1838 - 474 pages
...he forgotten. Some houses were turned regularly hottom up. One large well-huilt house was carried hy the force of the wind from off its foundation, and...middle of the street. The fort at the entrance of the harhour is levelled with the foundation, and the 24 -pounders thrown down : it looks as if it had heen... | |
 | William Reid - 1850 - 586 pages
...The destructive powers of this hurricane will never be forgotten. Some hguscs were turned regularly bottom up. One large well-built house was carried...middle of the street. The fort at the entrance of the hurbour is levelled with the foundation, and the 24-pounders thrown down : it looks as if it had been... | |
 | 1866 - 306 pages
...vessels, that it is difficult to pick out a berth for a ship to anchor. Some houses were turned regularly bottom up. One large well-built house was carried...and now stands upright in the middle of the street. In the midat of the hurricane shocks of earthquake were felt. Calm period lasted ten minutes. Every... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1868 - 512 pages
...The destructive powers of this hurricane will never be forgotten. Some houses were turned regularly bottom up. One large well-built house was carried...down; it looks as if it had been battered to pieces by cannon shot. In the midst of the hurricane shocks of earthquake were felt, and to complete this awful... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1868 - 822 pages
...The dcsirnntive powers of ti.is hurricane will never be forgotten. Some houses were turned regularly bottom up. One large, well-built house was carried...force of the wind from off its foundation, and now stand.? upright in (he middle of the street. The fort at the entrance of the harbor is levelled with... | |
 | 1868 - 540 pages
...bottom upwards, and one large, wellbuilt house was torn from its foundations, and carried upright into the middle of the street. The fort at the entrance of the harbour was levelled with the ground, and tho 24-pounders were thrown down Governor Rumbold, describing the... | |
 | Henry Walter Bates - 1878 - 704 pages
...destructive storms. A large well-built house was on the same occasion torn from its foundations, and planted upright in the middle of the street. The fort at the entrance of the harbour was utterly demolished, and its 24-pounders flung headlong down to sea. On July 25, 1825, a whirlwind... | |
 | Henry Walter Bates - 1878 - 688 pages
...destructive storms. A large well-built house was on the same occasion torn from its foundations, and planted upright in the middle of the street. The fort at the entrance of the harbour was utterly demolished, and its 24-pounders flung headlong down to sea. On July 25, 1825, a whirlwind... | |
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The destructive powers of this hurricane will never be forgotten. Some houses were turned regularly bottom up. One large well-built house was carried by the force of the wind from off its foundation, and now stands upright in the middle of the street.... 
