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Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta, 1864. Creator: Unknown.

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Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta, 1864. Engraving from a photograph taken on the spot by Mr. Wagentreiber '...of the terrible havoc caused by the cyclone or revolving hurricane of Oct. 5 among the crowded shipping in the River Hooghly, at the port of Calcutta...The particulars of the disaster were so fully related in our former account that it is needless to repeat the description...It may be added that, from a report to the Meteorological Society of Calcutta, it appears that the pressure of the wind at one moment during this storm amounted to as much as thirty-two pounds on the square inch. Some notion of its comparative force may be obtained, if this estimate be correct, from the records of the most violent gales experienced of late years in our own country [ie England], as the maximum pressure then attained was forty-three pounds to the square foot'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A15_207

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27,0Mo (2,4Mo) / 31,4cm x 21,6cm / 3704 x 2547 (300dpi)

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weather storm transport transportation river water people India Indian arts stormy country art trade port ship ships British geography color devastation dramatic damage damaged Calcutta West Bengal location disaster debris rubble century Britain catastrophe newspapers press print concept cyclone riverbank B&W aftermath engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships Colour 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century tropical storm The Print Collector geographical feature Hindoostan Illustrated London News TGN ILN Hooghly newspaper Kolkata Unknown River Hooghly débris 19th-century George Wagentreiber Wagentreiber George