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SEVERAL cyclones have passed Mauritius since the latter part of January. From the 24th to the 30th of that month the barometer at the Observatory fell from 29.888 to 29 708 inches, with the wind squally from E. At 10 A.M. on the 30th it was intimated to the newspapers that there were “indications of a hurricane approaching the island;” but at 2 P.M., the wind having in the interval veered to N. of E., it was announced that there was “little danger.”
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MELDRUM, C. Cyclones in the Indian Ocean . Nature 6, 28–29 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/006028a0
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