CYCLONE MAY 1872




      Madras is now battered by torrential rains due to North East Monsoon resulting in submerging of the


City.  On 2nd May 1872 a severe cyclone battered the city after 7 pm and continued upto 3rd morning.As per report published then wind was howling the whole night and in the early morning of 3rd wind was blowing at a speed of 100kmph. Nine foreign vessels on the Madras roads were destroyed and wrecked.Native crafts in the Port were sunk or driven ashore. The City of Madras suffered severe loss of property.  The pier of Madras built in 1861 was breached and cut into two.  The debris were strewn to three miles on the coast.

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