Strandings In The Danish Waters 1858-1885

10 the destruction to shipping in the Baltic, caused, as stated before, by the memorable and fearful storm and inundation of 13th November 1872. Table 2. Number of Strandings, distinguishing the Parts of the Coasts on which they happened. Months 1 2 3 4 1—4 Annual average Maximum Minimum Total Total Total Total Gross Total j January.... 69 100 70 15 254 9 19 3 February.... 57 91 72 23 243 9 26 1 | March 107 144 122 46 419 15 46 » |April 160 162 189 68 579 21 41 9 May 91 108 129 54 382 14 41 3 June 42 44 131 22 239 8 24 » July 69 51 102 20 242 9 21 2 August 77 71 141 41 330 12 33 4 September 134 134 180 46 494 18 31 7 October 262 249 374 100 985 35 100 14 November 208 314 515 177 1214 43 228 13 j December 247 329 278 81 935 33 86 5 I Twenty-eight years. 1523 1797 2303 693 6316 226 423 154 {Percentage....... 24 29 36 11 100 - — — In this table all the strandings have been classified according to the before mentioned four principal districts and marked down with the number in which, they have occurred in the different months. The greatest number of strandings which lias happened in one month, is 228 (November 1872). 24 per Cent took place on the coasts of district 1, 29 per Cent in district 2, 36 per Cent in district 3, and 11 per Cent in district 4.