914 SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT. GAZETTE OF 2ND OCT., 1886.
It had fallen a few hundredths of an inch in Northern Formosa and in Tonquin but risen as muc Luzon. Gradients over the China Sea were rather steep for SW winds and it was raining along, SE Coast of China, which is frequently the case when a typhoon approaches Northern Formosa i the East. It blew a gentle NE breeze at Steep Island and a fresh WSW breeze at Tamsui.
The British Barque Wallace in about 25° N, 125° E encountered a heavy ENE gale in the an noon on the 31st. The barometer had been falling gradually for the previous twenty-four hours, about noon it was seen to fall rapidly with every appearance of a heavy storm. At 6 p. the wind, blowing with a force impossible to describe. The sea was lifted up and driven in one continu foam over the ship. At 9 p. the barometer had fallen to 28.50 (uncorrected) or about an inch se 1 p. At 4 a. on the 1st August the wind began to veer through E and reached S at 8 a. meter having then risen to 28.86. At noon on the 1st the typhoon was still blowing with unab fury. The barometer stood about 29.10. It continued blowing a heavy gale till the 3rd. Barque lost its masts and sustained other damage and it is fortunate that it was not lost, no one b left to tell the tale.
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At 10 a. on the 1st August the centre was about 26° N, 124° E. The barometer was falling Luzon and along the Coast of China but had risen slightly in Kiukiang and stations West thereof also in Pakhoi and Haiphong. In Manila the height of the column was 29.83, in Haiphong 29.67 || moderate SW winds with rain prevailed along the Southern Coast of China, while the sky was c over Luzon. The temperature was moderate and the humidity great. The weather was fine al the Yangtzekiang. Moderate SE breezes were registered in the Yellow Sea. A moderate SW was blowing in Northern Formosa. Moderate ENE breezes blew and the air was misty betw Shanghai and Haiphong. A swell from about. SE, and c-str. from N were observed on board H. M
Rambler.
At 10 a. on the 2nd the centre must have been about 27° 10′ N, 122° 45′ E having apparently chan its position very slowly during the previous 24 hours. The barometer had risen E and NE of: centre but fallen in China, Tonquin and Luzon. In Southern China and the Philippines the weat was much the same as on the previous day. Fresh SW breezes blew in the Formosa Channel at moderate SW gale at its Northern entrance. A moderate N gale blew at Wenchow and moderate į gales between Shanghai and Ningpo. Moderate SE breezes were felt in the Yellow Sea.
The centre appears by this time to have taken a NNW course, evidently influenced by the tr of the Coast, and at 10 p. on the 2nd it appears to have been in 28° 52′ N, 122° 12′ E. Ships Taichow (28° N, 1214 E) report having experienced fresh NW gales that increased to very str W gales at 10 p. At Steep Island it blew a typhoon from ENE at midnight and the weather was mi with drizzling rain. H. M. S. Rambler anchored W of Napier Island, (30° 40′ N, 122° 24′ experienced a strong ENE gale with squalls and drizzling rain. In Shanghai it blew a fresh El gale. The weather was overcast and gloomy. At Ningpo it blew a fresh N gale.
The centre now turned towards NW and crossed Ningpo about 2 a. on the 3rd. About 6 a. it SW of Shanghai. The barometer fell to 29.16 at Zikawei and it blew a strong NE gale, but neit on shore nor at sea was the rain anything like typhoon-rain in a lower latitude.
At 10 a. on the 3rd the centre appears to have been in 31° 0′ N, 120° 18′ E. The barometer fallen everywhere in China except round the Gulf of Petchili. The temperature and humidity high. Light SW winds prevailed in the China Sea, strong SSW breezes in the Formosa Channel strong SE breezes between Ningpo and Shanghai. A fresh SE gale was registered at Zikaw moderate NE gale at Chinkiang and a gentle N breeze at Wuhu. At 10 p. the centre must have situated between Chinkiang and Wuhu. It blew a fresh N breeze and it rained in Wuhu and a mộ rate ENE gale with drizzling rain in Chinkiang. At 3 a. on the 4th it blew a strong SW breez Wuhu and a fresh SE breeze in Chinkiang. The centre was moving NWestward but the violenc the wind had decreased and the depression was evidently filling up.
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$ At 10 a. on the 4th the centre was about 33° N, 117° E. The barometer had risen at nearly the stations. SW breezes with overcast and wet weather prevailed except in Luzon, where the weaf was fine.
A gentle SE breeze was registered at Chinkiang, a moderate SW breeze at Wuhu, a W breeze at Kiukiang, fresh S breezes between Shanghai and Ningpo and moderate SE breezes in Yellow Sea. Gentle SE breezes blew at Shantung Promontory and a gentle NE breeze at Taku which latter place the barometer appears to have been rising. Although this typhoon did a g deal of damage at sea it does not appear to have been so severe as typhoons in a lower latitude gener Gales appears to have blown within 240 miles of the centre while at sea, but in Ningpo c within 150 miles of the centre. The sky was overcast within 240 miles of the centre. It was follo by thunderstorms south of its track with heavy rainfall (10.03 inches were measured at Amoy at on the 4th).
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On the 5th a rather shallow depression travelling northwards struck the Coast of Southern Nip (Japan).
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On the 6th and the 7th light SW breezes and fine weather prevailed in Southern China. 8th light NE breezes and fine weather prevailed but fresh W and SW winds blew in the Southern ]. of the China Sea E of the Gulf of Siam. It is almost certain that there was a typhoon in the Par on those days but no reports have been received. On the 9th it blew a fresh W gale with over