35
COAST STATIONS,
Takow,
ENE
300
-
.65 .13
SE
g.
Anping,
ENE
300
.62
.13
SSE
opq.
Fisher Island,
NE
280
.62
.13
SE
omr.
Chapel Island,
NEN
260
.58?.
-
.14
E
omr.
Amoy,
NEN
270
.63
.13
NE
or.
Turnabout,
NEN
370
.67
.12
NNE
3
C.
Middle Dog,
NE/N
410
.62
.12
N
e.
Foochow,
NEN
420
.66
.10
var.
C.
Tamsui,
NE
380
.69
.06
NW
b.
Keelung,
NE
400
.66
.t
NE
C.
Steep Island,
NE/N
670
.68
.13
SSE
1
c.
North Saddle,.
NE N
700
.65
.13
SSE
bm.
VESSELS.
S.S. Memnon,
Camelot,
10° 54′
1189 2'
S/E 600 29.78
SW
.12 9
110 52
SSW
600
WSW
Sikh,
15
10
113 27
SSW 390 .68
S
1663
fine.
Bk. Nicoya,
.16 12
111 18
SW
390
S
S.S. Sunghiang,..
17 35
118 11
SSE
250
.56
SW
N. S. de Loreto,
.17 44
115 28
S/W
200
WNW
"1
99
Zafiro,
17 51
119 49
SE
310
.68
S
Sh. Carl Friedrich,
.18 19
112 34
SW
260
.58
W/S
Bk. Heinrich,
19 37
114 21
SW
120
WNW
S.S. Cheang Chew, ....
19
22
107 45
WSW
.480
.56
SW
GO TO LO CO op co
268
or.
6 or.
6
5 0.
3
fine clear mod, sea. fine.
heavy beam sea.
cross sea.
cross sea.
increasing sea.
6
Bk. Vagabond,
.20 10
113 22
WSW 140
.37?
WNW
Sh. J. D. Bischoff,
........20 5
113 16
WSW 150
.52
NW
6 rq.
S.S. Michael Jebsen,.......................21 29
113 20
WNW 130
.48
N/W
6
Alwine,
.21 35.
112 44
WNW 160
.50
N
5
""
Charters Tower,
22 18
114 40
NNW
90
.46
NE
5 qr.
39
Ningpo,
22 25
114 50
NNW
90
.43
NE
4 org.
""
Oceano,
116 34
NNE
100 · .49
NNE
orq.
-22
Glengyle,
..22
56
116 41
NNE
120
.55
ENE
6 g.
decreasing sea. swell.
S. swell. confused sea. increasing wind.
City of Rio de Janeiro,23 21
117 40
NE
170 .55
SE
6 0q.
""
Kilmoon,....
Chi Yuen,
.23 57 118 15 off Amoy
NE
200 .58
NE
5 orq.
NE N
-220
.67
E
4 od.
Electra,
15
Benlarig,
25 54 120 31 .26 30 120 30 ..26 20 120 35
NEN
400
.63
E
2
NE/N NE/N 410 .69
420
.66
ENE
NE
2
25
423
4
Continental,
high NE swell.
The Glengyle and the Oceana were off the coast in the vicinity of Breaker Point at noon on 20th July the centre of the typhoon being at that time about 100 miles SSW of their position. The former vessel had a strong ENE increasing breeze with barometer falling sharply and a gloomy threatening appearance. At 12.30 p.m. her commander seeing indications of an approaching typhoon made for Swatow and there at the outer anchorage rode out the storm. The Oceana noted the wind at noon as a fresh NNE gale with rapidly falling barometer and confused sea. This vessel was hove to just after p. and during the evening experienced a strong N backing to NW gale with heavy rain squalls. The lowest reading of the barometer was at 9 p. (29.21). The typhoon passed, perhaps, 50 miles E of her about that time it having advanced towards her position during the afternoon. This vessel was the only one at sea in the vicinity of the centre during the evening of the 20th, and during the passage of the typhoon across the Formosa Channel no vessel encountered the full force of it. Vessels lying at the Coast Ports remained at anchor, warnings having been received from the Hongkong Observatory, and those at sea quickly sought shelter. Some vessels from Japan bound to Hongkong ran into bad weather on the 21st in the northern part of the Channel.
For determining the track of the typhoon in this part of its course the observations at the light stations and Coast Ports around the Channel are fortunately sufficient.
At 6 p.m. on July 20th the centre was situated in 22° 10′, 117° 05′ and at midnight in 22° 52′,
117° 40'.
p.
During the evening of the 20th July NE gales with rain squalls were felt at Breaker Point, Swatow and Lamocks with quickly falling barometer. In the northern part of the Formosa Channel the wind was from E and ENE force 2 to 3, and the weather cloudy. At Fisher Island and the SW coast of Formosa the wind was SE 3 to 4 with overcast sky, passing showers and lightning. The barometer was falling moderately fast. At Lamocks the wind had backed and was at 9
N 9,
the barometer at the time was falling very rapidly. By midnight the wind had increased to N 10 and the barometer (29.05) had fallen 0.2 inch since 9 p. There were very heavy squalls of wind and rain. At 1 a. July 21st the barometer read 28.95 the wind being N 11, at 2 a. the same reading of the barometer and similar wind and weather. At 2.30 a. the lowest reading of the barometer (28.93) was recorded and the wind backed to NW 11. At 3 a, the barometer (28.99) had risen a little, the wind continuing at NW of storm force with continuous squalls of wind and rain. The barometer thereafter rose quickly (6 a. 29.17) and the wind backed to WNW but was still of force 10. The centre passed about 30 miles to the Eastward of this station at 2.30 a. July 21st.
At Swatow 37 miles to the Westward of Lamocks at 2 a. July 21st the wind was N of force 5 only, the barometer 29.27 (lowest reading). The same reading of the barometer was registered at 3 a. ̧ but the wind had backed and was NW 4. After this time the barometer commenced to rise.
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