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The following information is from the logs of the ship Charmer and the barque Enos Soule:-
SHIP CHARMER.
August 27, noon
24° 49'
30,
"
"
39
352
28,
29.
31,
midt.
24 48
128° 18' 128 38
SE/E calm
1
59
25 05
129 00
">
25 39
129 04
F
**
13
26 04
129
26
N
23
N
Sept.
1, noon
N
30 10 1
5
7
NNW 8
""
2, noon
28.43
to SW 10
variable winds.
fine, very hot.
"
23
fine, at 1 a. felt two shocks of earthquake.
C.
oil bags used, bare poles.
very bad cross sea, very heavy squalls.
or more
">
2, midt.
10
very heavy squalls, wind hauling round compass.
3, noon
28.33
NNE
10
3, midt.
ENE
9
""
4, noon
27
4, midt.
}]
5, noon
27 19
5, midt.
**
"
6, noon
26 46
199
45
130 16 28.23
ENE
7
high cross sea.
E by S
130 06
ESE
very heavy squalls.
rudder head found to be broken off.
Weather more moderate.
129 30 29.53
ESE
7
0.
Sept.
1, noon
20° 04'
127° 45'
WNW 4
2,
20 12
126 42
WSW 2
E swell fine.
29
29
"
2, midt.
WSW 8
3, noon
21 06
126 38
W
7
BARQUE ENOS SOULE.
heavy rain squalls.
high cross sea, low glass, heavy rain squalls. heavy rain squalls.
3, midt.
WNW
7
++
>>
"
4, noon
21 00
125 25
WNW
25
33
99
high cross sea.
32
4, midt.
NW
rain squalls.
5, noon
20 24
125 00
WNW
5
overcast squally, high cross sea.
39
5, midt.
WSW
5
long E swell.
"
6, noon
20 54
124 14
SW
7
high sea.
6, midt.
SW
7, noon
21 10
123 44
SW
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7, midt.
SSW
sea going down.
"
8, noon
21 39
122 54
ᎳᏚᎳ
2
showery high NE swell.
"
8, midt.
NNW
rain squalls.
These two vessels were out in the Pacific far from the usual track of steam vessels and the information contained in their logs is very imperfect, but sufficient to indicate to some extent the tracks of several typhoons, one of which subsequently passed into the Formosa Channel.
The log of the Charmer appears to show that the weather experienced was caused by two typhoons and in this connection it may be remarked that a depression coming from the S entered the S coast of Central Japan on the afternoon of the 4th September and subsequently moved NNEward across NW Japan. On the 1st the Hesperia was at noon in 29° 42', 128° 35′ and was about 200 miles NNW of the Charmer. She had a strong NE breeze with very high SE swell and overcast weather with falling barometer (at noon 29.78). This vessel was bound to Yokohama and on the 2nd September at noon was in 31° 26', 131° 56'. She then had ENE 6 with rain squalls and very high sea (barometer 29.76). On the 3rd she was in 33° 21', 136° 01′ (barometer 29.77) and then had a strong NE increasing and veering breeze with overcast weather and moderate sea. On the 4th in 34° 44′, 139° 11' (barometer 29.74) she had a strong E breeze with gloomy wet weather.
The Enos Soule on the 1st in 20° 04′, 127° 45′ had a moderate WNW breeze with heavy rain squalls. On the 2nd in 20° 12′, 126° 42′ a light WSW breeze and fine weather and a fresh gale from WSW at midnight with high cross sea, rain squalls and "low glass." No barometric observations were entered in the log of this vessel. The barometer fell slightly in SW Japan on the 2nd and 3rd and light and moderate E to NE breezes prevailed in the extreme S of SW Japan on those days. The depression entered the S Coast about 4 p. on September 4th. The centre was, perhaps, on the 2nd September at noon in 26°, 130° moving northwards. A path has been dotted between the 2nd and 4th September.
The observations on board the Charmer cannot be altogether trusted, and the barometer readings are useless, but there appears to be little doubt judging from the wind observations recorded, taken in conjunction with those made on the Enos Soule, that immediately after the passage northwards of the typhoon experienced on September 2nd the Charmer at once came under the influence of another typhoon. The wind is noted on the evening of the 2nd as "hauling round the Compass" and on the 3rd it was from NNE force 10 veering and decreasing. The Enos Soule had at the latter time a moderate W gale.
The Nürnberg on the 3rd September in 29° 42', 128° 32′ at noon had NE 5 (barometer 29.65) with cloudy weather and SE swell. Some vessels off the East Coast had light NNW breezes and fine weather with swell. On the East Coast the barometer had risen slightly during the past 24 hours