21
357
VESSELS.
June 26th.
S.S. Kwanglee,
......23° 37' 117° 58′ 29.83
29
Memnon, Cromarty,
..21 12 114 50 .....16 54 113 33
NE 4 b. .78 ESE 4 cq. var. 2
C.
S.S. Shanghai, ..10° 16' 113° 13' 29.71 NNW Bk. Altair,
.15 33 113 21 S.S. Bucephalus, ...10 36 109 03
June 27th.
C.
.69 SSW 2 rq. .80 SSW
4
C.
"
S.S. Gwalior,
Progress,..... .93° 47' 118° 00'
off Ocksen.
29.67 NE/N 7
C.
Bk. Altair,
**
27
Hangchow, Shanghai,
.23 19 117 10 20 57 113 57
.68 NEJN 7 .71 NE 6
G.
S.S. Clyde,.
C.
,, Macduff.
11 45 11 30
.10° 04′ 113° 48′ 20.63 calm. .13 51 112 36 .69
3 WV .80 SW
0.
6 orq.
.67 NEN
2 C.
June 28th.
S.S. City of Peking, 30° 47′ 130° 00′ 29.92 ESE
4 op.
27
27
Taisang, Hangchow,.
.28 07 121 03
.74 NE
4 q.
>>
.25 47 119 43
.61 N/E
0.
S.S. Gwalior,..
Framnes, Clyde,
...22° 30′ 115° 53′ 29.54 WSW 3
.20 47 113 51
.60
W
18 47 114 03
.64
W
IP OF C
5
4
333
C.
C.
C.
June 29th.
S.S. Kiel,
Ancona,
32° 45′ 126° 52′ 29.69 ..30 41 126 44
.69
"2 Ariake Maru, ...29
25
"
>>
City of Peking, 28 Taising,
41
25 125 39
126 45 .62 ESE 28 09 121 03 28.89
SE SE .64 SE/E S or.
9 oq.
S.S. Hangelow,
G 0.
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Peiyang,
י
8
q.
>>
Canton, Nanchang,
NNE 10
rq.
S.S. Kiel,
Rohilla,
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22
21
Taksang, Vorwaerts,
.31° 55′ 123° 58′ 29.51
31 12 121 50 ..29 56 122 06
.29 55 126 06
Canton, "Choysang,
July 1st.
S.S. Lyeemun,
"
.81° 16′ 121° 47′ 29,52 SSW
.62 Taiyick, .........31 12 123 10
7 orq. S.S. Kiel,
S :
7 or.
Ethiope,
SE 10 .41 SEE 7 48 S 6 .74 SSE
or.
8
,,Taiyick,
June 30th.
orqS.S. Taisang, orq Lyeemun,
12
......28° 09′ 121° 03', 29.49 SSW
.28 09 121 41 .50 S ...27 37 121 12 .57 SW
26 42 120 14
.00 SW 4 or.
...27° 17′ 120° 42′ .27 13 120 16 26 57 120 25 ...26 28 120 45 .25 43 120 10
20.14 WNW 9 or. .14 WNW 4 cq.
.17 NW .30 SW 38 SW
6
9 rq.
7
6 or. 6 00.
6 rq.
.31° 10′ 122° 25′
29 40 125 00 29.74
S 10 org.
4 C.
On the 26th June typhoon V commenced to affect the weather in Luzon. The barometer fell and the wind freshened from the W and SW. A considerable decrease of pressure also took place in S. Formosa and moderate increasing breezes from NE and N prevailed at South Cape. The centre of the typhoon appears to have been situated at a considerable distance to the eastward of N. Luzon at this time. On the 27th a further decrease of pressure had taken place in Luzon and in S. Formosa, amounting to about 0.1 inch in the former district and to about 0.2 inch in the latter. The typhoon had probably moved in a WNW direction since the previous day. Fresh W to SW winds continued to prevail in S. Luzon while at S. Cape, Formosa a strong N breeze with showery weather was experi- enced. The centre at noon on this day may have been situated in 20°, 124', but this position is very uncertain owing to lack of information from the Pacific.
Attention may be called here to the fact that the notice referring to the position of this typhoon, on the morning of the 27th, had to be issued in the absence of observations from, in this case, three very important stations, viz., Swatow, Amoy and Anping, that is to say the most necessary data were not available.
On the 28th the typhoon was moving towards the NNW to the East of Formosa and it appears to have passed to the East of South Cape during the early morning. The wind backed to NW of force 6 at 3 a. (barometer 29.41) and subsequently to W, the force decreasing meanwhile. The baro- meter, however, continued to fall slowly and the wind increased to a strong gale from WNW during the evening. In the Formosa Channel, between Fisher Island and Middle Dog, gales from NNE prevailed and in N. Formosa strong NE and NNE breezes until late at night. At Keelung the wind backed to W of force 6 at 9 p. showing that the centre had then passed to the north of the latitude of this station. The centre was perhaps situated in 231⁄2, 123° at noon but this position is only approx- imate for the reason previously stated, viz., the absence of data from the Pacific to the eastward of the centre. On the morning of the 29th the typhoon was moving on a northwesterly course and approaching the East Coast of China in the neighbourhood of Wenchow. The noon observatious on this day show a perfect cyclonic circulation and in the righthand semicircle gales blew at a distance of 300 miles from the centre, the latter being at noon off the coast near Wenchow and situated in 27 45,' 121o 30'. A large number of vessels encountered the bad weather, but the greater number had taken shelter at various points along the coast. One vessel, the S.S. Nanchang, bound from Chefoo to Swatow, ran safely across the path in front of the centre on the morning of the 29th and thus gained the manageable semicircle. She experienced a NNE gale at 4 a. (barometer 29.45) backing to WNW of force 8 (barometer 29.20) at 8 a. The S.S. Hangchow at anchor in 27° 30,′ 121° 00' was situated in the lefthand semicircle.. Typhoon force of wind from West by South was experienced at 2 p. the barometer falling to its minimum, 29.01, at 3 p. The barometer rose after 5 p. with the wind slowly decreasing and backing to SW. The S.S. Taisang had been taken into shelter at Lotsin Bay, near Wenchow, on the previous evening and there encountered the centre. They had the wind steadily