S.S. Chusan, Bk. Bylgia, S.S. Mathilde,
43
November 19th.
379
22° 87' 115° 34′ 29.95 22 06 119 6 ..22 06 113 55
NNE 3 NNE 9 .92 NNW 4
om.
or.
C.
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S.S. Coutinental,. .20° 05' 119° 04′ 29.53
Esmeralda,......17 58 117 22 .73 Kong Beng, ...17 46 110 57 30.06
S 11 W 7 NNW 3
01.
0.
$.S. Sungkiaug,
Chusan, Bk. Bylgia,.
S.S. Activ,
.24° 52′ 119° 23′ 24 30 118 36 .21 41 118 32 .21 36 113 22
November 20th.
C.
om.
30.08 NNE 5 .00 NEE 4 29.75? SÉ 10 ΟΥ.
.95 WNW 3 Č.
W 2
...
S.S. Glenavou, .21° 20′ 113° 50′ 29.95
Esmeralda.. .20 55 115 16 .90 NW N 5 Kong Beng, ...20 47 112 36 30.05 N 2 Continental, ...17 49 119 15 29.94 SSW 4
0.
From the weather experienced on board the sailing vessels Berlin. Atlantic, and Wandering Jew between the 18th and 16th the approximate track of typhoon XVIII during this period has been determined. The centre passed to the north of the Wandering Jew between noon of the 13th and noon of the 14th, a gale from WNW gradually backing to SW and decreasing being experienced by this vessel during this interval. On the afternoon of the 14th it passed probably at a distance of about 50 miles to the south of the Berlin. The vessel was under bare poles and they experienced winds of typhoon force from NNE in the morning veering to E and decreasing in the afternoon. On the 15th at noon the centre was close to the Atlantic. They experienced a typhoon from N in the morn- ing backing to W in the afternoon. In the evening the wind backed still further, to SW and S, and moderated.
On the 16th the centre was situated between the ship Atlantic and the E coast of Luzon and pressure had begun to give way at Bolinao and Manila with increasing winds from N at Bolinao. On the morning of the 17th the disturbance was approaching the E Luzon coast probably in about 17°. latitude. The barometer fell fast at Bolinao during the day with a strong NW breeze and rain, and at Manila a fresh breeze from WSW prevailed in the afternoon. The barometer was rising at Bolinao early next morning, the 18th, and the wind bad backed to SW of the strength of a light breeze. The centre was probably situated in 18° 15,′ 119° 30′ at noon on this day and about 100 miles to the NE of the S.S. Esmeralda. This vessel experienced a strong gale from NW in the morning backing to SW in the evening. The lowest barometer reading (29.54) was recorded at 10 a. The disturbance which hal moved on a W by N course while in the Pacific appears now to have been moving towards NW. The S.S. Continental at a distance of about 200 miles to the N by W of the centre at noon · experienced a whole gale from NE veering to ENE during the evening with falling barometer. The centre passed a little to the west of this vessel at 10 a. next morning, the 19th, when they had a typhoon force of wind from SSE with the lowest reading of the barometer, 29.49. At 4 p. the wind had veered to SSW of force 8 and the barometer had risen to 29.66. At noon the centre was situated in 20° 30, 118° 15', and it had thus moved to the NNW since noon of the 18th at the rate of 6 miles per hour. Its speed had decreased very much and it appears to have already commenced to fill up. The bark Bylgia, which had been trying to round the South Cape of Formosa for several days, experienced typhoon force from E veering to ESE during the afternoon with the lowest barometer (29.62) at 2.30 p. The vessel became leaky and sustained considerable damage. The disturbance was at this time moving towards the SE Coast of China, but the barometer ceased falling there during the evening and next morning it was rising at the stations on this part of the coast. Although the disturbance had filled to a great extent it yet remained a cyclonic depression at noon on the 20th when the centre was situated in 21° 30′ 117° 45,' and it had thus only progressed about 60 miles to the NNW during the preceding 24 hours. The Bylgia still had a whole SE gale at a distance of about 50 miles to ENE of this position, but the barometer had risen much since the previous day. During the evening the wind backed to E and decreased with quickly rising barometer. It appears that the depression had now completely filled up and all traces of the disturbance had disappeared the next day.
December.
A small typhoon (XIX) was encountered on December 25th by the S.S. Chelydra off the Cochin China Coast while on a voyage from Singapore to Hongkong.
The following are the noon observations made at the Coast Stations:--
December 24th.
25th.
Hongkong,.
30.09
S
1
b.
30.08
ENE
Hoihow,
.14 NE
b.
Bolinao,
29.87
ESE
b.
.03 ENE 29.88
NE
Manila,
.88
E 1
C.
.88
WSW 2
Cape St. James,
E
2
C.
:ht to so
8 SÅ S
26th,
30.05 ENE 5 29.94 NE 2
.89 NE
0.
odf.
b.
.90
W
e.
N
:
0.