THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY OCTOBER 19 1009
HONGKONG'S UNWELCOME
VISITOR.
THE DREADED TYPHOON:
FORECASTED STORM SWEEPS OVER THE ISLAND.
A story went around that the steam pin- pace of the Austrian warship had gone down-wrecked with all hands. The fact is she took shelter in the camber of the Ad- miralty. The As, with Captain Marescaux in command, "stood in what a lundsman would have thought was a marvellously vo- safe position, but she has weathered the gale like the county which fathered the name.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
Three thundering thuds, which reverber-| position, defied the world, the flesh and the sted through the Colony, announced the devil and sat tight. "fact that the long-expected typhoon had
arrived to-day. To the hour it came, in förder to justify the prophecy. For days it had been expected for days the most cate less bad bolted and barred the doore and the windows, commended themselves to providence and hoped that all would be "wall. The fact is that this year, we had grown cypical on the matter of typhoons. People prattled about the dread arrivals as if they had been born in the midst of the whirlwind Serious encounters happened when the newcomer attempted to "josh" residents <who were here three years ago, for the reason that those of us who know a trifle began to get phlegmatic. Bui the three bombs did it. Was it a salute? It was. To
the demon of the breeze..
At ppon exactly a gun went and folks 'rone uneasily. It was the signalling gun, but everybody waited for more, and five minutes later the grim story was told. The typhoon was on is--not with a vengeance, but quietly, calmly, like a lady on her best behaviour, For a day and a hall we knew it was coming we heard three were beut on visiting this little isle simultaneously. And we had, perforce, to entertain the last.
We may be allowed to digress for another: moment and remark that never before had we had those fears and tremors which were induced by the booming of great guni. A typhoon-it came quietly, worked its will and finished. But now things are different,
One of the most fortunate chances was
that experienced by the Chiyo Aday. It was intended that the liner should go alongside the docks at Talkoo, but as there was no room she went to Quarry Bay where she is safely anchored.
cantile firms were only nominally open and
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Members of the
TOKOKONG LIFE-SAVING CORPS
all were on the more bent on watching the pro- received their baptism of water to-day. The gress of the storm. The fog cinb-house of gallant volunteers—or such of them as could the Victoria Recreation Club bald a goodly get away-wure sonu at their respective ata. crowd of its members, and their 'friends who, |sions, this afternoon,. But occasion did not bakind the safely barad windows of the boild- | call for their services being requisitioned into
To-day's Advertisement.
ing, could see the difficulties and realize the practical use. They were there, however, and T YEARLY MEETING- of SHARK
parile of those who "go down to this sea in | nothing was further from their thoughts, than
hipz
the Royal Humane Society, medal to-day,
THE HARBOUR.
As soon as the black signal was bolsted last evening, vassals in the harbour got steam up and made mady to meet the storm. The coast. ing steamers and smaller vessels sought | sbatter in Hunghom Hay and at Yaumati, while othere wast round babind Stonecutter's and sougly moored la the bay. The larger Ocean steamers elected to ride at suchor at their uerings. Notably among the latter were the s.s. Atiraki Meru, of the Nippon Yusen the Glaucus, of the Ocean Steamship Co., Kaisha, and the Hongkong Mars, of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha. Of the foreign warships in port the more conspicuous ones in the bay 10-day were the Portuguese cruiser Dent Amelia and the Austring Kaiserin Elizabeth, double anchors fore and alt, White, H.M.S. H.M.S. Tamar was lying at her buoy with
Kent, which is being overhauled at the Admire ally dockyard, was securely lastered by stout steel hawsers in the wet dock inside the naval cambor. Of the great leviathans lying in the middle of the stream tone appeared to ba in difficulties. The earlier departure of the smaller vessels inte shelter gave plenty of sea room for the larger steamers to mirccaere even suppos-
ging their anchors.
'HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
The clerk of the weather is the only indivi- dust in Hongkong who has treated the bold "Colossi" with ungenial courtesy. From the day ha leaded "Bob" Love 'excepting for a short spell last weak bad the worst of bad gathers that it has been his lot to experience anywhere in the whole course of his world-wide experience. It looked so threatening inst night that the test had to be lowered stables at the Kebbedytown Dopôt, it and the animals all taken, to shelter in
is reckoned that is gate money alons the Colonel" must have suffered a lois of net less than $5,000 through the laclemency of the weather, not to speak of wear and tear,
The Gloucus and the Misasuki Mary anchored right in the middle of the streaming they should have the misfortune of drag-away by the force of the wind. The incessant
and bore the brunt of the storm gallamily.
It will be understood that at the moment of writing these are all general impressions. We leave the story of the facts to the next column. What we want to ask is-Was this
typhoon, worthy of the dignity, the gran deur and the reputation of Hongkong? Was this a storm to bewilder the stranger ? And the answer la-Nix.. But let us listen to the incidents-the facts as well as to the
rumours,
2.30 p.m.
After the tiffio haur a visit to the waterfront saw a large gathering of residents, including several. Jadies, watching the progress of the form under the shelter of the verandahs in Queen's and King's Buildings. The sea' wat lashed up in hoge waves whdia white creats
and we know it seems years beforehand broke over the sea wall and washed the surface that the spectre of desolation is on our of Connaught Read, loosening the concrete track. The typhoon made an exhibition by the road, With each big gust of wind the metalling and scattering the pebbles all across humbly attempting to frighten cautious peo-water of the sea was washed inshore in great ple. It came with a swing and a verve, broad sheets inundating the grapite pavement Two men, rash in their generation, futile of the verandah and driving the bystanders en to any advice, were swept from a well- | marse into the archways at the bottom of Ice guarded place to become the butt of the House Road, humorous. Three policemen, sergeants and, all, were to be seen running, as if running were a hobby, to save a Chinaman. They had life lloes in their hands, small rolls of hemp, to save life. And still the wind roared and fought.
STAR FERRY SERVICE.
Soon after the firing of the three bombs and the hoisting of the black cross indicating that the wind might increase to full typhoon force at ang moment, the Star Ferry service to Kow toon stopped running. The company maintain ed the service up to the very last moment for the convenience of residents across the harbour, but did not incur any risks beyond those dictated by ordinary prudence. One of the first tractures to feel the force of the storm
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CHINESE GUNBJAT IN DIFFICULTIES, One of the smaller Chinese gunboats that brought the Canton officials down to receive His Highness Admiral Shun Pui-lip, who wai ex- pected in Hongkong to-day from Shanghai by
the German mail, hada somewhat uncomfortable experience for a brief balf hour to-day. She remained at bar baby, opposite, Messis, Baiter field & Swire's offices, a little longer than it was absolutely safe for her to do. So that when hercommanderrealised theimpending approach of the typhoon all efforts to weigh anchor aboard proved unavailing. It was plainly dis- cernible by those ashore that the vessel's only means of sa vation was the parting of the cable. Arificeft were seen to endeavour to insp a lick in the chain and thanks to their determination they succeeded in breaking away from the
worst.
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mooring, and the tiny craft at once turned her pose in the direction of Hungbom Bay and got there in time before the typhoon was at ith
THE "KAISERIN'S STEAM. PINNACE, manned by a crew of bluejackets from the Austrian cruiser Kaiserin, Elizabeth, bad a plucky encounter with the tempesinoDS WAYCE in the forenoou today. The pinoace had jest completed a trip to Hongkong and was making back for the warship when the mountainous seas that were running proved as almost insurmountabla task for her to over come. The little vesssi, with her determined, oflinching band of gallant men who would ost, if they could, tura back, kept her course” and seemed at every moment to be engulfed in the rough of the sea is the waves role higher and higher. She showed op again and again and amidst intense excitement on the part of the was the bamboo erection over the Star spectators ashore it was seen that the steersman Ferry pier at the bottom of Ice House Road, was shaping course for the naval camber At one o'clock ́ it seemed to stand the force of which the gallant sailors ultimately reached tha iad then blowing. It was seen in land--n-perfect-salary-A-rumour was discuited na its stout tímbeł rupports by those who visited on the waterfront in the course of the the King Edward Hotel at the luncheon host, ultraoon that the pinnace had foundered but when the guests left that establishment and in the storm; but we are happy to be looked down the road none were surprised to be in the position to disprove the naċċurate hold the thatched roofing one big heapof a wreck report as our inquiries at the Naval Yard with the recently constructed semaphore, ar- eštablished the fact that the pinnace was raÍS rangement on the top indicating skyward as if Te the camber noun the wores for ber brave pointing to the elements above as the cause of battling with the sea earlier in the day, itu rúĵo. The bookstall, the notice boards and
THE 5.5. *CHIYO MARU,“
la certain quarters, anxiety was felt for the
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* DAMAGE ON THE ISLAND..... and private gardens wat inflicted throughout As usual considerable damage to the public
the island, and from the fragmantary, reports that have— reached - us it is safe to assume that not a house or garden on the higher levels has escaped without the loss of soms valuable plant. The fernery in Glepealy ravine has been partially "wrecked and many of the larger shade trees along the public roade had huge brancher carried rain that accompanied the typhoon inflicted hosvy damage on the roads especially those in the hill districts and sevarsi minor landships, unattended by casualties, are reported. It will be quite a week before the foll extent of the damage on the island is ascertained. to make gand cannot be less than fifty thousand The bili which the Colony will be called upon
dollars chargeable to the Public Works De nment vote not to mention the loss sustained
by private owners.
5 p.m.
Several buildings in the low-lying parts of Wanchai. were transformed fato minimigra lakes. The usual life brigads turned out to assist in case of emergency, but as far as we baro been able to ascertain, their aid was not re- quired. The life-bante ware niso requisitionid, bat long before they arrived on the scene, the
THE DAIRY FARM CO,, LD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THIRTEENTH- ORDINARY
HOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Company's Town Office, a Lower Albert Road, Hongkong, TO-MORROW, the 20th October, at 13.30. FM, for the pur- pose of presenting the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to the 31st July, 1909,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 11th to the 19th October, 1909, both days inclusive.
By Order,
M. MÄNUK,
Acting Secretary.
- Hongkong, 19th October, 1900.
TAB BRITISH POST-OFFICE AT TIENTSIN,
QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT.
(690
In the House of Commous on September 20, State for Foreign Affairs whether, bis sttention Mr, Henniker Heston asked the Secretary of
had, been called to the an ouncemeat made that the British poroffice at Tiesulo. Calos, would, on the grounds of economy, be closed. on Oct. 10 wext; whether Germany, France, and Russia had post-office & Tientsin, and if the Governments of these countries bad called on the residents there to pay half the cost whether a petition had been presented by the British residants at Tientsin slating that it was not compatible with our honour and prestige to close the British port-office at Tientsia while Germany, Russia, France, and Japan maiotain." ad their post-offices at that important place.
Colonel Seely I understand that arrange- ments have now been made for maintaining sent. I have no information with regard to the the British post-offices at Tientsin for the pre-
contributions of foreign residents towards the cost of their post-offices, per as to the petition
referred to by the hon. gentleman.'
_____ Intimations.
We have received a new
shipment of extra
choice
ENGLISH BACON
75 cents per lb.
THE
DAIRY FARM Co.,
LIMITED
Hongkong, 19th October, 1909.
ASAHI
BEER SAPPORO BEER
TO BE OBTAINED
FROM ALL WINE DEALERS!
HARMSTON'S
GRAND CIRCUS
AND
small craft in barbour cleared for shelter in ROYAL MENAGERIE OF PERFORMING
WILD ANIMALS.
Causeway Bay as a result of the timely warning and no no loss of life among the boat popsia. tion occurred. The Jockey Club's - stand st Happy Valley stood the storm remarkably THE LARGEST AND BEST, CIRCUS COMBINATION TRAVELLING THE EAST. wall but that rickety structure known as the Football Stand was igen to sway shortly after one o'clock and shortly afterwards col· Impled. The Hongkong Corinthian Yacht Club's wharf, near No. 2 Police Station, suffered alike fate and at the time of our representa-TO-NIGHT! tive's visit to the district in question was a mass of wreckage. Beyond those, nothing of any pare ticular interest has to our knowledge occurred in the district in question. “
Location of our Tents --- TRAMWAY TERMINUS, KENNEDY TOWN.
AH KING'S SLIPWAY, A
At Ah-King's slipway, our representativa saw Mr. S. Swart's yacht Syren riding at an chor about two miles away. The yacht, which had been weathering the storm since it burst upon the Colony, bebaved splendidly. With four men on board, the two-masted craft defied the force onslaughts of the sea, which waS. running menginfo high, and when our repre sentativo left the slipway, the trim little craft 'was still majestically holding" hémelf op ind apparently none the worse for her uncomfort. able experience.
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ELECTRIC LIGHTING. One of the arch lamps in Caine Coad'is öz- tinguished and the road from the French Mic. sion house to Aberdeen Strost is in Cimmerian
electric wire and ko lnterrupted the current,
Castile Bank is also out,
LAST FEW NIGHTS.
TO-NIGHT
OUR SECOND'CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
We pressot more Star Toros in our presont Programme than any two London or
Continental Establishmenté -
FIRST
AMATEUR RIDING CONTEST
(LIMITED TO`SIX ENTRIES).
A Handsome Trophy will be presented to the Co spatitor making the best attempt at standing on bis feet, three times round the Arena, aided by the mechanic.
FRIDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 22nd,
GRAND COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT TENDERED TO
THE POPULAR-MANAGER, COL. BOF LOVE.. FIRST HIGH JUMPING CONTEST
FOR LOCAL PONIES AND RIDERS)
A HANDSOME TROPHY
will be Picosts by Midume HARMSTON-LOVE to the WINNER. N.B. THE TENT, will be OPEN for PRACTICE from 6.45 to 7.45 from MONDAY October 18 h, to get the Ponize used to Jumping in the Lights. LAST TWO MATINEES:
darkness. Probably a tree has fallen on the To-morrow and Saturday, Oct. 20th and
.. AT 4 P.M. SHARP
23rd,
By one o'clock the gale--it was not then at typhoon strength-was affording new views of life to those who had not seen what fiendish elements can be compressed into a iliite wind. About that time the storm was io Bae full blast. It was Interesting to watch a Blue Funnel boat and another, right opposite Blake Pier, playing the game outwitting the zephyrs-3 word which is certain to be used by the sailormen who lived in travail while the boat rocked.
Sudden bursts of wind dragged all manner of jetsam to unexpected quarters. And then one told the other that this was no typhoon but a summer whiff of the Arctic. Keeping and all the railings on the pier were completely your eye on the Blue Funnel liner and its a wrecked, while the advertising boards and Pacific leviathan Ghryd Maru of the Toyo Ki. Another in Queen's Road opposite the Mer. Doors Open 3 o'clock, Performance at a P.M. sbarp, (Ozil fren Half-price at Matiness only) sociate you could see them working drearily canvas screens strewed the surface of the water sea Kaitha. Gop would have it that'sha lay but steadily. And all the time we were to a hundred yards around. The massive alongside the quay as the Taşkoo docks at afraid to pais the about-to-be Post-Office, guiding fender could not withstand the huge Quarry Bay, and as it was supposed the The scaffolding looked thinner thin laths. weight of the waves, First one great piece would be andergoing overhaul and would, in Every moment we saw the catire "show" of lumber was unbolted, then another, and yet consequence, be belpless and at the mercy fall, and only a poor, solitary, unfortunate another until ultimately but the skeleton of the
of the waves, all sorts of wild specule fender remained to show where the original sons, wore indulged in by irresponsible gossip. trestle come to the ground and lay there.
Just about this time, news went around uclare stond. It will cost the Star Ferryers concerning that magnificent vessel. Know
Co, several hundred dollars 3o repair the ing Mr. Nicholson, the chief manger of that four bodies had been picked up damages on this side of the barbour alone. the Quarry Bay dockyard as we do, doubt beyond Whitty Street. It was impos What injorien, if any, bad been wrought to the sible to verify the fact. All the cars had pier on the Kowloon side it is impossible to stopped running. Mr.. Course, the traffic | tell at this writing and until communication is superintendent, of the Tramways, saw to that. ugalu restored when the storm has ubated. The Star Ferry had previously stopped rup
Queen's statue PIER.
never entered our minds es to the absoluta. safety of his charges. At any rate to sil ence the prattle of newsmengers we made it our business to ascertain from Mr. K, Maisda, the genist manager of the T.K.K,, concerning ning. The red flag had been up all morning, Curiously enough, the more frail shad on
bis magaificant liner. That gentleman told and when it came down there was-in bateden's Statue Pier had not collapsed at the
our representative that is was the intention to breath we say it-much antisfaction at theme of our representative's visit to the water tow the Cafe Maru niong the quay last even
frant. It is more than likely that before nighting, but as there was no beribing accommoda. promptness of the ferry-Do you see fall the shed will be bl:wn to shreds. the point? There is no question - about
tion at the time" the Chiyo was towed into the It, however, that the ferry only stopped at
bay at Shau-ki-wan and is absolutely out of ***So was our Hongkong Maru," the very last moment,
added Mr. Matada smilingly, "which in out in the stream. We have no other vessel in port to-day."
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BLAKE PIER.
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harm's way.
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ZYPHOON WARNING,
The telegram quoted below was received at the American Consulate-General from the Manila Observatory at 8 20 p.m. yesterday.
October 18th, 7 pan." Cyclone or typhoon
It was the first test that Blake Pior wat called upon to undergo to-day after the erection of the Going as far an the Duke of Connaught's massive shelter over the leading landing stage Blatue and Murray Pier, there was nothing dings that on the first severe typhoon that of the Colony. Many were the glooming fore- at that time to sec. A little later at nearly overtakes the Island Blake Pier shelter would THE GERMAN MAIL "LULTZOW.” 145 p.m. the old performance was repeated so under. Happily, the pessimistic prophecy was expected to arrive from Shanghai this morna the Star Ferry shed' was swept away. has pot realised. to spite of the fact that ing. Although she did not put in her appear. And still Blake Pier stood, and still the muntainous waves washed over the pier flooring at the appointed time intimation was --Duke's statue smiled on the effervescence and tallcrests swept over the slate roof, received early today that she had arrived and of the waters. Blake Pier had its chris. the abelter stood immovable and resisted the anchoring at Junk" Bay until the typhoon blows over. She has on board her the Chinese tening to-day, Shall we be ungallant fory of wind and sex what the typhoon 'was'
Daval Commissioners, Prince Shus Pai-lap and and refuse ■ meed of praise to the Public blowing ita neverest.
Admiral Sah Chen-ping.. Works Department, that greatly-libelled in-
KOWLOON DOCKS.
W. of Balintang Channel moving W.N.W. direction unknown.
Cyclone or typhoon, over Western Carolines,
TRADA PROSPECTS IN “SIBERIA.
NEED OF MANUFACTORIES,
· In Siberia we have what is practically a now country, larger than 'all-Europa put together, watered everywhere by immense river and crossed through its centre by a trunk line of railway, with miseral riches cntold, with large' and thriving towns st intervals from one and to the other, many of them with populations. of more than 100,000, and with an immigration of more than geo,oco souls a year. It is a laud with a soil of wonderful fertility, exporting mil- lions of poods of agricutin al produce annually, agriculture which is increasing rapidly every
year.
It has, however, no manufactures to speak of considering its size, a few spiuning mills and weaving sheds, and hardly any engineer- ing works, ship-building yards, leather works, etc, worthy of the name, and but few of its mines worked in an up-to-date mapper, _
In Siberia manufactories are needed in all: the large trading centres, and, says Mr. H. G.. Raad ja Cassiar's Magazine, if run on modern commercial lines, they would pay handsomely. At the present time there are hundreds of little. works scuitered about at long distancen apart, many of them run by horsepower and others without may power at all, but with everything dons by hand; most of them are worked with
RIVER STEAMER WHARVES, Similarly, to the westward the rivarmteamer stitution which manages to, exist and worry wharvos that run out into the bay at-stated Up to the time of going to press there long? Certainly not, and for this reason, intervals excaped comparatively scatheless, no monan -of getting into communica also, that a good many of the life-saving | Excepting for a spar here and there name show tion with the staff at Kowloon docks, brigade-one, for example, who vainly any signs of having suffered by the gale, Noppabansion is, however, fall As sought to win the Bellflos saucer of although it is just possible that by to-morrow it to the complete freedom from casualties on the medial-were there waiting in drenched may be ascertained that the freedom from other side. Under the capable direction of the clothes, in a position that reminded one of damage is not so complete as a cursory observa-new manigu, Mr. P. M. Dyar, smitted as he the crudest appliances and in the most primi
tion reveals to-day ope
is by Mr. W. Wilson with all the jatidr'n oxperie" tive manner. They are mostly in the owner Micawber.,
ence of typhoons in Hoogkong, Dock shars - - ship of people of, limited education and small
capital, working almost from hand toʻnionth;:;
As to the boats, we have already said that
At an sarly hour in the forenoon business in holders iosy go toʻmisen Id-night in the assurance so that they are gasble to make broper extan the American Mall was signalled. She the city was almost at a complete standstill, that their property and plant--ashore and afisat alone to their business, and are thas kept with came to her buay like a bird, took up her, i 'The baska, the itsuracy ofices and the mer, share bees properly locked at'an
· N.B.—Soldiers and Sailors in coiform® Ha f-price in the $1.00 and $8.00 Sèstu.
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Proprierrass,
Sole Manager.
* Hongkong, 19th October, roog.
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