81
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The following gives the noon observations for September 18th taken on board some other
vessels :-
Sh. Albania,
15° 0'
112° 48′
SW
oq.
Bk. Sachem,
16 31
113 24
SW
S.S. Denbigshire,
17 15
113 6
29.73
NW
0.
swell.
""
Zafiro,......
16 13
119 28
.68
SSE
oq.
Kowshing,
17 37
119 21
.71
S
8
heavy sea.
Continental,
19 5
116 36
.63
WSW 6
59
Sch. Santa Cruz,
20 4
117 9
.32 WSW
orq.
heavy sea.
S.S. Alwine,
20 32
111 10
.65 NNW
"
Hupeh,
20 44
113 45
.53
WNW
Bk. Jessonda,
21 10
114 24
.57
NW
S.S. Fushun,
23 43
117 30
Chi Yune,
25 25
119 45
.62
Paoting,
25 17
119 24
.56
E E by N NE
76696D 00 1
q.
increasing sea.
5
or.
orq.
oq.
8
0q.
Doris,
27 0 121 25
.86
NE by E 7
1 orq.
"3
The following observations for noon of the 18th September are given in addition to those given in detail in the table:
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Bolinao,
Steep Island,
29.75 + .02 30.04 + .04
SE by S NE
od.
5 cg.
Vessels off the East Coast had strong NE to E breezes with high sea and swell. On the W Coast of N Luzon strong S breezes prevailed with high sea and rainy weather. In the middle of the China Sea gentle SW breezes were blowing, to the East of Hainan and South of Hongkong strong N to NW breezes. The Continental at noon in 19° 5′, 116° 36′ proceeding SSE had the wind backing from WNW 6 in the early morning to SSW 8 at 4 p. The barometer was practically steady up to that hour when it commenced rising (at 8 p. 29.69) and wind a strong gale from SW with high cross sea. The Hupel and Jessonda about 60 miles to the south of Hongkong had, the former a moderate NW gale, the latter a strong NNW gale during the afternoon and evening. After midnight the wind became very light. The Hupeh had the barometer reading 29.47 at 8 p., 29.52 at midnight. The Jessonda had barometer 29.56 at midnight. The wind force on the Hupeh was over estimated probably.
She was steaming against the wind. The schooner Santa Cruz at noon on the 18th in 20° 4′, 117° 9′ remained hove to on the port tack heading NW wind WSW. There were fierce squalls, a mountainous sea, the decks were covered with water fore and aft. The Santa Cruz is a very small vessel and felt the storm much more than a larger vessel would have done. She worked fearfully and they had to pump her every hour for about fifteen minutes. She had worked herself leaky somewhere. The wind backed
in the afternoon and became SSW at midnight. Next morning the wind backed to S at 5 a. 19th (barometer 29.36 rising). They had attended to the pumps the whole morning and at last they sucked. They tried to heave her to on the starboard tack, but she would not lay steady enough on account of the heavy sea under the lee quarter, so they had to wear her round again to SW on the port tack which is, of course, the proper tack to lay to on in the left semicircle of a typhoon.
was
The centre passed over the Colony just after midnight, but the depression had filled very rapidly and was now extremely feeble. The barometer-which was about 0.3 inch. below the normal- rising and read at 1 a. 19th 29.51, 2 a. 29.52, 3 a. 29.52. Temperature was low and relative humidity high at the time. The barometer was also rising at Canton and Macao. At Hongkong at 1.15 a. the wind fell calm, it having just previously been from the NW force 1. The calm lasted until 3 a. when a light air sprang up from the East (SE at 7 a.). The rain ceased from midnight to 4 a., but the sky remained overcast. The diameter of the calm area was, perhaps, 30 miles, but this is very uncertain, the gradients being so slight at the time that it is impossible to determine it accurately. After 4 a. showers fell. At Victoria Peak it blew NW 6 at 6 p. on the 18th and SE 4 at 6 a. on the 19th. At Macao the wind backed from WNW 5 at 10 p. on the 18th to WSW 3 at 4 a. on the 19th with wet weather. At Canton the wind veered from NW 3 at 3 a. (barometer 29.51 lowest) to NNE 1 at 9 a. (barometer 29.69 rising rapidly). At Hoihow the barometer was rising during the day with fresh N breezes. Strong SE breezes with wet weather blew on the S part of the SE coast, moderate NE breezes near the N entrance to the Formosa Channel.
The Jessonda a little to the S of Hongkong had a gentle SW breeze and high sea. The Denbigshire a little to the SW of the Jessonda gives the wind as N 2, but she was steaming northward which makes this of little account. The Cyclops and Sachem further south had light and gentle W breezes while vessels west of Bolinao had fresh SSE breezes. At noon on the 19th the schooner Santa Cruz in 20° 28′, 117° 9' had slowly decreasing SSE wind, the sea was also decreasing, but there was a very The weather was overcast with high swell in consequence of which no more canvas could be set. passing showers and squalls with wind backing to SE and decreasing in force towards evening. Several sails were set next day and they stood to the southward but that was too late as the centre had long passed her.
The centre passed to the northward of Macao during the early morning and disappeared from observation. No doubt the depression was quickly broken up.
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