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THE DISASTROUS TYPHOON.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1894.

took place between noon and a p.m. and would not have justified me in alarmilog the Colony

Finally, I would call attention to the great service that would have been rendered in this case from a more frequent comma-ication with the station at Gap Rock. Communication

at 4 pm,

And

OFF HIS SHOULDERS!

A STORY OF SOUTH-EASTERN DORNEO.

"He followed me like a bloodhound, said Kendall, late that night. “Followed me, by Heaves as if I were the crimlost."

"Just what he thought you were, too," Shad- bolt said. "Somebody keeping duk down bere

d ́o-day's Advertisements.

Kendall rose to his feet, astoned d. Men saldatos, mid hangin' to his cap ure. But THEATRE

there was no such thing as Fate, yet here, at hale feet, was the helpless body of the man he hed sworn a thousand times to Immolate at sight had only to stand by and let blind circumstance Age him.

get on, man, a d tell me "--

"There isn't much to tell. The miserable wreich kept yelling at me to stop 1 had my bought that it was to be."

been given by the Observatory, and that there day, and we bave not even the privilege And new there was no need to mile finger. He revolver with me. I couldn't keep away the

MR, PLUMMER EXPLAINE

Most of our readers will remember that in the course of a repnit on the disastrous effects of the storm that barst upon the colony on the asth alio. we called attention to the fact that inadeceases with Gap Rock quale notice of the approach of the gala had fore den at damage had been done on shore and allant which ought to have been avoided. Trat the Government was bound to take cognisance of what appeared gross neglect of fiaty or shrer ignorance was inevitable, and in last Saturday's Goseils we find the following report from Mr. J. 1. Plummer, Acting Director of the Observatory

times

fo not rekamed until 7 a.m. on the next of arking for repeated ob ervations st

st critical we have at Bolinao, and I beg bere to call your attention to paragraph so of the Annual Report of the Observatory for 1893, in which it is atated that "Victoria Peak and Gap Rock are not yet in direct communication with the Observatory, but it is prob

is probable that thin mprovement will be eff:c'ed

shortly. The Important mages from these two stallons, on which local warnings much-ceeded improve- depend, are often received too late," This

He tramped way along the nodden sand with hasty steps, then slower, then a stop to look back, round one prostrate forms the Dysks had gathered striving to revive the spark that made as yet so vast a difference between it and the other two stark things that stared, unseelag, at the mornin

moraing son

The typhoon which reached Hongleng on September 26th was first indicated in our obiervalent

upon September 22nd at 10 am.. when a fall in the barometer at Bolinao and Manila (ogether with wind from the N.W. atment hus not yet been effected by the Gover-muttered" and there be Three of them" He

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was

the former, and W. at the latter place, showed that there * depression in the Pacific probably somewhere near, lat. 18. deg. N., long 124 deg. min. E.

At 4 p.m. on the same date, the wind at Bolinza had backed to W. and the other conditions temalard practically unchanged, This Idicalid some progress la a W., or W by N. direction. On Sepe

zember 23 dat tom, the barometer at Boline and Manila had again fallen sme what, and the wind bad backed again to W.S.W., but was very light. This again indicated pro- gress in the same direction, and a police was fund that "the depression appears to be situsted to the East of the Balingtang Channel " Its actual posilon was probably la lat. 38 deg 30 min, R., long, 121 deg. 30 min. F. giving it thus a motion of about 190 miles W. by N. in the 24 hours.

At 4 pm, on the same date, the barometer bad elen a little at Manila, and was stationssy at Bolso, with light S.W. winds at both places. The wind was W. at Hongkong, showing that we had not yet come under the is fluence of the There is no reason to suppose, there. typhann fore, that the course of the typhoon was in any way altered. It had probably now about arrived at the 6co-mile limit from Hongkong, but awing to the approach of night and the small chance of any stlp being bound ES.E. from Hongkong the hoisting of the signal was deferred till. The

following morning.

On September 24th at 10.1 a.m. the barometer had risen slightly (o 4 inch) at Lolinao and Marila, and bad fallen the same amount al Hongkong; the whed was S.S., 3. at Balinto, and. N. 1, at

at Hongkong The influence of the pration of the typhoon can be airment, and the

n was affecting our weather beie, and

small one,

the

ja many

от

The

"Well, out with it 1" Shadbolt was hoarse with excitement; "you dropped him 7o

rurted face out of my sight, till I came to the "I did not. I held on, hoplog to keep his datang over that limestone gorge. You know?

"Ugh! don't I? That stopped him, I'll bet my boots,"

"No. When I got scross, and tumed, there be dodged behind a dracaenia with the pistol ready, was, coming after me. Then the devil got me. I till he got half-way over. Then I stepped out, and he knew me, and pulled up with a jerk-and slipped and screeched-and-

'A minute more of that work," the white man tarned away his head resolving not to look, and ment, and the went of It has been keenly felt.

in

the very resolation--looked again. Then That the typhoon was, as I have stated, professional instinct conquered and he went

proved D

experience by the steamer Darmstadi, which at noon on September has

of the swiftly back. The Dyaks after a fashion that

has cooked "a

half-drowned men→→→→

"I know," the trader said. "Them trunks s his head to let theke glass, jat now. And the Dya's say that 25th, when only 150 miles from Hongkong, had

the were standing the subject o well as S.W. winds; A Hight steamship Mache and steamably Lightning them aside, got the man over on his back,

of water run out of his mouth! Kendall thrust place har no bottom. Better so, it's off your which had fine weather nettl they were well brought forward the retracted tongue, and set

shoulders."-" Alex. Montgomery in Sydney Bulletin. north of the 19th parallel. In all cases of such

two of the Dyaks to nemaphore the arms. are of the utmost value, and I do not hesitate to small typhoons the observations at Gap Rock

rest s'ond round respectful of the wan's wishes, say that the warning given would have been

bat galetly incredulons of sesults, until the or 3 hours longer had the observations from Itsel

castaway's vid cheat took up the motion of Swataw been received or had those from Gap and they contended for the task of rubbing back Itsell. At which miracle thefr apathy gave way,

Rock been more

and continued beyond the circulation. frequent, the usual hour of telegraphing such messages remark that the warnings given in the case of to us. At the same time it is necessary to small typhoons must always be of shorter duration than those given of the larger and more regular disturbances.

Hongkong, 8th September, 1894,

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not necemolly andarm the opinions expressad by Correspondent in thla colon.3

TYPHOON BALDERDASH.

TO THE EDITOR or the " Hongkong TulsaraTH."

2

"Hello bello !" Shadbolt, the trader, came

"Three of 'em, eh down the sandy slope. and life to this here chap, by the looks of him, Here you are 1" and be held out a battered pewter-flask.

AMERICANS AND SECOND CLASS

TRAVEL.

much, and the wish to make a short

The trans-Atlantic steamship companies are about to borm their second class business. They fale terms to induce that large n'mber of people hape by improving ccommodations and with who cannot afford first class fare to make an Kendall took it and sniffed, "Not yet," he ocean trip, It is thought that Europeans as him up to the huts-put hot stones to as this cines will come during the summer. aid. "But I'll tell you what you can do. Get well as Americans will be attracted by the inducements, and that a good business in stomach and fee', and, when he opens ble eyes" We believe that they will not be dissppolated. banding back the flask give him plenty of The time of the ocean vorige has now been this with hot water. Then he'll do."

Shadboli fiask in band-gaped after the other so shortened, the desire for travel has grown

he as he walked away. "Leaves. It ail to me, does! Freezin' cool kind of a cove in the trip in Europe by Amerless, and the wish to form a combleation strong enough to warrant SIR-I have often wondered why the China doctor, when he likes. Well, It's Dr. Shadbolt'see the United States by Europeans, all together Mall and Datly Prezz pretend to know so much

case now, at all events; and he ain't like the the belief that a steady stream of passengers will more about typhoons than the general oubliercat of fem-he can tackle his own physic like follow spon a reasonable means of accommoda.

good fun!" and even more than the Observatory officials.

tion being offered.

is freely and childiably criticised by these Almost every notice issued by the Observatory

and Wail, and the sapient remarks of these Jacks-of-all-trades must surely countitate food for many a good laugh in "Doberck Castle." Sometimes the cellcisms of your contemporaries down from the cabservations as in lat.

are full of

of glaring idiocy, and exhibit a lament able lack of knowledge of geography. +90°

Here G' N. r. o F, giving it

mation of

an instance: The Daily Prass in a

recent direction W. by N., in the 24 leader bearing upon the typhoon re ahut 210 miles,

of the 26th hour. The wind direction at Bolinao being S.S. E., and remaini 2 steadily at this point in alto, says Manila sends us notices of the typhoons which pass in the neighbourhood of several hours, indicated that the position given the Philippines, and informs us of their direction was rather too much to the North, and as the as long as their influence is felt there, and it la typhoon was now much nearer Bollaso Bergkong It seemed just to give this station then the duty of the Hongkong Observatory tagal. But Shadbolt's speech was soberer than superior for the fare charged would have no

trace their onward course. On the occasion and the positon marked in tantioned, although leformatten had been duly the

weight, greater Our murs at this time Est. 180

o N., long received from Maslia,

that s

storm was travelling 117 30 or 250 miles W. by S. of the posi- from S.S.E. to N.N.W. the Observatory tion 24 hours

The notice issued at left na to Beller. 11.15 am. In conformity with these remarks left us to suppose that it was passing to the east

of the colony,* &c., and a

Ladds,

#perhaps was: the depression appears to have moved next annual report of the Director of the Obser westward since yesterday, and to be now situated vatory we may find some -lanation of to the W. of N.

Luzon.

Red drum boleted,

fal'ure of the 24th September." Where the failure me date e the barameter bad

comes in is not in the Observatory notice, but in 03 ins. at Boltnan, and fallen o.ot inch the Manila advices as a matter of fact. If the bance was receding slowly from Bolinao, near N.E. Luzon travelling NN.W. is coming I approaching Hongkong stil more slowly, bere, I am afraid he doesn't know where Luzon (a, porsaing the W. by S. course indicated in the A

travelling W.N.W. would come near typhoon

close to

to South Formona and to the west.

put

to

dfsen

p.m. on the same

ban

ex

to

here

in the

bir

He took a goodly gulp of the arrack and went 'em," he mattered; and a sturdy little nugget over to look at the two defunct. "Malay, one of

be is But I can't exsc'ly place t'other cove : unless be's one of them Portuguce mixtures from up Banda way-in which case he ain't much loss, anyhow. Now for Number Three

But Number Three-shoulder-borne-was so yards off, on his to the villare.

way It was mid-day before the trader-mach meandering-reached bir house, Kendall, flag plag at the sandflies, lay in the verandah bam mack, and impatiently he turned bla bead away when he heard the, erratic steps. He was in no humour for fooling and this man was drunk

stalked solemnly around the hammock. his legs, and bis wits less drunk than eltber. He "Happy t'report, doctor, that the case you lef on my hands is progessle favour-a-bably,"

So are you, I see! I expected as much

you sent up for more attack | when

Subslding upon an empty gambler-box, Mi. Shadbolt loftly put aside the arrack question.

"Neither here nor there, half-a-gallon of hard. stuff sint I

FOU

Only at Hongkong, the former showing that the wallor of the Dolly Prasi thinks that a typhoon want to tell about these here ca'away I

disturbance

sat up,

There is, however, one drawback that wil! effend the Americas in the programme, and that is the idea of travelling second class. It is foreign to his store and be can never bring bimself to feel that the a should be any distinc- tion between himself and his neighbour. If he atay cannot travel as well as the latter, he will it kame. He may not be able to make a rall way journey in Pullman car, but the other cars of the traie are also first class in every way, and be uses them, knowing that the Pallman provides only a little more luxury #hich he can dispense with. To say that the accommodations offered by second class are

the weight with the American. Ho disilkes distinction * applied to himself, although tiling to admit it when applied to ethers. It is not the kind of accommodation so much as the same that he would kick agalaat. Where he site is the bead of the table. This may seem a puer le distinction, but it exists and must be recognized by those who would secure American travel.

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A MAJESTY'S JUSTICES of the PEACE It should not be forgotten that the travel of will be held in the JUSTICES ROOM, at the this country is made up largely of people in MAGISTRACY at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon ordinary circumstances. And this class would of MONDAY, the 22nd day of October, AD. glade make European trip, if circumstances 1894, for the purpose of considering an applica permitted. These people aeither expect not allowed

ilon from one ISRAEL WEINBERG, is be

REMOVE morning This opinion is strengthened by the here, and if travelled N.N.W. (t would have a stick of her together. These here three coves desire luxuries upon their parse: I, there-tate at houses Nos, go and 93, Queen's Randi

They

the business licensed on ordinary terms.

the Premises known as THE WESTERN HOTEL,

and a

Colony.

A

to

ples to

H

their travel expenses to

a

Kendall sat

Took the reef at Sajong, early this morning thefr craft did; and in half-an-hour there wasn't

backing the wind at Bolinao to S E.; but the to pass

made a grand swim of it, but the southerly positien of the typhoon is now as near to Hong- What I fall to san le, how the tor led current carried 'em down here."

current carried 'em down here." What sort of kong as to the last mentioned place, and a more the Daily Press to think that it was

to the detalled account of our local observations east of us on the 24th. At 1 10.m. on the 15th the craft pr becomes necessary.

following potice was Issued by the

"Schooner. Banda to Singapore with ant. servatory: Here follows a table showing barometricalThe depression appears

And this chap maved

mega-nutmegs, no less. readings during the storm's approach to the westward into the China Sea and is now west of Carson, his name is he owned vessel and cargo

and wasn't insured for a penny," North Luzon. Red drum holsted." To any man

"Good 1" and Kendall jumped out of the The table bows that the gale reached its possessed of a fair amount of common sense and height about am on September 25th, that the

hammock. knowledge of light

it would be geography, it

'I'm Infernally glad to hear it." wind blew with typhoon fitce for 3 hours, clear that the typhoon referred to would

Shadbelt stopped cutting up tobacco. "The

11 ramriy, from 7.30 am. to re 30 am, also that the south of Hongkong, and nat to the eastward, fellow whose ille you saved, I mean; It's him the wind did of teach on the verase force 9 till {***

that's the ruined man.” as the Daily Press so erratically surmises, The After 4 nm, nor did it exceed force 7. or a typhoon in question moved rapidly westward, as

Kendall wheeled sharply round, "The fellow moderale gale till after 3 a.m. Therefore the indicated by a slowly falling barometer in Hong whose life I saved," he repeated, with a mirchless actual amount of notice er warning given to the

the

cbuckle. Exactly, Where is he now 19

the village," said the other, staring. shipping in harbour was 5 boots, and 15 the ong, and was at 6 p.m. about SS.E. of

# bad begun to colony, by which time

to change

at the Reat inside and came out with his Inhabitants of the Colony I was 14 hours. When its course, and

and it was

was not tiil 11 p.m. that it was

"Let bla gun. of its course, for the bare

into the jungle. marched off sufficient for a steamer to get up steam, it is shown meter

meter continued

The trader winked & wicked old eye. Sbad- mad It je on record that the glass only

he said, "it strikes me you aint the bolt, my son," he fit the st.go this mornin'!" began to

only one that's been at

The rescued Carson-a sleek-featured, fair- entered the coast about 20:

all, deep-set bearded fellow, with

eyes-Wal With small, day or night, and it is not possible and then disappeared in the

the man to get quietly to the bottom of a mystery to give a longer notice when the latter and not see how the Observatory can possibly be bismed-not to make a fuss over it. So, though he

matter, for if the typhoon and kept on its sald little when the Orang-Kaya told him I greatly regret that a longer notice was at westerly comes we would have had fresh wasn't to go near the trader's hoone, given, but I maintain that it was impossible, and E.N.E. to S.E. winds during the next day, with gold or diamonds? This will be shown by a cooulderation of the arising circumstances subsequent to September 24th, at 4ing glass, A typhoon is never more

dangerous than when, p.m. after which time no observations were point, it suddenly turns and neat a given I'm « tuan myself, if it comes to that, and i

Dasses right over it. Ferhaps the Fear and the Waff will read, mark, learn and inwardly digest this is

if you will invour it with space in your columas.

Youts faithfully,

TYPHOON JACK. Honkong, 15th October, 1804.

sute

it remembered that 4 hours is ordinaitlynible to maslowly between 6 and wiar," and be my there," he said. "If he's

to

that no harm ought to bave resulted to such II rapidly at 5 a.m, the next morning,

vessels, and bad the 4 or 5 hours been hours of be daylight I am assured that no complaint would and cosilased to do so uptil

quarter. Storms may, of course, siise at any

have been made of want of warning from any twohoon first turned N.W. and tha.m. This

bour

of t

of the

the

the former occurs,

receivable from outside the Colony, and my acilon bad to be determined entirely by the observations given above, and at which time the the typhoon was probably in lat. 19 116°30' E. or 240 miles S.E. of

though the full consideration of all the Elors led me to place it in lat. 18o N, long,

In this

N.N.W. and of Macio,

› miles south a

ke

thought the more. What could it mean if it didn't mean The tuan's orders! Well,

Fold

whatever it is, as sure

be in this little 800,"

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RE HAPPENED to knOW HER,

"Well, by George !" he said to a fellow. PRIsenger on the rear platform of a Baker-street car, "but of all the outlandish bats Y ever SAW on a woman that takes the cake! I mean that women near the front door on the right."

"Yes, she looks like a fool (" replied the other,

"The idea of a- woman forty years old getting such a hat as that must make all her relatives tired,"

"Yes, it probably does."

put out.

as my name's not

The white men smoked at midnight in the

"I wonder if she has any ides how homely mellow, darkness, and quoth mento firefly-apredakto keep the chap the le?" continued the first, who seemed greatly dye lee, Kend bike' away according. But,

I think twould be only the see, Kendall, I

"Not a bit of 1'. She Imagines she's real square thing to give me a notion of what it all pretty and mylish. That sort always does,"

And why you're

"Pretty Stylish Why, you might travel seems, is Kendell jumped up. "Afraid? You're on woman, and as for her style she looks as if she the wrong lack, my good fellow-it's Ag who hau | bad come out of the woods." to fear me ! You've heard me speak of Parbury, haven't you

1160E. It is most walostunate that_at_ID | BRitish miSSIONARIES IN THE HE enough cove head of this Carson, for a month and not find another such homely

time no observations were received from Swatow (they have not yet arrived at the time of writlog), elberwins the doubt which remained as to the exact position at 4 pm. might have been cleared up. Ordinarily when we have lost touch of typhoon at Bollnao, it is taken up at Swatow, which though mosch less important station becomes invaluable at such times.

In a direct

in a

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In reply to a letter from the Shanghai Branch of the Evangelical Alliance on the death of the Rev. James Wylle, Mr. O'Conor, Britst Minister, writes to Dr. Edkios

Parbury-yes-but this chap's name's" "Never mind names. This is the man The trader puffed for a full minute before be said: "Well, old man, I've sized you up pasty well sluce you've lived with me, and I know you ain't the sort to get your bristles up for a trifle. And I'll only ask you this: Which was it-a "Both!" Kendall said quietly, "and reputation

Yet you saved bis life."

WAMED or Money

"Yes, you are right.”

"If my wife was such a chromo as that I'd Leave bar. Even the children grin me they look at her,"

"Har husband has threatened to leave her, but it did no good," quietly replied No. z.

"Oh then you know blm ?" "Yes."

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LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 49. TORPEDOES IN THE CANTON RIVER.

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Excellency the VICEROY that TORPE through any of our Agents at the various Porta DOES have been LAID in the CANTON

Here occured a painful pause, fasting a full RIVER, and that the Buoys marking these will

gradual increase of force. The reason the wind | mest" deplorable assault upon the Rev. Jam peldes! Eptire and hopeless ruin at n'stroke 1/ miante, during which two men avoided looking I be REMOVED in a day or two.

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"In reply to your loiter of the 28th alt., I beg The first point to call attention to is the to

to request you to be good enough inform the wsteadiness of the wind from 9 a.. to 7 p.m. commitee of the Shanghal Branch of the In the case of a typhoon approaching any place Evangelical Alliance that the Importance of the

this should courge

have been steadily points to which they draw my attention has been from one quarter, with no variation except strongly before me since the lamentable and bebaved so differently on this occasion was that Wylle which resalted fa his death.

at each other. Finally No. 1 made a great effort **Throughout the negotiations I have insisted the depression was an irregular one, in some

and said part of which a small typhoon was situated upon the immediate carrying out of the sen

was the doctor that saved his life,

*Maybe you are the kusband himself ? ". The same irregularity gave rise to thunderstorms hascas passed upon the criminals so as to con- not the man."

mind the punishment with

But what'll the man do now if this Yes, I'm the one, " answered No. 3, "and if wileb very seldom accompany typhoons, and act in the popular led minal has which alone led many seafaring Chinese in the the crime. The

li won't make no grist difference to you we harbour to assert that there would be no typhoon | executed F proclamations have been been follow should happen to drop across his

turned Kendall knocked the saber out of his pipe. chapge the subject and talk about the weather.

Indl even after our gun WAN

thredghout the country and in all places fired.

"I'm going to turn in." He went half-way to Do you think we've had rain enough for cor Secondly, the barometer In spite of slight caled by Her Majesty's Consul, Mr. Bullock the door and stopped. "The scoundrel's had one potatoes

stand risings and fallings, caused by the thunderstorms and I am expecting daily to hear that the chance," he said, "Let him

that." upan

Bat No. 1 saw a man on the corner who owed above noted, was practically steady from 10a.m. accomplices of the crime have received the

I had fallen only 0.0t lack in seven-savers, panishment of sails with hard labour, bir try-Carson was prius dominiatur. In him in or something or other, and hurriedly fact that Shadbolt jumped off to collect it and get down the side -to 7 p.m. teen hours, from midnight to 5 pm) which and that the officere concerned have been was rating-classing the village-he saws | street. leads me to hold that up to the latter hour the cablered in accordance with the sentence passed stroke of luck, an also in the chance that brought

to blown coume had continued as before, namely W, or upon them.

two Drak boy

boys to

pigeon, sad at most W. by D

N., which direction, it maintained, ***I am bound to admit, however, that the focusred on the fray the Juvenile eyes that had and it had been muletained for $7 hours pre- Chinese Gorerament have shown the most the task of watching

the white man. viously, would have kept the centre well to the praiseworthy desire to take all the measures Across the yamı and plantains--two minning southward of Hongkong. At 8 p.m. there was suggested to them for the prevention of similar hid him in the sugar-cans, and theas more found season to suspect that a more nonbelly course atrages in the future, but in the ferment and him on the trader's verandah. A litla blue was being taken, at 9 pm. the continued fall of popular excitement caused by wat it is beyond back monkey scalded Sercely at him as he the barometer confirmed this impression, and at

especially those who passed through the first room and peeped into top.m., at which time there was still

exposed to unusual | s second. Then footstepe came along the the and I consider that it le varandah, and. Carson looked back.” A.

1 little or no

wind, the signal was given that bad wanther

in the

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was to be expected, and that the wind world incumbent upon alesionales to exercise the figure with features indistinguishable against theedi" the larg weer. Had this fall in the barometer ass been greatest prudence during the centenance of the outside glare, stood outlined in the doorway Panau, continued for as long as two hours, these conic "ewlllilas, and above aŭ not to expose their Twe intruder stepped back & padu or twea have been no assurance that it was pet a highs] families to the dangers consequent agen the :femporary fall, caused by thundermanna, migh

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