The 8. S. Sunda, which arrived here to-day with the mails from Yokohama, was caught in a typhoon, on Sunday, the 24th ult, She left Yokohama on the 20th, and experienced moderate and fine weather up to noon of the 23rd, when the sky became overcast, with rain, apd a light ESE. breeze. The wind
lowing a strong breeze with a high con-Ty increased, and at 4 p.m. it was fused "swell, At half-past nine heary rollers were observed coming up from S.S.E., and the weather was very ominous, everything indicating the approach of heaving the log.on the lower half' starboard quarter port,' fell overboai 'Mr. Wingfield jumped after him. A lif Ney was immediately let go, and-tie abip, whi was ranning about eight or nine knot an hour, brought-to. 'There was a heavy: sea at the time. 'The lifeboat "was at once cleared and lowered,' and signalman and look-out men
Before the cutter could be. got clear of were placed in Se resing and other places. ship, Miles was observed to throw his arnis up, and Mr, Wingfield struggled to support him, and suddenly both men were lost sight of, In the meantime two men jumped. overboard from the quarter of the ship, and both were observed making for the life-buoy, but they disappeared before they: succeeded in reaching it, and wore never seen again on the surface. The lifeboat was ordered to pull in the direction of the men, -but she failed to discover anything of them, and the captain very reluctantly was compelled, after an elapse of near) all the boat The boat was minutes from the time the alarm was The evidence was most voluminous, and was of conflicting character. The result of the
and la reply the Lords Commissioners ha inquiry has been forwarded to the Admiralty, informed Vice-Admiral C! that they have Jearned with much satisfaction that all Proper measures were taken to save life on the occasion in question, 'THE WAR IN ASIA MINOR,
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