Captain Guiraud, of the Mersagerien Maritimes Company's steamer Volga, reports one of the soveroxt typhoons ever experien his voyage from Japan to Hungkor eft Yokohama on Sunday, the 11th half-past me int from the N.E., weather rainy standing at 763 m.in, After doubling Kanonaoki the wind freshened, and the rain ceased. At 5 p.m. we doubled Rock Island; at passed Ome, wind variable hut light,' blowing from the E, to N.E, Daring' the ni squalls wer almost continuous from the E. t E., bar, 761 m1, At LOv'clock a.m. on the 13th Wwe doubled Ao-sima with a view ile breeze from B.N.E. to N.E. fen, which 1 attributed to the in of the current frum Kure-siwo, in the middle of which we were. At 8 p.m. we Rineako; at 9" the weather cleared in. the aged twelve miles to the south of Cape
north, & light variable breez" blowing from the N.E., with " heavy swell always coming from the east, Set bearings for Cape Louri squalls and winds very variable from the east and south, the barometer insensible fall-i it 7:5, but there was ce of the sky to indid weather, Proceeded even v'elock, when the equalls became heavier from the 3. and the barometer fell 1 wa, within an hour, Awnings were in, and preparations male for bad At nine o'clock a sident squall the sea at barometer continued to descend rapidly, I then observed that we were in the presence of a typhoon, which was right before us, Aw we were 29 miles south of Cape Isa it was impossible to tuke the const, with barometer indicating that the weather would be very violent, so I resigned myself to tinue my course which would lead me right unto the centre of the typhoon, I made the necessary preparations to receive it, desi the ports and battening d ery thing to prevent the water from penetrating into the interior of the ship, and doubling the gaskets of all the sails, At ten o'clock the barometer stood at 752, the wind already blowing great guns from the S.E. and the sea always in-Grossing. At eleven the barometer registered 749, with heavy wind, high sea and continuous squalls, At midnight it blew a hurricane, and continued increasing in violence more and more, always to the S.E., the sea breaking over the ship with such force as to raise the bridge; the barometer at 740. At 12.30 the barometer registered 734; at one o'clock, 729; at half-past one 723; at two O'clook 718, Huctuating down to 710 during the hurricane, The sea was now enormous, hip to the other, and the the wind and sea rendered the orders to the crew difficult to understand. At 2.30 the barometer rose to 71S in s sudden calm, which lasted about a quarter of an hour during which we caught a glimpse of the sun. The wind veered round and blew feebly from the S.B. to N. by E. ing we were in the skirt of the centre of the tempest, the engines were regulated to 1 turns, to enable us to handle the easel easily. At 249 the wind returned and blew hard from the North, two heavy seas striking the fore part of the vessel with great violence, the eross bar of the helm and doing ge. At hire o'clock a heavy sen Iifced up the captain's pinnace with the covering which fastened on the screw-plate of the sheep pens, Wash ug out the +heep from pens in the stern of the ship and the parti of the rail between the port shrouds and th suspended on the rail of the po. 1 immediately stepped and gave cut away the rail, during which the ship fell over to port, which saved wns necerwary Lo Ko On. AL three o'clock the Iarometer stood at 722, an enormous sea driving in from N.B. but the wind wa- gradually decreasing 1m vivlenee, so we were abled to repair elm. har, registered 738; at 5 3 at 6 o'clock 731, when the vessel shipped over the starboard side an enormous sea which swept the decks, penetrated into the engi room, and did a deal of damage. At half-next six we sighted land ea the starboard Low, which we made out to be Kiusiu, about forty les distant, enabling my to reco During the bad weather our square two fore and rift ind however by good fortune we land the tackies nil ready to replace the cross-har, At seven o'clock in the evening the barometer was at 736, the necessary repairs to the machinery having been effected en route. On the ug of the 14th we doubled Yowiesaki at six o'clock, and from there to Turnabout which we sighted on the 17th at heavy swell, both winds and weather b very uncertain, Fou Tarnabout kong, where we arrived on Monday at d'a.m., we had very fine we winds, and a culm sea.—Hongkong Teleyraph,
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