The Archive · 1881

The C.C.S.N. Co.'s steamer Europe, Captain Davies, arrived on Sunday from

'THE s, "EUROPE" IN THB TYPHOON

Foochow. On her way to that port she had some experience of the typhoon of the 12th and 18th inst. We have been favoured with the following extract from the official log of the ship "At 0.25 p.m. on the 11th August left the Buoy at Shanghai and proceeded down the River. Had moderate northerly winds and overcast weather. Bar. 29.80, steady, At 2.45 a.m. on the 12th passed through Steep Island Pass; ell setting in from -E. and S.8.E., Bar, steady 29.80. At 9.30 a.m., had thick rainy weather with heavy squalls at intervals from N. by E., N., and N.E,; at 9.45° a.m, very heavy

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