O'Neill, from Sydney, N.S.\V, arrived here on Tuesday, having encountered a terrific typhoon Inst week. The report of the sip fully bears out the teleyeam from Manila to Hongkong on the 7th to the effect that a typhoon was raging to the N.E. of Luzm, and travelling N.N.W, The typhoon did teaver in that direction, but it appears to have recurved to the Eastward later on. Captain O'Neill tri keep to the Exatward of the tycho ded for atime, and the barometer but the glass fell again, so that the typhoon must have recurved to the Eutward. The Killarney is pretty badly damaged; four of her boats have been either smashed or carried away, the were torn from the masts, the after portion of the deck house gutted, and the fittings, furnitu smashed into matchwood, th as carried away and the after wheel shivered into splinters, while the force of the waves broke off the iron blocks from the tiller and smashed some iron pins 23 inches thick, which formed part of the steering gear. The first and second officers were both injured severely, but they have since been [attended to by doctor, Both were hurt whils attempting tu secure the rudder chains, The following is her report, Phe Killarney left Sydney on the 18th August for Suaughai wish atrong gales and a her up till the 3rd instant, after which she encountered a terrific typhoon. On Sunday, Sth instant, in the afternoon there was an increasing gale with thick dity weather, and continuous rain and heavy cross sen, the ship labouring heavily and abipping large quantities of water fore ind aft; the barometer was 29.18. At.
were was a heavy gale with thunder a lightning; 8 p.m, violent squalls, which blew away the fore tryeuil, the wind having been 8.S.WV, since Saturday at noon.. The aoa carried away the trysail vang, the gat taking charge and breaking adrift from the mast, Kept the ship before the sea which was muuing very high and breaking on board occasionally; midnight, bar, 29.10, blowing burcicaue, ensed the any aim, on Monday wind 8.
creasing ducing the squalle, aking & clean Drench over the ship, carry-away everything moveable on deck iP} 8 aim. wind S.S.E, have the ship to had to Eastward to yet away from the typhoon, then the wind hauled to the Southward, went dead slow; nyon bar, 28,90, wind S.E., blowing viulout huck ricaue with mountainous seas washing board and taking every thi 2 pin. bai i 28,85 same wind und weather, Jas smashing both life boats, the bridge boats and their chocks, carrying away main deck rails and stanchions, bronking toma pipes and washing away their casings, the ship being in a complete mass of town 4 pam, bar, 28,60, the wind veering to E.S.E,, put the ship's head to 8.8.8, which caused lier to tidy tite seas much better; 5 p.m, a very heavy struck the ship amidships washi ry after end of deck house on the port sid gutting the rooms out, also sinasiing the cabin ok; fight, filling the cabin and lazirette with water, amusing to pieces the alter wheel, screw steering gear, and ull connected with it, carrying away the flagetafl, awnings, ridge poles, stanchions, after binnacle, and life buoys, and bursting in captain's room, Sounded the after hold and found five foot of water; noon 28.10; 8 p.m. 28,10 still blowing @ terrific hurricane with confused sea making clean breaches over th great deul of water gutting into the engine room and stoke holy, the water rising above the stoke holy plates, the vessel labouring and straining heavily; got the skylight bate tened down and started deck pumps, all hands trying to yet the water wuder in the jue room, by baling out with buckets and maps 5 mid 28.20 blowing a storm with heavy on board, the water atill rising in the engin room; 4 a.m. on Tuesday, the samy weather and barometer, atuoring gear on bridge ied away, wud while endeavouring tu secure the tiller, the first and wore severely E.N.E, the water rose in the eugive room and extinguished the fires, and all the Chines firemen thew ran' up on deck 5 m., the engines stopped and the ship fell off i ght of the sea, rolling heavily, sot main atayaail to try'and keep her head to sea; 8 a.m, same weather; bar, 28.19; noon 28.20, when the sens gutted out the rooms in the alleyway on the starboard aside, and the wind blew the sails out of the gaskets, while those on the bridge had to be lashed to something to prevent their being blown overboard; most of the hands were still gaged getting the water under in the engine room. In the afternoon it was still blowing a terrific hutricaue with be wy confused seas tumbling on board, the vessel lying help-losely in the trough of the sea, rolling and pitching fearfully, all hands atill trying to get the water under; 4 p.m. bar. 28.20, ship completely buried in the seas; miduight bar. 28. une Weather; 4 a.m. on Wednesday a.m. still blowing a hurrigaus, aky
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