The weather was very boisterous on Friday and at noon the indications at_one time were that a typhoon was coming direct to shanghai. According to the signals at the Seutaphore Station, and telegrams, typhoon had entered the Formosa Channel and gone to the wai Another typhoon apparently was travel: ling from the south northwards, and it was this typhoon that: eemed to threaten Shang. hai, burat 2 p.m. No. 63 was hoisted at the Signal Station, indicating that the typhoon had changed its direction somewhat to the west of Shanghai with the wind S.K., and S.W. The wind blew fiercely in the river, causing white crested waves such as lal traffic was steppe damage done was, fu able. "A part of the reclaimed Garden was washed away, but it was not seriously damaged, and some house boats were blown ashore. "A P. & O, cargo-boat was blown ashore inside the Nanking Road jetty, fouling and damaging the pontoon, and I when the Gutzluf' was trying to' haul {her away from the jetty, she let go her anchor, and on recovering it pi the moon ichor of the Yue kitchen, the result being that the kitchen drifted on the Yvenfak and did some little damage, but nothing of any consequence. The trees on the Bund and in Hongkew saftered a good deal the streets were strewn with leaves and small branches, and several telephone lines were broken. At the back of the Settlement some damage was done. A native constable saw a high wall at the comer of Fuochow hupeh Roads tottering, and he had just time to call out to the people to warn them of their danger, when some thirty fect of the wall fell out: wards, completely. cov At the Pakhoi Road Theatre a portion of the roof of one of the outhouses caved in, tly injun ud the in Pakhoi Road, fell down. The dragged her moorings and had to stein and tind fresh anchorage, and a ship's boat broke away and drifted up the Soochow Creek. All the sampans and cargo-boats, ith a few exceptions, went up the creeks for shelter, and those that neglected this precaution bad rather a rough time of it. The Undine was towed over to Puotung arly in the morning by one of the tugs, most of the other yachts having sought shelter previously, though two mosquito yachts drifted ashore, both being eventually taken out of danger. At Wovsung, the tide rose 24 feet 10 inches, and the wind blew with a force of S and 9. and at Gutzlaff, 8. The Chugking, which left here on 'Thursday afternoon' to assist the Jenchow, lonly succeeded in getting as far as the Little Beacon at 4 am. yesterday, land the Haean, which left "yesterday morning for Tientsin, anchored below Farnhain's Lower Dock till the weather moderated. The Ichang experienced a E. gale and easterly winds. The Yiksana, which arrived on Thursday night from Swatow, experienced light variable rs and calm clear weather from Hongkong Swatow, then to Steep Island strong E. winds, cloudy weather and very heavy N.E. swell; to port, light N.E. winds and fine weather. The following is the Sicawei weather report, 18th July, a.m,
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