assed to the south of this port on the 5th The depression, reported in May last and 6th inst., and its outer edge crossed the colony causing a strong gale with torrents of rain. The wind reached the force of ile at about 9 p.m. on the 5th, and though ft abated considerably after midnight there were frequent squalls on the 6th, and cease-Jess rain until after 6 p.m. During the two days nearly 6} inches of rain fell. No damage was done worth according. The weather throughout the week has been dull, wet and horribly muggy since until this morning, which is finer, the sun having come out, but it will not last, another typhoon having been signalled s crossing orth Luzon and likely to pass W.N.W, of this Colony. I expect, therefore, more rain after to-morrow, with probably the swish of the typhoon.
Although the typhoon of the 5th and 6th did little damage it was felt severely by several ships which passed through it. The steamer Strathallan, which arrived here on the 8th inst. from Hongay, with a cargo coal, encountered the typhoon when in the Hainan middle channel. One enormous wave swept the vessel and almost cleared it of everything. The saloon was swept out, cabins, skylights, steering gear, instruments, boats, and every private possession of the captain's, including his clothes and money, were washed away. Happily no member of the crew was injured by this tremendous wave, but for some hours a most anxious time was spent, it ba 3 feared that the hatches might give. The British steamer Namyong, from Singapore, was also caught ju the typhoon and sustained some damage.
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