Monday morning.
One steamer arrived from the north on Saturday and three yesterday, name the Wuchang, Hazan, Et Dorado, and Kin-Kiang, respectively, and all but the last-named skirted the typhoon. The Wuchang, from Newchwang, rounded the N.E. Prom: outery which was enveloped in fog on the Qist, and a hundred miles south of the Promontory, encountered a nasty cross sea and E. with light easterly wind, which backed to N.E. and N.N.E. blowing fresh the weather was clear to within a hundred miles of Shaweishan when it set in wet, increasing to heavy rain with strong N. wind, and they were unable to pick up Shaweishan so stood down for the South Channel. The Haean left Chefoo on the morning of the 21st and carried a strong north wind and high confused sea to Shaweishan and anchored on Saturday night off the outer Fairway buoy during a heavy downpour. The El Dorado left on the 19th, "At 11.30 p.m. on the 20th the barometer was falling steadily and a dangerous and confused sea was encountered, causing the vessel, which was deep, to roll violently. The ship was headed N. At 6 a.m. on the 2ist " south course was shaped with engines going slow when the sea again increased to such a magnitude that no progress could s"fely be mate. The wind was from the N.E. (force 4 to 5). On the morning.of the 22nd the wind backed to XN. and the barometer (lowest reading 29.40) commenced to rise. Intermittent rain and cloudy weather with fresh N. to N.N.W. wind, and high confused sea wore experienced to Shaweishan. The steamer Kiukiang left Chefoo for Shanghai moderate to tt S.S.E. winds and fine weather. 11.30 an into thick fog of N.E. Promontory. Wednesday, 1h, weather cleared. Noon, Lat, 12°52 E,, Bar. 20.87 3.1K. winds fine clear weather, and rising SE. swell, Thursday, 20th, 4 a.m. moderate E.N.E. winds, heavy E.-ly swell. Bar, 29.72. 8 aim, fresh N.E. br heavy S.E swell, and cloudy, Bar, 2 Noon, strong wind from NE, heavy Bar, ship's posi 14, S.E. Swell, overcast, thre: weather,
E. 3 p.m. have ship to, head E., trong ONE, gale and he:
cereest with thick heavy rain syus 29.38. 4 p.m. Bar. 29.31, similar 8 p.m. heavy: avd' very heavy sea, Bar, Midnisht, heavy northerly gala with frequent terrific squalls accompanied heavy confused sva, Bar, lowest mate. post ion Vand weather tly. 'Noon, Bar. gale, heavy' cross overcast, with continuous" heavy breeze, ovoronat and minty rain. Saturday, Midnight; Bar, 2: fresh
22nd, 8 a.m., spoke steamer Diomed changed approximate positions. Bar, 29.31, strong E. rough sen N. Long. 12: lands. Noon, Ba 39; fresh N.-ly breeze. overcast and passing mists. 3.14 p.m, Elliot Island abeam, strong northerly winds and thick misty rain, 4.30 anchored to east of Gutzlaff, similar winds and weather, Bar. 29.49. Sunday, 23rd, 4.a.mn., fresh breeze N.W. by W. and overcast. Bar. 29.54. Have and proceeded. a. stopped about 5 miles E.N.E. of Gutzlaff to take on board a shipwrecked boat's crew of 13 hands of the Japanese steamer Nunvbiki Maru, of Kobe, bound from Nagasaki to Taiwan, Survivors reporting ship foundered 75 miles E. by S. of the Barren Islands at noon on the 2st, through the flooding of the stokehold, the engine room skylight having been stove in by the sea. Two other boats with remainder of the crew left the wreck at same time, and have not yet been heard of.
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