Owing to the strong north. gale on Thursday several steamers Woosung dragged their anchors, and there were two rather nasty collisions. The British steamer Jeseric (3,114 tons,) from New York, was in collision with the N.-D. L. 8. Bayer, wud ovst-ined lama. vary bad dents on the starboard side, some of which caused slight leaks. She also lost an anchor and about sixty fathoms of cable. The Bayern. escaped with a broken anchor.
About the same time the British steamer Powderham, which put into Woosung recently under circumstances already, reported, got loose and fouled the Chinese cruiser Haichi. Grazing along the cruiser's port silo she caused several small damages, and herself had her bulwark plates broken in several places,
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