On the 29th of August the Kwangchi loft Taku bound for Shanghai direct, wi clear weather: avd x gentle breeze. On Wednesday afternoon we made Weihniwei and stopped to obtain the latest weather report, which was tothe effect that there was a typhoon North f Formosa travelling N. W. "The indications on board were not by any mes bad, and it was useless remaining there for an indefinite time, so we pushed on.
The following day, Thursday, we mot with alight S,'S, B. swell and rain. By 8 p.m. the breeze had freshened and the swell had increased, but. nothing to retard our progress, but by midnight we ran into a heavy sea with a good strong breeze, The vessel had now commenced to roll heavily, "By 11 am, on Friday the ship was Iabouring heavily, but making 400 progress through heavy sea and against very high wind. The barometer was falling steadily and rapidly, and the indications were that the Kwengehi was in for as much or more than she could stand. Shortly after midday a very high crested sea struck the vessel, and before the next sea could get under her, she drove straight down into' the trough of the sea with tremendous crash that led us for a moment to believe she had struck on the bottom, but this was an impossibility, as we hada few moments before obtained a ing of 13 fathoms. - She was at this jib, trysail, and mizzen, with the engines driving: her about 7 knots, The jib catching her when she was on top of the sea had: driven her down into the trough. She shivered. from stem to stern, and the shock was s" great that hanging on as we were to the bridge we were thrown down and the compass bow] was thrown out of the binnacle. On sounding the well it was found that she had 18 inches of water inher fore hold. The calls were now furled and the engines rung half-speed. The vessel, being light, was thrown about like w cork necessitating our holding on good.and strong, By 4 p.m. the wind lad increased fall gale with terrific squalls at times, and the sea was typical typhoon one, both grand. and fearful to look at; the waves ranging from 20 to 30 feet in height..."
Some geat in the forehold had now got into the slices and choked the pumps,
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