The Archive · 1926

At Sea in the

1 TYPHOON

Unple:

ut Experiences on the Sakaki Maru Although Shanghai dig not foci the full effects of the typhoon, the passengers on the str. Sakaki Maru had quite a sufficiency of rough weather to keep them on shore for for verne time. On approaching the gtze River, the ship experienced heavy gales and rain storms and was blown out of the her track for chably over 100 miles and yestermorning the captain sent wire-leas calls foy a pilot, from a point!

ich passengers believed to be off ape. 'The Sakaki Maru made her way back to within several] hours' steaming of the river and here the pilot boarded. She arrived yesterday afternoon, about seven hours late. 8

The vessel was crowded, as many as five being in a cabin, and the consequent turmoil had many in a bad humour, and together with those who succumbed to mal-de-mer, made} the trip about as unpleasant as any one could wish to avoid. In the Huangpu most had recovered their Tand legs.

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