Little Damage Done by Sunday's Blow The long threatened typhoon did at last really come near Shanghai on Saturday, the storm continuing with somewhat of additional force yesterday, but fortunately there is little evidence of any but beneficial effects from it. The damage has! been so trifling as to be scarcely worth consideration, whilst even those who were robbed of some of their week-end sports could not keep out of the general chorus of thanks at the "clearing of the air."
On Sunday, the semaphore: station stated that the first si the typhoon was a.m, on the Sth instant, the centre then being 100 miles to the west of Guam and travelling WNW. It soon inclined towards NW. and could be followed fairly closely by two signals every day, until it reached our coast, on the 13th, about 10.30 p.m., near the Taichow Islands group. keeping its course all the time approximately in the same direction.
It reached the island of Naha, in the Loochoos, about noon on the ith instant, the pressure being below 28.50 li with a violent hurricane from NNW. (force 12). backing gradually to NW., W. and S. It had thus advanced with a mean velocity of about 15 miles an hour. It_then started to cross the Eastern Sea, with a reduced speed, covering the distance from Naha to Taichow in 59 hours. with an average velocity of 8! miles an hour only.
It was a dangerous typhoon, the report continues. The violent part of it had the shape of a steep '"V" and was relatively narrow 100 miles approximately centre appears to have kept the same depth all the time. A steamer that met it, on the 12th, long. 125, had 28.43 in. with a WNW. hurricane. The str. Ecuador, Captain Fleming, while sheltered at Taichow. kindly sent observations showing that they had there the central calm, pressure 28.45 in. with UNE. hurricane before and SSW. gale of equal violence after the passage of the centre. which is now on land. possibly re-curving.
As has been stated. the damage in the Settlement is scarcely noticeable. There are a few small trees blown down, some matsheds are not on the sites their owners would prefer them to be and a large portion of the Baseball] Club's screen at the Race Course has been wrecked. However, as this particular piece of architecture has been in a state of collapse on{ numerous other occasions this season, it would appear that the typhoon is not wholly responsible.
Apart from the fact that a number of trees were blown down in various parts of the Settlement, in one or two instances temporarily dislocating traffic, the typhoon seems to have done but little damage.
No casualties have been reported from the river, but the Japanese collier, Dozan Maru, met with a mishap whilst putting into Woosung on Saturday afternoon. The vessel van aground near Tungsha spit, but was refloated again during the night and came up river yesterday under hergpwn steam,
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