Club seems to have suffered very little damage considering the violence of last week's typhoon. In.1915 it will be remembered several of the yachts were practically broken up. Last week, the Dorothea rode out the typhoon at her anchorage off Pootung Point and the Undine would also have dene had not a China Merchants' launch coming up river collided Chinese day, August 99, to Friday, September 1. Plotted recorded by Siccawei Observatory. with her, carrying away the bowsprit and anchors and_ setting the yacht adrift. The Heikuan suffer. ed some damage to her counter in making the creek on the Pootung side, but no further accidents are worth recording.
Although Shanghai was out of all danger from the typhoon by Friday at noon, a gust of wind on the Huangpu on Saturday morning all but caused a serious accident at tha N. Y. K. Wharf. The N.Y.K.S. Omi Maru, from Japan, had just turned about preparatory to docking. When, she was lying head down-stream parallel with the pontoons a sudden blast forced her into them. Gangways connecting the pontoons with the wharf crashed amongst the crowd of coolies on shore. One gangway fell into the water, while several levers connecting the pier with the wharfside were damaged. No one was injured on shore, chiefly owing to the circumstance of the wharf gates having been shut a few minutes before the ship's arrival. Na casualties occowrred on the wharf as those waiting for the ship lad warning of the approach of the gangways. Damage is reported to be slight.
The matshed construction covering the new three-story building at the junction of Boone and Chapoo Roads, which is to house the Hongkew market, was roughly handled by the recent typhoon and most of the roof was blown into the street. The part still remaining looks much the worse for wear and the bamboo poles formerly supporting the mats are twisted in every direct It was here that an electric wire fell on the road and blocked traffic for about eight hours. All the wires passing over the roof of this temporary structure fused and for a time it looked as if serious trouble would ensue, but fortunitely nothing of the kind occurred.
Further details to hand, says the " Hongkong Telegraph, " show that the China Navigation Com-
The above map shows the track of last week's typhoon, from Tues-from observations
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