Buffets Typhoon and Brings 600 Troops Safety to Port After buffeting the typhoon that struck the China Coast on August 2 the s. Chang Teh, of the Lee Ping Steamship Ca, arrived safely in Canton carly "on Aug. 5 with 600 troops of the Naning Government on board as well as a heavy cargo of explosives. Although Knocked about considerably by the typhoon, according to reports Feceived by the company here, the Chang Toh received no more serious material damage than the loss of her radio wires, which explains why she was out of contact with Canton and Shanghai from Aug. 1 until Aug. 5.
The ship, sailing from Nanking with a large detachment of troops bound for the war area in Kwangsi passed Woosung on Tuesday, July 28, and put out to sea, On the following day she was in constant contact with the shore and with the Military Transport OMco of Nanking. On August 1 word was received from her master that she had passed through Foochow and was making for Canton direct.
Somewhere between Amoy and Swatow on August 2 the violent typhoon, the outskirts of which Shanghet experienced, struck the China Coast. The Chang Teh, unable to put into port, put farther to sea, battled her way through the outer fringe of the gale, and managed to weather successfully the squalls that followed intermittently all day.
Her masts and radio equipment were blown and washed down, and for two days she wallowed in heavy seas trying to make her way southward, Meanwhile, much anxiety was felt here and Nanking due to the large number of men on board and the cargo that she was carrying. While it early was felt that the storm bad put her out of communication with Iond, it was also feared that she might be sinking or that her explosives might have been set off.
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