Show LATE LATEST ST NEWS lews HONG lihn lihs G K KONG oct 13 A fearful Jy typhoon phoon passed over commencing at 11 pm on the th hist bist of sept ane barometer was waa then 2985 at 2 am on the following morning when the gale was at its hei hel height ht oaf oai 2841 aa a storia storla wave 25 feet perpendicular came jn in from seawards aids sweeping everything before it ft and driving darivin ahe the 1 ships from their anchorage over a ion lon long iong g mud flat flit two miles across with not more than 2 to 3 water orf 06 it the tide rose from 18 to 20 feet it is said that upwards of two hundred junks are wrecked and the loss of life amongst them thern is very great the houses on douple asland are in in ruins and the strength of the wind may be gathered from the fact that godowns on the waterfront water front with walls two feet and a half thick were actually carried away the bungalows have digap feared the burrl burri hurricane ican seems to have b ave been local or if it it trav traveled aled it has done so inland at amoy th there ere was only a sharp northeaster north easter those who have since visited the port say the scene ig is utterly beyond description the giant storm wave advancing in its might wept swept the fleet before it and scattered the hips ships like chaff before the wind stranding them in the most extraordinary and unlikely spots the destruction was complete of a fine fleet of 21 vessels only one the most useless of the lot haid hald to her anchors the rest being driven ashore nor did the hurricane confine its ravages to the water 4 it was equally felt on shore bhore what the tempest driven wate waters rs could not accomplish com was completed by the f fury cury ury of the gale aad the strongest houses were levelled bevelled level led with the gretina gr otina the loss of life ilfe bf e among foreigners forel i is miraculously I 1 small the chief officer arid and greater greate port portion ori orl of the crew of the gazette and one european of the being the only fatal accidents although three m men en of the hepscott Hep scott were severely injured by the falling of the mast among the chinese the number of killed and drowned is not over esti mated according to the china mal mat at the towia of Siva tow we lve are arg glad to learn has not noi ot suffered summered d so much as was expected but all the junks s of lvere completely smashed I 1 and piled on n the be top of each other |