Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-22
TERRIFIU TYPnooa la CmENA.
Eoss Of 10000 Eires.


4 The Cape Race Telegram briefly referred 10 q
! terrific tyPh0oR whieh visited s0ms of ths priu-
cipal cities in china. The Hong Kong Trade
/ Report of August 10, gives tull particulars, as
follows;
A typhoon Of unprecedented violence swept
/ over Hong Kong, Macao, Csnt0n and Whsm-
I pea. Oh SGndays July 9Th, 1852. committing
/ dreadful revagss on property snd being tho
+ esuss Of the dezth Of 10 less than 10000 lives.
( Tne center passed over Canton and Whampoa.
Macao did not have It quite as strong, and Hong
Kong escaped with q sliH gale. which siugg
caused few slips in .hs harb-E -5 foul CEe -L-
other
TIE most pscu'far f.siure IN this .slrife
SC urge is ths abort time it lasei, ard the eE-
trsoTdinagy high tide-tight feet higher than
usual.
Mr. hsI Wenglsr, Of the f5rn of 3-ssss.
Coujau, Hubener s. Co, was OTow1cd ~ tla
capsiziag Of bis ~ in the hsro5T-
Two other house bosts caQslzed and lest
crews saved.
Several houses belonging TO Chinese fell douH,
eaUsirg the death Of many Of tasir inmates
Hong Hong may be considered as having c51-1
or well.
CASUALTIES N MACAO.
Whole fleets Of W-st Coast boats are loss
In the inner harbor Of Macao ai0Hu, oa6 hundred
oil, sugar and other bozts have been lost TIE
fest boats, on their passage from Hong k1Zg 10
Macao, were i0st-0ue Of them Wlth sixty souls
on board Pie Prsya G-Glds iz csm3lefsiy de-
stroyed, and the damage dene 70 houses, gar
dsns, 7erendabs, elc-, c0neiderab.e
The American ship Comet was lt anchor ia
ths outer roads, laden wilb o cargo for New
York. Tbs glass s.O0d as fOl,ows on b0arl:
The sympiesometsr touched . de- I6 sac5
the In9st sensitive r1arine b.rometer y deg 20
see the lower marine Barometer % deE We
-. a. N Al.
as marine barometer as low ss y deg. 40 SIC.
"Tbe loss Of Life in the inner hmbor alone Waa
seven hundred.
CASUALTIES IL WHA1IPOA.
New Town and Bamboo Town, two villsrss
forming part and parcel Of Wbampoa, are one
mass Of ruius-lardiy a native house Is sisnd-
iug.
Iha euSsom-h0Hse chop was capsizsd with
nine tide-wsiieIs (EuropeaBs) in her, four Of
whom were Drowned; the Bethel was smashed
70 pisces nearly al the chops went or shore.
After the gale was over, no ssnDsus could be
seen, and labCrsrs were not TO be had. The loss
or life IN Whsmpca IS estimated at SIX thousand.
CASUALTIES N CANTON.
With few exceptions the river ives clsan
swept Of all lis flower boats, hong beats, and
every other kind Of 5oat-h0uses teIl and killed
people by the handTed-largs iuaks broke adritt
and came thundsring up the nver, doing much
damage to the Shamesn Site AMI ths houses
along shore. Is is estimated tha. forty theussud
lives have been lost il Canton aud It's vicinity
Ine MandaTins are giving 0n5 dollar t0T every
body found. Eight thousand dollars have
already bsen spent
The Rev. Mr. Gailliasd was killed by wall
OF his house falling on him The rum caused
By this typdoOn Is widespread
" In Canton 1t came on to blow a. $50 A. 8T
The glass standing st 29:65 and wind fram n E.
The wind veered TO >. L 81 IL A. VI Us vas p
dead cain at noon and tbs sun sMnin~-and
then blew furiOusly from S. and S ". passin.,
away ct that point. Lowest pllch Of barometer
% IL. The Imperial feet Of war vessels. rum
beTiBg sixty, with an immense Z tiiia Of covered
soldiers boats, are AL dispersed, and the--
wrecks line the shore. Tea merchant iuues
remain at their old anchorage. The war i11k,
had just been reviewed and were upon the 'plfnt
Of being dispatched for the N5Ttl, covered With
psint and decksd with A1z5. 0Ul WiGh very tsf
effective guns. Tls gale was very severely fsls
u the new suburbs, whsr5 the town has not ves
been entirely rebuilt; detached houses OF RrsaF
depth went down s5 if they we've built of cards
In one Of these, near the Five Gguii gate. one
hundred and sixty refugees from tee river, ETC.,
had effected lodging, when tley were over
whelmed IN It's ruins.
The old Chinese buatps0Ble say that VI hin
their recollection there has not been so heavy
IyphOCn, nor 50 high tide. It is ruin f5r O
poPul0us plsee Ike Canton, 70 be in ths center.
Macao was IN theceDLsr in the syphoo- OF July.
lS4l, and the strength Of this one vas vs-v
similar 70 the MaeaJ0ne, as also in is phe-
n0meHens sreyards the way in y hich shs wind
veered round nOm y. t. 81 A. II. aud S w
a. 3 P NJ"