The weekly Butte record., 1862-10-11
Terrific Typhoon in the China Waters.

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A typhoon Of unprecedented violence swept
over Hoogkong, Macao. Canton and Whan-
poa 60 Sunday, the 9th of July, committing
frightfnl ravages ou property and causing the
destruction of $4,000 lives The centre passed
over Canton and Whampoa- Macao did not
have it quite 30 strong Hongkong escaped
with stiff gale which simply caused a few
ships in the harbor TO foul one another. The
most peculiar feature OF the storm was the
short time it lasted. and the extraordinary
high tide-s feet higher than usual
In Macao, the Chinese owned ship Chilo.
with full cargo on board, bound 10 Singa-
pore, was driven on shore and became q total
wreck. The steamer Sycee was blown in q
paddy field. Whole fleets of West Coast
boats were lost In the inner harbor of Mac
40 alone. loo oil, sugar and other boats were
lost The Fast boats on their passage from
HongkQng to Macao were lost-one Of them
with 90 souls on board. The Prapa Grande
was completely destroyed. The loss of life in
the inner harbor was 700. The American ship
Comet was at anchor in the Outer Roads Ia
den with cargo for New York. the glass on
board which vessel stood as follows: The
Sympiesometer touched q deg. l6 min., the
sensitive Marine Barometer 81 deg 20 min.,
and the lower Marine Barometer 90 degrees.
Another captain in the roads reported his
Marine Barometer as low as 2o deg. 40 min.
The New Town and Bamboo Town, two
villages forming part and parcel of Whampoa,
were one mass of ruins-hardly a native
house was standing. The American ship John
Bell was driven on shore in paddy field. She
had been discharged. dismantled and would
be got of by the aid of water casks. The
American ship Washington went on shore
badly damaged. The loss of life in Whampoa
is estimated at 5000
At Canton, the river was clean swept of all
its flower boats. and every other kind Of boats.
Houses fell and killed people by the hundred
Large junks broke adrift and went laundering
down the river, doing much damage to the
Shameen Site and the houses along there. 1t
was estimated that 10000 lives had been lost
in Canton and its vicinity. The Mandarins
were giving 81 for every dead body found
$4,000 had been spent at the date of our ad-
vices, in this way. The Rev. Mr. Gaiard
was killed by the wall of his house falling on
him. The ruin caused by this typhoon was
wide spread.
In Canton ii came on to blow al $50 A.
NJ. The glass standing at 80 deg 6s min.,
and wind standing n E. The wind veered TO
S. Z. at II A. NJ. 1t was dead calm at noon
and the sun shining, and the wind then blew
furiously from s. and S. W, passing away at
that point. Lowest pitch of barometer 90
deg. Z min. The Imperial feet of war YES
sells, numbering 60, with an immense fotilla of
covered soldiers boats were all dispersed. and
their wrecks lined the shore. The merchant
junks remained at their old anchorage. The
war junks had just been reviewed and were
upon the point of being despatched for The
North, covered with paint and decked with
flags, but with very few effective guns The
gale was very severely felt in the new suburbs
where the town has not yet been entirely re-
built detached houses of great depth went
down as if they were built OF cards. In one of
these near the Five Genii gate, l6O refugees
from the river etc, had effected a lodging
when they were overwhelmed in its ruins.