The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1874-11-07

TuI GREAT TTPuoon.
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The following extract nom .
letter written BY Nidshipman N.
A. 6hufeldt, Of the Hartford, to
his father, Captain b. w. ShuSeldt,
now stationed at Annapolis, do
scriptive Of the terrible typhoon
which swept over the harbor Of
Nagasaki last August, will be Of
intcrest:
have lots Of news. First and
foremost comes the great typhoon
which swept over this city about
two weeks ago, the strongest one,
according to the Nagasski Gazette.
and in the mind Of the Oldest In.
habitant, that this coast has seen
for seventy years.
II you remember how complete.
~ land-locked this harbor 10, what
good holding ground, etc., You can
better imagine the force Of the
gale. We (the Hartford) were an
chorcd In about the middle Of the
bay, with bowers down and forty
i've iAthoms Of chain on one and
thirty on the other. The bay was
crowded with vessels Of oil de-
scriptions-mercha steam.
ers, and besides the Ashuelot,
Kearsarge aud saco, the Japanese
iron.clad Asuma Khan (the old
6tonewall), and three gnnboats.
At dusk Il was overcast and rainy
with strong puhs Of wind, the b.
rometer falling rapidly. I was
standing on the forecastls about
| 8 p. M, and then Il began to in
creass, and I could hear anchors
being lot 90 and chains veercd al
over the harbor.
I ran below and took I look at
the barometer -2o:l1, and falling
rapidly; so'elock 1867, and the
wind bowling and shrieking; our
topgallant masts were on deck
and everything snug alof. About
three bells we veered to sixty f.
thoms on both chains, and brought
up on both anchors with . sharp
tug which started them both out
Of tho mud, and the ship dragged
about two lengths, then lot 80 the
starboard sheet and dragged IN
about ten seconds more, when We
fetched up on tho sheet, which
brought the ship up and swung OF
for On instant
I/BR0ADsIDR TO THE WIND,
fwhcn, sfter . fearful careen, sh,
slowly righted and swung "leai
TO-" Ten minntes after, with b.
; romctcr at 26:S1, the wind blowing
SO hard that II was utterly impos
sible to walk forward, except I,
crawl on your belly, something
white went by, end away went ou
; f0retopgallaht sail, saying "goo'
bye" to the yard - neat - coul'
be, the latter being at the tim
lsshed In the rigging; and then
with guns Of distress firing 81
over the harbor, an immense blacl
object doomed up on our port-5ov
and came down rapidly upon ri
! | when the admiral rushed TO th
, port on the half deck and sun
} ont to stand by to vcer on d
chains, and to let 60 the starboar
! sheet. Down came the immens
I steamer with three anchors dowr
, and going ahead with her engine
: full speed, yet still passing ~ ster
. foremost 1t the rate Of about fv
. knots an hour. was standiu
} at, whom l heard Captain Dekrsl
! say: "Admiral, she'll foul n
i she'll foul usl" A sudden, pow
: crful puf Of wind, aud tho gallal
! old Hartford brought up sharp Q
. her starboard anchors, and bwun
, slightIy but rapidly to starboars
causing tho dragging steamer
! sheer our quarter and carry ava
!, the gig. eho WA soon lost In u
PrTcHY DARKNEss,
A few minutes after the Sac
went by ~, steaming with all he
might and four anchors down, =,
steadily dragging on the rock
Then the Kcarsarys began 70 cen
/ or al kinds Of areworks, and y
u saw tho Ashuelot and ; Germs
brig, which was athwart her hsv
: ser, 20 drifting oE. About Glove
O'Clock the foroo Of the wind vi
. tcrriRc-utterly impossible to d
. scribe. At seven bells the baron
= eter was 28:1S. The howling
!. the gale was 20 fearful that It VI
I. impossible TO hear . yell In yos
4 very car, and the rain came dow
- like knife-blsdss. We heard Il
ID snapping Of the masts Of ~ Ia
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