, 1874-11-15


We learn that the majority of tue Inmates {
!, capped. Tho pier belonging to the Pier l. Godos
Company has met the expectations OF the bull
| crs by weathering ryphoou OF greater magt
| fudc than could even hayo been anticipate
The galvanized shed aud other structures upt
| it. have, it is needless to say, been complete
| blown nway. THE bath-house was bound to e
md it has gone conlplately,-Rl that remai1
being one-hali of tue pier. 4 great deal OF IL
! wall 1t the cricket ground has been washed 81 wa
/ As showing the force Of the gale, it may /
| interesting to note that the smallest twiga wer
B broken oil almost as sharply AL il cut by knit
Tie new Catholic Church ut tho Nulah IL til
sadde5t loss in the way OF property which has t
| be recorded. 1t is simply rul1l with the 81
ception Of the chancol where the altar stand
alone amidst mass of atoucE, stained glasf
( broken benches, and tho wreck Of the organ
with ihe pipes of which little children were play
ing. The principal portion Of the roof was blow
| off one block Of Murray Barracks. but the othp
barracks have escaped with comparative lln
punity. Tho Cathedral seems to bo almost I'LL
injured. The northeast corner OF tho City Hal
was much damaged. The clock III the tower La
been seriously injured, the disl facing the har
bur being sulaaied completely in. The clocl
had stopped at 2:25, about the time wl1ep tn.
yale was st its highest. Tho Police Station 1al
been completely unroofed. and the roof hes beer
in part taken Off the Civil Hospital. Tho gas-plpes
| have been 80 uluch da maBed the. it WIS i1npcs
| sibie II light the town Oh "Wednesday or Thurs
| daY nights.
| Tue wind both at the Peak and tho Gap was
| something terrific, AID exceeIs ANYTHING which
has been know there before. The Governors
] bungalow wus pur,oselv built in the strong est
possible raanler, and was considered to be proof
g, against any typhoou that could occur.
| ar ABEHDEEk, ETC.
At Aberdeen the Pacific Mail steamer Alaska
| has gone ashore, and 1t il said tncro is little
! hope of floating her again. The force OF the
! wind was great that although they got
| out all the largest havyers, it was im-
possible TO keep her 1aehod. Wo re-
grot also to learn that her launch capszed aud
caused the death Of two snen. Tie scutfio among
the j1nEs aud OH shore is described as terrific.
Ihe dock has sustained great in jury. sheds and
buildings having bceu damaged to Ill estimated
value OF no less than $50, 900. Largo numbers
got adr3fs, aud many of them went down IN
short tine. At Polfulunl, the bungalows be-
longing to Mcssls. Forbes mud Deacon have en-
hrtiy disappeared, aud the hoys who wore in
charge Of theul have not hiuce Eeen heard Of
sToSE-cUTTEn's ISLAND.
This spot, Que Of the customary places OF re-
sort for small craft, was crowded with iunks and
kampa1's Of ull descriptions, ut IN early hour on
T'!esday. Many of them, however. we're, not
withstaudlns this precaut1oN, unable to weather
out the gale, and we1e dashed ashote BY tie
waves, where numbers Of them Law high and Clry
bottom upwards. Tho loss of life among the
Chinese must, 1t ID featcd, have been very grcat
The jail has been PAL tly unrnofcd. The lighter
No. 6 belonging to the r. L O. Co., drove down
On the island. beyond Green Island, and the
Captain is the only ono saved. His wife and
four Children Torished in sight of him, and the
craft broke up.
EoTLooxa.
The gale w.s felt severely here. and the dam
age Goae to tho junks Which went oy.r for
refuge ~ also very lir5e.-illauy OF them having
been forced q great distance on shore. Tie
sholc place presents the appearance Of being
levc!ed. and dead bodies are i5und hundreds of
81,
also reported ashore.
LATER PARTICULARS.
Ine British bark Malvern was run into by tho
Falcoa OFT Possession Point. and sank the Cap
tain aud wife aud .ll hands are supposed to be
lost The Captain Of the Ataury w4s lost when
The Vessel went down. The American shin
Comet, from Mari!a, Lost all her 1nasts. Tic
whole OF Ihursdey boslies we're being picked m
snd washed Oh shore, and up to late in tho
afternoon III had been recoTercd. 1t Is stated
hat tito lowest state Of the barometer 4. tho
Peak on Wednesday morning was 271U
One remarkable feature about the total wreck |
u the 6iamaso lark I'ulH. IS that one of the |
rev alive Is a sea'nan in Jail, who Nah SON
enced to ten days l!nF1isonue,lt for attempt |
ng to stab the mate. Ee learn that tI1.eo others
ave e4caped from Lria vessel. The Span |
81 steamer Forn1dsa pct back on Thuradav. |
The Captain OF tho Sianese bark SeafoytA in |
he ou1y ono Of that vessel who is
'aved. It appears that he got on plank
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tates that he does not knor what became OF |
lis vessel. from which he was washed. or the
rev. One man belonging to the steamship
-eonor owes his llla to being away at Macao
nd the purser by being on shore here and uu-
BILE to get On board The second and third en-
'ineers OF the Leonor desire to e1pfess ia high
erm3 their obligation to the 3IesBrs Ta,,or
brotAer7) OF thu Ere ensne-houso. WHO
0 gallantly assisted in tho rescue of
themselves and fellow-sniferers from their
ertlous position. The above two officers were
I the rigging from three to four hours. and |
'ere the last to leave All the crew and a num-
er OF the passengers we're taken to Messrs, |
.ane, Crawford Co.'s, where they we're most
indy treated. We learn that the chief mate.
no was reported drowned. WAS saved, but the
apsaln and Chief Engineer were lost. All tho
'sa OF the crew escaped Up to the present it
~ been impossible to recover any OF the prop
rty on board.
Tho Macao steamer joyang, whch arrived On
hufsday afternoon, brought very bad news Of |
10 disasters there. Tue typLoon aud fires to-
ether have almost leveted the entire city. Tho I
hole OF the houses along the Praya Grapde aro |
! ruins. and houses in all directions fell from
ae force OF the terrific gale. To add to tho hor-
u o. tills. tires broke cut in various places, and
le Church OF ST. Antonio and many tina hnid |
,gs were burned to the ground. Mauy hundreds |
lives we're lost by tho downfall Of houses and |
tne hfes. Ile appearance Of the colony
ON Inc water Was awfully grand. THO Poyang |
1staincd considerable damage All the after
urricane deck md houses being blown away.
ne strange feature on board was d boat 1or-
ard, which was taken up into the air high | I
'ove tho masts, md cana down aft with a
rr1ble crash Tic barometer ut 4. m. on tha
ID was $500. feature in tho barometer not I
oticed before by those on board was that, at |
e height of the squalls the needle was observed
:. move around, quickly. and, ns tho squalls !
LED as quickly so back again. Many people =
ISe lost everything they possessed, mud been | r
ndered homeless. The whole Of tho pruya | r
Fande has bear. swept away. The fine row Of a
'uses all along it has been almost Completely
own do*n, and property everywhere has been
stroyed. In fact, Macao is i'll ruins, and tho
sefy thus entai}ed upon hnndreis Of the resi- C
nts is fearful, while the loss Of life is enor- f
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swATOW.
We learn that there has also been =. most "
we're typhoon at Swatov, and the sea ran so ! Q
55l as TO flood the Custom House. vhlct, in 300 t
ros inland, to such al extent as to damaoa t,e 3D."
'ole OF the papers in the Office Serious 11inry
s also boen sustained in other directions. L
z LATEsr-6,000 LIVES 1osr-DAa1AoE 70 PROP !,
EnrY FL, 100000. -
FroM The Hong Eonu l2yess Oct = | -