Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-07-17

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dered, win a great loss Of life. 1t APP:
pears that she left this port for Ma
Gao, as usual on Monday, aud had az
rived in sight Of Macao when the ty.
phoon commenced in full force.
Finding the violence of the wind too
strong to turn back, at, 6 O'Clock she
was compelled TO bring up oil the
Nine Islands, about sin milcs FROM
the harbor, and there experienced tho
full force Of the typhooI: The sea
rapidly increased, sweeping the decks.
Everything that could be done was
done to save the vessel, but huge
sea was breaking over and she foun-
dcrcd about II o'clock that night.
There were about 100 passengers on
board; also the captain aolliccrs and
crew of the Portuguese vessel Santa,
sold at Manila. Captain Carol, the
chief mate and purser, along with
nearly all the passengers have been
lost. Those saved are: The first
and second engineers, one passenger,
Captain WadcO two watchmcn, two
pilots, four sailors, three frcmcn, Que
Chinese passenger, and the captains
boy, making sixteen in all. The
chief engineer, Mr.. Murphy was
saved by chnging 10 the walking
beam, from winch nc was picked up
and taken on TO Macao, where he
found the hlrbor covered with wreck
age. On the news of>thc sad disas-
ter reaching Macao, the agents OF the
Sill fatcd steamer did their best TO get
aEboat Of some sort to go tho wreck,
but Nuot<a single one could be got for
any money. Then they applied 10
the governor of Macao 10 send out
one OF the government.gunboats, and
his cxce!!ency, with commendablc
promptitudc, ordered the Camoens to
leave at once.
-. On 1hc rcpcipt 01 ttzu u-iIntpttttigcEIge
in Hong Kong universal regret was
Iielt at the sad disaster Capt. Car
roll was known here by everybody
and was very much respected, and
passengers to Macao wiz miss This
| genial companionship. The>Hags OF
nearly all the vessels in the harber, as
well as those on the different mers
camille houses, were flying at half,
mast onsthc second instant out of re.
spect for the deceased. The only
items Of cargo by the Poyang given
were eighteen hundred chests OF -opi=
um and fifty slabs Of tin. The upper
portion Of the steamer is visible
I. aboye water, and it is probable that
her machinery may be saved. Tho
Spark left at 2 o'clock p. m. on the
ID inst. 10 take the place of the Poy
fang. A junk arrived in Hong Kong
Wednesday bringing on several Of the
4 Chinese. survivors of the disaster
Her Majcsty's steam gunboat Ring:
| dove and the steam tug Little Orphan
were promptly dispatchedtothe scene
of the wreck.
'Thc< Portuguese gnnboat Cam.
] ocns, which went first out TO tho
/ wreck, arrived here on Thursday, an6
4 she reports that She passed the Poy
ang again, but did not see any bodies
Il She adds also that no survivors hav.
been found beyond the sixteen res
: cucd at first from the walking beam
The Peng .choa-hai also arrived OF
the same day, but brings no furthe
particulars. The Chen Jai, driven o,
shore in the gale, came off at th'
high water on "Wednesday morning
and proceeded to Canton slightl,
/ damaged. Tie peng.cllao.hai, be
tween i.antao and the Nine Islands
picked up 4 Chinaman inscnsible
J. floating on a junk's hatch.way. He
), supposed to have belonged TO some
fishing Junk wrecked in the Storm