Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-10
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with a brisk southwest wind, which kept increasing in strength till the rain fell in per feet torrents. took with me my little ba- rometer, which I heretofore thought must have been broken on the way out here, as 1t did not seem to vary at all, and found that it was dropping as if the bottom was out. This was about 12 o'clock, and when went over to tiffin at the club, there was big sea rolling in on the bund and the wind increas- ing all the time All the steamers in port were getting up steam and all the sailing vessels had out two anchors and long scope | of cable, and evidently expected typhoon. I went back to the office and staid there till about o'clock, when the storm was at it's height, and then went back to the club, where knew there would be a grand view of | the storm. Before left the office one Of our l windows was blown in, sash and all, and l lots of tiles were carried off the roof. As the gusts struck our building it would tremble as it must in earthquake In the street shingles, picks, small stones, and tiles were | flying about, and I thought, I dodged | along toward the club, of Jacks remark on | his snug ship in gale atss sea, that he pitied | the poor people on shore with the tiles and
 chimney-pots flying about.
 l found about half of one side of the club
 roof blown off, and all the "boys" busy in | removing the DOCKS the where | the water coming in. From the front of
 the building the sight was grand. The bay l was covered with spoon drift so that you could hardly see the water at any distance, | and the seas were breaking right across the l bund, washing away the stone sea wall and | covering the road with sand and gravel. The steamers were all steaming up to their | anchors and then slowly dropping back, and the sailing vessels were rolling about like mad, | especially small German brigantine, which | was very light, and a few minutes after reached the club capsized in tremendous gust that swept off the shore. We saw her keel over and then lost sight of her in a mass of flying drift. When the air cleared the next time, we saw that she had sunk almost l to the waters edge, and could make out her | crew clinging to the side and waving fran tically for help. Efforts were made by two steamers near her to send boats for the men, but in neither case could their crews make headway against the wind, and as the vessel did not settle any more and the men did not seem to be in deadly peril, efforts were made from the shore, the glass having com menced to rise rapidly, showing that the worst of the gale was over. The wind had now veered so that it blew directly off shore, and this soon cut the sea down so that two sampans and small launch went off and brought in the wrecked crew. The sanlpans, although such clumsy looking affairs, are fine sea boats, and the one that got the crew off the wreck, manned by fourteen brawny 'sSendoes," came back in the teeth of the gale in fine shape, her naked crew, with their bronsed skins and splended muscular devel- opment, sending her along like steamer, and the wrecked crew in cork jackets com pleting the shipwreck character of the scene. The wind went down rapidly, and by sunset it fat calm.
 The sunset was beautiful. Fuji seemed only few miles off in the clear air, and it was hard to believe that few hours ago such tempest was raging; but tho signs of it were abundant on all sides. The bund perfect wreck for almost it's entire length, the heavy stones of the wall being washed about like pieces of wood. Almost every house had suffered some damage, and fences, including many stone walls, were blown down and scattered. Two godowns were fattened out as if something had sat on them, heavy brick wall in the Roman Cath ollie convent was caved in as if struck in the center by a cannon ball. I saw piece of tile about foot square imbedded about three inches in solid wooden post, and during the night of the storm some heavy blanks which got adrift from the shore were picked off the tops of the waves and carried through the air for several yards. The streets were full of broken tiles, shingles, etc., and parts of Jap town looked as though they had been bombarded The wind at no time was direct ly off shore, or the damage along the bund would have been much greater, and the strongest gust blew directly off the land, picking the whole crests off the waves as I have seen in pictures, but always thought impossible. The regular force of the wind I fancied about the same as on the summit of Mt Washington (60 miles), and the gusts came so much stronger than this that they seemed like regular blows. I am anxious to see the speed in miles per hour, but so far have only seen the record in English style, as 4, 5, 6, etc., which is not very exact. The Japan Mail, paper subsidized by the gov ernment, says that it was not typhoon be- cause the wind did not go completely round the compass, but every one says that it is the worst blow for years, and friend told me last night that he did .lot remember more severe one in his experience here of twenty years. Business was entirely suspended, very few returning to their offices of tiffin, and nearly the whole population were down near the bund watching the effect on the water. The shipping did not seem to mind it much (except the little brigantine, which was in no condition for such weather), and fared better than the shore The surround ing country pretty we'll swept, and con siderable damage is feared to the rice crop Several people who have residences at short distances, out in the country had their places entirely destroyed, as they are generally on high ground overlooking the bay. A gentle mad who had house at Enoshina (where l wrote you of riding) has just been in, and says his place was blown completely away, but says the sight of the sea plllng 1n before the wind on the rocks almost repaid him for the loss. The wires down all around, and we have not yet heard from Kobi, which generally gets these storms more severely than we do.
 The weather bureau reports the highest velocity of the wind at 107.5 miles ali hour. Those who felt the 60 mile wind Mt. Washington will appreciate what 107 miles must be.
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