The Yellowstone journal., 1894-12-27
TYPHOON IN MANILA
APPROACH OF THE TERRlStE WIND
AND EFFECTS OF ITS VISIT.
The Inhabitants Are Warned by Signals
and Have Ample Time For Preparation.
Breaks Up with Deadly sqraIls snj
Closes In Devast:. -,.. Hoods.

Closes In Deyast:. -.. Hoods.
Egriv IN tine event nj week warning
came from our exec lent obscrvat"I.
tn. ,-...t.- "a bI INing down on
nc..ifr 20 the south aud east. a-sl ali.
FRIDAY the No. / trphoOn signal W
displayed. The news respecting tl
storm was indefinite, but the villa-
wa supposed t. h. moving northw,
headed directly for Is. Saturday T.
went signal No. ?, and in the afteu .-
M. 3. and III the evening No. ! Sit.
ur, ,ryinlng was cam aud peaceful. "n.
Sunday morning dawucd plcaeart Uu-
for the exception Of hazs. Ea-ly IL
the forenoon up went signal No. q.
which j. only three from the va It on
that can re put up-NO s, and now rr.
erybody began to get ready for the in
visible monster. All the steamers ard
ships in the river pEt out extra r-li +,
and the former got up steam. NJ emit
OF any kind were permitted TO 70 Cur e.
the river. and the fiogt Of ships In t.a
bay appeared to be putting ont their
spare anchors. Stall everything was
calm, but the haze thicAeuoi, and lr@
sand clouds began to sail III from tn,
China sea.
Just after we finished tift!n, at our
| little seaside house, our gaze was riy
eted on native coming down the street.
dressed in n black coat, with shirt hang
ing out 'eneath, in trae Philippine. Gus
tom, and wearing white trousers ahd q
tall hat. He carried a sort of decorated
cane, marched down the center Of the
street and gave utterance to solemn sch
timents in deep, musical voice. II
short, he was the official crier 70 herald
the coming typhoon, and a. he marched
along the bells in the old church rang
out wild, warning plea. The natives
opposite MS hastily began to sling rope.
over the roofs Of their light nipa shan
ties, and one Of the English fellows
who lives just back of us had already
stretched good sized cables over the
tail, sloping tin roof of his domici'c. q
sort of hush pr, vailed, and then sCo's-..
gusts hr:s:I 70 blow III off the hay I4e
scud clouds increased and appeared -
| be in terrible ru.h. Tho roar o. the
surf became louder and loudrr, All Cf
| after another ~ orr oy.ter .--.l -
dows had to be shut. The typaoon VI
advancing slowly, lut its course wa
/ sure
Our O'Clock dinner passed, and II Ivy
the wind began to howl. Before guia
I to bed we moved out of our httl" -. .1r
/ such valuables aS might b. most lui-sol
/ by being carried through the air, III ca.
our roof came off. and wrIt t. -.
amid terrific din. Sleep was imp
/ Bile. Our house trelubled like biU-..iUG
bride before the altar, and for triaa
/ phal cxit-wedding march-the tin wa
suddenly ripped of our secondary Iai1,
shed roof like so much paper. GTfa.
pieces of tin were slapping around are
( up against the house and would hay
sawed head or hand off had one at
tempted to poke itself outside. AT $3.50
a. m we took a look into the 'sala.
No glass would have stood the gust
that came pouncing in from the bay,
but our oyster shells did not yield. Tho
noise outside was deafening The house
hung together, and we were thankful
that we were not off in the bay. The
wind lulled in the early morning, and
at 8 A. IN. came some Of the most ter
rible changes of wind, the deadliest
squalls and most terrific blowings ever
felt Down came all the wires in the
main street; over went half Q dozen
nipas ON one side Of us; crack, bang,
broke OF some great venerable trees.
The street was q mass Of wreckage as
far as we could see, and few signs Of
life were visible.
All the rest Of the day the winds
blew most fercely, but we could see
that the center Of the typhoon was pass
ing of to the northwest l sailed out
in the afternoon and managed to keep
along behind the houses and reached
the Luneta, where all the lamps bert
their heads, with broken glass, and
where the huge waves were flying far
up into the air as they dashed against
the sea wall. The clumps of fishing ard
bathing houses were battered In pieces
and those which weren't minus roofs
and sides were washed mp into the road
as mere driftwood. The natives were
ont grabbing logs, while the fishermen's