The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-10
TIE TYPHoON.
APPROACH or TIE TENRlBLG WIND
AND GFPEcTS e. irs VISIT.
The Inhabitants Are Wsrned ~ ekOssss
asd Have Ampis Txzns Ber Pr~psvssss~.
Breaks Up with Deadly ssuaiis and
Ciosos In Devastating Fioods.


Early In tho eventful week warnings
came from our excellcnt observatory
that trouble was browing down on the
pacilc 10 tho south and east. and about
Priday the Ma typhoon signal was
displayed The news respecting the
waa supposed TO bs moving ssrthwsss,
beaded directly for us batxydsy up
went signal No. Q. and In the sftsrnooa
No 8. aud in the evening Ne T. Still
sverythins was calm and peaosfnl, and
Sunday morning dawned pleasant but
for the excapioa ef q haze Rarly In
tins forenoon up went signal Ea 3,
which is only three from ths WORT ono
that can be put up-Eo =, and now ey-
ezybody began to gss ready for tho in
visible monster All the steamers snd
ships In the rvsr put oct extra cables.
and ths former got up steam. No craft
Of amy kind were permitted - 20 eat OF
the Yiver, and the hess of ships m the
bay appeared 10 be pusting out their
spare anchors still everything was
calm, but ths hase thickeoed, snd low
sand clouds began TO sail In frem the
China sea-
just after we finished tifrn, at our
little seaside house, our gAxs was nv
sssd on q native oosaing down the street,
dressed In black oo&t, with shirt hang
ing out bsnsath, In true Philippine GUS
torn, and wearing whits trousers and .
tall hat He carried q sort of decorated
cane, marched down the oentsr cf the
street and gave utteranos "a solsusn Son
timents In a deep. musical volce. In
short. he was the s1isiL oriar N herald
the coming typheon, asd ~ he nssrched
along the bells IA the old church rang
out . wild. warning plea. The natives
opposite us hastily began 70 sling ropes
over the reofs u their light nipa han
sies. and one Of the English fellows
who lives just back Of Us had already
stretched good sized cables sv@ the
tall. sloping tin roef Of his doanioiie A
sort of hush psevailsd, asd then s~dden
gusts bssan 10 blow In od ths bay. The
ssud clouds increased and appeared ~
DO IN a terrible rssh. The roar Of the
surf sscams louder and louder. snd one
after another a our oyster she'll win
dows had 70 be shut The typhoon was
advancing slcwly, but iss sourse vas
surs
Our q O'Clock dinner paused. and now
the wind began TO howl Before going
10 bed we n noyed out OF our httls parlor
such valuablss rs might be- most missed
by being carried through the air, In case
cur roof came oil, and went 10 bed
amid terrific din Sleep was imposi-
BILE. Our house tremblsd like hlushins
bride before the altar, aud for . dinn-
rhal sxit-wedding march--tho tin was
suddsaly ripped CIR our secondary rain
shed rcof like go much paper. Great
pieces Of tin were slepping around and
up against the house and would have
sawed head or hand of had ne at
tempted TO poke itnslf outside AZ $3.50
o m. we took lock into the ''sals.
No glaas would have stood the gusts
that came pouncing in from the bay,
but our oyster shells did not yield. The
noise outside was deafaning. The houss
hung together, and we were thankful
that we were not OF in the bay Tho
Wlb3 ihllCA Ia tiiC Nhi
AZ 0 q m. came some Of the most ter
ribls changes of wind, the desdliest
squalls and most terrific blowings ever
fslt Down cams 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 . mass Of wrccksSe as
o. .D..ll g. * ~
life were visibla
All the rest Of the day ths winds
blew most forcely, bat we could see
that the center Of the typhoSp was pass
ing on to tho northwest L sallicd ont
In the afternoon and managed 10 keep
along behind tae houses and reached
the Luneta. where sll tho lamps bent
their heeda with broken glass, and
where tho huge waves were flying far
mp into the air ss they dashed against
the sea wall The clumps Of fishing and
bathing houFes were battered In pieces,
and those which weren't minus roofs
and sides were washed up into the road
~ mere driftwood. The natives were
ont grabbing logs, while the fishermen 8
NFiC tNftilu u tiOUo
wall watching their wrecked barns"
and were sitting on their snucepans,
furniture and babies 70 keep them from
sailing skyward The vessels out in the
hay were throwing the surf high over
their bows One Of them seemed TO be
ashore and her storm very near the break
ers A steamer had broken adrift and
run into another, losing all her anchors
and chain. But all things have an end,
and st night the winds and rains SUBJ
sided. The typhoon was wide in diam
etor, aud 10 was not as destructive as
the one In 1854
After the typhoon came tho floods, and
tho river overaowed and flooded all the
adjacent low country. The water COW
ered the road to the club so the depth
OF three feet, and two Of my friends were
nearly drowned by trying 20 drive when
they skould have rowed The poor pony
walked or irto Tho feld, I'm the dark
ness. by mi e, into a ght feet Of water