The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03
RODE THROUGH A TYPHOON
uUDDHRLEss BlRk MAKEs "A FINE
PIGHT FOR HEN LIFE

o,.rtaken By n Terrific Storm In the C,,ina
s.,. That Disabled Her stesrfnG Dear
and washed Away Two of Her Grow the
Adolf Obrig, by Dint of Good Ysnkee
a.,mnnsbip, Managed at Last to Limp
safely Into the Esrsor OF Honx Kong.
r. CHAPMAN q Co, ship-owners Of this ci,y,
,.,, received from Capt Stanley Amsbury,
...,,r Of their bark Adolf obrin notes Of that
lis encounter with q typhoon In the China
". IN October last II will DO observed that
r.,, Amsbury attributes the safety - tho vessel
=. emo measure 70 tho fact that ehs II q poop
i.ct ship Commonly. ships arc b,Hit vi III the
ss.,.s,,s deck. forward. and tho pog,deck aft, al
higb level, tho intervening deck. In the waist
:, the ship being at q lower level snd with high
h,,vatks along the sidos Tho phopdeck OF,
n "a also called. hunioanedeck ship, Is, on
N, contrary. built with nush DICK from stem 70
.,rn. and with q rail instead Of bulwarka Tho
osdr Is one Of tho very bes existing vessels Of this
.rr. OF this form Of construction she shed tho
moro readily soas that might otherwise have do
uroycd her
The Adolf obrg sailed from this port ON May
/, With full cargo Of case On for Annoy, China
Oh, vent ou, around the Caro Of Good Hope hor
,ovare bcing without special incident until she
to,ebeo tho China soas, being thon well on toward
her destination The story az taken from Capt
Amsbury notes begins With tho sea day ending
an uis loo for tbat and the two suoceodinr
w l,uaw.
-s,,ope portbesst wind: p NJ vors
h., "a incse..,ng N strong raj.
W. 800 hgh shor, scn. ship pi,cAinr and labor,
Wv ,.div. sb,npinr much water Wind abou,
soady northeast by north Latitude. noon.
,ou north ionritudo f1s:4s east
Cd 2-Strong gale northeast 70 north-north-
s,,,, undertaking; 9 p. NJ wore 70 the eastward.
$1,000, lind e.nang a northwest. sc& 10 n
,.n. 81 ,..,,d eoar.c. Ths dsy ended With
,.m,,. IND. nerthvess N nortb-north ve~t
",,h da,,,v rain Tremendous .ea. sh,p diy,nr
wv. nd, Ea,,ua...d latitude noon. 1854:
,o.r,,,d, I,o1h
o., From noor IN A p n .Hyouv uorth
-, .I,a. 18th heavv cIoud, and dri,,lv rain
p.s,m.,,, shout s,..dv a, %. an Al which reading
!, ma boon for four or Ave daya only varying
.h.It,,pth ,d,her vay AxPM weather iookinR
I,,,, ,oot IN upper topaail. and oour,es and
49, ,b,m soiid Wind not Increasing then
.nd M p.r,,cuIar indication az tho typhoou OK
-, an, t,,dul sea. which was from abou, north
na,h,.s, With . cross sea from northvert I'm
-.dI.,.Iv att, IN, MINER topsaiIs and oour,os
h,d born furled the barometer commanding
= an .v.rvtbing was ,oken in but the mi,,en
~.r.,n which u,. r,cfed About a p. NJ tho
80 oor,u,no,d "A ,prr,.s, IN fore. and IN,
h.,o,,,,., N fall ,,nidlv A,1iP NJ blev .v.v
~. -.v..u. 1, "a. M 1 cotton o,nv.. and
n..,,v r.x SQUARED in IN, uppcr vard. and Al
.sI..,,,h, TIA a. .ou,,, IN an, iox,, v.,d. !.
"a, 20 ,,., the Weigh, Of the wind ON them. hui,
90, ,.,v lt,le on them. After having fni.hed
,ith IN, fora and coming 70 the main. tho mate
,,,o,r,d m. ,b., IN, for,topcaIlnnt mas, h .d
CON.
.nv TIA, Tina say, Cant Amsbury In his
,o,,. q Ln,v ", mn., bo directly ON The storm
rr,o,ing According TO the law of Storm.' the
,.r,,. hor, nortbo,.t and ~, were making nbou,
,,u,rr dr,,t heading from north. northwest "a
,o,h..s, hv .,., and providiny IN, .crr,,,i
ara, va. small ,hould have either had the wind
b,pl IA IN, westward or ret a sudden tshif, to
.or,h,.a-
Th. c.n,.,n told IN. mai, tia, ,h.x mud t,v
and b,,, the starboard braces clear. in case they
20, ,he shift 40 a, not 70 Io,s the mast. Tn.
shin VA. behaving splendidly. taking vary little
water over to vindvard exoso, the ,pume blu,
taxing considerable over the bow. and occasion.
ally. AZ she rolled 10 Toward. the soa would roll
.baand and when she r,rh,o, roll, of nrain
-Abou, / A. NJ, Oct o. says CapS Amsbury, q
man camo along tho leo alloyvny TO me and to,d
me two men had zone oyorboard-Invrencs
Gr.ns,orm and John Kruse two Of my best mon
The man that brought this news 70 the captain
and another man wcro at work with the mon tina,
went overheard clearing tho forerbacos when the
sea rolled on board and as Il swept back TOOK III
with IL braccs and all The man called TO then
10 hold on, and throw the brace he was working
with over but did not SEQ nor hear them again
The other men wore all aft The captain asked
them. In accordance with sea custom II there wa
ANYTHING 10 be done. TO which they answered no.
As tho captain was speaking the man at tho
weather wheel called out that tho tiller had broken
And ,h. ,,,dd.v -. .d1u Th.rs wsr. two r,.r