The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-11
Details of the Terrific
Storm There.
MANY LIVES WERE LOST
Houses Blown Down and Big Ships
Were Driven Ashore ard
Wrecked.

edition OF the Hongkong Daily Press on
Saturday afternoon last We gave some
particulars of the disastrous effects OF
the typhoon by which the city was vis-
! tied early in the morning Of that day.
Further inquiries go to show that the
loss of life and the damage to property
, is even more serious than was at first
anticipated No part of the city has
escaped. Much of the debris has in the
meantime been cleared away from the
, streets, but on Saturday evidence OF
the visitation was seen on every hand.
Wreckage was strewn on the lower
, thorOughfares. broken branches, trees
, and small landsllps on the higher roads
and general debris on the Praya. OF
matsheds there arr many in the colony,
large and small, cut all had expert
enced disaster. Strong iron telephone
posts in Des Voeux road were bent by
the force of the wind to an angle of 80
degrees and iron lamp posts had every
where assumed the most grotesque
shapes. The roofs of the houses along
the Praya, especially, had suffered
most severely. In the harbor much
damage was done, the native craft
especially suffering, many boats being
sunk and presumably many lives lost.
The water early on Saturday morning
contained a large quantity of floating
wreckage Two steam launches were
sunk inside the Causeway bay break
water. A great number of native craft
of all sizes We're wrecked and sunk at
Yaumati The Canton aSay steamer
Hankow was unable to love for Can
ton on saturday morning and there
was no steamer for Macao until p. m.
Residents who remember the disastrous
typhoon of 1874 say that hte wind was
Saturday was equally as strong, the
only difference being that it did not
last so long.
The first intimation of rough weather
was given at 11:45 on the morning of
ar,a ,,.a, ,a,s.a, ili5.'' M ,,i
indicating n tvnboon TO the south of
the COLONY. AT 11.4O n m. on Friday
the 9th inst. the red cone was taken
down and the black one hoisted noirt-
Ing downwards. q sign that the ~
.rhrcr, was within 200 miles At G.r-
the same evening orders twera received
from the observatory that fire COM
Imunity should he warned OF what vos
coming bv the firing Of n pun The
gun. however. refused to 90 off and an
IintimatIon was sert round 10 oI the
pollce stations with the result that all
were on the alert Another warninr
signal wos boisted ot 7.2O viz. two
white lirhts I'm q vertical line This in
dicated had weather ard thot tba wind
was exnocted to yeer At 7.1O Sotur-
Idov morning the tvnhoon was sipnoIIed
ia ba a,st Of tho ro,nn,, aud a siorol
hoisted ot S.ao q m sbowad tbat II
wac +o tho month or tho coIory SbortIy
afterwards thirps hepan to ouiat down
and at 4.3O tho black cone was +ol,er
down sunday ,vos n baou+ifuuy Gna
day The amateur nbotopronber tal,-
inc snon-shots or tho yrrac1iooa atn
u,os -, In e,.idorco
pREDGER CANTON RIVER LOST
As daylight on Saturday approached
those in the neghborhood of the Dock
Extension Works heard cries proceed
ing from the harbor and it soon be-
came apparent that something had be-
fallen the powerful dredGer Canton
River, which recently arrived here from
Paisley, where she was built by Messrs.
Fleming & Ferguson of that city. Dur
ing one of the fitful gusts of wind the
ponderous craft with her massive der
rick encumbrances and overhead gear
had failed to maintain her equilibrium
and had. almost without any warning,
listed to port and capsized. AS to the
precise number of crew, workmen and
others on board at the time it was i'm
possible on Saturday last to give any
accurate figure. 1t was known that
CAPTAIN Scott. who was in command of
her was aboard os also we're the chief
engineer Mr.. White. the second engln-
Ger. Mr. Thomson: the carpenter. Mr.
McIlroy. and the majority. of the crew
From the statements Of some of them
1t would appear that all on board were
lapprehenslve Of danger as the elements
heightened in their fury towards the
morning. It must have been very