WRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE IN A TYPHOON.
Reports from the Hainan Straits are to hand of a typhoon and loss of life. The two steamers Hanai and Frejr, which arrived at Hoihow on the 25th ultimo, reported extensive damage to native craft, both vessels bringing in fishermen whom they had rescued from wrecked junks. The Frejr reported that on the morning of the 24th a gale set iv, and at five o'clock the ship had to be hove-to for five hours. There was a tremendous sea running, and with full steam ahead only two knots an hour could be made. At three o'clock in the afternoon a floating wreck was sighted, and seven men, who were clinging to the bamboos of the sails, were rescued. Later on another seven men, the remainder of eleven, were similarly discovered and conveyed on board. A large number of dismasted junks were sighted on the way to Hoihow, and in the evening a little boy was picked up, who said that he was the sole survivor of a family of eleven.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8591, 19 September 1893, Page 6
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WRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE IN A TYPHOON.
Press, Volume L, Issue 8591, 19 September 1893, Page 6
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